SHEPPARD Family

An unusual woman has been visiting Arnett recently. One who raised 20 children, 12 of them her own, saw her father and brother being taken away to be shot during the Civil War, was driven to town by "Bushwhackers", washed clothes with "battling sticks", spun her family's clothing, and one who could butcher a two-year-old heifer almost single handed or drive an ox team in the field.

She is Mrs. Martha Moore of Fort Smith, Arkansas the great aunt of J. S. Childers, 140 East First Avenue, at whose home she is making a visit.

Despite her 90 years, she sees fairly well and declared she doesn't mind making auto trips. When the suggestion was made she go back to Fort Smith in an airplane, she replied, "You'll not send me in an airplane. You'll have to tie me in one if you do."

Mrs. Moore was born October 23, 1849, near Springfield, Mo., and moved several times with her family, settling with them finally near Dardanelle along the banks of the Big Piney river in Arkansas. They lived there during the last two years of the Civil War.

The feminine pioneer recalls vividly many of the names and incidents in her life as a girl during the War. Three of her brothers fought, one of them with the Union Army, the other two with the Confederates. She remembers the occupation of Dardanelle by Shelby's army and related seeing General Price in a carriage while his Confederate army was there for a three day sojourn burning the pontoon bridges across the Big Piney.

Family hardships continued throughout the War. At the beginning, "bushwhackers" roving raiders and bandits, made life so precarious that clothing and food were hidden in the walls and taken out only when the need arose. Finally the family was driven to town. During their life there, the men fought and the women raised what vegetables they could in vacant lots. Occasionally they brought out a pig cached in the woods and butchered it.

Near the end of the War, the Confederates came along and took her father and brother and shot them because they were believed to be Northern sympathizers. Members of the family were not allowed to go out and look for their bodies.

From that time onward and after the Civil War was over, the work of farming, housekeeping and manufacturing household supplies fell largely to the women in the family. Mrs. Moore said she and her mother "made crops" with their oxen and she had to work like a man to gather firewood with the team.

She married Jim Garner and bore six children. At his death she married again, this time to T. F. Moore. Six children were born to the couple and Mrs. Moore said "besides raising two sets of my own, I raise five of one of my daughter's and one of another daughter's."

At Mr. Garner's death she became manager of the farm, the family provider as well as the cradle rocker. Sugar was made from sap drained from maple trees and boiled down to a solid form. Salt came at a premium and many families of Mrs. Moore's acquaintance scooped up the dirt from smoke house floors and drained water through it. The resultant liquid was a salty brine that worked as good as salt.

Though Mrs. Moore never attended public school, she saw to it that all her children and the grandchildren she raised were trotted off to learn their readin', writin' and arithmetic classes. She remembers as a girl that her mother cooked over a fireplace and each family ground the wheat they grew into flour. Clothing was homespun and "hog meat" and beef were smoked as a means of preservation. One she, with the help of a Mrs. Fry, tied a heifer to a tree, killed it, and carried the meat to the house. When asked if she had any great grandchildren, Mrs. Moore retorted, "Oh Lord, I reckon I have, half the state of Arkansas." She now lives with one of her sons in Fort Smith and proudly asserts the house is equipped with a gas stove, washing machine, refrigerator, all the modern conveniences. "I guess they are all right," she said about the new contrivances. "If I had my life to live over again the way I lived it," she concluded, "I couldn't do it."

I descend from Martha Emaline CHILDERS and (1st) James (Jim) GARNER. They were married 1864 in Arkansas and had the following children:

2........Hiley GARNER b. 1872 in Chismville, Logan County, Arkansas
.........+ John A. SHEPPARD(Shepherd) b. 1859 in Arkansas

.........3..Hattie Emaline SHEPHERD b. 16 Dec 1888 in AR
............+ Gabriel Coleman "G. C. or Gabe" PHILLIPS, Sr. b. 28 Apr 1888 in Alabama

............4..Clara Mae PHILLIPS b. 22 Dec 1905 in Red Bay, Alabama. She is my grandmother. She died 8 Nov 1991 of cancer and a stroke
...............+ Coy Adis CHATHAM b. 13 July 1902 in Athens, AR. They were married 23 Aug 1925 on the front porch of the old homeplace, Smithville, OK. Coy was a Southern Baptist Minister. He was also the Mayor of Smithville, OK during his later years in life. They both taught school in Smithville. He died of cancer 16 May 1981. They are both buried in the Smithville Cemetery, McCurtain County, OK.

