Rhoda (Sanders) Shepherd (1851 - 1938)

Born 5 Jan 1851 in Macon County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Clay Shepherd — married 17 Sep 1882 in Macon County, North Carolina

Died 20 Oct 1938 at age 87 in Macon County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Rhoda (Sanders) Shepherd lived in Appalachia, in North Carolina.

Rhoda was born in 1851. She passed away in 1938.

Research Notes

The Franklin Press - 27 October 1938

DEATH CLAIMS MRS SHEPHERD

Old Resident Of Watauga Section Passes on Thursday, Oct 20

Mrs Rhoda Shepherd, 87, died at her home in the Watauga Section five miles east of Franklin last Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Death was due to a heart attack. She had been in ill health for about 2 years.

Mrs Shepherd, the daughter of the late Pendleton and Carolyn Sanders, was born January 5, 1861. She was born and reared in the Watauga section and lived her entire life in Macon County. Her husband was the late Henry Shepherd, a Union Veteran.

She was a member of the Snow Hill Methodist Church.

Funeral services were held at Snow Hill Methodist Church, five miles north of Franklin, Friday afternoon. The Rev C F Rogers, pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church, was in charge in the absence of the pastor, the Rev H S Williams. Internment was in the church cemetery.

The pallbearers were: Will Rickman, Harley R Cabe, C A Bryson, Ed H Parrish, Hermann H Plemmons, and Billy Watkins.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Logan Allen of Franklin, and Mrs Eva Mason of Watauga; two sons, Richard Shepherd of Canton, and Samuel Shepherd of Kyle; two sisters, Mrs Sally Nichols, of Athens, GA, and Mrs Callie Painter of Gastonia; one brother, Cowan Sanders of Watauga, and 11 grandchildren.

Sources

• Wooley, James E., Macon County, North Carolina Marriage: 1829-1939 (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1984) p. 123

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBM-763 : accessed 14 February 2019), Rhoda Shepherd in household of Henry Shepherd, Cowee Township, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62, sheet 5B, family 92, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,204.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSV-3RT : accessed 14 February 2019), Rhoda Shepherd in household of Henry C Shepherd, Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 108, sheet 8B, family 144, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1121; FHL microfilm 1,375,134.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 February 2019), memorial page for Rhoda Saunders Shepherd (5 Jan 1851–20 Oct 1938), Find A Grave Memorial no. 45290318, citing Snow Hill Methodist Cemetery, Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by George Rogers Park (contributor 47185030). There is no photo of Rhoda's gravestone because one was never erected. The cemetery is identified in her obituary in The Franklin (North Carolina) Press, 27 October 1938