John Marion SHEPHERD {M} = Sarah {F}

John Marion SHEPHERD:

One of our visitors this week was Jerry Neeley, 3382 Rutherford Rd., Powell, OH 43065, and his wife. He is a Shepherd descendant but didn't know exactly to which family his line belonged. He is the son of Warnie Neeley b. ca. 1908 and Flora Wright. He says Flora was the daughter of John P. Wright but I can't find any other info so I need help on this one.
Jerry's grandfather was Henderson Neeley b. 1887 who married in 1904 Magoffin Co. KY to Della Shepherd. We were searching for Della's parents and just happened to come across some recent material brought in by Dorothy Shepherd Wireman. Her info was on the family of Dovie Shepherd who m. first to Kendall Crager and. m. 2. to Bill Hicks. Dovie was a sister to Della Shepherd who married Henderson Neeley and they were the children of John Marion Shepherd and his first wife Eliza Allen. Other children were Fair Shepherd m. Pearlie Ratliff, Russell Shepherd m. Mollie Shepherd, Abe Shepherd m. Vina Vanderpool, Cleveland Shepherd m. Illant Shepherd, and Eliza Shepherd m. Harrison Vanderpool. After the death of his first wife John Marion Shepherd married Sarah Watkins and had ten other children, Millie, Susan, James (known as Jim Buck Shepherd), Daniel, Harlan, Nannie, Lacy, Manis, Fannie, and Lonie. John Marion was b. in 1863 and died in 1926 and he is buried on the Brushy Bill Shepherd Cemetery.
This was another case of one person's information helping another with their family research. We went on to research the Neeley side of Jerry's family. Henderson Neeley was the son of Andrew Henderson Neeley b. ca. 1855 who married first in 1876 to Martha Calhoun (who had previously been married to Riley Salyer). Andrew Henderson later married Nancy Caudill who is sometimes known as Nancy Estep.
Nancy is found as a widow in the 1900 Magoffin census. She was age 50 which means she was born about 1850 and the children in her household were Loren Neeley b. 1885, Henderson b. 1887, and Polly b. 1892. Henderson married Della Shepherd in 1904 and they are found in the 1910 Floyd Co. census with a Nancy A. Martin, age 55, in their household. Was this Henderson's mother? We would like to hear from others on this family. (Information from Todd Preston's column in the December 17, 1998 issue of THE SALYERSVILLE INDEPENDENT newspaper.)

Millie SHEPHERD {F} = Elijah JOSEPH {M} > Family

Elijah JOSEPH:

Alias Preacher JOSEPH
Born ABT 1865, KY
Birth: Age 5 on 1870 census, living with parents. Age 15 on 1880 census.

Harlan SHEPHERD {M}