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www.childers-shepherd.org, 2 Mar 2011
Thomas Briggs   +    Jane Wilson                                              John Shepherd + Dorothy Jones
1788    -     1844               1805    -    1860
Surry NC      Yancey NC     Holsten TN    Yancey NC
                                |                                                                            |
      William K. Briggs            +    Elizabeth Lovada Shepherd
27 Nov 1827  -   1 Jun 1905                      m. 1850                 8 Mar 1836       -      18 Aug 1913
Madison Co NC       Madison Co NC                                          now Yancey NC             Madison Co NC        
                                                                          |
                           Emma Ann Briggs (Elbert Young), 1851 - ?
                                  Martha Theresa Briggs (John A. Briggs), 1852 - 1937
                                  Harriet C. Briggs (Elbert Ray), 1854 - 1892
                                  Columbus Harrison Briggs, 1855 - 1860
                                  Gaither C. Briggs (Rosa Hines), 1857 - ?
                                  Malissa Calidonia Briggs (Bellow Honeycutt), 1859 - ?
                                  John Wilson Briggs (Sarah Sparkes), 1860 - 1941
                                  Wesley M. Briggs (Sue Ramsey), 1863 - 1932
                                  Mary "Polly" Briggs, 1865 - ?
                                  Mattie Loduskia Theodocia Briggs (Joe McInturf), 1868 - ?
                                  Sheridan C. Briggs (Sallie Pickney Carter), 1870 - 1939
                                  Waighstill L. Briggs, 1871 - ?
                                  Attica L. Briggs (H. H. Briggs), 1872 - ?
                                  Augusta Briggs, 1873 - ? "drowned in a flash flood"

Sources: U. S. Census records 1860, 1870, 1880;
         Pauline Shepherd Chandler, "John and Dorothy (Jones) Shepherd", HOBC,
          Vol II (Doris Cline Ward, Editor), 1987, p. 335;
        Ancestry.com's OneWorldTree
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