The Burton / Shephard Families of
Adair County
Contributed By: Albert Burton
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1. John Mathew
(Lincoln) Burton and Ruth Ellen Shepherd.
John Mathew ( Lincoln)
Burton, b:16 October 1863, d: 12 June 1939, was the son
Zachariah F. Burton & Mary
Powell. Ruth
Ellen Shepherd, b:
27 July 1860, d: 16 April 1931,
was the daughter of James Preston Shepherd & Ruth
A Judd.
Lincoln & Ellen married, 19
September 1939, and lived & died on Burton Ridge just
behind The Purdy Church. They had 8 children. All events
were in Adair Co., Kentucky.
2. Ruth Ellen Shepherd
the oldest of 6 children. She was the granddaughter of
Andrew Shepherd and Barbra Phillips, Joseph Judd and
Nancy Cornwell.
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3.
John Chrisman Burton,
b: 21 OCT 1855, d:
26 March 1928 was
the son of Peter Tarter Burton and Nancy Isaac. John
married, 28 May 1876, Sarah E. Anderson, b: 08 Sept
1859, d: 24 July 1927, at the age of 47. They had 4
children. They lived on Burton Ridge, in Adair Co.,
Kentucky. Carolyn Amanda Kimbler, b:1870.
d: 1947
was John's 2nd
marriage 1912. They had 3 children. They lived on Burton
Ridge, in Adair Co., Kentucky.
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Ruth Judd b: 25
October 1828, d: 3 February 1917 at the age of 88,
married, 11 March 1847,
James Preston Shepherd,
b: 13 May 1825, d: 15 February 1862 at the age of 37 and
left Ruth with 6 children. Ruth then married Joseph
Bryant.
Joseph helped raise the children and they all loved him
as a father. He was an outstanding person. L to R, the
children are Mary Shepherd Bryant , Andrew, James
Franklin & Warner Shepherd. Front, Joseph Bryant and
Ruth Judd Shepherd Bryant
In 1884 she married James
Franklin Shepherd who was a brother of Ellen Shepherd.
Sarah Jane was a sister of
John Mathew ( Lincoln )
Burton. Both family's children were 1st. double cousins,
Sarah Jane lived to be 71.
They all lived and
raised their families in Adair Co., Kentucky
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Thomas Braumlet
Burton
70, b: 1861, d:
1931, was the son of John Burton and Sarah F
Sullivan. Margaret Elizabeth
Burton 65 , b 1863,
d: 1928, was the daughter of Cyrenius F and Julia
Ann Burton. They had 7 Children. Dorinda, Mary Blaine,
John Right, Elijah Milton, Sophia J, Frances and Josie
Burton. They all
lived on Burton Ridge, in Adair Co., Kentucky
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1.
John Wesley Ferguson
54, b: 11 September 1851, d: 1
July 1906, married
Corenthia Amanda Watson
82 b: 18 November 1846, d: 11 May 1929. John Wesley's
Father was Rev. John Ferguson of Pike Co., Indiana. His
mother was
Matilda Jane Humphrey of North
Carolina.
2.
Corenthia Amanda
Watson 82 b: 18 November 1846, d: 11 May 1929
married John Wesley Ferguson 54, b: 11 September 1851,
d: 1 July 1906, Her father was Rev. Joel H Watson and
her mother was Sarah Jones.
Corenthia had 11 children.
They lived around Knifley and are
one of the Great Families in Adair Co., Kentucky.
in Adair Co., Kentucky. He was a son of Arthur &
Elizabeth Tarter Burton. Nancy Isaac was borne in
England. They had 6 Children and are a part of one of
the Great Families in Adair Co., Kentucky.
4.
James Franklin
Shepherd is setting with wife Sarah Jane
Burton. Standing are Otis & his sister Myrtle
Shepherd. There were 9 children. The Shepherd Family is
one of the Great Families in Adair Co., Kentucky.
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1.
William Holmes (Sugar Billie) & Rosaline Burton
was born and raised in KY. They were married October 8th
1882 & had 9 children. They lived to the age of 84 & 89.
Sugar Billie's parents were Jesse E. Burton and Pracy
Jane Smiley. Rosaline's parents were James Madison
Burton & Nancy Elizabeth Lawless.
Another great family
who lived in Adair Co., Kentucky
Both are buried in The Bear
Wallow Cemetery - Submitted by Max Burton
2.
Littleton Marion
(Lit) Goode,(b:30 July 1860)(12 May 1952), &
Louisa Frances (Ida) Bottoms,(b: 7 August 1867)(23
March 1930),(m:27 July 1884), had a love affair that
lasted through 11 Children and a lifetime. Both born on
Casey Creek in Adair Co. Kentucky
Another great family who
lived in Adair Co., Kentucky
Submitted by Albert Burton
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ADAIR COUNTY
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