Elizabeth Shepherd

Elizabeth Shepherd

A note form Thomas Jefferson Rankin history, he vividly remembered that his mother died en route to Alma, from Clarksville, and that she was buried on the banks of a creek a half mile from Alma, Arkansas. They were returning to escape the rigors of the war, trying to stay out of the path of the armies.

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While at Clarksville, Elizabeth's two small daughters died of fever. Fearing occupation by General Steele's Confederate troops, the fleeing Mountain Feds left Clarksville in the winter of 1863. At Alma Elizabeth died in childbirth, and was buried on the banks of Frog Bayou (Kellie 1986).