Benjamin F. Shepherd

Birth Date

1810-08-24

Death Date

1879-09-12

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Carter County, Kentucky, constable and grocer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Kennedy Shepherd in Harrison County on August 5,1840. Father of William Shepherd, Mary Shepherd, Sarah Shepherd, Jesse Shepherd, Alsey Shepherd, Zachariah Shepherd, Murray Shepherd, Taylor Shepherd, Olivia Shepherd, Thomas M. Shepherd, Frank Shepherd, Rebecca E. Shepherd, Ben F. Shepherd, and John Shepherd. Constable in Carter County in 1850. Grocer in Carter County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, District 2, p. 244A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, p. 264. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carter County, Grayson, p. 98A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896, p. 77. Find A Grave, "Benjamin Franklin Shepherd (1810-1879)," Memorial 112918812, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112918812 (accessed January 31, 2020).

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