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Larkin Shepherd
1794 - 1849

Larkin Shepherd was born June 5, 1794 on Reddies River, Wilkes County, North Carolina as the second child of John Shepherd, Jr. and wife Phoebe. He was the great grandfather of brothers Grover and Harrison Shepherd.

Larkin's grandfather, John Shepherd, Sr., was one of the early pioneers who first settled the Reddies River area of Wilkes County during the Revolutionary War. John Shepherd, Sr. came to Reddies River in 1775 along with his brothers, Robert and James Shepherd.

Larkin Shepherd Homeplace
Larkin Shepherd Homeplace

This photo shows some of the lands once owned by Larkin Shepherd. The hill on the left is the site of the D. Franklin Shepherd Family Cemetery where Larkin & Alley Shepherd are buried along with some of their descendants. Larkin's home was originally built on the bottom land where the chicken houses (barely visible at the bottom of the tree line) on the far right are located. The North Fork of Reddies River makes a horseshoe turn to the left around the hill on the right. Larkin's homeplace was moved to this hill after a flood in 1916. The original house is gone, but the homeplace is still occupied by Frankie and Debbie Shepherd, descendants of Larkin and Alley Shepherd.

When Larkin was a boy, there were no public schools, yet he managed to get a good education. Young Larkin Shepherd also learned about responsiblity early, as his father, John Shepherd, Jr. died in 1812 at the age of 52 years. At the time, Larkin was 18 years old and 12 of his 13 siblings were still living at home. This left Larkin to be the 'man of the house'.

Married Alley Irwin

On December 13, 1817, Larkin married his boyhood sweetheart, and close neighbor, Alley Irwin, who was also his second cousin. Alley was born March 6, 1797 to Thomas and Agness Shepherd Irwin.

The Shepherd and Irwin familes had shared close ties for three generations. Alley's grandfather, Francis Irwin, was a neighbor of brothers John Shepherd, Sr. and Robert Shepherd in Spotsylvania, Virginia. This is proven by the fact that Francis witnessed land transactions for the Shepherd brothers before they moved to Reddies River. Francis Irwin moved to the Reddies River area about 1873, apparently following his former neighbors.

Thomas Irwin, son of Francis Irwin, married Agnes Shepherd, daughter of Robert Shepherd about 1765. Therefore, all descendents of Larkin and Alley Irwin Shepherd can count both John Shepherd, Sr., and his brother Robert Shepherd, as direct ancestors.

Reddies River Church
Reddies River Church

In January 1815, when Alley was eighteen years old, she joined the Reddies River Baptist Church and was baptized in the cold waters of Reddies River. She remained a faithful member of this church the rest of her life. Larkin and Alley lived out their lives on the North Fork of Reddies River where they raised a family of 11 children.

Military Service

Larkin Shepherd was a soldier in the War of 1812, having enlisted in July, 1814. He served in the 5th regiment from Wilkes County, NC under Captain Ambrose Carleton. According to Larkin's military record, he was six feet and one inch tall, had blue eyes, fair skin and light brown hair. As the war did not last long, Larkin was discharged in March 1815 and subsequently received bounty land for his services.

Reddies River Church

Larkin was also active in the religious life of the community. He was received into the Reddies River Church via experience on the 2nd Saturday in February, 181,8 and later baptized into the fellowship of this church. Larkin regularly represented the church at associational meetings and church conferences. He also made reconciliatory visits to members not in good standing.

A Little Trickery

 Reddies River Church
Twins Mary (left) and Martha Shepherd, daughters of Larkin & Alley Irwin Shepherd

 John Phouts rented land owned by Alley Shepherd, widow of Larkin Shepherd, in Wilkes County. On one of his business visits to the widow he became acquainted with her daughter Mary and began to court her. On one of his calls Mary and her twin sister Martha decided to see if they could fool him and have Martha pass as Mary. Joseph was not deceived, but he and Martha were so taken with each other that they were married.

On the 2nd Saturday in September, 1821, the church appointed Larkin as church treasurer. In 1825, Larkin became the church clerk and held this position until his death. On the 2nd Saturday in April 1830, he was ordained a deacon by the Reddies River Church.

Larkin was a faithful servant of the Lord, working actively in the church as long as his health permitted. Because of his educational background, his Christian faith, and his knowledge of matters relating to the welfare of the church, Larkin was appointed by the church on the 2nd Saturday in July, 1830, to "examine strange preachers who come in the bounds of the church - to determine if they had legal authority and are sound in doctrine".

