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Germaine [Bit] Shepard

Age  57y 6m 3d
Where born:   Wabash Co IL
Where died:   Wabash Co IL
Son of:   Adams B Shepard* & Eliza Jane Gerrish*
Married:   30 Nov 1861 Wabash Co Elizabeth I Thompson
Lived at:   1870-1900 Friendsville
Children:
- Virginia Florence (11 Mar 1863- 8 Apr 1948)
- Eugene Page* (1864)
- Ruth* (17 Feb 1866-17 Jun 1894)
- Hiram Hur (18 Jan 1868-Jul 1936 m: 25 Dec 1890 Lawrence Co Martha N Smalley {1868-1896} both buried Pacific Cem Pacific MO)
- Seth (16 Dec 1869-8 Jan 1926 buried Union Corners Cem Grant Park IL)
- Alphonso May (21 Sep 1871-28 Jul 1937 m1: Minnie Myrtle Sherwood; m2: Leonora FOX {1877-1925} buried with Alphonso May in Maplewood Cem Valparaiso IN)
- Rose Ella (24 Aug 1873-23 Nov 1933)
- Glenn A (8 Aug 1875-2 Apr 1943 TX)
- Lillie Belle (11 Aug 1878-21 Dec 1965 buried Maplewood Cem Valparaiso IN m: 16 May 1900 John P Dirheimer {1877 KY-1967 FL} divorced ca 1915).

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Note: Elizabeth I (Thompson) Shepard m2: Nathan H Newkirk 7 Oct 1895 buried Friendsville Cem)

      * indicates buried with Germaine [Bit] Shepard in Wabash Pres Church (Orio) Cemetery.