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Nimrod Shepherd 1782–1874 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1782

Birth Location: North Carolina, United States of America

Death Date: 1874

Death Location: Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: Sampson Shepherd

Mother: Elizabeth Highsmith

Spouse(s): Gemima Smith

Children(s): Mary Shepherd, Nancy Stephens, James Shepherd, William Shepherd, Rebecca Perkins, Elizabeth Arms

Nimrod Shepherd was born in 1782 in North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Sampson Thomas Shepherd And Elizabeth Betsy Highsmith. Nimrod Shepherd married Gemima Mimmie Smith, and had children including Elizabeth Shepherd Arms, James Shepherd, Mary Polly Bell Shepherd, Nancy Shepherd Stephens, Rebecca Shepherd Perkins, William Shepherd. Nimrod Shepherd passed away in 1874 in Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Nimrod Shepherd was born in 1782 in North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Sampson Thomas Shepherd And Elizabeth Betsy Highsmith.
  • Nimrod Shepherd married Gemima Mimmie Smith, and had children including Elizabeth Shepherd Arms, James Shepherd, Mary Polly Bell Shepherd, Nancy Shepherd Stephens, Rebecca Shepherd Perkins, William Shepherd.
  • Nimrod Shepherd passed away in 1874 in Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

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Nimrod Shepherd's Ancestors

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Nimrod Shepherd
1782–1874
Birth Place: North Carolina, United States of America
Parents
Sampson Thomas Shepherd
1745–1787
Bertie, North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth ('Betsy') Highsmith
1749–1803
Bertie, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Martha Mayo
1713–1791
Barbados
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Nimrod Shepherd's Descendants

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Nimrod Shepherd (1782–1874) m. Gemima (Mimmie) Smith (1771–1876)
  1. 1. Mary ("Polly" "Bell") Shepherd 1812–1870 m. Griffin Morgan 1807–1898
    1. 1. Gemima ("Jamima") Morgan 1832–1903 m. Lieut. (J. A.) Hayden 1834–1905
      1. 1. James (Madison) Hayden 1861–1940 m. Rebecca (Sorelda) Wyatt 1863–1954
        1. 1. James (F.) Hayden 1885–1967 m. Cora Hayden 1890–
        2. 2. Laura Hayden 1894–1979
        3. 3. Mima (Elizabeth) Walters 1890–1954
        4. 4. Matt Hayden 1901–1988
  2. 2. Nancy (Shepherd) Stephens 1831–1898
  3. 3. James Shepherd 1810–1868
  4. 4. William Shepherd 1813–1895 m. Margaret (Ann) Sego 1826–1896
  5. 5. Rebecca (Shepherd) Perkins 1810–1866
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Shepherd) Arms 1807–1880

Nimrod Shepherd's Timeline

2 Records

1782
1782
Birth of Nimrod Shepherd in North Carolina, United States of America
North Carolina, United States of America
1874
1874
Age 92
Death of Nimrod Shepherd in Kentucky, United States of America
Kentucky, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1782
    Event Place: North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1874
    Event Place: Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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