................5..R P CHATHAM, Sr. - Living
..................+ E THORNTON - Living
......................6..R CHATHAM married C JACOBSEN - Living
......................6..C - Living
......................6..M CHATHAM - Living

................5..D G CHATHAM - Deceased 2005
..................+ (1st) Shirley ?
......................6..I C CHATHAM - Living
..................+ (2nd) B ? - Living
......................6..P married D KIRKES - Living
......................6..G CHATHAM married D DELAVAN - Living
......................6..C married J GROSSO - Living

...............5..C C CHATHAM - Living
..................+ (1st) B C HOPKINS (one of my father's twin sisters) - Living
......................6..T (my double cousin) married D DURBIN - Living
......................6..R CHATHAM (my double cousin) married R ? - Living
..................+ (2nd) Waltraud KUHN (Val) who was from Germany
......................6..T CHATHAM - Living
......................6..S CHATHAM - Living

...............5..B S CHATHAM - Living, my mother's twin.
..................+ (1st) Loyal COLEMAN
......................6..M - Living
......................6..C - Living
..................+(2nd) Bob RUDISILL
..................+(3rd) Lee CHADWELL
......................6..B - Living
..................+ (4th) Andy PALONE

...............5..P L CHATHAM - my mother - Living
..................+ S H HOPKINS, Sr. - Living
......................6..S H HOPKINS, Jr.
..........................+ (1st) L SMITH - Living
..........................+ (2nd) T ??? - Living
......................6..Jacqueline HOPKINS (me)
..........................+ (1st) J WOLSKI - Living
......................6..M A HOPKINS - Living
..........................+ (1st) J PETERSON - Living
..........................+ (2nd) G BENNETT - Living
..........................+ (3rd) T MILLARD - Living

............4..Lewis Coleman PHILLIPS b. 26 Jun 1907
............4..Freddie L. PHILLIPS b. 20 Jan 1909
............4..Guy C. PHILLIPS b. 27 Aug 1910
............4..Herman Carl PHILLIPS b. 29 Nov 1912
............4..Dewey Drew PHILLIPS b. 09 Jan 1915
............4..Troy O. PHILLIPS b. 09 Sep 1919
............4..Mildred PHILLIPS b. 16 Aug 1924
............4..Gabriel Coleman PHILLIPS, Jr. b. 22 Dec 1926

(Note: The rest of the information (normally listed) on the above Phillips siblings I received from my mother's second cousin and she wishes I not post the information. I will abide by her wishes and let her post the information on the internet when she desires.)

The rest of the CHILDERS information below was given to me by Sharon Jones and she said I could post the information as she does not have a web site yet.

