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Shepherd, Alexander B – Shepperd, Augustus H

Shepherd, Alexander B

soldier, governor, was born Jan. 31, 1835, in Washington, D. C. In 1873 he was appointed the second governor of the District of Columbia; and remained in office until the form of government was again changed.

Shepherd, Frank

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Jan. 28, 1853, in Lenawee county, Mich. Since 1879 he has practiced law in Cheboygan, Mich. In 1880-82 he was prosecuting attorney; was appointed judge of probate in 1886; and elected to the same office in 1888. In 1897 he was elected a member of the Michigan state legislature.

Shepherd, James Edward

lawyer, educator, was born in July, 1847, in Nausemond county, Va. In 1882 he was elected judge of the superior court from Raleigh, N. C.; and during 1888-95 was a justice of the supreme court, last two years of which he served as chief justice.

Shepherd, Oliver Lathrop

soldier, was born Aug. 15, 1815, in Clifton, Pa. He served in the Florida, Mexican and civil wars, and in 1863 was brevetted brigadier-general. In 1870 he was retired from the army.

Shepherd, William

soldier, congressman, was born Dec. 1, 1737, in Massachusetts. In 1.783 he was chosen a brigadier-general, having fought in twenty-two battles; and was subsequently a majorgeneral of militia. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1797 to 1803. He died Nov. 11, 1817, in Westfield, Mass.

Shepherd, William Robert

author. He is the author of History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania.

Sheplor, Matthias

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1837 to 1839.

Sheppard, Francis Marion

physician, legislator, was born Dec. 22, 1868, in Monticello, Miss. After receiving the rudiments of his education in the common schools, he attended the university of Louisville, Ky., graduating therefrom in 1893. He is a successful physician of Waynesboro, Miss.; and in 1896 became a representative in the lower house of the Mississippi state legislature, his term expiring in 1900.

Sheppard, Furman

lawyer, author, was born Nov. 21, 1823, in Bridgeton, N. J.

He is a Philadelphia lawyer who has published The Constitutional Text-Book; and other works.

Sheppard, John Hannibal

lawyer, author, was born March 17, 1789, in England. In addition to several Masonic and antiquarian addresses, he was the author of occasional poems; of Reminiscences of the Vaughan Family; and The Life of Samuel Tucker, Commodore in the American Revolution. He died June 25, 1873, in Boston, Mass.

Sheppard, Nathan

educator, journalist, author, was born Nov. 9, 1834, in Baltimore, Md. He was a journalist and educator who was a special correspondent of The Cincinnati Gazette during the Franco-German war; and the author of Shut Up in Paris During the Siege; Darwinism Stated by Himself; Before an Audience; and Saratoga Chips. He died Jan. 24, 1888, in New York city.

Shepperd, Augustus H

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Surry county, N. C. He served in the house of commons of North Carolina from 1822 to 1826; and was a representative in congress from 1829 to 1839, from 1841 to 1843, and again from 1847 to 1851.