Bible Records of Lewis Sheppard

Family Bible of Lewis Sheppard

Contributed By: Jim Kirk

This branch of the Sheppard family moved to the Adair/Russell County area of KY about 1810 but most of Lewis' family moved on to the Morgan/Greene County area of Illinois about 1830.

A copy of the following 99 year old newspaper clipping was in the Lewis Sheppard bible photocopies:

An Old Relic.

Miss Nina Borrow of Patterson, is the recipient of an old family Bible willed to her by an aged great aunt, Palmyra Sitton, who died near Waverly, Sangamon county, Illinois, April 28, 1905.

This Bible was purchased by Lewis Sheppard in the year of 1838 and at the time of the purchase Mr. Sheppard was 67 years of age. And now the Bible is in the hands of the fifth or sixth generation.
Contributed.

January 25, 1906

Original Clipping to see larger version, click on the photo

Page One

Family Record.
Births	Births
Lewis Sheppard was born Dec^r 25 – 1771	Lewis J. Sheppard was born Dec^r 26 ^th 1801
Ali Sheppard was born July the 13 ^th 1766	The^s Sheppard was born Dec^r 30 ^th 1803
Jane Sheppard was born March the 15 ^th 1778	Stephen Sheppard was born Feb^y 7 – 1806
Rachel Sheppard was was born June 2 ^nd 1794	Ali Sheppard was born June 5 ^th 1808
Thornton Sheppard was born Aug^t 9 ^th 1795	John O Sheppard was born Oct^r 7 ^th 1810
Nancy Sheppard was born Feb^y 6 ^th 1797	Martha Sheppard was born Dec^r 18 1774
Polly Sheppard was Nov^r 5 ^th 1798	Nancy Sheppard wife of Lewis J. Sheppard was born Oct^r 15^th 1796
Sally Sheppard was born March 6 ^th1800	From Maxine Simmons 03-10-03 via copy from Peg & Bob McCoy

Family Record
Births	Births
John Sheppard sen^r was born August the 10 ^th 1734 & died June the 11 ^th 1810 Aged 75 years ten months & 1-day ¹	Polly Spencer deceased March the 8 ^th 1852 Aged 67 years & 18 days²
Jessie Sitton born March the Eleventh 1783	Terrell R. Sitton born May the 11^th 1838
Sally Sitton born Oct the 24 ^th 1788	William T Sitton born July the 19 ^th 1840
Sally Sitton born Oct the 24 ^th 1788	James H Sitton born November the 1^st 1842
Jehu Sitton born March the 4 ^th 1815	Robert R Sitton March the 10 ^th 1845
J??? Sitton May the 20 1805	Samantha J Sitton born August the 11 1847
Sarah S Sitton ??? the 4^th 1821	John H Sitton Feb the 7 1858
	Transcribed by Jim Kirk 3/25/2003

Family Record.
Marriages	Marriages
Lewis Sheppard was married to Ali Johnson on Aug^t the 29^th 1793	Jehu Sitton was Maried to Palmira Barrow January the 19^th1863
Lewis Sheppard was married to Jane Murphy Aug^t 12^th 1827	Joseph P Fisher and Samantha J Sitton Was Married June the 16^th 1865
Lewis Sheppard was married to Martha Rafferty June the 20^th 1840	John H Sitton and M. O. Landrith Was Married March the 29^th 1881
Jessie T Barrow was Maried to Nancy Sheppard Sept. the 13^th 1820	Jehu Sitton Died Nov. 29. 1882 Aged 68-Y-7-M-25-D
Transcribed by Jim Kirk 3/26/2003	Palmyra Sitton died April 28^th 1905 Aged 80 Years 2 Months and 23 days.

From Maxine Simmons 03-10-03 via copy from Peg & Bob McCoy

From Maxine Simmons
03-10-03
via copy from
Peg & Bob McCoy