Shep's Place Family Tree

My Grandmother Elsie was a midwife. it was difficult in those days to get a doctor and she helped to deliver all the babies in the surrounding community. There were seven of us and she helped to bring us all into the world.
The old homestead....
My maternal grandfather was William Jackson Sheets; he married Melvina Johnson and their home was on Johns Creek Rd.in Gallia County. ....
Jack Sheets, as he was known, was born in Gallia County in 1832. He was a veteran of the Civil War, enlisting in Company G./, 195th Ohio Valley Infantry, in Feb. 1865. He had seven sons and three daughters: Charles, Elmer, Frank, William H. Ulyssus, Ernest, Alba, Harriett, Abbigail, and Rebecca, who is my mother. She told us of the hardships they went through while Grandpa was away in the Army. They made the laundry soap from lye made from wood ashes; their candles were made from tallow. Mother remembered holding the candle while grandma doctored the children who were ill.

Grandpa Sheets was a very religious man. Mother said the nearest he ever swore was "Confound it" when he was real provoked. He often brough preachers home fordinner. Once he brought one home with him and the cook stove had blown up and the kitchen was covered with soot and stove lids.
James Monroe and Rebecca Saunders had three sons and four daughters: Lenna, Faraba, Everett, Clarence, Lester, Alta, and Juanita. All live in Gallia Co.
We got our early education in a one-room school. We sat on hewn wooden seats and the teacher called us to the front to do our lessons on a recitation seat. I learned many peoms from McGuffey just by hearing the other classes recite.....