Unfortunately, as with his father, Larkin's years on this earth were short. At the age of 54 years, Larkin died February 17, 1849. Also see: The Last Will & Testament of Larkin Shepherd. His wife, Alley, survived her husband by 30 years. She died January 28, 1879. Larkin and Alley Irwin Shepherd are buried in the D. Franklin Shepherd Family Cemetery, located on a hill overlooking the Larkin Shepherd homeplace.

In 1880 the estate of Larkin Shepherd was sold through his executor, Nathan Weaver, to Larkin's son, Doctor Franklin Shepherd.

Eleven Known Children of Larkin and Alley Irwin Shepherd:

  1. John F. Shepherd
  2. Lucinda Shepherd
  3. Rebecca Shepherd
  4. James Wilburn Shepherd
  5. D. Franklin Shepherd
  6. Jordan Ashley Shepherd
  7. Sarah Shepherd
  8. Benjamin Shepherd
  9. Abraham Shepherd
  10. Martha Shepherd
  11. Mary Shepherd

  1. John F. Shepherd, born November 25, 1819; died April 7, 1867 in Ashe Co., NC; married Frances (Fanny) Wilcoxon (b. Feb. 15, 1819, d. Aug. 30, 1908), February 20, 1840; Had 11 known children: Jane, Isaac, George, Newton, John, Joshua, Lucy, Sarah, Thomas, Noah and Maria. See the John F. Shepherd Family article for more information on John F. Shepherd and his descendants.

    Martha Weaver Williams
    Nathan Weaver

  2. Lucinda Shepherd, born November 1, 1821; died Dec. 17, 1857; buried in D. Franklin Shepherd Family Cemetery,; married Nathan Weaver, April 21, 1847; Nathan Weaver was a prominent citizen of Alleghany County, NC where he was a justice of the peace and county commissioner. This family lived in the Weaversford area of Ashe County, which is named-so after an ancestor of Nathan Weaver. Three Known Children:

  3. Rebecca Shepherd, born March 7, 1824; died March 11, 1879; married Joshua T. Coffey, November 1, 1842 and lived in the Reddies River area of Wilkes County. Present day people by this name who live in the Wooten Creek area and the Hays community are descended from this couple; After Rebecca died, Joshua married Rebecca Eveline Wyatt; Nine known children:

      John Andrew Key
      John Andrew Key

    • Adeline Coffey, born 1844; married Alfred Wyatt.
    • Matilda Coffey, born 1846; married Isham Patrick.

    • John Drewery/Drury Coffey, born 1848; died Jan. 5, 1895 in Wilkes Co., NC; married Sarah Wyatt (b. 1848/49); Drury was killed by his brother Perry Coffey during a fight in which Drury sustained two fatal blows to his head. The two brothers had argued earlier in the day over some notices Drury had put up ordering Perry to stay off his land. Perry was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. Had eight known children:

      • Mildred Jane Coffey, born May 4, 1872; died Mar. 5, 1933 in Wilkes Co., NC; married John Andrew Key (b. April 20, 1871), Jan. 19, 1894; Mildred is buried at Hilltop Baptist Church Cemetery in Fairplains, NC; Had eight known children:

          Leila Victoria Key
          Leila Victoria Key

        1. Leila Victoria Key, born Dec. 12, 1897 in Alleghany Co., NC; died Mar. 2, 1964; married Cleveland Vester Lloyd (b. Aug. 12, 1898), Sept. 21, 1919; Lelia is buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park in Wilkes Co., NC; Had five known children:

          • Hazel Lenora Lloyd, born Oct. 4, 1920; died Jan. 16, 1986; married 1st Archie V. Harrison (b. Aug. 14, 1925); married 2nd Roy L. Waddell (b. June 23, 1936); Had one known child by Archie Harrison: Johnny V. Harrison Waddell, born Aug. 27, 1951.

          • Harold Vester "Buck" Lloyd, born Dec. 10, 1922 in Wilkes Co., NC; died May 10, 2001 at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC; married Emma Nelle Sidden; Buck is buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park in Wilkes Co., NC; Had two children.

            Cleveland Vester Lloyd Family
            Cleveland Vester Lloyd Family - Front row (l-r): Harold Vester Lloyd, Cleveland Vester Lloyd and Hazel Lenora Lloyd. Back row (l-r): John Wake Lloyd, James Paul Lloyd and Charles Edward Lloyd.

