Sheppard Family Tree 1838-2008

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JOHN SHEPPARD B-1768 NC D.1848 MARION GA WIFE: ELIZABETH B- 1771 GA D-1867 MARION GA MARRIED 1792 MARY SHEPPARD B-12/29/1794 NC D.?? ANDREW SHEPPARD B-10/03/1795 NC D-4/17/1884 SARAH SHEPPARD B-3/02/1797 NC D-1850 GA NANCY SHEPPARD B-12/3/1798 NC D-3/11/1871 ADA SHEPPARD B-1801 NC D.?? ABNER SHEPPARD B-5/20/1802 NC D-1902 GA ELIZABETH SHEPPARD B-2/25/1805 NC D.?? NELLY SHEPPARD B-1807 NC D.?? SAMUEL THOMAS SHEPPARD B-6/01/1811 NORTH CAROLINA D-1/19/1891 MERKEL TX WIFE: SARAH ELIZABETH BLUE B-601/1817 NORTH CAROLINA D. ?? ASA LOUIS SHEPPARD B-9/8/1838 GEORGIA D-1/19/1891 MERKLE TX WIFE: MISSOURI EILAND CHAMBLISS SHEPPARD B- 8/28/1837 GA D. 6/10/1891 MARRIED 12/5/1886 A. L. (Asa Louis) Sheppard brought the family from Georgia some time prior to 1860. The 1880 census shows them living in Bremond TX. (M) J.D. SHEPPARD B-1860 TEXAS D-?? (M) WILLIAM ANDREW SHEPPARD B-7/21/1862 TEXAS D-9/6/1943 MERKEL TX, HEADSTONE William ("Willie" or "Uncle Bill") Brought the family from Bremond Texas to Merkel TX in 1891 by wagon train with 10 other families. We don't know who they were (help!). It took two months to travel 263 miles. Willie farmed in Merkel & fed most of the town during the depression years (thus the name "Uncle Bill")& eventually went to work at the feed store in Merkel. MARRIED TO LILLIE MAY ALLEN B-1869 D-1913 BURIED IN MERKEL TX, HEADSTONE (F) OLGA SHEPPARD B-1887 BREMOND TX. MARRIED TO DAVID "LIGE" GAMBLE MERKEL TX 1913 D-1986 MERKEL TX Olga Sheppard 1894 (M) ASA LEE SHEPPARD B-1890 BREMOND TX D-1890 BREMOND TX (M) LEO SHEPPARD B-1/22/1892 MERKEL TX D-11/1/1965 ARANSAS PASS TX. MARRIED: JOSEPHINE MOLLIE ALLEN B-11/18/1869 D-8/8/1941 Leo Sheppard 1894 (F) IMA SHEPPARD NIX B-11/28/1895 MERKEL TX MARRIED: ?? NIX D-10/6/1961 (M) EUGENE WAYNE NIX B-?? TX D-?? (M) LOYD SHEPPARD B-1/8/1898 MERKEL TX D-6/8/1960 ODESSA TX, HEADSTONE MARRIED TO TRUDY BLANKENSHIP 1924 B-12/11/1900 COPPERAS COVE, TX D-6/28/53 ODESSA TX   HEADSTONE              Loyd & Trudy 1927 (M) LLOYD DON SHEPPARD B-2/8/1925 RANGER TX D-6/22/2010, LONGMONT, CO. MARRIED MARY LOU BERG 1949 OMAHA NE B-3/25/1928 SHE DIED OF CANCER IN 1952 REMARRIED TO BONNIE LOU HALE TATE 1954 B-10/2/1930 TILDEN, NE D-LIVING SANDY, UT Here's Don's story! He went to school in Merkel until the 8th grade & dropped out. Moved to Odessa to work with his dad. Joined the Navy in 1941 & lied about his age & did 2 tours. Came back from the service & landed in San Diego CA where he met Mary Lou Berg. They were married in 1949. Moved to Omaha where a son was born and then moved back to Odessa TX to work with his dad again at Eastern Torpedo Co. driving nitro