SHEPHERD
Parents
Jacob SHEPHERD {M} = Elizabeth HALE {F}
Jacob SHEPHERD:
Died 1858, Licking River, Floyd Co, KY
Death: Information from Floyd Co., KY Vital Statistics.
Children
Lucretia SHEPHERD1 {F} = Andrew WILSON {M} > Family
Married 1831, Floyd Co, KY
Lucretia SHEPHERD:
Bryson R SHEPHERD {M} = Elizabeth CRAGER {F} > Family
Bryson R SHEPHERD:
Born 1816
Died 1890, Magoffin Co, KY
John E SHEPHERD {M} = Sarah HALE {F} > Family
John E SHEPHERD:
Born 1818
Died 1894, Magoffin Co, KY
David SHEPHERD {M} = Barbara WATKINS {F} > Family
Sylvester SHEPHERD {M} = Cynthia CRAGER {F} > Family
Sylvester SHEPHERD:
Born 1825
Died 1929, Blue River, Floyd Co, KY
William SHEPHERD {M} = Elizabeth HALE {F} > Family
Elizabeth SHEPHERD {F} = Lewis HOWARD2 {M} > Family
Married October 1844, Floyd Co, KY3
Elizabeth SHEPHERD:
Born 1828
Birth: Based on her ages in the 1850 and 1860 census.
Lewis HOWARD:
Born 23 June 1828, Floyd Co, KY4
Died 15 January 18905
Following from Herb Gayheart: herbgh@nctc.com
My information is second hand. I have Jack, Leander and Breckenridge Howard born to Lewis Howard and Catherine Shepherd. I do not know if Lewis is his given name? His wife is the daughter of David and Nancy Stone Shepherd. David died about the time of the Civil war and Nancy married my Great Grandfather Henry Patton. Nancy supposedly had a wooden leg. She is in the 1910 census of Floyd Co.,Ky with her son James Patton. I am told that Woots Coburn killed James on Christmas day of 1914. Near the mouth of Lick Fork on Salt Lick Creek. I would like to know more about this incident. My Conley kin, on up the creek, were a little rough on the neighbors also. :-)
Catherine and Lewis supposedly went to Michigan by Covered wagon and, oddly, she had a leg removed also. Her death occurred in 1896.
Breckenridge married Nancy Elaine Shepherd in 1904. They are in the 1910 Floyd Co.,Ky census. Corrections welcome and necessary Herb
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From Judy - rosebud@tampabay.rr.com - posted on RootsWeb - Floyd Co page
Lewis Howard b. DEC 23,1861, is the son of John E. Howard (parents-John Howard & Nancy Cameron) & Susannah Shepherd (parents-Jacob Shepherd & Elizabeth Hale). Lewis Howard had three sons with Kate Shepherd: Brack, Jack, & Alamander . Eleven children were born to Lewis Howard & Emma Hale: Jack, Alamander, Russell, Reuben, Victor Hugo, Milton, Morton, Proctor, Ben, Troy, Bertha Ellen & Chester Howard. I have Kate Shepherd b. about 1865, the daughter of David Shepherd & Nancy Stone. Kate (b.1865) was reported to have married Jackson Bailey. Kate is not listed in the 1900 census. Jackson Bailey m. Elizabeth Vanderpool in 1895. Three children were born to Jackson Bailey & Kate Shepherd: Alexander, Sally & Della Bailey. My mother descends from the Shepherd clan. Correction is appreciated.
P.S. John E. Howard b. in 1846, the son of Lewis Howard & Elizabeth Shepherd. He was known as Horse Tradin' Johnny.
He married his first cousin Polly Ann Salyer AUG 29,1867 in Magoffin County, KY.
From Theresa Conley - dtconley@bright.net
thank you for your response! I'm going to look into the Woots Coburn story, (love that name), you have me curious about it now. I grew up in the Salt Lick area, before moving to Ohio many many years ago. No need to mention those ornery Conleys, I married into the Magoffin clan.
