Mathias "Silas" Shepherd b 1846 VA d 1933; s/o John Riley Shepherd and Nancy Wells. Mathias "Silas" Shepherd m. Nancy Florence Minter b 1852. Children of Mathias "Silas" Shepherd and Nancy Florence Minter;

1. Elizabeth S. Shepherd b 1876 KY d 1894 KY

2. Brown B. Shepherd b 1878 KY d 1954 KY; m. Alice Unknown.

3. Henry C. Shepherd b 1880 KY

4. Wayne Shepherd b 1880 KY d 1957; m. Lulu Osborne

5. William Shepherd b 1882 KY; m. Bertha Seale

6. Andrew Shepherd b 1884; m. Agnes Wilder

7. Mattie V. Shepherd b 1885 KY; m. John M Rose

8. Nannie Shepherd b 1888 KY; m. Richard Combs

9. Etta Shepherd b 1890; m. Steve Campbell

10. Maybelle Shepherd b 1892 KY; m. Chester Seale

11. James Wilson Shepherd b 1893 KY; m. Bertha Caywood