Posted on: Lamar Co. Tx Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Lamar?read=721 Surname: SHEPPARD, SHEPARD, SHEPHERD, SKIDMORE, WESTER, NESBIT, NESBITT, WEBB ------------------------- Thomas J. SHEPPARD was b 1829 GA. Wife, M. Jane, b 1832 buried Friendship Cem. Children IDd: Mary E. (m William Thomas NESBIT); Thomas C. (m Eliza SKIDMORE); Ida (m Calvin WESTER); a dau L. M. (1869 LA); and a son W. A. (1872 LA). Thomas was in Clairborne parish LA 1870, Lamar Co. TX 1880, Lamar Co. 1900 as grandfather-in-law of James A. WEBB. Thomas had a brother John P., who also settled in Lamar Co. They were sons of Nathan Shepherd & Elizabeth Bentley of Elbert Co. GA. Interested in identifying descendants. Link: SHEPARD URL: <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/e/n/Diane--Bender/>