glycerine trucks.A daughter was born there. Mary Lou got very ill and died of Cancer in 1954. Dad buried her in Omaha NE. He met Bonnie Lou Hale Tate in 1955 and they were married in 1956. She had two sons already and they had their first son. They then moved to York NE. to head up the kitchen at Mother's Jewells Home(orphanage). Then it was on to Longmont CO where he worked in the local lumber yard until moving to the mountains in Allenspark in 1959 where they had another son & adopted a daughter. They moved to Niwot CO in 1971 and had a home for mentally retarded & abused children. They had another child in 1969 and were later divorced where he moved to Laguna Beach, Palm Springs and then now back to Longmont where he lives at Applewood Life Center.                  Lloyd Don Sheppard 1942                         Lloyd Don Sheppard & Mary Lou Berg Sheppard 1949 1960   DON & BONNIE EARL GORDON (TATE)   |   HARRY LEE (TATE)   |   DANIEL ALLEN   |   LYNN MATTHEW   |   DIANNE EVONNE   |   LLOYD DON JR. (M) LLOYD D. SHEPPARD JR. B-10/8/1950 OMAHA NE D-LIVING MARRIED JEAN CA??       LLoyd Jr.(Bliz) 1953 (F) DIANNE EVONNE SHEPPARD B-10/8/1951 ODESSA TX D-LIVING MARRIED MARVIN BUTLER CA??       Dianne 1961 (M) JASON KIETH SHEPPARD B-1/15/1973. D-LIVING (M) JASON D. SHEPPARD JR B-5/15/1990. D-LIVING (F) KASSIOPIA DANIELLE SHEPPARD B-6/30/1993. D-LIVING (M) JACOB EMANUEL SHEPPARD B-6/12/1995. D-LIVING, CA (M) LUKE THOMAS SHEPPARD B-9/26/2001. D-LIVING, CA (F) JANELLE YVONNE SHEPPARD B-3/10/1978 D-LIVING (M) JOSIAH EMANUEL SHEPPARD B-2/2/1980 D-LIVING, TN (F) ALEXANDRIA SHEPPARD B-6/28/2004 PALM SPRINGS, CA. D-LIVING, TN. (M) JOSIAH EMANUEL SHEPPARD JR B-12/15/2005 GA. D-LIVING, TN (M) JERIMIAH SHEPPARD JR B-6/26/2007 GA. D-LIVING, TN (F) SAMANTHA RACHELLE SHEPPARD B-11/7/1981 D-LIVING BONNIE'S CHILDREN (M) HARRY LEE TATE SHEPPARD B-5/5/1952 VALENTINE NE D-LIVING MARRIED JUDY DEGRAZIO 1971 BOULDER CO DIVORCED 1992 REMARRIED MARY MURPHY 1992       Lee 1956                                Lee Mary Sheppard 2007 &    kids 1998, left to right- Teresa, Amanda, Benjamin, Eva, Becky (M) BENJAMIN MATTHEW SHEPPARD B-9/18/1971 BOULDER CO. D-LIVING MARRIED WANDA 1997 LONGMONT CO (M) MATTHEW THOMAS SHEPPARD B-6/5/2006 PLANO TX. D-LIVING (F) BECKY ANN SHEPPARD B-7/27/1980 RUPERT ID. D-LIVING ADOPTED BY LEE & JUDY 1986 (M) NATHAN LEE SHEPPARD B-8/8/2000 DENVER CO. D-LIVING (F) EVA MAE SHEPPARD B-5/12/1981 RUPERT ID. D-LIVING MARRIED THOMAS SPRAGUE 2005 ADOPTED BY LEE & JUDY IN 1986 (M) ISAIAH ELI SPRAGUE B-6/3/2006 LOVELAND CO. D-LIVING (M) JOSEPH LEE SPRAGUE B-4/9/2007 LOVELAND CO. D-LIVING (F) AMANDA KAYE EARNEY SHEPPARD B-1/2/1985 CHARLOTTE NC. D-LIVING ADOPTED BY LEE IN 1996 (MARY'S