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Isham Newton Cypert was born March 15, 1848, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of Zachariah Cypert and Lydia Reed.
Isham married Virginia S. "Jennie" Shields on September 19, 1872, in Wayne County. Virginia Shields was born November 26, 1852, in Wayne County, the daughter of J. Tom Shields (1825-1895) and Martha Dandridge Old (1830-1884). Tom Shields was the son of William Shields, born 1796, and Mary Ramsey.
Isham and Jennie raised their family in Wayne County.
Jennie died August 28, 1899, in Wayne County. Isham died December 3, 1936, in Wayne County. They are buried in the Shields Cemetery in Wayne County.
Children of Isham Cypert and Jennie Shields
1. Ella Dandridge Cypert, b. 1873, Wayne Co, TN; d. young
2. Ora Meeks Cypert, b. July 18, 1875, Wayne Co, TN; d. Nov 11, 1941; m. Seymour Morrison
3. Mary Edna Cypert, b. July 25, 1880, Wayne Co, TN; d. Oct 14, 1880
4. Carrie Mack Cypert, b. Oct 31, 1881, Wayne Co, TN; m. James Huckaba
5. Thomas Shields Cypert, b. 1883, Wayne Co, TN; m. Jennie Belle Brooks
6. Ralph Newton Cypert, b. 1887, Wayne Co, TN; m. Maude ____ in TX
7. Vera Virginia Cypert, b. 1892, Wayne Co, TN; m. Claude Lambert Boyd, a lawyer and one time TN Attorney General