At 06:09 PM 9/14/97 -0700, you wrote: >I sent the following message when the list was probably one day old, so I'm >sure very few saw this request. > >Looking for information on the descendants of William L. SHEPPARD, born in >Fayette County, 8 Aug 1868. He married Lucinda Elizabeth FRIEND (born 9 Nov >1868, Fayette Co.) on 17 Aug 1887. > >These were the parents of my grandmother, Grace Lydia SHEPPARD, born 24 Oct >1895 unknown location, IL. My grandmother had seven brothers and sisters. >After her mother died in 1903, her father remarried. Grace was put in a >foster home and eventually ended up in Lisbon, North Dakota. > >Bob Nobis >Mesa, AZ >[email protected] > > > Bob, Do you have the ancestry of William Sheppard? The marriage records show: Wm L. Sheppard 20 farmer res FC b Marion Co p G.C. Shephard and Lidia Allgood and Lucinda E. FRIEND 19 res FC b FC p ELijah Friend and Mary ROberts m 17 Aug, 1887 at bride's father's. G.C. SHeppard gave consent for son. (A 192) and G.C. SHeppard 58 farmer 2nd marr res WIlberton Twp b Ky p WIley SHeppard and Rachel Powell and Lucy Ann COOLEY 41 2nd marr res FC b KYp Harrison Perkins and Sally Knatzer m 2 Mar 1881 (A 68) Garlin G. SHeppard's first wife's name is Lydia Allgood, and they also had sons Edward R. SHeppard 22 in 1891, and Garlin Carter SHepherd, 19 in 1880, Wiley O. SHepherd 27 in 1885 (his residence is given as Cherryvale, Montgomery Co.,Kansas). Garland C. SHeppard and Elida Allgood, he of age, she by consent married 15 Dec, 1847. Peter Allgood, Elida's father, gave consent. Witness: Wiley Sheppard. (Book Old A, p.31, l.22) 1850 census p. 826, 30 Aug, 1850 239 SHEPHERD, Garland 26 blacksmith KY Lydia 23 Ind Mary Ann 4 Ill Mary 24 Ky, Rachel 8 Tenn p, 766 18 Dec 1852 670 682 SHEPARD, Wyley 33 wool carder NC Elisabeth 35 Ind William L.5, Christine 7, Wily 1 (all Ill) 1880 Census Wilberton Township, p. 30 187 187 SHEPPARD, Garlin C. 56 farmer Tenn Ky Ky Lydia 51 wife Ind Tenn Tenn Wylie P. 21, John C. 19 son, Deonisha 17, dau, Elender 14 dau, William L. 12, Edward R 9 (all Ill Tenn Ind) I don't have the Wilberton Twp. census for 1900. Perhaps someone else can fill that in for you. Judith Cameron Lanclos Highland, CA