Charlotte Coleman Shepard

b. 30 March 1861, d. 27 September 1893
  • Charlotte Coleman Shepard was born on 30 March 1861 in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama.
  • She was known as Lottie.
  • Alexander Knowles Shepard Jr. appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Other members of the household included Charlotte Coleman Shepard, Mary Fontaine Shepard and Lula Shepard. The children are enumerated as Alex (age 11), Mary (10), Charlotte (8) and Lula (7) Shepherd, black Alabama-born schoolchildren, in the large household of washerwoman Janette Fordes, between a large rooming house and the household of a Bavarian instrument-maker, and their fathert has yet to be found in the 1870 census.
  • She married Thomas Semmes Forbes, son of John Murray Forbes and Mary Elizabeth Semmes, on 4 September 1889 in Jefferson County, Alabama.
  • Charlotte Coleman Shepard died on 27 September 1893 at age 32 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
  • She was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 28 Feb 2015

Family: Thomas Semmes Forbes b. 11 February 1858, d. 27 May 1939