Catherine Sheffield was born 11-Apr-1793 in Wayne County,
Georgia. She is the daughter of West
Sheffield (13-Dec-1747 to 22-Sep-1830) and Susannah Sherrod (11-Oct-1754 to
02-Jun-1802). Catherine was the youngest
of 7 children. When Catherine was 9
years old her mother died and a few years later her father remarried.
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| Ignatius Grantham and Catherine Sheffield Marriage Record |
Together they had one son, West Sheffield
Grantham (04-Jun-1815 to 21-Sep-1894), who was born in Mississippi.
On 18-Feb-1825, Catherine filed for divorce in Marion County,
Mississippi.[2] Oddly enough, William Seaman was called her
“next friend” in the divorce papers. The
divorce decree cannot be located, but the divorce was probably finalized about 1827.
According to Catherine’s tombstone she died 09-Sep-1853 and
is buried next to William Seaman at the Biloxi City Cemetery in Biloxi,
Mississippi.
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| Catherine Seaman Headstone Photo by Michael Burnett 31-May-2014 |
Next up – Ignatius and Catherine’s Divorce
[1] Ancesrty.com.
Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.Original data:
County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.
[2] Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals,
Drawer no. 65, Case no. 15, Catherine Grantham vs. Ignatius Grantham, 21
February 1825; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
[3] "Georgia
Probate Records, 1742-1990," images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-30378-15495-40?cc=1999178&wc=9SBM-44M:267823301,267841001
: accessed 14 June 2015), Wayne > Estates 1822-1855 > image 103 of 174;
county probate court
