Family Group Sheet for John SHEPHERD Family
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Submitted by: Suzanne S. Bettac
Email address:suzybettac@randecom.net
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Husband: John SHEPHERD
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Birth: 29 Oct 1809
Rockingham Co, N.C.
Will: 16 Nov 1854
Sullivan County, Missouri
Death: 26 Jul 1879
Reger, Sullivan Co., Mo.
Burial:
Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Missouri
Marriage: 16 Apr 1838 Rockingham
Co. N.C.
Father: William SHEPHERD (1786-1870)
Mother: Sarah OLIVER (1789-1860)
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Wife: Margaret S. (Peggy) HAYES
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Birth: 1808
Rockingham Co., N.C.
Death: 3 Mar 1893
Reger, Sullivan Co., Mo.
Burial:
Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Missouri
Father: Arthur HAYES (1765-1834)
Mother: Jane (1765-1860)
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Children
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1 F Sarah Jane SHEPHERD
Birth: 1837
Rockingham Co., N.C.
Death: 16 Apr 1916
Reger, Sullivan Co., MO.
Burial:
Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
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2 F Mary Elizabeth SHEPHERD
Birth: 13 May 1838
Rockingham Co., N.C.
Death: 24 Dec 1914
Reger, Sullivan Co., MO.
Burial:
Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
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3 F Sela SHEPHERD
Birth: 13 May 1838
Rockingham Co., N.C.
Death: 1 Jul 1888
Reger, Sullivan Co., MO.
Burial:
Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
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4 F Rutha SHEPHERD
Birth: 4 Feb 1840
Tenn. or Mo?
Death: 20 Jul 1904
Reger, Sullivan Co., Mo.
Burial:
Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
Spouse: Jacob CLEM (
- )
Marriage: 3 Nov 1887 Milan,
Sullivan Co., Mo.
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5 F Margaret SHEPHERD
Birth: 28 Feb 1842
Sullivan Co., Mo.
Death: 2 Aug 1870
Milan, Sullivan Co., Mo.
Burial:
Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
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6 F Susan SHEPHERD
Birth: 4 Dec 1843
Sullivan Co., Mo.
Death: 13 Jun 1917
Sullivan Co. Mo.
Burial:
Schrock Cemetery, Sullivan County, MO.
Spouse: William Henry OLIVER (1829-
)
Marriage: 23 Jul 1868 Milan, Sullivan
Co., MO.
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7 M William SHEPHERD
Birth: 11 Jan 1844
Sullivan Co., Mo.
Death: 14 Jun 1923
Milan, Sullivan Co., MO.
Burial:
Shrock cemetery, Reger, Sullivan , MO.
Spouse: Camora Ellen KING (1856-1934)
Marriage: about 1875
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8 M John SHEPHERD Jr.
Birth: 29 Mar 1848
Sullivan Co., MO.
Death: 5 Jan 1895
Reger, Sullivan, MO.
Burial:
Shepherd Family Cemtery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth GLACE (
-1907)
Marriage: 22 Apr 1877 Milan, Sullivan
, Mo.
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9 F Angeline SHEPHERD
Birth: May 1849
Reger, Sullivan , Missouri
Death: 4 Mar 1902
Milan, Sullivan , MO
Burial:
Schrock Cemetery, Sullivan County, Missouri
Spouse: Wm. P. CLEMENTS (1847-1903)
Marriage: 29 Dec 1874 Milan, Sullivan
, MO.
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10 F Hannah Francis SHEPHERD
Birth: Sep 1854
Reger, Sullivan, MO.
Death:
Reger, Sullivan, MO.
Burial:
Shepherd Family cemetery, Reger, Sullivan, MO.
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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 Box 420, 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.
The date was 1809 per Mormon film records - their source not mentioned.
[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. John Shepherd came to Mo. 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.
It is not known if that John is his father or brother. After
checking the 1810
census for Rockingham Co., N.C. I foundt hat 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.
She is listed in her father's 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 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 Repbulican stated
that she
was a early pioneer of Sullivan Co., Mo. Her age was listed as
85years.
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SOURCES
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1. 372 Missing Rockingham County Marriage Bonds,
Comp. by Don Hoover, Jurnal
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., MoO: 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.