Shelby County Indiana History and Genealogy, Obituaries

Shelby County Indiana
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Shepard / Shepherd

The Kokomo Tribune
Greene County, Indiana
Monday, 2 Jul 1990
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LINTON, Ind. -- Services for Charles L. Shepard, 69, Linton, were conducted today in Anderson-Poindexter Funeral Home. The Rev. Hilary Vieck officiated. Burial was in IOOF Cemetery at Bicknell. Shepard died at 12:23 p.m. Saturday, June 30, 1990, in Greene County General Hospital. He was born March 17, 1921, in Bicknell, the son of Charles L. and Anna (Lucas) Shepard.
A former resident of Kokomo, he was an Air Force veteran of World War II and a member of St. Peter Catholic Church, Frank Courtney American Legion Post 22 and Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kokomo. Surviving are two sisters, Maryanna McBride of Linton and Carole Hoggatt of Terre Haute.
Contributed by Phyllis Fleming and Betty Kitchen

The Linton Daily Citizen
Greene County, Indiana
Friday, 22 Jun 1973
Page 2
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Mrs. Anna Lucas Shepard, 78, Linton, died at 11:20 a.m. Thursday at the Freeman-Greene County Hospital. Mrs. Shepard was born in Marco Aug. 29, 1894, the daughter of William and Lyssia Jane Britton Lucas. Her husband, Charles L. Shepard, died Aug. 4, 1947. She was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church and was a retired hospital employee. She was a past Noble Grand of the Violet Rebekah Lodge of Linton.
Survivors include a son, Charles Linton; two daughters, Mrs. Marianna [sic — Maryanna] McBride, Linton and Mrs. Carole Hoggatt, Tampa, Fla., five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Burch, Linton. A son, six brothers and a sister also preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Anderson - Poindexter Memory Chapel with Rev. Broten Martin officiating and burial will follow in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Bicknell. Friends may call at the Memory Chapel after 7 p.m.
Contributed by Phyllis Fleming and Betty Kitchen

The Linton Daily Citizen
Greene County, Indiana
Tuesday, 5 Jan 1971
Page 2
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GREEN FOREST, ARK. -- Guy L. Shepard, 51, a former resident of Linton, died at his home in Green Forest, Ark., Monday. Sehpard [sic--Shepard] was born in Bicknell Dec. 7, 1919, the son of Charles L. and Anna Shepard. He was a graduate of Linton High School and entered the U.S. military service in 1939. He retired from service in 1967 and had lived at Green Forest since that time.
Survivors include the wife, Thelma Weston Shepard; two daughters, Mrs. Patty Hunt in Germany, and Sharon, at home; the mother, Mrs. Anna Shepard of Linton; two sisters, Mrs. Maryanna McBride of Linton and Mrs. Carol [sic--Carole] Hoggatt of Bermuda, and a brother, Charles Shepard.
Funeral services have been tentatively set for Thursday at Green Forest and burial will be made there.
Contributed by Phyllis Fleming and Betty Kitchen

The Linton Daily Citizen
Greene County, Indiana
Tuesday, 5 Aug 1947
Page 1
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SHEPHERD* FUNERAL
TO BE WEDNESDAY
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Funeral services for Charles L. Shepherd, 50 years old, of Linton, who died at 6:15 o'clock Monday morning at his home here, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Evangelical United Brethern [sic--Brethren] church. Rev. William Medcalf will officiate and burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Bicknell.
The body of the deceased was returned to the family residence at 190 Fourth street southeast from the Newkirk Funeral home at Pleasantville.
*Betty's note: The last name is spelled SHEPARD on his wife's and children's obituaries, on the 1900, 1920, and 1930 Federal census, the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, the 1917-1918, the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, and the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
Contributed by Phyllis Fleming and Betty Kitchen

