. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . MBS. ELIZABETH SHEPARD. MRS. MATILDA SHEPARD, (DECd.). B. M. SHEPARD. Samuel and Eunice Duke Shopard were the parents oftwo children, William and B. M., the latter of whom wasborn in Saratoga County, Nov. 2-1, 1816. When six yearsold the family removed to Yates Co., N. Y., and at theearly age of nine years he met with an irreparable loss inthe death of his mother. He pursued his studies untiltwenty years of age, and at the age of twenty-two was mar-ried to Miss Matilda Stilwell, of Erie Co., Pa. Eightchildren were born to them. Mr. Shepa
. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . MBS. ELIZABETH SHEPARD. MRS. MATILDA SHEPARD, (DECd.). B. M. SHEPARD. Samuel and Eunice Duke Shopard were the parents oftwo children, William and B. M., the latter of whom wasborn in Saratoga County, Nov. 2-1, 1816. When six yearsold the family removed to Yates Co., N. Y., and at theearly age of nine years he met with an irreparable loss inthe death of his mother. He pursued his studies untiltwenty years of age, and at the age of twenty-two was mar-ried to Miss Matilda Stilwell, of Erie Co., Pa. Eightchildren were born to them. Mr. Shepard removed toOhio and remained ten years, after which he repaired toPennsylvania. In 1861, at the solicitation of his brother,he came to Ovid Centre and began the improvement of a farm of sixty acres, for which he had previously effectedan exchange. He later engaged in the purchase and ship-ment of live stock, his neighbors trusting him for the firstinvestment made in the enterprise. He was also a largespeculator in grain, and as the result of his vari
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