THOMAS SHEPHERD, deceased; was born in Yorkshire, England, 1806; married Agnes Hoe, a native of Westmoreland, England; they came in 1850, to America, with ten chidren, and located on a farm owned by Maj. Rountree. The Shepherd homestead originally of 160 acres was then purchased; Mr. Shepherd did good work here clearing and improving; in 1857, he built the substantial stone house, now making a good home for his family; he subsequently sold all except 84 acres; at his death, June 31, 1862, he left his widow and the ten children namely: Allen, Mary, Anthony, Agnes, Thomas, Betsy, Isabella, Hannah, William and Joseph; Mary is in Otisville, Iowa, and William in Oakdale, Neb.; all the others are now in the city and town of Platteville; the family are members of the P. M. Church.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.