Mary Hyder Hughes Shepherd 1844-1927
Mary Shepherd was born to Jacob and Elizabeth Hyder in 1844 in Washington Co., TN. The family lived there until about late 1860 or 1861 when they moved to Mitchell Co., NC. In 1861 she married William Hughs/Hughes and had 2 children: Edna and William. Her husband was not found on the 1870 census.What happened to him? Was he in the War?