          • John Wake "Jake" Lloyd, born Jan. 4, 1925 in Wilkes Co., NC; died July 31, 1983 in Gloucester Point, VA; married Frances Josephine Elmore (b. Sept. 27, 1936); Jake was one of the first successful open heart surgery patients in Virginia; Jake is buried at Penninsula Memorial Park in Newport News, VA; Had one child.

          • James Paul Lloyd, born July 18, 1928; died Mar. 12, 1977 in North Wilkesboro, NC; married __?__ Wells; James is buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park in Wilkes Co., NC; Had four children.

          • Charles Edward Lloyd, born July 22, 1935; died Nov. 21, 1999; married 1st __?__ LNU and had one child; married 2nd __?__ Graves and had two children; Charles is buried at Cleveland Memorial Park in Shelby, NC.

          John Andrew and Mildred Jane Coffey Key Descendants in 1952
          John Andrew and Mildred Jane Coffey Key Descendants in 1952

        2. James Ervin Key, born June 7, 1898
        3. Nora Elizabeth Key, born Aug. 17, 1903
        4. William Henry Key, born Feb. 17, 1905; died May 12, 1972; married Mima Lee Reynolds (b. Aug. 30, 1910), Aug. 31, 1928 in Wilkes Co., NC; William is buried at Hilltop Baptist Church Cemetery in Wilkes Co., NC; Had seven children.
        5. Richard Edward Key, born May 5, 1907
        6. Ila Mae Key, born May 6, 1910
        7. Paul Thomas Key, born Oct. 15, 1912
        8. Mildred Evelyn Key, born Feb. 15, 1916

      • Martha Coffey, born ca. 1870

      • Calvin Coffey, born ca. 1871; married Elizabeth __?__; Had three known children:

        1. Ellen Coffey, born ca. 1894 in Wilkes Co., NC.
        2. Laura Coffey, married Nathan Shepherd (b. ca. 1894); Had one child.
        3. Sarah Coffey

        Larkin and Lessie Baugess Coffey
        Larkin and Lessie Baugess Coffey

      • Rebecca Leona Coffey, born June 20, 1872
      • Sindy Coffey, born ca. 1876
      • Ellen Elzina Coffey, born April 15, 1884

      • Larkin Coffey, born June 30, 1885; died Dec. 5, 1959; married Lessie Baugess (b. Dec. 31, 1887), Oct. 21, 1906 in Wilkes Co., NC; Larkin is buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park in Wilkes Co., NC; Had six children - one known by name: Hazel M., born April 13, 1919.

      • Joshua Thomas Coffey, born June 13, 1888; died Mar. 23, 1983 in North Wilkesboro, NC; married Mabel Esther Parsons; Joshua is buried at White Oak Baptist Church Cemetery in Wilkes Co., NC; Had three known children:

        1. Josephine Coffey, born May 3, 1922
        2. Grace Coffey, born Aug. 13, 1923
        3. Wade Peyton Coffey, born Oct. 25, 1925

    • Alice Coffey, born 1852.
    • Mary Coffey, born Oct. 10, 1854; died Feb. 7, 1930; married James Hanes; Mary is buried at Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Wilkes Co., NC; Three known children:

      • Frank Hanes; died young
      • Adolphus M. Haynes; married Myrtle Dora Walker.
      • James Enos Haynes, born Jan. 1, 1887; died May 10, 1957; married Lula Roberts (b. Feb. 16, 1881, d. Oct. 7, 1955); James and Lula are buried at Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in North Wilkesboro, NC.

    • Martha Coffey, born 1856; married Lewis Hanes; Had one known child: Noah, born ca. 1876.
    • J. Rufus Coffey, born 1860; married Martha Kilby; Had one known child:

      • Edward Coffey, married Amanda Wyatt; Had five children.

    • Perry Coffey, born 1862; died of consumption May, 1902 in Wilkes Co., NC; married Nancy C. Hanes, Jan. 29, 1887; Perry was convicted of second degree murder in the death of his brother, John Drewery Coffey. Perry was sent to the penitentiary in 1895 for a 20-year sentence. He escaped the pen some 18 months later and was never captured. He denied to the last that he killed his brother.

    • Franklin Coffey, born Feb. 19, 1867; died Jan. 14, 1949; marrried Fannie Hutchinson (b. June 6, 1864, d. Dec. 15, 1941); Franklin and Fannie are buried at Round Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery in Wilkes Co., NC..

  4. James Wilburn Shepherd, born October 6, 1827; died April 28, 1899; married 1st Elizabeth Jones, Sept. 30, 1852; married 2nd Sarah Ellen La Rue, Aug. 17, 1879. This family lived on the North Fork of New River in Weaversford, Ashe County; For more information on James Wilburn Shepherd and his descendants, see the James Wilburn Shepherd Family Article.

