Biography
Jesse M. Shepherd was born 10 Oct 1840 to Nimrod and Elizabeth Cantrell Shepherd. [1]
In 1850 he was ten years old and living with his parents in Crab Creek Township, Henderson Co NC. [2]
The 1870 census shows the following: J.M. Shepherd (29), Serepta I. Shepherd (29), Welsey B. Shepherd (7), Miles M. Shepherd (2) and Volney C. Shepherd (1). [3]
Jesse Shepherd died March 1913. [1]
Sources
[1] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69883735
[2] "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BZ-Q5T : accessed 19 March 2016), Nimrod Shepherd in household of John Bane, Henderson county, Henderson, North Carolina, United States; citing family 362, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.) Note: the Familysearch synopsis of this family is incomplete. For a view of the extended family (included Jess) click on the original document.
[3] "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW87-9SW : accessed 19 March 2016), J M Shepherd, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 1, family 3, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,642.
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