DAUGHTER) (F) TERESA MICHELLE EARNEY SHEPPARD B-8/6/1987 CHARLOTTE NC. D-LIVING ADOPTED BY LEE IN 1996 (MARY'S DAUGHTER) (M) EARL GORDON TATE SHEPPARD B-9/25/1953 VALENTINE NE D-LIVING MARRIED KAY HINDES BOULDER CO DIVORCED & REMARRIED SAYRE DIVORCED & REMARRIED WAVA       Earl 1961 (F) ERIKA LEE SHEPPARD MARRIED CURTIS KRUGER B-? D-LIVING, DENVER, CO (M) LUCAS KRUGER B-2/25/2008 DENVER, CO D-LIVING LLOYD D. & BONNIE LOU'S CHILDREN (F) ANNA LOUISE RACINE SHEPPARD B-4/18/1955 FT. CAMPBELL,KY D-LIVING ADOPTED BY LLOYD DON & BONNIE IN 1964 MARRIED TO STEVE WHITE DIVORCED & REMAIRRIED JOE MURPHY (F) ANNA ROMANITA SHEPPARD B-4/8/1975 DENVER, CO. D-LIVING LONGMONT, CO. (F) CHANTELL RENEE SHEPPARD B-7/27/1992 DENVER CO. D-LIVING, LONGMONT, CO. (M) JOSHUA KING MURPHY B-2/13/1981 BOULDER, CO. D-LIVING, LONGMONT, CO. (M) LYNN MATTHEW SHEPPARD B-2/25/1957 OMAHA NE D-LIVING       Lynn 1960 (M) DANIEL ALLEN SHEPPARD B-12/26/1959 LONGMONT CO D-LIVING MARRIED JENNY PATTON DIVORCED & MARRIED LAUREL BRETTELL       Daniel 1961 (M) AUSTIN P. S. SHEPPARD B-11/7/1992 SAN JOSE, CA D-LIVING (M) WILLIE R.B. SHEPPARD B-3/27/1995 SAN JOSE, CA D-LIVING (F) BONNIE LAURIE SHEPPARD B-10/22/1965 DENVER CO D-12/8/65 PNUEMONIA BURIED LONGMONT CO (M) PHILLIP HALE SHEPPARD B-6/5/1969 LONGMONT CO D-LIVING MARRIED SUZZANNE (F) JACKQUELINE SHEPPARD B-? D-LIVING (M) SHANE SHEPPARD B-? D-LIVING (M) MITCHELL SHEPPARD B-? D-LIVING (F) MERLE SHEPPARD B-?? TX D-LIVING (F) CHERYL TABOR B-?? D-LIVING, LAS VEGAS, NV (M) CALVIN MORRIS B-?? D-LIVING, LONGMONT, CO (M) ROBERT EDWARD SHEPPARD B-8/16/1930 MERKLE TX D- 12/14/2007 FL. (F) KATHY SHEPPARD B-?? D-LIVING, FL (F) BETTY SHEPPARD B-?? D-LIVING, FL (F) THERESA SHEPPARD B-?? D-LIVING, FL (F) M.F. SHEPPARD B-1864 TEXAS D-?? (F) MARY VIRGINIA SHEPPARD B-1868 BREMOND TX D-?? (F) LOLA B. SHEPPARD B-1871 TEXAS D-?? (M) GEORGE ASA SHEPPARD B-3/5/1876 BREMOND TX D-5/20/1948 BAYTOWN TX, (M) SAMUAL BOONE SHEPPARD B-3/8/1878 D.1929 MERKEL, TEXAS, HEADSTONE MARRIED TO DAISY OZEE B-4/1/1879 D-4/23/1969 TARRANT COUNTY, TX BOTH BURIED IN MERKEL, TX HEADSTONE (F) ZENO E. SHEPPARD B-9/8/1900 TX. D-9/8/1900 BURIED IN MERKEL TX, HEADSTONE (M) LYNNA E. SHEPPARD B-6/13/1902 TX MARRIED: WILLIAM HELDMAR 7/2/1923 D-11/16/1929 MERKEL TX BURIED IN MERKEL TX, HEADSTONE BURTON SHEPPARD B-1838 GEORGIA D.?? JOHN A. SHEPPARD B-1841 GA D.?? MARRIED 1865 TO MARY H.SHEPPARD B-1851 GA. (M) THOMAS B. SHEPPARD B-1865 GA D-?? (F) MINNIE SHEPPARD B-1866 GA D-?? ANDREW MOORE SHEPPARD B-1843 GEORGIA D.?? MARRIED SARAH A. SHEPPARD 1865 B-1841 GA D-?? FOUNDER: SHEP TEXAS (M) ROBERT C. SHEPPARD B-1880 TAYLOR COUNTY TX MARRRIED LAURA MAY SHEPPARD D-2/1967 (M) CHARLES L. SHEPPARD B-1884 TAYLOR COUNTY D-?? GEORGE