age 57y 4m 22d; b: Canterbury - Merrimack Co NH; d: Linn (Orio); s/of Col Morrill Shepard (ca 1764 NH-23 Oct 1844 NH s/of James Shepard & Abigail Morrill) & Elizabeth Hancock (ca 1764 1838-06-21 d/of Joseph Hancock & Abigail Keyser); m: 23 Feb 1829/30 Boscawen - Merrimack Co NH Eliza Jane Gerrish*; studied at Boscawen Academy - Canterbury NH; graduated 1826 from Middlebury College VT; studied law with Ezekiel Webster for 2 years; 6 July 1833 settled on land next to the Bliss farm in Decker's Prairie- Wabash Co Co IL; taught high school 1833-1849 and studied law; obtained his MD degree and practiced medicine in and around Orio/Linn until his death; in 1838 he and Eliza gave 'two acres - 1 road - 39 rods & three yards' of land to be used as a building site and cemetery. A monument in row 3 marks his grave; res: 1840-50 Wabash Co; ch: Eugene* (1830) & Morrill (27 Sep 1833 IL-1 Nov 1901 m: Mary Jane Moorehead {1832-1898} both buried College Hill Cem Lebanon IL) & Germaine* (1836 IL) & Evaline* (1839 IL-1892 m: Charles A Andrews*) & Rosaline* (1839 IL-1877 m: Jesse Lancaster*) & Albert* (1842 IL-1900 m: Sarah Jane Greathouse*).
SHEPARD, Albert 12 Sep 1842 - 3 May 1900 (BB3E5)
Veteran Pvt Co C 115th IL Inf Civil War Aug 1862- Jun 1865; found hanged in his barn; s/of Adams B Shepard* & Eliza Jane Gerrish*; m: 5 Dec 1865 Wabash Co Co Sarah Jane Greathouse*; res: 1880 Friendsville; ch: Frank Adams* (1867) & Mary Esther [Mollie]* (1868/9-1952 m: Eli P Smalley*) & Alice* (1870-1873) & Avalena [Lena] (17 Oct 1875-22 Mar 1972 m: Charles Wesley Schrader both buried Bethel Cem Lawrence Co) & Lyle Elizabeth* (Aug 1872-9 Dec 1903 m: James William Andrus buried Highland Cem) & Grace Anna* (18 Mar 1878-9 Dec 1944 m: Noble E Couch*) & Faye Lass* (Sep 1881-1918) & McPherson S [Mac] (27 Aug 1883 Allendale-1960 m: Zola Elizabeth Stum both buried Stokes Chapel Cem Crossville IL) & Cassius M [Cash] (Oct 1886-Apr 1964 buried Highland Cem m: Lela Ramsey) & John Lee* (1875-1877) & infant son* (1874-1874)
SHEPARD, Albert Alexander 3 Jan 1862 - 7 Nov 1941 (BB35B1)
s/of Eugene Shepard* & Eliza Emerson Moreheard*; m: 20 Sep 1883 Orio Wabash Co Co Jemima Loeffler*; res: 1900-30 Friendsville; ch: Elsie Maude (7 Nov 1883-4 Mar 1971 m: 1904 George Franklin Preston both buried Jones Cem Flat Rock IL) & Joseph Lester* (1886-1926 m: Lettie Maybelle Benham*) & Clyde Lewis* (1887-1954 m: Harriett Jane Litherland*) & Emma Belle* (10 Jan 1891-1 Apr 1973 m: 1911 George Warren Foss*) & Jacob Charles [Jake]* (1894-1957 m: Katherine Alka*) & Vernice E (15 Nov 1896-21 Aug 1938 m: 1916 Elmo Ray Hawf both buried Adams Corner Cem) & Beulah Pauline* (29 Nov 1900-2 Sep 1980 m: 1919 Jacob Henry Crewell Jr*) & Dorothy Alberta* (31 Jan 1903-5 Feb 1914) & John Mark (26 Jan 1906-24 Feb 1994 m: Mary Kathryn Smith both buried City Cem Lawrenceville IL) & Anna Christina* (30 May 1908- 2 Feb 1999 m: 1926 James W Puntney*).
