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                                                          |                          
                               _Fitch SHEPARD ____________|
                              | (1802 - 1881)             |
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 _Elliot Fitch SHEPARD _______|
| (1833 - 1893)               |
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|                             |_Delia Maria DENNIS _______|
|                               (1806 - 1843)             |
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|--Maria Louisa SHEPARD 
|  (1870 - 1948)
|                                                          _Cornelius VANDERBILT ____+
|                                                         | (1794 - 1877) m 1813     
|                              _William Henry VANDERBILT _|
|                             | (1821 - 1885) m 1841      |
|                             |                           |_Sophia JOHNSON __________+
|                             |                             (1795 - 1868) m 1813     
|_Margaret Louisa VANDERBILT _|
  (1845 - 1924)               |
                              |                            _Samuel KISSAM ___________+
                              |                           | (1796 - 1868)            
                              |_Maria Louisa KISSAM ______|
                                (1821 - 1896) m 1841      |
                                                          |_Margaret Hamilton ADAMS _+
                                                            (1796 - 1872)