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Isaac Sheppard

Born 29 May 1809 in Wood, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Son of James Sheppard and Margaret (Lockhart) Sheppard

Brother of William Sheppard, Louisa M. (Sheppard) McGraw, Martha Mary (Sheppard) Edwards and James Sheppard Jr.

Husband of Margaret (Morehead) Sheppard — married 3 Nov 1836 in Wood County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Father of James W Sheppard, Virginia A (Sheppard) Higginbotham, Samuel Kingsbury Sheppard, Thomas S Sheppard and William Sheppard

Died after 1880 after age 70 in Fairfax, Virginia, United States

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1 Biography
2 Sources
3 Research Notes
- 3.1 Footnotes
- 3.2 Acknowledgments

Biography

Isaac Sheppard ... ^[1]

1840 residence Kanawha County, VA (now WV); 1850 residence District 45, Putnam County, VA (now WV); 1860 residence Kanawha County, VA (now WV), 1870 residence Jefferson Twp., Kanawha County, WV; 1880 residence Jefferson District, Kanawha County, WV; 1882 residence Kanawha County, WV when he was the informant on his wife's death record

Isaac's age varies from census to census. In 1850 he was 40 (born about 1810), in 1860 he was 49 (born about 1811), in 1870 he was 61 (born about 1809) and in 1880 he was 71 (born about 1809).

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Sources

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Isaac Sheppard-Margaret Morehead marriage http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10740234&Type=Marriage

"History of Mill Creek and Sandy Valley and its Early Settlement" [Jackson County, West Virginia] John A. House (1854-1938), 1906

"Historical Notes on the Early Settlement of Reedy Valley" [Roane County, West Virginia], John A. House (1854-1938), 1906

U.S. census returns

Research Notes

Wirt County, West Virginia was formed in 1848 from Jackson and Wood Counties. Jackson County was formed in 1831 from Kanawha, Mason and Wood Counties. Wood County was formed in 1798 from Harrison County. West Virginia became a State on June 20, 1863.

Footnotes

↑ Entered by Lydia Holland, Saturday, August 10, 2013.

Acknowledgments

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