Mattie Shepard

Mattie was born about 1872.  Mattie's father was John R Shepard and her mother is Martha Mattie Edwards.  Her paternal grandparents are Father Shepard and Elizabeth. She had two brothers and five sisters, named Thomas, Booker, Mollie Jane, Minnie, Ethel Mae, Lizzie and Fannie.  She is the third oldest of the eight children.