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John Allen Shepard or Shepherd |
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Born: May 1828 Vermillion co., IN
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Married: 1st 28 May 1851in Phillip Co., Arkansas to Frances Wilson Married: 2nd 14 Mar 1865 in Randolph Co. Arkansas to Mary Kilcreast
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Died: 1911 Washington co. Arkansas |
FATHER
MOTHER
Dicey (Linda) (Cyndice) Mackham or Marcum
WIFE
Frances Wilson
Mary Kilkreast
CHILDREN with Frances Wilson
1. Alice Shepherd b. Abt. 1852
2. D Shepherd b. Abt. 1859
CHILDREN with Mary Kilkreast
1. Eva Celestie Shepard b. 07 May 1866
2. Ben H (Barney) Shepard b. 24 Sep 1867
3. John Allen Shepard b. 03 Dec 1869
4. Clyde Mayes Shepard b. 14 Sep 1871 5. Quince Shepard b. 30 Jan 1873 6. Hiram C. Shepard b. 30 Apr 1875 7. Lambert Shepard b. 06 Feb 1877 |
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8. Everett Shepard b. 06 Feb 1879
9. Mary Shepard b. 24 Oct 1880
10. Franklin A. Shepard b. 01 Oct 1888
History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and
Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. From the earliest time to the present, including a
department devoted to the preservation of sundry personal, business,
professional, and private record
Date 1889
Location Leister E. Presley, Goodspeed Publishing Co.
"John Allen Shepard, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Vermilion County, Ind.,
in 1828, and is a son of Hiram and Linda (Markham) Shepard, who were born,
reared and married in Kentucky, the latter event taking place in 1816. They
resided on a farm in their native State until 1826, then moving to Indiana,
where the father worked at the blacksmith's trade until 1832. They then returned
to Kentucky, and eventually became the owners of a fine farm of 400 acres, but
sold out and came to Arkansas in 1859, where he died in 1868. His wife died
December 3, 1849. They became the parents of six children, only three of whom
lived to maturity: James, Rhoda J. and John A. The latter was reared on a farm,
and learned the blacksmith's trade of his father. In 1851 he was married to Miss
Frances Wilson, and after farming in his native State until 1857 moved to
Randolph County, Ark., and engaged in farming. His wife was born in Virginia,
and died in 1861, being a daughter of James Wilson, who was a soldier in the
Revolutionary War, and the mother of five children, all of whom are dead. In
1862 Mr. Shepard joined the Confederate army, and was on active duty, under Gen.
Price, until the close of the war. He then returned to his farm in Randolph
County, and in connection with his agricultural labors worked at his trade. In
1865 he was married to Mary S. Killcrese, of Randolph County, and in 1870 came
to Washington County, and has since been a farmer of the county. He has 175
acres of land, with ninety acres under cultivation, on which are good buildings
and a nice orchard. Mrs. Shepard was born and reared in Mississippi, and is the
mother of nine children; Celert, wife of James Graham; Ben, John, Clyde, Quincy,
Hiram, Lambert, Everett and Mary. The family are members of the Missionary
Baptist Church. "
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From Public Member Tree on Ancestry.com
"John Allen Shepard was born in Indiana and later moved to Mississippi. He had
one sister, Jane Shepard Underwood, and one brother, Jim Shepard. John Allen was
married and had two children; all of his family died of the fever in
Mississippi. He was a rip-roaring River Boat Captain, who liked his drink and
roaming. However, when he married Mary Kilkreast, she settled him down and kept
him home. To this union were born thirteen children."