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SHEPHERD CEMETERY
John Calvin Shepherd Family
Burials 1887 - 1929

Google Earth Coordinates: 36 31 47.49N, 81 23 20.53W

John Calvin Shepherd Family Cemetery
John Calvin Shepherd Family Cemetery

Location: West Side of Guy Neaves Road, SR-1555, on a knoll above the Shepherd Homeplace. 0.03-Mile North of Junction with Smithey Road, SR -1553 in Crumpler, North Carolina.

John Calvin Shepherd Cemetery
Efforts are currently underway to identify graves in this cemetery. This photo shows a field stone that was located outside the cemetery fence. There are 3-4 graves outside the cemetery fence.

John and Sarah Ballou Grave
Grave site of John R. Ballou and Sarah Anne (Sallie) Ballou, grandparents of Grover & Harrison Shepherd.

Sarah Ballou Grave
Grave sites of John Calvin Shepherd (rear right), Ludema Hash Shepherd (rear left), and Sarah Ballou Shepherd (foreground).

John Calvin Shepherd Grave
Close-up photo of John Calvin Shepherd headstone, father of Grover & Harrison Shepherd.

At Least 27 Graves
Some Unknown

This cemetery was originally much larger than the fenced cemetery today. However, in the 1980's part of the cemetery was cut off to make room for a driveway and the known graves were enclosed by a chain-link fence. It is not known if any graves were lost during the excavation, but based on old burial records, it appears no graves were disturbed. However, it appears that all the graves were not enclosed by the chain-link fence and there are likely 3-4 graves located outside the current fenced area on the cemetery's south side, and possibly one on the north side.

Direct Ancestors of Grover & Harrison Shepherd in bold type

Deceased Birth Death Parents
Birdie C. Eller Ayers and infant
1st wife of Ansel Ayers
Sept. 19, 1876 June 27, 1897 David & Samatha Eller
Hugh Ballou
[Outside fence beside John Ballou]
Jan. 7, 1822 Oct. 30, 1900 Meredith Ballou & Mary Baker
John Rhys Ballou Aug. 17, 1819 Nov. 24, 1908 Meredith Ballou & Mary Baker
Sarah Porter Ballou Oct. 7, 1823 Feb. 25, 1903 Lee & ----- Porter
Hazel Lee Barton Mar. 2, 1921 June 12, 1921 Frank & Mollie Gaultney Barton
Virginia Barton Feb. 5, 1926 Feb. 5, 1926 Frank & Mollie Gaultney Barton
Elizabeth Betsy Duncan Gaultney
wife of Franklin Green Gaultney
Mar. 24, 1825 July 12, 1910 Unknown
Martha E. Gortney [alternate spelling of Gaultney] Aug. 16, 1889 Nov. 14, 1891 Meredith & Nancy Adeline Ayers Gaultney
Field Stone Marker
[Located beside Martha Gortney]
- - Unknown
Field Stone Marker
[Located 2nd beside M. Gortney]
- - Unknown
Eva Myrtle Marsh Dec. 10, 1917 Jan. 4, 1918 Arthur & Mary E. Dixon Marsh
Mary Ennice Dixon Marsh
1st wife of Arthur Marsh
[Baby boy may also be buried with Ennice.]
Dec. 6, 1883 July 5, 1929 James. & Cosby S. Dixon
Martha Shepherd Fouts Phillips
wife of George Washington Phillips
July 16, 1842 Sep. 4, 1916 Larkin & Alley Shepherd
George Washington Phillips
[Marked with field stone beside wife's grave outside current fence]
Nov. 17, 1849 Dec. 17, 1922 William & Gemima Yates Phillips
Wilda Phillips Jan. 10, 1913 Jan. 10, 1913 Frank Booker & Cora Lee Gaultney Phillips
Matt Phipps Feb. 14, 1923 Feb. 24, 1923 Martha Phipps & Unknown
Phipps infant 192_ 192_ Martha Phipps & Unknown
Caroline Pierce ca. 1843 Dec. 26, 1923 Jeff & Sallie Baron Pierce
Fieldin Jones Shepherd Sep. 13, 1886 Feb. 22, 1887 John Calvin & Sarah Ballou Shepherd
John Calvin Shepherd Oct. 3, 1856 July 28, 1929 James Wilburn Shepherd & Elizabeth Jones
Martha Ludema Hash Shepherd Nov. 22, 1856 Aug. 7, 1920 Huston (Hugh) Hash & Mary Emoline Bagwell
Sarah Ann Ballou Shepherd Jun. 13, 1863 Aug. 29, 1890 John R. & Sarah (Sallie) Porter Ballou
Victoria Maud Shepherd Jan. 16, 1888 Mar. 7, 1892 John Calvin & Sarah Ballou Shepherd
A.S. Unknown Unknown Field Stone Marker
Field Stone Marker
Located between Sarah Ballou Shepherd and Sarah Porter Ballou
Unknown Unknown Unknown
Unknown - No marker outside fence on south side 2nd of John Ballou Unknown Unknown No Marker - Outside Fence
Field Stone Marker inside fence Unknown Unknown Unknown


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