    D. Franklin and Sarah Ann Whittington Shepherd
    D. Franklin and Sarah Ann Whittington Shepherd

  5. Doctor Franklin Shepherd, born September 16, 1829; died May 22, 1909; married 1st Elizabeth Caroline Hall (b. Jan. 26, 1836, d. Mar. 4, 1854 - daughter of John and Martha Shumate Hall); married 2nd America Whittington (b. May 23, 1840, d. Mar. 9, 1876); married 3rd Sarah Ann Whittington, Dec. 16, 1876. Doctor, instead of being a title or degree, was simply his first name and he went by Frank.

    Frank fought for the South in the Civil War - he enlisted as a private in Company D, 5th Battalion, N.C. Cavalry of the Confederate Army from Wilkes County on July 8, 1862 at age 33, the same day as did his brothers, Abraham and Jordan. Family members tell that Frank ran away from the army and came home to help his family raise their crops needed for survival on the family farm. He reportedly wore a dress and bonnet as a disguise to keep from being discovered by the Confederate Home Guard.

    Frank was a prominent land owner in the Reddies River community, taught school, was a justice of the peace and faithfully supported the Reddies River Primitive Baptist Church. Franklin, along with his first two wives, is buried in the D. Franklin Shepherd Family Cemetery. Descendants of this family still live on the Larkin Shepherd homeplace.

    D. Franklin Shepherd Homeplace
    The D. Franklin Shepherd Homeplace was totally destroyed by fire in 2004.

    The D. Franklin Shepherd homeplace was located off Vannoy Road on the North Fork of Reddies River. The home was built in the mid 1800's within sight of the Larkin Shepherd homeplace. After the 1916 flood, Ambrose Shepherd, who inherited the home from his father, had it moved across the field further from the river. Ambrose enlarged the house and added a front porch, making a total of 10 rooms. Ambrose's daughter Kathryn Dancy inherited the house next. Ownership then passed to Kathryn's daughter Mary Kathryn Everhardt, and on to her daughter, Julie Everhardt, who was the current owner of the property in 2004. On February 2, 2004, the house was totally destroyed by a fire. The fire started on the back wall of an outbuilding from ashes, and intense radiant heat from the outbuilding caught the house on fire.

    One known child by Elizabeth Hall:

    Two known children by America Whittington:

    Three known children by Sarah Ann Whittington:

  6. Jordan Ashley Shepherd, born August 2, 1834; died abt. 1872 plagued by Civil War injuries; married Susan Hall (b. Feb. 12, 1838, d. April 9, 1905 - sister to D. Franklin’s first wife, Elizabeth), December 25, 1856; Apparently, Jordan was named after his father's friend Jordan Ashley, who was a pastor of New Hope Baptist Church. Jordan Ashley returned the favor by naming one of his sons Larkin Sheppard Ashley.

    In 1853 Jordan Ashley Shepherd was received into the fellowship of Reddies River Church. The church minutes show that he bacame active in church work, having represented the church in a number of meetings at the associational level. Jordan and Susanna made their home on Reddies River until about 1860, at which time they moved to Helton Township in Ashe County, NC. Jordan was a Civil War Veteran, having enlisted at Jefferson, North Carolina, July 8 1862. He and Susan are buried in the Sebastian Family Cemetery, Wilkes Co., NC. Had four known children:

  7. Sarah Shepherd, born Sept. 19, 1831; died March 18, 1862; married Rev. John Ennis Pierce (b. Oct. 13, 1819, d. Jan. 22, 1892), January 1, 1852; John is buried in the Arbor Grove Church Cemetery in Wilkes County. Five known children born in Wilkes County:

    • Thomas J. Pierce, born June 7, 1853, died April 12, 1921; married Nancy Whittington; Thomas is buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC; Had five children: Jesse E., Frank O., Delia, Mamie, and Roby.

    • Martha Carolina Pierce, married Benjamin (Billy) Azmon; Had six children: Edith, Mary C., Ellen, Ben, Julia, and Albert.