W. SHEPPARD B-1845 GEORGIA D.?? MARY E. SHEPPARD B-1847 GEORGIA D.?? MARGARET SHEPPARD B-1849 GEORGIA D.?? SAMUEL WILLIAM SHEPPARD B-4/4/1850 GEORGIA D.11/16/1936 MARRIED: MOLLIE J. CHAMBLISS B-1855 D-12/22/1945 (M) WILLIAM JUDSON SHEPPARD B-4/4/1877 TEXAS D-4/1/1964 (M) WILLIAM JUDSON SHEPPARD JR, B-5/28/1912 TX D- 12/26/1976 BIG SPRING, TX BURIED IN MERKEL TX, (M) WILLIAM M. SHEPPARD, B-?? MERKEL TX D-?? (F) PEARL SHEPPARD B-7/16/1879, TEXAS D-8/19/1970, ABILENE, TX BURIED IN MERKEL (M) ASA THOMAS (ACE) SHEPPARD B-1882, TEXAS D-10/16/1962, MERKEL TX OWNED THE FUNERAL HOME IN MERKEL SUSANNAH SHEPPARD B-8/1/1814 NC D-6/08/1857 GA

HERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS WE NEED HELP WITH. THERE ARE 8 GRAVES IN THE SHEPPARD PLOT IN MERKEL TEXAS. LYNNA SHEPPARD, WILLIAM ANDREW SHEPPARD, ZENO SHEPPARD, DAISY OZEE SHEPPARD, SAMUEL BOONE SHEPPARD & 2 UNMARKED GRAVES. WHO ARE IN THE UNMARKED GRAVES? WHEN DID ASA & MISSOURI COME FROM GEORGIA TO TEXAS? WE KNOW ALL THE CHILDREN WERE BORN IN TEXAS. SHEP, TEXAS. Shep is south of Lake Abilene and the Callahan Divideqv in the southwest corner of Taylor County. The first settler in the area was John Robert Crayton, who arrived in the 1870s and described it as an immense, beautiful valley with several clear creeks. Other settlers, mostly ranchers, followed, finding homes on Spring Creek, Cottonwood Creek, and Valley Creek. The community was later called Shep after an early settler, Andrew Martin Sheppard, who owned a ranch and a store and was the postmaster. The post office operated from 1903 to 1923. The first school, which also served as a church, was a one-room log cabin on the bank of Spring Creek. The Shep Methodist Church was founded about 1881; the building, which still stands, was built about 1914. The Shep Baptist Church was organized about 1895, and the Church of Christ in 1911. In early days Shep was a thriving community with several places of business, including a country store, a gin, a blacksmith shop, a barbershop, a cattle company, and a tailor shop. Dr. Carrington, one of the early doctors, also owned a drugstore. Other doctors came from Wingate and Winters. In 1920 a French pilot and an Englishman who had known a soldier from Shep in World War Iqv landed in a pasture at Shep and gave plane rides for five dollars a person. In 1985 the population of Shep was sixty, and there were no businesses in the area. Some of the ranchland was still owned by descendants of the original settlers. On April 28, 1985, a tornado struck, demolishing much of the community and causing one death. In 1990 the population was estimated at eighty. The population dropped to sixty in 2000. PLEASE USE YOUR BACK BROWSER TO GET BACK!