The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday July 13, 1937
Page 1 column 4
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DIES AT HOME
Mrs. Shepherd Passes Away in Manilla
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Mrs. Laura B. Shepherd, 80 years old, died at her home in Manilla at 9:30 o’clock Monday night following an illness of two years.
She was born on February 6, 1857 and married John W. Shepherd, a Civil War veteran, who died about ten years ago. Surviving are one son, Omer E. Shepherd, of Decatur, Illinois; one brother, William A. Rawlings, of Rush County, and one sister, Mrs. Noah Goddard, of Manilla.
Mrs. Shepherd was a member of the Manilla M. E. church, where funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. G. J. Pickett, of Columbus, will officiate and burial will be in the Goddard cemetery in charge of Ezra Carmony.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Republican
Tuesday December 10, 1935
Page 1 column 6
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DEATH CAUSED BY PNEUMONIA
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Robert Shephard, Age 47, Passes Away at Home Near Flat Rock
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Pneumonia caused the death of Robert "Curly" Shephard, 47 years old, lifelong resident of Shelby county at his home two miles west of Flat Rock at 5:20 o’clock Tuesday morning following a week’s illness.
Mr. Shephard recently operated a garage in Flat Rock. He was born January 31, 1893 and was married to Miss Martha Berry on November 28, 1925. Three children were born. Survivors are one son, Bobby Lee, age 10; two daughters, Martha, age 12, of Columbus, and Bertha Irene, age 14; two half brothers, Orville and Bert Shephard, of Shelbyville; three half sisters, Zella Caine of Johnson county, Audrey Shephard and Marie Shephard of Shelbyville; and an uncle, Ben Shephard of this city.
The body was taken to the C. F. Fix & Son mortuary where funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. The Rev. Fred Bouse, pastor of the Nazarene church here, will officiate and interment will be in the Flat Rock cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Republican
Wednesday June 12, 1935
Page 6 column 5
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MRS. E. T. RARDIN LEARNS OF
DEATH OF RELATIVE
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Mrs. E. T. Rardin of Morristown received word today of the death of her brother-in-law, Homer E. Shepherd of Brownsburg, which occurred in the Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, Tuesday night.
Mr. Shepherd was also a cousin of the Rev. A.A. Schenck of Morristown.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Brownsburg Christian church at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday March 10, 1927
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN
OF MANILLA DEAD
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Funeral Services for John William Shepherd
to be Held Friday Afternoon
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John William Shepherd, seventy-nine years old, well known aged veteran of Manilla, and a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home at 6:30 o’clock this morning of heart trouble, from which he had suffered for some time.
Funeral services will be conducted at the M.E. church at Manilla on Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, the Rev. Walter G. Proctor, of Indianapolis and the Rev. H. E. Newman, of Manilla, officiating. Burial will be in the Goddard cemetery in charge of Carmony Brothers, funeral directors.
Mr. Shepherd was born on March 20, 1847 and had been a resident of Manilla for the past forty-seven years. He enlisted in the Civil War, January 19, 1864, and received an honorable discharge in December 1865.
On September 3, 1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Laura Rawlins and to this union five children were born, four of whom passed away a number of years ago. One son, Omer Shepherd, of Decatur, Illinois, survives with the widow. Mr. Shepherd was a member of the M. E. church at Manilla. Besides the widow and son, he leaves two nephews, Earl Shepherd, of this city, and John A. Shepherd, of Decatur, Illinois.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Republican
Monday May 5, 1924
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GEORGE SHEPARD TOOK OWN LIFE
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Man Held In Jail On Sanity Charge
Found Dead In Cell Early Today
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HAD USED TOWEL FOR NOOSE
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George Shepard, age fifty-four, who had been held in the Shelby county jail for three weeks on a charge of insanity, and who has been recommended for admittance to the Central Hospital for the Insane at Indianapolis by a sanity commission, committed suicide Sunday night or early Monday morning, by hanging.
