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www.childers-shepherd.org, 20 May 2008
John William Shepherd
18 Apr 1846 - 18 Feb 1925
Yancey County, NC
John William Shepherd hewed
logs with a broad ax to build the
two-room cabin which was the first
home of his sister Leona and her
husband Levi Wilson on Indian
Creek, opposite his own home.
             - Charles C. Wilson
Photo provided by Charles C. Wilson.