Rev Samuel Sheppard

1803 - 1872  (68 years)

• Name	Samuel Sheppard
  Prefix	Rev
  Born	27 Mar 1803  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Mar 1872	Wirt County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	Jackson Co Wills, Samuel Sheppard, Minister in Methodist Episcopal Church, Authority to perform marriages, 10/28/1844
  Person ID	I19340	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	24 May 2005

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Sheppard,   b. 1759, Hardy Co, WVa ,   d. 16 Apr 1825, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Martha C Wilson,   b. Abt 1767, MA ,   d. Mar 1808, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	1786  [1]
  Notes	Betty Dotson Renick info states they died in Wirt Co, but obviously this means in the part of the county that later became Wirt. Hardesty's History of Wirt Co WV 1882 The first settlers Then came Benjamin Roberts, Thomas Prebble and Jonathan Shepherd from the south branch of the Potomac, the latter bringing with him his three sons, William, Samuel and Henry. sketch about Rebecca's son David: His mother, whose maiden name was Rebecca Sheppard, was born in 1798 and is living with Brooks Somerville. She is the only surviving child of Jonathan Sheppard, who was the first settler in Reedy District.
  Family ID	F5700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amelia Full,   b. 16 Mar 1803, Virginia, USA ,   d. 27 Aug 1876, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1823	Wood County, West Virginia, USA
  Notes	1850 Wirt Co # 136 July 18 Samuel 47 VA Amelia 47 Jonathan 25 Clarissa 19 Rebecca 17 Lewis 13 Margaret L 10 A H 7 Stanley, Ann C 30 England Mary A, 2, VA 1860 Wirt, VA # 15 all born VA Samuel Sheppard 57 Amelia 57 Margaret 21 A Heitt 17 Thomas Stanton 12
  Children	1. Nancy Sheppard,   b. 12 Sep 1824, Virginia, USA ,   d. 6 Oct 1910, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 86 years)   2. Jonathan Sheppard,   b. 1826, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1898  (Age 72 years)   3. Martha Florence Sheppard,   b. 1829,   d. 1858  (Age 29 years)   4. Clarissa Sheppard,   b. Abt 1831, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Rebecca Sheppard,   b. 8 Dec 1832, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 24 Feb 1923, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 90 years)   6. Lewis Sheppard,   b. Jan 1836, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Margaret L Sheppard,   b. 1839, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1917  (Age 78 years)   8. Addison Hyatt Sheppard,   b. 2 Jul 1843, Virginia, USA ,   d. 4 Jan 1928, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F6351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Betty Dotson Renick sy13@worldnet.att.net.