Joseph J. Shepherd (1855 - 1943)

Joseph J. Shepherd

Born 4 Dec 1855 in Macon County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Son of James Shepherd and Nancy Avaline Shepherd

Brother of John Grandison Shepherd, Narcissa (Shepherd) Gibson, Thomas C. Shepherd, Martha Catherine (Shepherd) Mason, Adeline H Shepherd, James L. Shepherd, Ebenezer Shepherd and William Elbert Shepherd

Husband of Margaret A. (McGaha) Shepherd — married 19 Dec 1878 in Macon County, North Carolina

Father of George Shepherd

Died 13 Jun 1943 at age 87 in Macon County, North Carolina

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Biography

Joseph was born in 1855. He was the son of James Shepherd and Nancy Shepherd. He passed away in 1943.

Sources

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDT-YDN : 12 December 2017), Joseph J Shepherd in entry for James Shepherd, 1860.

"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTD-J57 : 4 November 2017), Joseph Shepherd and Margaret A Mcgaha, 19 Dec 1878; citing Macon, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 19,268.

"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGQ3-PTL : 18 July 2017), Joseph Jackson Shepherd, 13 Jun 1943; citing Comer, Macon, North Carolina, fn 2429 cn 87, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,229.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVL-HQ4K : 13 December 2015), Joseph J. Shepherd, 1943; Burial, Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, United States of America, Shepherd Memorial Cemetery; citing record ID 19693019, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Pip Sheppard : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 838 markers, haplogroup R-CTS13034, FTDNA kit #770555, MitoYDNA ID T13649 [compare]

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:

~6.25% Gwen Baker : 23andMe, yourDNAportal GWE5523c9b3
~6.25% Seth Webster : 23andMe
~3.12% Pip Sheppard : 23andMe, GEDmatch A888563 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A888563 [compare], Ancestry member tsheppard1960
~3.12% C Hurst : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A974588 [compare]
~3.12% T. J. Shepherd : 23andMe, GEDmatch NW5923227 [compare]
~3.12% Lindsey (Shepherd) Rowland : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KY2988136 [compare], Ancestry member lsrowland69
~1.56% ~12.50% George Robert Bowers : AncestryDNA
~1.56% Jason Smith : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jjs2411

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