This Howard line has me going in circles. I've learned that Lewis and Catherine, or Kate were the boy's parents. One relative that contacted me this morning through a lookup program, tells me that they think Kate and Lewis divorced, and he married Emma Hale, sometime around 1888, fathering seven more children in Ky. Others tell me that Kate then remarried to a Jackson Bailey, and gave birth to three more children, before dying in 1896. I'm trying to find Lewis in the older census reports, to see if I can find out who his parents where. Nothing seems to be adding up for me.
More from Herb Gayheart:
I spent many weekends on Salt Lick. I lived at Hueysville/Bosco in the late 40's and then on Reed Branch which is just south.
My Grandmother was Claudia Conley who's parents lived near the head of Salt Lick which is in Knott Co. John Morgan Conley,her father ran a store,the post office,Saw mill,Grist mill there. He was married to Phoebe Jane Coburn or "Coon" as she was called. John Morgan said tha "I went hunting for a wife and caught a coon"; and the name stuck. :-) My Uncle Chester Gayheart said that he visited the store one day and John Morgan had the saw running, corn grinding on the mill and was waiting on a customer in the store. Now that is hyper! The post office was at Handshoe,Ky.
There was another store just above My Woots (there is that name again) Gayheart's home. I think it was run by the Handshoes. Sophia Patton was his second wife. You may recall that the stores on Salt Lick were not generally open until someone "hollered" out to the owner who always lived near by.
I think that the Woots Coburn in question may be the Woots who married my GGaunt Sarah Conley, daughter of John Deaton Conley and LeEsther Lawhorn. Sarah died in 1910 and Woots married Rosie Howard some time later.
I had Jackson Bailey marrying Catherine aft 1910. Three Children. Alex,Sarah,Della. I did not know about a second marriage for Lewis? Do you have a good birth date for Lewis. I have two or three born near 1860 with no parents.
Another message from Herb:
Folks
It would have been ok if Catherine Shepherd had a wooden leg like her mother, or it would have been ok if she didn't and had gone to Michigan----BUT!! Not only did she have two good legs; she did not have a covered wagon and never moved to Michigan!!!:-) Somebody pulled mine!! Sorry 'bout that cuz. Herb with the wooden head.
Census Date: 1850
Census Place: Floyd Co, KY
1850 Census: Schedule I : my district in the County of Floyd, State of Kentucky enumerated by me, on the 24th day of August 1850 David Cooley Ass't Marshal
p. 445 (B?)
Household and Family # 485 - Beginning on line 31
Lewis Howard 23 M - Farmer KY - over 20 and can not read and write
Elizabeth " 22 F KY - over 20 and can not read and write
John " 4 M KY
Daniel " 3 M KY
Nancy Howard 48 F VA - over 20 and can not read and write
Sophia Howard 15 F KY
Census Date: 1860
Census Place: Magoffin Co, KY
HOWARD, Louis, age 32, with wife Elizabeth Shepherd, H89
Susannah SHEPHERD {F} = John E HOWARD {M} > Family
Married 1846
Susannah SHEPHERD:
Abel SHEPHERD {M} = Mary HALE {F} > Family
Married 1853
Abel SHEPHERD:
Sources
1 : "Magoffin Co, KY Query Webpage"; Page Connie Wireman, 18 May 1999
2 : "1860 U.S. Census, Magoffin Co., KY"
3 : "Clarence E Shepard, Kentucky Kinfolk (Clarence E Shepard, 26"; Page p 62
4 : "Magoffin Co. KY Historical Society, The Howards of Eastern K"; Page Vol 1 - P. 92 - photo section
5 : "Magoffin Co. KY Historical Society, The Howards of Eastern K"; Page Vol 1 - P. 92 - photo section
5a: "MCHS (May 1999)"; Page p 117
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{M} = Male; {F} = Female.
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