Ephraim Mannon Shepherd (abt. 1841 - bef. 1870)

Born about 1841 in Yancey, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died before 7 Jun 1870 before about age 29 in Yancey, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Ephraim was born about 1841.

He was listed in the 1850 census of Yaney County, at age 12, along with six siblings. Head of household was his mother, Dorothy Jones Shepherd. The household included his grandmother, Dorothy Hampton Jones, age 79.^[1]

He married Frances J. Blankenship in 1858. The 1960 census found them with one child, Cordelia, in Yancey County, served by the Burnsville post office. Ephraim was farming.^[2]

Their children (with spouses) are the following:

Cordelia Shepherd (Benjamin T. Banks), 1859 - 1948 Louisa Shepherd, 1861 - after 1869 Lorina "Rhina" Lucretia Shepherd (George M. Roland), 1863 - 1938 Amanda J. "May" Shepherd (James Garrett Arrowood), 1866 - 1950 Demeris Sarah Shepherd (Andrew J. Austin, Jess Ray), 1867 - 1956.

Ephraim served in the CSA military. Records indicate that he was a Private in Company C of the N. C. 16th Infantry regiment.^[3]

Note: The 1870 U. S. Census lists Frances Shepherd, age 30, as the head of household with the following children (all female): Cordelia, 11; Louisa, 9; Lorina, 7; May/Mary, 5, and Demeris, 2. This Shepherd household is listed as house/family # 126 after the Barnett Blankenship house/family #125. In 1880, Amanda, 14, was residing in the household of her uncle Calvin C. Blankenship and his wife Margaret Elkins Blankenship, also in Caney River, Yancey Co NC.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BG-ZG2 : 12 April 2016), Ephraim M Shepherd in household of Dorothy Shepherd, Yancey county, part of, Yancey, North Carolina, United States; citing family 1011, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDD1-4W6 : 12 December 2017), Frances J Shephard in entry for E M Shephard, 1860.
3. ↑ "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XK6Q-537 : 7 December 2014), Ephraim Manning Shepherd, 1861; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Sixteenth Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M270 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 247.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDC-CYM : 12 April 2016), Francis Shepherd, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 17, family 126, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,665.

Sources: US Census, Caney River, Yancey Co NC, 1880; US Census, Prices Creek, Yancey Co NC, 1900; NC Death Certificate, Frances Blankenship Banks, 1915; NC Death Certificate, Ezekiel M. Banks, 1935; NC Death Certificate, Rhina Shepherd Roland, 1938; NC Death Certificate, Mary Ellen Ray, 1932; NC Death Certificate, John Barnett Banks, 1944 ("Retired Prohibition Officer"); NC Death Certificate, Demaris Sarah Ray, 1956; Pauline Shepherd Chandler, "John and Dorothy (Jones) Shepherd", HOBC, Vol II, p. 335; Stephen A. Shepherd, "Descendants of Presley Blankenship"; Jane M. Howard, listing Banks Creek Cemetery, Yancey Co NC, www.findagrave.com; Martha Miller, listing Blankenship Arrowood Cemetery, Yancey Co NC, www.findagrave.com; Ancestry.com's OneWorldTree; Ledford family tree; Huntley family tree;