Narcissa Weich Shepherd was born 1806 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and died 1874 in Macon County, North Carolina. She married Thomas Shepherd JR. December 1824, son of Thomas Shepherd and Nancy Stanton. He was born July 20, 1798 in Cane River, present Yancey County, North Carolina, and died July 28, 1880 in Macon County, North Carolina.

Notes for Narcissa Welch:
From Cowee Baptist Church (Macon County, NC) Records:

October 17, 1829 - Received Narcissa Shepherd and Elijah Shepherd by Experience.

More About Narcissa WELCH:
Burial: Shepherd Memorial Cemetery, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina

Notes for Thomas Shepherd JR.:
The 1850 Macon County census states that Thomas was born abt. 1801 in Buncombe County.

Thomas is recorded as a member of a North Carolina regiment, Company L, Macon County Volunteers. North Carolina furnished 13 volunteer companies composed of approximately 824 man and officers for the 1838 Cherokee Indian Removal.

More About Thomas Shepherd JR.:
Burial: Shepherd Memorial Cemetery, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer

Children of Narcissa Welch and Thomas Shepherd are:
13.i.Calvin Grandison Shepherd, b. September 16, 1825, Yancey County, North Carolina; d. 1898, Macon County, North Carolina.
14.ii.Emeline Elizabeth Shepherd, b. December 11, 1826, Yancey County, North Carolina; d. September 25, 1920, Cowee Township, Macon County, North Carolina.
15.iii.Nancy Avaline Shepherd, b. August 19, 1828; d. November 10, 1910, Macon County, North Carolina.
16.iv.Katherine Adaline Shepherd, b. September 29, 1830, Macon County, North Carolina; d. February 07, 1899, Macon County, North Carolina.
17.v.Joseph Jackson Shepherd, b. May 16, 1833, Macon County, North Carolina; d. August 25, 1908, Neosha, Missouri.
18.vi.Harriet Arzila Shepherd, b. May 20, 1837, Macon County, North Carolina; d. August 06, 1906, Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina.
19.vii.Martha Ann Shepherd, b. May 16, 1838, Macon County, North Carolina.
20.viii.Thomas Edwin Shepherd, b. October 07, 1840, Macon County, North Carolina; d. June 26, 1862.

Notes for Thomas Edwin Shepherd:
Didn't marry.

More About Thomas Edwin Shepherd:
Burial: Shepherd Memorial Cemetery, Macon County, N. C.
Military service: Co. H, 16th North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army

21.ix.Narcissa Terrisa Shepherd, b. April 16, 1842, Macon County, North Carolina; d. December 03, 1913, Macon County, North Carolina.
22.x.Henry Clay Shepherd, b. February 20, 1844, Macon County, North Carolina; d. September 08, 1910, Macon County, North Carolina.