This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RATCLIFF/HICKS/SHEPARD/BURCHETT/HUGHES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pAB.2ACI/5225 Message Board Post: Does anyone have information on my 3rd great-grandparents? Descendants of Benjamin F. Shepard Generation No. 1 1. BENJAMIN F.1 SHEPARD was born Abt. 1810 in KY, and died Bef. 1880. He married ELIZABETH ? Bef. 1838, daughter of ? SHEPARD and ?. She was born Abt. 1820 in KY. Children of BENJAMIN SHEPARD and ELIZABETH ? are: i. WILLIAM2 SHEPARD, b. 1838. ii. JESSE SHEPARD, b. 1842. 2. iii. SARAH F. SHEPARD, b. Abt. 1845, Knox County, KY. iv. ALFREY SHEPARD, b. 1845. v. MARY SHEPARD, b. 1847, KY. vi. TAYLOR SHEPARD, b. 1849. vii. OLIVA SHEPARD, b. 1851, KY. viii. THOMAS W. SHEPARD, b. 1854, KY. ix. REBECCA SHEPARD, b. 1855, KY. x. BEN FRANK SHEPARD, b. 1860, KY. xi. JOHN SHEPARD, b. 1862, KY. Generation No. 2 2. SARAH F.2 SHEPARD (BENJAMIN F.1) was born Abt. 1845 in Knox County, KY. She married CLAIBORNE HICKS Abt. 1868 in KY, son of JESSE HICKS and ELIZABETH HUGHES. He was born October 12, 1844 in Letcher County, Kentucky, and died October 01, 1916 in McDowell County, WV or California. Children of SARAH SHEPARD and CLAIBORNE HICKS are: 3. i. ROSA A.3 HICKS, b. April 10, 1869, KY; d. November 29, 1939. ii. JOHN H. HICKS, b. 1871, KY. iii. ELIZABETH HICKS, b. 1872, KY. iv. GEORGE W. HICKS, b. 1873, KY. 4. v. MARY ANGELINE HICKS, b. December 18, 1874, Gray, Knox County, KY; d. July 05, 1952, Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, OK. 5. vi. MARTHA HICKS, b. September 25, 1876, Lawrence County, KY. vii. CYNTHIA HICKS, b. March 20, 1878, Lawrence County, KY. viii. LAVINA HICKS, b. December 11, 1879, KY; m. ? D'ARMIN. ix. RUTH HICKS, b. 1880, KY; m. ? EVICKS. Generation No. 3 3. ROSA A.3 HICKS (SARAH F.2 SHEPARD, BENJAMIN F.1) was born April 10, 1869 in KY, and died November 29, 1939. She married (1) NATHAN. CUPP. She married (2) JAKE MESSER Abt. 1887. He was born Abt. 1863 in KY. Children of ROSA HICKS and JAKE MESSER are: i. BUDDY4 MESSER, b. Abt. 1894, KY. ii. PEARL MESSER, m. ? ROE. iii. OLLIE MESSER, m. FRED ADAMS. iv. LULA MESSER, b. Abt. 1898, Ky. 4. MARY ANGELINE3 HICKS (SARAH F.2 SHEPARD, BENJAMIN F.1) was born December 18, 1874 in Gray, Knox County, KY, and died July 05, 1952 in Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, OK. She married JOHN HENRY RATCLIFF August 14, 1894 in Lawrence County, KY, son of ISAAC RATCLIFF and DENIZA SOUTER. He was born January 28, 1873 in Webbville, Lawrence County, KY, and died January 04, 1965 in Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, OK. Children of MARY HICKS and JOHN RATCLIFF are: i. EARNEST WILLIAM4 RATCLIFF, b. July 08, 1895, Jellico, Whitley County, KY; d. October 10, 1966, Mt. Pleasant, Morris County, TX; m. (1) ELSIE KERBOW; b. Aft. 1917; m. (2) MYRTLE ?; b. Aft. 1919; m. (3) LENA DEWITT, March 27, 1917, Wilburton, Latimer County, OK; b. February 22, 1896, Verona, Lawrence County, MO; d. February 23, 1977, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR. ii. WALTER RATCLIFF, b. 1896; d. 1896. iii. JOHNNY RATCLIFF, b. 1897; d. 1897. iv. CHARLIE BASH RATCLIFF, b. April 20, 1900, Gowen, Latimer County, OK; d. 1953, CA; m. ROSA PATTERSON. v. GEORGIA BELL RATCLIFF, b. September 22, 1904, Gowen, Latimer County, OK; d. June 07, 1987, Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK; m. ALBERT JEFFERSON HAMLETT, July 23, 1919, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR; b. July 05, 1894, unk; d. August 19, 1956, unk. vi. LULA MAE RATCLIFF, b. July 16, 1910, Gowen, Latimer County, OK; d. May 25, 1995, McAlester, OK; m. WILLIE LEONARD CECIL, January 10, 1932, Coalgate, OK; b. September 10, 1909, Lehigh, OK; d. November 05, 1997, Springdale, Arkansas. vii. JAMES RUSSELL RATCLIFF, b. January 12, 1913, Gowen, Latimer County, OK; d. September 27, 1984, Wilburton, OK, Latimer County, OK; m. MARY JANE DUNAGAN, December 14, 1941, Hartshorne, Pittsburg County, OK; b. October 17, 1914, Bowers Community, Latimer County, OK; d. May 04, 2002, McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. viii. ISAAC HOWARD RATCLIFF, b. July 25, 1915, Gowen, Latimer County, OK; m. PERLY LORENE HAMPTON, December 03, 1938, Wilburton, Latimer County, OK; b. September 13, 1920, Bowers, Latimer County, OK. 5. MARTHA3 HICKS (SARAH F.2 SHEPARD, BENJAMIN F.1) was born September 25, 1876 in Lawrence County, KY. She married JOSEPH FULTZ April 16, 1896 in Jellico, Campbell County, TN, son of HARRISON FULTZ and ARTIE COLLINS. He was born November 12, 1866 in Ashhill, Madison County, KY. Children of MARTHA HICKS and JOSEPH FULTZ are: i. LIDA4 FULTZ. ii. EMMA FULTZ, m. A. W. MYERS. iii. HAZEL FULTZ. iv. BABY TWINS FULTZ. v. GUTHRIE FULTZ, b. December 25. vi. LORA FULTZ, b. October 09, 1897; m. (1) WALLACE SCOTT; m. (2) GABLE CAULDRON.