SHEPARD, Alice 1870 - 29 Sep 1873 (BB3F3)
d/of Albert Shepard* & Sarah Jane Greathouse*
SHEPARD, Alius 18 Jun 1897 - Oct 1981 (CC38I1)
d/of Eugene Page Shepard* & Pearl Ona Newkirk*
SHEPARD, Calvin 31 Aug 1794 - 30 Oct 1838 (BB3E4)
b: Canterbury NH; s/of Col Morrill Shepard (ca 1764 NH-23 Oct 1844 NH s/of James Shepard & Abigail Morrill) & Elizabeth Hancock (ca 1764-21 Jun 1838 d/of Joseph Hancock & Abigail Keyser); bro of Adams Shepard*
SHEPARD, Clara 23 Sep 1863 - 6 Jul 1864 (BB1E1)
d/of Morrill A Shepard (27 Sep 1833 IL-1 Nov 1901) & Mary Jane Moorehead (1832-1898) both buried College Hill Cem Lebanon IL
SHEPARD, Claude Lester [Spud] 20 Jul 1910 - 25 Nov 1962 (BB34D3)
s/of Joseph Lester Shepard* & Mable Lettie Benham*; never married
b: Allendale d: Wabash Co; s/of Albert [Bert] Alexander Shepard* & Jemima Loeffler*; m: 14 Apr 1915 Wabash Co Co Harriet Jane [Hattie] Litherland*; res: 1930 Friendsville; ch: Kenneth Leon* (1916 m: Edythe Hamler*) & Dorothy Belle Shepard Pickering Jones* (1918 m1: Jerrod Ray Pickering; m2: Marion Emerson Jones*)
SHEPARD, Dalius 26 Nov 1899 - Mar 1978 (CC38I2)
d/of Eugene Page Shepard* & Pearl Ona Newkirk*
SHEPARD, Dorothy Alberta 31 Jan 1903 - 25 Feb 1914 (BB1E2)
d/of Albert Alexander Shepard* & Jemima Loeffler*
SHEPARD, Dorothy Frances (Tarr) 17 Nov 1922 - 10 Mar 2008 (AA35I)
b: Lawrence Co d: Grayville; d/of Levi Tarr (1879-1958) & Minnie P Vanderhoof (1894-1930) both buried Jordan Cem; m: 12 Aug 1939 Allendale Jesse Logan Shepard*
SHEPARD, Edythe Virginia (Hamler) 22 Jul 1919 - 10 Mar 2005 (AA42L)
b: Mulvane KS d: Bridgeport IL; d/of Walter E Hamler (1879 IA-1956 buried Union Cem Osage City KS) & Nellie C Mundy*; m: 10 Dec 1938 Henderson KY Kenneth Leon [Pete] Shepard*
SHEPARD, Elaine K (James) 26 Apr 1939 - 2 Mar 2009 (CC37K4)
b: Westville IL d: Orio; d/of Alfred James & Lillian Cotrell; m: 10 Mar 1962 Danville IL Carl Eugene Shepard; ch: Jacob (m: Bridget of Mt Carmel) & Don Alan (Allendale). Step-daughters Brenda (Juson) Gordon & Sandra Louise Stinson (d: 27 Jun 2003). Alfred & Lillian ch: Jerry & Robert & Judy (m: Rollie) Atwood - all of Westville IL.
SHEPARD, Eliza Emerson (Morehead) 1833 - 1899 (BB2F3)
b: IN d: Linn/Orio; d/of John T Morehead & Jane Emerson; m: 7 Jul 1859 Richland Co IL Eugene Shepard*; dates on tombstone are incorrect
SHEPARD, Eliza Jane (Gerrish) 22 Aug 1807 - 21 Jun 1894 (BB3E1)
age 86y 9m 29d; b: Boscawen - Merrimack Co NH; d: Wabash Co Co; d/of Thomas Gerrish (1786-09-12 NH 1875-02-19 NH) & Betsey Gerrish (1787-12-31 NH 1821-10-11 NH); m: Adams B Shepard* mar 1829/30-02-23 Boscawen Merrimack NH
SHEPARD, Eugene 11 May 1830 - 29 May 1864 (BB2F1)
b: NH d: Wabash Co Co IL; s/of Adams B Shepard* & Eliza Jane Gerrish*; m: 20 Jul 1859 Richland Co IL Eliza Morehead*; ch: Mary Louella* (7 Mar 1863 - 6 Nov 1900 m: 1882 William A Jackman*) & Albert Alexander* (1862) & Eugenia Anne* (1864).
