Mary Shepard

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Story

It is likely that Mary is the sister of Burwell School student Margaret Shepard.

Biographical Data

Places of Residence

• New Bern, NC [1].

Schools Attended

• Burwell School.

Relatives

• Parents: Charles Biddle Shepard (1808-1843) [1] and Mary Donnell [1].
• Spouse: James A. Bryan [1].
• Maternal grandparents: John Robert Donnell [1] and Margaret Spaight [1].
• Sibling: one sister, Margaret Shepard  [1].
• Others: Samuel S. Nelson (brother-in-law) [1], Richard Dobbs Spaight, [Jr.] (great-grandfather, 1796-1850) [1], Mary Jones Leach (great-great-grandmother) [1] and Richard Dobbs Spaight, [Sr.] (great-great-grandfather, 1758-1802) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).