Mr. Shepard had knotted a towel about his neck, and had tied the other end to a bar of his cell. He had jumped from a chair after tying an end of the towel to the bar. It is not believed that the jump ended his life, but that strangulation had caused death. The man’s feet were on the floor when he was found this morning by Sheriff Jesse J. Smith, and Elisha Crosby, deputy sheriff.
It was stated by the sheriff that Mr. Shepard had been heard in his cell at eleven o’clock last night. When found about eight o’clock, the man had been dead several hours. It was stated that Mr. Shepard had suffered a great deal, and had been in much pain during the time that he has been confined in the local jail.
He formerly lived near Greenwood, in Johnson county. It was stated that he had been treated for insanity while living in Johnson county.
Mr. Shepard was born in Johnson county. He was the son of Robert and Rebecca [Toothman] Shepard and was born on May 17, 1870. He was married to Miss Martha Cowins in November 17, 1899. To this union eleven children were born, five of whom survive him: Mrs. Zella King, of Johnson county; Misses Maxine and Audrey Shepard, at home; Orville and Bert, both of this city and Robert Shepard of Greenwood, a son by a former marriage. He is also survived by his wife and by five brothers, John, Charles, Ed, Homer and Ben Shepard; three sisters, Mrs. Sadie Hamilton, Mrs. Lulu White and Mrs. Bessie Northern. He was a resident of Shelbyville since February 1924. For the pat 10 years he was in failing health. The body was taken to the C.F. Fix funeral home and prepared for burial and then taken to the Shepard home.
The funeral will be held from the home on Columbia Avenue, Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. Crider will officiate. Interment will take place in City Cemetery in charge of C. F. Fix & Son.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelbyville Democrat
Saturday July 26, 1913
Page 1 column 3
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN
ANSWERED LAST CALL
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Wesley T. Shepard Died At His Home
North Of Bengal Last Evening
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Wesley T. Shepard, aged seventy-two years, one of Hendricks township’s prominent farmers, residing a mile and a quarter northeast of Bengal, on the Franklin pike, died last evening at his home from hardening of the arteries. He had been ill for the past two years, and the end did not come unexpectedly to his legions of friends and relatives. Several months ago he had to take to his bed and shortly afterward his friends and relatives, as well as he, felt that the call of the death angel could not be stayed long.
Mr. Shepard was born in Estell county, Kentucky, [February 21, 1841] but came to Indiana when a young man. He settled on a farm in Johnson county and lived there nearly all his life, removing to the farm he now occupies not many years ago. He had always followed the vocation of a farmer and in it had met with considerable success, as he always followed the golden rule in dealing with his friends and acquaintances.
Deceased was a member of the Presbyterian church, and had always been a good Christian man. He was a man always ready to lend a helping hand in any movement that meant the uplifting of the community in which he resided. Mr. Shepard was a veteran of the Civil war [Co. I 79th Indiana Infantry] and during his service for his country proved himself to be a brave and fearless soldier, receiving an honorable discharge when the great civil strife was brought to an end.
Besides his wife, [Mary H.] deceased is survived by three sons, George, north of Needham; John, south of Needham, and Charles, of near Bengal. The bereaved family will have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire county in their great hour of sorrow.
The funeral services will beheld Sunday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock at the Second Mt. Pleasant Baptist church, the Rev. O. A. Cook of Franklin officiating.
[Buried Second Mt. Pleasant Cemetery]
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Johnson County, Indiana Marriages
Wesley Sheperd & Mary H. Vaught
May 9, 1867
Book 2 page 73
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Contributed by Barb Huff

The Shelby Democrat
Thursday November 30, 1905
Page 8 column 3
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Robert L. Shepard died at his residence in Marion at 5 o’clock a.m. Sunday, of heart trouble, aged sixty-six years, five months and eighteen days. He will be buried Tuesday in the Marion cemetery. Services at the M. E. church in Marion, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Guthrie, at 2 o’clock p.m. Deceased was a member of Company I 18th Regiment Indiana Infantry, serving through the rebellion. D. B. Wilson & Son in charge.
Contributed by Barb Huff

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