Ok Richard you are holding back on me..... Your John Francis Shepard was brother to Oliver "Ollie" Boggs Shepherd, Frank Shepherd of Centralia fame, and George Shepherd. All of Quantrill and Anderson fame. Explains how he ended up in Arkansas for a bit. He and Ollie have a draft registration out of Clinton County with an indecipherable note to each.

John F was the eldest son of John Pendelton Shepherd and Mary Eleanor Boggs.

John R