b: Wabash Co Co; d: Wabash Co Co; s/of Germaine [Bit] Shepard* & Elizabeth I Thompson; m: 21 Mar 1893 Wabash Co Co Pearl Ona Newkirk*; res: 1900-30 Friendsville; ch: Gladys Edith (9 Feb 1894-25 Jul 1895) & Alius* (1897) & Dalius* (1899) & Eugenia Elizabeth (8 May 1903-28 Jul 1986 m: 1935 Ernest R Zehr both buried Evangelical Menn Church Cem Berne IN) & Inez (4 May 1906-10 Mar 1993 m: 1933 Ralph Golding both buried Flanagan Cem Karlus KY ) & Eugene [Tommie] (12 Apr 1911-19 Feb 1997 m: 1939 Leota Hunt both buried Highland Cem).
SHEPARD, Eugenia Anne 1864 - 1886 (BB2F2)
d/of Eugene Shepard* & Eliza Emerson Morehead*
SHEPARD, Faye Lass 1881 - 1913 (BB3A1)
d/of Albert Shepard* & Sarah Jane Greathouse*
SHEPARD, Frank Adams 18 Jan 1867 - 29 Oct 1955 ()
s/of Albert Shepard* & Sarah Jane Greathouse*; m: 11 Aug 1895 Wabash Co Co IL Amy S Ashford (Aug 1872 IL-30 Oct 1905)
SHEPARD, Germaine [Bit] 2 Feb 1836 - 6 August 1893 (BB1E3)
age 57y 6m 3d; b: Wabash Co Co d: Wabash Co Co; s/of Adams B Shepard* & Eliza Jane Gerrish*; m: 30 Nov 1861 Wabash Co Co Elizabeth I Thompson; res: 1870-1900 Friendsville; ch: 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). Note: Elizabeth I (Thompson) Shepard m2: Nathan H Newkirk 7 Oct 1895 buried Friendsville Cem)
SHEPARD, Harriet Jane [Hattie] (Litherland) 1 May 1878 - 27 Oct 1961 (CC38K2)
d/of Joseph Litherland* & Catherine (Kate) Ann Seibert*; m: 14 Apr 1915 Wabash Co Clyde Lewis Shepard*
age 1d; s/of Albert Shepard* & Sarah Jane Greathouse*
SHEPARD, Jacob [Jake] Charles 6 Jan 1894 - 9 Nov 1957 (CC37K1)
b: Wabash Co Co d: Wabash Co; s/of Albert Alexander Shepard* & Jemina Loeffler*; m: Katherine Alka*; res: 1930 Friendsville; ch: Hester Jane (3 Jun 1922-11 Apr 2003 m: John A Morgan {1920-1980 buried Highland Cem}) & Rose Mary (24 Feb 1924 m1: Carl L Courter {1921 IL-2003 NB divorced} m2: John Olds*) & Carl Eugene (23 Jan 1929 Orio-1 May 2022 Mt Carmel; m1: 1949 Katherine Higgins; m2: 1962 Elaine K James*; m3: 2012 Shirlee) & Elizabeth Eileen (1931 Wabash Co; m: Melvin Zimmerle {1933 IL-1998 OH buried Maple Dale Cem Olney IL}) & Don Ernest (23 Sep 1934 m: 1962 Frances Henry Tombaugh {m1: 8 Jul 1949 KY Robert L Tombaugh - buried Nye Chapel Cem Gards Point}). (obit of Carl E)
b: Wabash Co Co d: Dennison twp Lawrence Co; d/of Jacob Conrad Loeffler* & Christina Heitzman*; m: 20 Sep 1883 Orio Albert Alexander Shepard*
SHEPARD, Jesse Logan 18 Dec 1915 - 1 Jan 1992 (AA34I)
US Marine Corps WWII; age 76; b: Wabash Co IL; d: Mt Carmel; s/of Joseph Lester Shepard* & Mable Lettie Benham*; m: 12 Aug 1939 Allendale Dorothy Frances Tarr*; res: 1940 Friendsville 1950 Wabash pct - Wabash Co IL; ch: Dolores May (10 Jul 1939 m: Jim Johnson) & Peggy Ann* (1947 Allendale m3: Robert Alan Teague). (obit of Margaret)
SHEPARD, John Lee 17 Oct 1875 - 12 Oct 1877 (BB3F1)