      Leonard Bynum and Mary Saphronia Pierce Church
      Leonard Bynum & Mary Saphronia Pierce Church

    • Mary Saphronia Pierce, born May 6, 1857; died Feb. 21, 1928; married Leonard Bynum Church (b. Dec. 19, 1856, d. July 16, 1938); Leonard and Mary are buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC; Had 11 known children:

      • Robert Leroy Church
      • Julie Elvira Church
      • Jarvis Bynum Church
      • Millard Cicero Church, born April 4, 1884; died April 8, 1888; buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.
      • Commodore Wellborn Church, born Dec. 10, 1885; died Dec. 3, 1967; buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.
      • A. Wiley Church
      • Jesse Monroe Church
      • Ernest Eugene Church; Had one known child:

        1. Edris Saphronia Church, married James Edward Moody; lived in Winston-Salem, NC.

      • Dillard Church, born Mar. 29, 1899; died Mar. 23, 1930; buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.
      • Avery Mansfield Church
      • Fayette Wilson Church, born April 18, 1906; died Sept. 25, 1990; married Fanny Elizabeth Denny; Had one known child:

        1. Jane Carolyn Church, married Lewis Carl Mokrasch; live in Winston-Salem, NC; No children.

    • William Lawson Pierce, born Aug. 19, 1858; died Jan. 15, 1937; married 1st Sarah Caroline Eller (b. June 1, 1854, d. Jan. 19, 1905), April 18, 1880; married 2nd Jane Church Eller, about 1905; Had four known children by Sarah Caroline Eller:

      • Monnie Elizabeth Pierce, born Feb. 25, 1881; died Aug. 29, 1913; buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC; never married.

      • Walter Franklin Pierce, born Mar. 16, 1884; died Feb. 6, 1950; married Cassie Ann Roxie Hayes (b. Aug. 17, 1876, d. April 10, 1936), February, 1903; Walter was known to many friends as "the mountain man" because he liked to hunt squirrels and roam through the mountains. He specialized in hunting bees. Walter and Roxie are buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.

      • Annie Bessie Mae Pierce, born Oct. 16, 1887; died Mar. 20, 1979; married John Nichols (b. Mar. 24, 1884, d. May 19, 1966); family removed to Winston-Salem, NC; John and Annie are buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC; Had six known children:

        1. Sears O. Nichols, born Feb. 6, 1905; died Aug. 8, 1981; married Beatrice W__? (b. April 9, 1907, d. Dec. 29, 1968).
        2. Charlie Nichols
        3. Frances Nichols
        4. Odous R. Nichols
        5. Murley Nichols
        6. Grace Nichols

        William and Lola Pierce Eller
        William Arthur & Lola Bertha Pierce Eller

      • Lola Bertha Pierce, born Mar. 29, 1891; died April 20, 1961; married William Arthur "Bouge" Eller (b. Mar. 27, 1887, d. July 15, 1962); William and Lola are buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC; Had 12 known children:

        1. Chessie Maie Eller, born Dec. 17, 1908, died Nov. 14, 1998; buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.
        2. William Lester Eller, born Aug. 30, 1912; died Dec. 27, 1978; married Jettie Hayes (b. Sept. 14, 1909, d. Jan. 24, 2001); William and Jettie are buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.
        3. Edna Fay Eller
        4. Minnie Hazel Eller, born May 11, 1917; died May 29, 1943; buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.
        5. Freida Gay Eller
        6. Richard Arthur Eller, born and died Oct. 28, 1921; buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.
        7. John Walter Eller, born March 19, 1925; died Nov. 26, 1984; married Agnes R__? (b. Aug. 1, 1928); John is buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.
        8. Jimmie Thomas Eller
        9. Argel Jerue Eller
        10. Annie Ruth Eller
        11. Jackie Eller
        12. Remona Dean Eller, born Dec. 27, 1936; died July 27, 1937; buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.

    • James Wilson Pierce, born May 22, 1860; died Oct. 22, 1922; married Camilla A. Church (b. Feb. 6, 1862, d. June 6, 1947), April 17, 1881; James and Camilla are buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC; Had 10 known children:

      • Jesse Filmore Pierce, born Feb. 5, 1882; married Octavia McNeil.
      • James Jentry Pierce, born Dec. 17, 1884; died Dec. 12, 1952; married Esther Eller (b. Dec. 17, 1885, d. Dec. 29, 1930); Jentry and Esther are buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC.
      • Mertie Leona Pierce, born April 17, 1886; died May 30, 1977; married Cicero G. Nichols (b. July 16, 1878, d. Feb. 6, 1944); Cicero and Mertie are buried at Arbor Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Miller's Creek, NC..
      • William Arthur Pierce, born June 21, 1988; married Dorothy Ellis.
      • Richard Eller Pierce, born Oct. 22, 1890; married Oma McNeil.
      • Sarah Elizabeth Pierce, born Feb. 1, 1892; married Hoy Phillips.
      • Ada Milo Pierce, born April 21, 1896; married Privette Phillips.
      • Newton Johnson Pierce, born Jan. 6, 1900; died 1961; married Elwina Shaver (b. 1907, d. 1975): Had one known child: James E., born 1926, died 1967.