1..John CHILDERS b. abt 1801 married 26 Jul 1826 in Indiana
...+ Ursula DEMOSS b. abt 1810 in Kentucky but raised in Indiana. They moved abt 1839 to MO and to AR before 1860 where he was murdered, along with one son, by Bushwhackers during the Civil War.
...2..Unknown
...2..Unknown
...2..Ann CHILDERS b. abt 1830 in Indiana
......+ Joseph ALLEN. They had the following children
......3..Tim ALLEN (lived at New Blaine, Arkansas)
......3..Missouri ALLEN b. 27 Mar 1854 in Conway County, AR
.........+ John E. BARKER b. 1 Jan 1852 in Indiana, son of John M & Lavina Chancelor BARKER, both natives of Kentucky but married in Indiana. John was a minister of Cumberland Presbyterian Church & also Druggist of Ada, Higgins Twnship of Conway County, AR
.........4..Seth Arthur BARKER
............+ Pearl TAYLOR
............5..Zeulah BARKER
...............+ (1st) Arthur PHILLIPS
...............6..John Arthur PHILLIPS
..................+ Martha CORDELL
....................7..Sarah
....................7..Maria
...............+ (2nd) Otto WADE
............5..Basil BARKER
...............+ Pauline VINES
...............6..Sue
...............6..Ann Rose
..................+ Bill CROW
..................7..Kanen
..................7..Susan
............5..Stella BARKER
...............+ Lowell NEELY
............5..Marshall BARKER
...............+ Elsie WOODS, daughter of George and Bertha (ROGERS) WOODS
...............6..Moerene
...............6..John Ray
............5..Nola BARKER
...............+ Lynn TURNIPSEED
...............6..Lynn, Jr.
...............6..Arthur
...............6..Lisa
...............6..Janice
...............6..Laura
...............6..Mark Allen
............5..Lola BARKER
...2..Richard CHILDERS b. 13 Jan 1832 in Indiana d. 20 Mar 1917. He was a Confederate Veteran Company #1 35 Ark Inf.
......+ (1st) Nancy ?
......3..Sarah E. CHILDERS b. 14 Oct 1852 Montgomery County AR. In early life she moved with her parents to Logan Co, AR where in 1872 she married Bert SMITH. She lived to be over 100 years old & out lived 6 of her 7 children. Sarah lived with her daughter, Mrs. Bell (SMITH) ROBERTS at Booneville, AR, after her husbands death. She & Bert owned the land where the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium was built at Booneville. One of her granddaughters married Charlie STONE of Booneville. Sarah had 58 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren & 6 great-great grandchildren when she celebrated her 100th birthday in Booneville, Logan Co, AR
......3..Robert CHILDERS b. 24 Dec 1856 d. 1929 buried Holmes Cemetery Lamar, AR
.........+ Martha A. (CHILDERS)
.........4..Mary A. CHILDERS b. abt 1878 Johnson Co, AR
.........4..Margaret (twin of Mary A.)
.........4..Dilla b. 1880 Johnson Co, AR
......+ (2nd) Rebecca FREED on 3 May 1859. She was b. 13 Apr 1836 d. 28 Oct 1904. Both are buried Minnow Creek Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas
......3..Mary Lucresey b. 15 Oct 1861 d. 11 Feb 1932
......3..Nancy Caroline b. 17 Jul ????
.........+ John Lewis MURRAY, Jr
......3..Missouri Orlevi b. 18 Nov 1867
......3..Rachael E. (Noley?) b. 28 Sep 1869
......3..Louise Elzia (Arkansas?) b. 2 Oct 1872
......3..John Richard b. 26 Apr 1875 d. 27 Feb 1940
...2..Joseph CHILDERS b. abt 1834 in Indiana
......+ Laura ?
......3..Nancy
......3..Caldonia
......3..Virginia
......3..James
...2..Andrew CHILDERS b. abt 1835 in Indiana
......+ Melony HARRIS abt 1859 at Pope County, AR 1 child ?
...2..Lucinda CHILDERS b. 5 Jan 1837 Texas Co, MO
......+ (1st) Robert POWELL
......3..Sofrone A. b. abt 1855
......3..Westley (Wesley?)
......3..Nancy O. (Jane?)
......3..Robert
......3..Lucinda
......3..Elizabeth
...2..John L. CHILDERS b. 1842 in MO. He and his father, John, were killed by Bushwhackers near Dardanelle near close of the Civil War
...2..Solomon CHILDERS b. abt 1843 in Texas Co, MO. He was a veteran of the Civil War, 3rd AR Cav. Q.M. Sgt.
......+ Fanny ? 2 unknown children
...2..MARTHA EMALINE (CHILDERS) (GARNER) MOORE was the youngest child of John and Ursula.
......+ (2ND) Thomas Francis MOORE

Some of the information for the above information was given to me by my mother, some by direct cousins, some by distant cousins recently met online. I urge you to always, when finding information on the internet, to check and verify that information before you say it is fact. Some of my information could be wrong and I welcome corrections as long as you have source and documentation to show me. I will not post further information on people living -- my aunts, uncles, 1st cousins or even 2nd cousins. Sorry.