Benjamin Shepherd b 1820 Floyd Co KY d 22 Dec 1878 Floyd Co KY, s/o David Shepherd and Lucretia Hale. Benjamin Shepherd m. Anna Eliza Hughes b about 1830 KY; d/o Tolliver Hughes and Elizabeth Hicks. Children of Benjamin Shepherd and Anna Eliza Hughes;

1. George Shepherd, b. 1855.

2. Maranda Shepherd, b. 1858.

3. Jefferson Shepherd, b. 1860.

4. Tolliver Shepherd, b. 1861.

5. Benjamin Shepherd, b. 1864.

6. Martha Shepherd, b. Nov 1865.

7. John M. Shepherd, b. 1868.