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ANDREW SHEPHERD, deceased, was born in Ross county, Ohio, March 1, 1795; he was a son of James and Hannah Shepherd, natives of Virginia, who came to the West at an early day, and located in Ross County. At thirty years of age, our subject married Elizabeth Moses, a daughter of Thomas and Susan Moses, natives of Virginia. Elizabeth at her marriage was only seventeen years of age; by her, Mr. Shepherd had six children — James (deceased), Moses, Mary (wife of Thomas W. Jones), Elizabeth (deceased), Andrew and Susan (deceased). In 1829, Mr. Shepherd moved to Madison County, where his wife died in 1837. In 1841, he married Nancy Price, a native of Ross County, by whom he had seven children — John, Jesse (deceased), Keziah (wife of Alexander Mantle), Isaiah, Milton L., Josephus (deceased) and Zachariah. Mr. Shepherd died in 1874, leaving 900 acres of land to his widow. Mrs. Shepherd has been a member of the Methodist Church for sixteen years; John Shepherd, oldest son of Andrew and Susan, was born in Range Township in 1843, and has spent his whole life farming. Zachariah C. was born in 1855, and in 1877 married Emma Mead, by whom he has three children — Allen T., born December 29, 1877; Bessie May, born January 10, 1880; and Pearl, born April 21, 1881. Mr. Shepherd has been farming for the past seven years, and now owns 100 acres of land. Isaiah, was married February 11, 1872, and has had seven children — M.L., F.M., Edward T., Mertie M., Russel B., Adda J., deceased, and an infant, deceased. Mr. Shepherd owns 150 acres of land where he now lives.
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