age 1y 11m 25d; s/of Albert Shepard* & Sarah Jane Greathouse*
SHEPARD, Joseph Lester 18 Dec 1886 - 17 Nov 1926 (BB34D4)
b & d Linn/Orio - Wabash Co Co; s/of Albert Alexander Shepard* & Jemima Loeffler*; m: 16 Oct 1907 Mable Lettie Benham*; res: 1910-30 Wabash Co pct; ch: Paul B* (30 Jun 1908 IL-27 Dec 1980) & Claude Lester* (20 Jul 1910 IL-25 Nov 1962) & George Albert (25 Apr 1912 IN-28 Jul 1984 FL m: Farrah Fyffe) & Noble Lewis* (1914 IL-1965 TX m: Wilma May Yoder {1929 IL-2002 IL m2: Jack T Clay Jr}) & Jesse Logan* (1915-1992 m: Dorothy F Tarr*) & Mary Irene (26 Jan 1918-28 May 2003 m: William Hosmer both buried Allendale Cem) & Clara Louise (16 Feb 1920-11 Jan 2012 m: 1940 Bryl Jones both buried Highland Cem) & Edna Mae (7 May 1924-24 Dec 2005 m: Henry Bratton both buried Highland Cem) & Ellis Ray (7 May 1924 IL-16 Jun 1981 MI m: Carol & Kate & Barbara) & Joseph Wayne (7 Aug 1925-5 Oct 2006 m: Marian Shuba - Willimantic CT).
SHEPARD, Katherine (Alka) 30 Jan 1898 - Jun 1987 (CC37K2)
d/of Ernest Alka (1853-1923) & Mary A Cogan (1858-1941) both buried Allendale Cem; m: Jacob [Jake] Charles Shepard*
SHEPARD, Kenneth Leon [Pete] 16 Oct 1916 - 16 Jan 2009 (AA41L)
b: Orio d: Lawrenceville; s/of Clyde Lewis Shepard* & Harriet Jane [Hattie] Litherland*; m: 10 Dec 1938 Henderson KY Edythe Virginia Hamler*; ch: Dr John Stephen (20 Aug 1939 m: Riitta Kolehmainen - Ft Collins CO) & Cecelia Jane (31 Mar 1943 m: 9 Jun 1965 Urbana IL Jerry Duane Parks {4 May 1943})
d/of George W Benham* & William Louise [Billy] Bullington*; m: 16 Oct 1907 Joseph Lester Shepard*
SHEPARD, Noble Lewis 21 Feb 1914 - 7 Jun 1965 (BB34D2)
Veteran WWII Tec5 Co A 722 Mil-Police; b: Allendale; d: Corpus Christi TX; s/of Joseph Lester Shepard* & Mable Lettie Benham*; m: Wilma May Yoder (1929 IL-2002 IL m2: Jack T Clay Jr); ch: Sandra Kay (22 May 1951 IN)
SHEPARD, Paul B 30 Jun 1908 - 27 Dec 1980 (BB34D1)
s/of Joseph Lester Shepard* & Mable Lettie Benham*; never married
SHEPARD, Pearl Ona (Newkirk) 8 Oct 1874 - 10 Mar 1947 (CC38I3)
b: Wabash Co Co d: Belmont Villiage; d/of Nathan H Newkirk & Mary Elizabeth King both buried Friendsville Cem; m: 21 Mar 1893 Wabash Co Co Eugene Page Shepard*
SHEPARD, Sarah Jane (Greathouse) 4 Jan 1844 - 15 Jun 1929 (BB3E6)
b: Lancaster d: Mt Carmel; d/of John A Greathouse & Hester Kaericher both buried Old Lancaster Cem; m: 5 Dec 1865 Wabash Co Co Albert Shepard*
SHEPARD, Tilley H 23 Oct 1795 - 2 Nov 1860 (BB3E3)
b: Canterbury NH; s/of Col Morrill Shepard (ca1764 NH 1844-10-23 NH s/of James Shepard & Abigail Morrill) & Elizabeth Hancock (ca 1764 1838-06-21 d/of Joseph Hancock & Abigail Keyser); bro of Adams B Shepard*; res: to Wabash Co for a visit then back to NH Jan 1843-Nov 1844; must have returned to Wabash Co some time after Morrill died. No record of him found in Wabash Co except tombstone.
