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submitter: A.
Shepperd
Husband: William Washington Shepperd
Born: 10/27/1839
Location: Davenport, Montgomery County, AL
Married: 12/08/1874
Location: Big Sandy, Upshur County, TX
Died: 02/04/1920
Location: Locust Grove, Upshur County, TX
Cemetery: Locust Grove
Location: Upshur County, TX
Father: William Shepperd II
Mother: Mary Barnes
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Wife: Mary Emmaline Ray
Born: 03/04/1848
Location: AL
Died: 02/20/1929
Location: Upshur County, TX
Cemetery: Locust Grove
Location: Upshur County, TX
Father: Gabriel Ray
Mother: Mary Ann "Polly" Culp
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Children
Name: John Ray Shepperd
Born: 12/01/1875
Location: Upshur County, TX
Died: 04/04/1939
Location: Big Sandy, Upshur County, TX
Cemetery: Chilton
Location: Big Sandy, Upshur County, TX
Spouse 1: Nona Mae Mings
Married: 12/1899
Location: Upshur County, TX
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Name: Mary Shepperd
Born: 12/01/1877
Location: Upshur County, TX
Died: 09/26/1878
Location: Upshur County, TX
Cemetery: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Location: Upshur County, TX
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Name: Effie Vilula Shepperd
Born: 07/28/1880
Location: Upshur County, TX
Died: 11/16/1908
Location: Upshur County, TX
Cemetery: Locust Grove
Location: Upshur County, TX
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Name: Infant boy Shepperd
Born: 12/20/1882
Location: Locust Grove, Upshur County, TX
Died: 12/24/1882
Location: Upshur County, TX
Cemetery: Pleasant Hill
Location: Upshur County, TX
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Name: Monroe Washington "Little Monroe" Shepperd
Born: 01/03/1884
Location: Upshur County, TX
Died: 10/06/1889
Location: Upshur County, TX
Cemetery: Locust Grove
Location: Upshur County, TX
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Name: Hollie Shepperd
Born: 03/22/1890
Location: Upshur County, TX
Died: 10/27/1981
Location: Gregg Co., TX
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Spouse 1: Laura "Lady Belle" Reynolds
Married: 04/19/1917
Location: Big Sandy, Upshur County, TX
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Comments: William Washington Shepperd came to Texas
with father and stepmother, Rebecca F. Burnley (Porter) prior to 1860 (listed
on 1860 census in Upshur County, Texas). Orginal enlistee 09/16/1861 into
10th Texas Calvary, Co. C (private) at Taos, Texas. Wounded in arm seriously
12/31/1863 at Battle of Murfreesboro, TN. Sent to Texas State Hospital
in Quitman, MS and later back to Texas. Donated land for Locust Grove Cemetery
outside Big Sandy, Texas and is buried there next to his wife. Locust Grove
Baptist Church and Cemetery established 1880.
Sources: "Doty/Anderson/Shepperd and Allied Families"
by Carl V. Wright, "The Rays Look Back" by Marvin Basil McCarley, "History
of the 10th Texas Calvary (Dismounted) Regiment 1861-1865" by Chuck Carlock,
1860 Upshur County Census .
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