        Shepherd Homeplace in Webbville
        Shepherd Homeplace in Webbville, Kentucky, built about 1900

      • Nellie Mae Pierce, born Aug. 22, 1902; married Commodore Eller.
      • Nora Belle Pierce, born May 30, 1901; married Jeter Bumgarner.

  8. Benjamin Shepherd, born August 12, 1836; died May 21, 1856 unmarried and without children. Benjamin was mentally retarded.

  9. Abraham L. Shepherd, born February 25, 1839; died Aug. 16, 1903; married Elizabeth Kilby (b. 1841, d. July 29, 191?), May 21, 1865; Fought for South in the Civil War; Family removed to Twin Branches near Webbville, Lawrence Co., KY; Abraham and Elizabeth are buried in the Webbville Cemetery in Lawrence Co., Kentucky; Shepherds descended from Abraham and Elizabeth no longer live in Lawrence Co., KY; Also see, the Last Will Testament of Abraham L. Shepherd; Had ten known children:

    John Edward and Martha Shepherd Fouts
    Martha Shepherd and John Edward Fouts

  10. Martha Shepherd, born July 16, 1842, twin to Mary; died Sept. 4, 1916 of breast cancer; married 1st John Edward Fouts (b. Mar. 17, 1839, d. Oct. 9, 1862) of Ashe County, February 10, 1861; John died Oct. 9, 1862 at Big Spring, TN of wounds from the Civil war inflicted at Perryville, KY; married 2nd George Washington Phillips (b. Nov. 17, 1849, d. Dec. 17, 1922) in 1869.

    George and Martha were living in the Union Township, Wilkes Co., NC at the time the 1880 Census was taken. By 1900, they were living in the Grassy Creek Township, Ashe Co., NC. George lived with his daughter Elizabeth, her husband Cicero Debord and family, after Martha's death. Martha and George are buried in the John Calvin Shepherd Cemetery in Ashe Co., NC.

    Harrison and Mary Shepherd Brown
    Harrison and Mary Shepherd Brown with nephew Joseph Phouts

  11. Mary Shepherd, born July 16, 1842, twin to Martha; died April 25, 1908; married William Harrison Brown, May 21, 1865. This couple moved from Ashe County, NC to Dellaplane in Wilkes County, NC where they operated a general store and post office. Mary and her husband had no children of their own. However they raised their niece Flora Ennis Shepherd, daughter of John Calvin Shepherd, whose first wife, Rosabelle Baker, walked out on the family when Flora was one year old.

    The Browns also helped raise their nephew, Joseph Wilburn Phouts, after his father, John Fouts, died in 1862 of wounds suffered in the Civil War. Joseph and his mother, Martha (twin to Mary), lived with the Browns until Martha remarried to George Washington Phillips in 1869. Joseph continued to live with the Browns after his mother's second marriage. Harrison and Mary are buried at the Oak Forest Baptist Church Cemetery in Wilkes Co., NC, just around the curve from their home.






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CONTRIBUTORS

Along with information from the normal genealogical sources (Census Records, History Books, Cemetery Records, etc.) the following people have contributed family history information and/or photos presented on this page. If you have information/photos on the descendants of Larkin Shepherd, and would like to see your family history added to this page, send an email to brodrick@reddiesrivershepherds.com

John F. Shepherd - John W. Shepherd, Michael Shepherd, Judy Lenane, Lois Rogers (descendants of Thomas Calvin Shepherd and sister Maria Demelia Shepherd).

Rebecca Shepherd - Harold Anthony Lloyd - See Lloyd, Sidden and Related Families

D. Franklin Shepherd - Chuck Mitchell.

Sarah Shepherd - Jane Church Mokrasch (Photo of Leonard Bynum and Mary Saphronia Pierce Church).

Abraham L. Shepherd - Paula Shepherd Williams, Jesse Shepherd and Annette Shepherd (Information and photos on the descendants of George L. Shepherd), Lisa Shepherd Dozier-Lauinger (Information on the Robert L. Shepherd Family).

Martha Shepherd - Thomas Hamm.

Mary Shepherd - Thomas Hamm.