William S. Sheppard [5446]

  General Notes:

Son of Thomas Shepherd and Ann Browne

  Noted events in his life were:

• He served in the military Private, 55th Virginia Infantry, G Company. or possibly 62nd Virginia Infantry, D Company. His date of death indicates that he died in Antietam/Sharpsburg the first day of the battle.

William married Diana Virginia McGuire [5447] [MRIN: 2052], daughter of William Henry McGuire [7371] and Maria Taylor Riddick [7372], on 26 May 1859 in Suffolk, Nansemond County, Virginia. (Diana Virginia McGuire [5447] was born on 19 Aug 1838 in Suffolk, Nansemond County, Virginia and died on 29 Dec 1888 in Suffolk, Nansemond County, Virginia.)