North Carolina Family Group Sheet for the John SHEPHERD Family

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Husband: John SHEPHERD
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   Birthdate: 29 Oct 1809 - Rockingham Co, N.C.
        Will: 16 Nov 1854 - Sullivan County, Missouri
  Death date: 26 Jul 1879 - Reger, Sullivan Co., Mo.
      Burial: - Shepherd Family Cemetery, Reger, Missouri
      Father: William SHEPHERD (1786-1870)
      Mother: Sarah OLIVER (1789-1860)
    Marriage: 16 Apr 1838                      Place: Rockingham Co. N.C.
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   Wife: Margaret S. "Peggy" HAYES
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   Birthdate: 1808 - Rockingham Co., N.C.
  Death date: 3 Mar 1893 - Reger, Sullivan Co., Mo.
      Burial: - Shepherd Family Cemetery, Reger, Missouri
      Father: Arthur HAYS/ HAYES (1765-1834)
      Mother: Jane (1765-1860)
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Children
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1 F Sarah Jane SHEPHERD
   Birthdate: 1837 - Rockingham Co., N.C.
  Death date: 16 Apr 1916 - Reger, Sullivan Co., MO.
      Burial: - Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
      Spouse: Never Married
  Marr. Date:
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2 F Mary Elizabeth SHEPHERD
   Birthdate: 13 May 1838 - Rockingham Co., N.C.
  Death date: 24 Dec 1914 - Reger, Sullivan Co., MO.
      Burial: - Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
      Spouse: Never Married
  Marr. Date:
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3 F Sela SHEPHERD
   Birthdate: 13 May 1838 - Rockingham Co., N.C.
  Death date: 1 Jul 1888 - Reger, Sullivan Co., MO.
      Burial: - Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
      Spouse: Never Married
  Marr. Date:
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4 F Rutha SHEPHERD
   Birthdate: 4 Feb 1840 - Tenn. or Mo?
  Death date: 20 Jul 1904 - Reger, Sullivan Co., Mo.
      Burial: - Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
      Spouse: Jacob CLEM ( - )
  Marr. Date: 3 Nov 1887 - Milan, Sullivan Co., Mo.
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5 F Margaret SHEPHERD
   Birthdate: 28 Feb 1842 - Sullivan Co., Mo.
  Death date: 2 Aug 1870 - Milan, Sullivan Co., Mo.
      Burial: - Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
      Spouse: Never Married
  Marr. Date:
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6 F Susan SHEPHERD
   Birthdate: 4 Dec 1843 - Sullivan Co., Mo.
  Death date: 13 Jun 1917 - Sullivan Co. Mo.
      Burial: - Schrock cemetery, Sullivan County, MO.
      Spouse: William Henry OLIVER (1829-1880/1900 )
  Marr. Date: 23 Jul 1868 - Milan, Sullivan Co., MO.
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7 M William SHEPHERD
   Birthdate: 11 Jan 1844 - Sullivan Co., Mo.
  Death date: 14 Jun 1923 - Milan, Sullivan Co., MO.
      Burial: - Shrock cemetery, Reger, Sullivan , MO.
      Spouse: Mary Comora Ellen KING (1856-1934)
  Marr. Date: 10 May 1874 Sullivan Co., MO
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8 M John SHEPHERD Jr.
   Birthdate: 29 Mar 1848 - Sullivan Co., MO.
  Death date: 5 Jan 1895 - Reger, Sullivan, MO.
      Burial: - Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
      Spouse: Mary Elizabeth GLACE ( 1857 -1907)
  Marr. Date: 22 Apr 1877 - Milan, Sullivan, Mo.
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9 F Angeline SHEPHERD
   Birthdate: May 1849 - Reger, Sullivan , Missouri
  Death date: 4 Mar 1902 - Milan, Sullivan , MO
      Burial: - Schrock cemetery, Sullivan County, Missouri
      Spouse: Wm. P. CLEMENTS (1847-1903)
  Marr. Date: 29 Dec 1874 - Milan, Sullivan, MO.
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10 F Hannah Francis SHEPHERD
   Birthdate: Sep 1854 - Reger, Sullivan, MO.
  Death date: - Reger, Sullivan, MO.
      Burial: - Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
      Spouse:
  Marr. Date:
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FAMILY NOTES
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Marriage (16 Apr 1838): (1)

