The Reasons I Be

The Shepherd Family

My great Great grandmother, Malinda Berkshire, 1819-1901, Wife of John B Shepherd, and her son, David Shepherd, 1843-1872, before he left for the Civil War

An absolute treasure found by my cousin, Karen Bowman
(Keep cleaning those closets, Karen!!)

Right: Arrista Mae Shepherd Kress 9/3/1897 - 5/13/1930 daughter Lena Mae Kress 2/3/1916 - 8/12/1995 Left: Arrista and her grandmother Mary Louisa Clark Shepherd 6/20/1847 - 2/23/1930

Contributed by diane Shackelford

This picture has been hanging on my wall for many years without a clue as to who they were. If it hadn't been for Karen sending me the above picture of Malinda Shepherd, I still wouldn't know who they were. But look closely at #18 in the back row to the left of the porch post. THAT is Malinda Shepherd without her glasses! Malinda is what I would call as plain as a fence post, but she certainly had some good looking kids!

But had I not found my cousin, Jim Clark, I still would not be able to identify the rest of this "herd". Jim has done a marvelous job of identifying most of them.

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Last updated May 4, 2000