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Husband Notes: John SHEPHERD
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Will (16 Nov 1854):
  I John Shepherd of Sullivan County Missouri do hereby publish this to be my last Will
and Testament, in manner and form following to wit: First- After defraying my funeral
expenses and paying my just debts of every kind I will and bequeath to my wife Margaret
Shepherd all my property both real personal and mixed during her widowhood and if my
Widow should marry hereafter I further will that my property what may remain at the time
of her changing her celibacy be divided equally among my heirs namely to wit: Sarah Jane
Shepherd Sully Shepherd Mary Elizabeth Shepherd Rooky Shepherd Margaret Shepherd Susan
Shepherd William Shepherd John Shepherd Angeline Sheperd and Hanaw Frances Shepherd
  I further will that if my Widow should marry at some furture day that my property be
divided equally among the above named heirs as aforesaid in the Statutes of this State as
thogh there had been no will.
  I further appoint Isaac Schrock executor of this my last, In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand this 16th day of November 1854.
  John Shepherd
Witness
Robert Burns
Samuel Schrock
Wm. H. Oliver

State of Missouri} SS
County of Sullivan
In the Probate Court
Be it Remembered that on this 22nd day of August 1879 before me S. M. Grigsby Judge and
Clerk of the Probate Court of Sullivan County Missouri personally appeared William Oliver
who being duly sworn on his deposeth and sayeth that he was present and saw [ struck out]
heard the undersigned John Shepherd publish and declare the above and foregoing
instrument to be this last will and testament and that at the time of signing the same
the said John Shepherd was of sound and and desposing mind and that this Witness signed
the same in the presence and at the request of the said testator.
  William H. Oliver
subscribed and sworn before me this 22nd day of August 1879
  S. M. Grigsby Judge of Probate (2)
Death (26 Jul 1879): (3)

General:
On the 1850 census he is in Sullivan Co., MO, page 318 with the wife and kids. This is the source
for place and date of birth. He is listed as a farmer and a carpenter for professions.
The census taker spelled the name Shepard. On the 1860 census he is listed with a birth
date of 1809. The ages of people was never consistent in the Shepherd Family.
He is buried on the old Shepherd farm with a headstone - but part of it is broken so it
is not possible to read exact date. The dates of birth and death are from the index done
on the cemetery in 1953 when many of the headstones were standing.
The property is now owned by his great granddaughter - Julie Fields Taylor and her
husband, Wes. They are restoring the house.

I found the marriage of Sally Oliver and Wm. Shepherd in Rockingham Co., N.C. date not
mentioned in EARLY FAMILIES OF N.C. Co. of ROCKINGHAM AND STOKES W/REV. WAR SERVICE, VOL.
2, DAR 1990. This may prove valuable later.
[SOURCE: Marriage of John and Margaret Hays is recorded in the 372 MISSING ROCKINGHAM COUNTY MARRIAGE
BONDS; COMPILED BY DON HOOVER; JOURNAL OF ROCKINGHAM, N.C., ROCKINGHAM HISTORICAL
SOCIETY, VOL 13 #1, June 1988.]
Per the 1877 Atlas for Sullivan Co., MO John Shepherd came in 1842. Since John named
his first son William this is a strong possibility. There was also a John Shepherd in
Rockingham Co. during the time that William is listed. After checking the 1810 census for Rockingham Co., N.C. I found
that John is older than William. THEREFORE: it is possible that William and Sally Oliver
Shepherd are the parents of John
Shepherd. It is also possible that John Shepherd is the father of Wm., who married Sally
Oliver and fathered John (3rd gen.) - IT IS NOT PROVED YET!!

I have gone ahead and listed William as father to John for the following reason
1) William is in right Co. and married in 1808 to Sarah (Sally Oliver, dau of James.
2) John is born in 1809.
3) No other Shepherd in Co. during time period.
4) John names first daughter Sarah / Williams wife is named Sarah on 1850 census.
5) John names his first son William.

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Wife Notes: Margaret S. (Peggy) HAYES
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Birth (1808): (4)
Death (3 Mar 1893): (5)
General: per 1850 census; Rockingham Co., N.C. will of her father, Arthur Hayes.
She is listed in the will as Peggy - the nickname for Margaret. It appears that
she was the youngest of the children by virtue of her listing in the order of children.
Three of her sisters were already married in 1834. Her first two children were born in
N.C. The family arrived in Mo. in between 1842- 1849. She and her husband are buried in the family
cemetery on the old Shepherd farm with headstones. I don't know what the S. initial
stands for - could be Sarah. Her newspaper obit in the Sullivan Standard/ Milan
Republican stated that she was a early pioneer of Sullivan Co., Mo. Her age was listed as
85 years.

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SOURCES
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1. 372 Missing Rockingham County Marriage Bonds, Comp. by Don Hoover, Journal of
    Rockingham County, N.C. Rockingham Historical Society, Vol. 13 #1, June 1988.
2. John Shepherd will (22 Aug 1879), Sullivan County Will Book B: 20, County Clerk's
    office, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
3. Headstone, Shepherd Cemetery, Reger, Sullivan Co., MO: 1996; writer in possession of
    photographs.
4. IBID
5. IBID; Newspaper obit. in the Sullivan Standard/ Milan Republican; published on the
    Internet on the US Gen Web project Sullivan Co., Mo. homepage.

 

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