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- Married Edna Butcher in 1920 census no children and living with his inlaws
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Social Security Death Index Record info
about Wayne Shepard
Name: Wayne Shepard
SSN: 236-01-4062
Last Residence: 26101 Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 7 Apr 1891
Died: Aug 1974
State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)
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Letter Wayne Shepard to Cousin Sally ?
Postmarked November 29, 1989
Dear Cousin Sally,
You are the only cousin that I have never met, but I always knew about you. I am 75 yrs. old and 50% blind hope you will be able to read this. As you know we are basically English but we also have some Irish Scotch and Indian blood. Our grandmother Jane Shepard was part Indian, what tribe I don’t know. Her maiden name was Buchannon she was related to President Buchannon about 5 generations down. As I said the Shepards are English the Shepard clan and another clan in England got into a feud. The Shepard clan lost the battle, they killed all the Shepards but let the pregnant Shepard women live that is how Shepards got regenerated.
Two Shepard brothers came to the US and got lost from each other in NY city and never found each other again. We are decendents of one of them. We never knew there names. There were some Shepards in the mid-west. We always thought they were decendents of one of the lost brothers. Some of our uncles were going to try to look them up but gave the idea up as it would cost too much money. Our grandfather Elza Shepard was born in Monroe County, OH near Woodsfield close Wheeling W.Va.. He was the son of Hartly Shepard. Who moved his family to W.Va. when our grandfather was 9 years old. Our grandfather ate his (bus?) meal in W.Va. when he was 9 years old at an inn just two miles from where I live. I visit our grandparents gave about 3 times a year. My parents are buried in the same graveyard about half mile from old home place.
Our grandfather had 100 living decendents the day he died so you can see we are a big outfit. He died in 1937 at 97 years of age.
A man by the name of McClellan Shepard was a member of the Jessie James gang. He was a distant relative of our grandfather. He was killed in a bank robbery at Maysville, Kentucky. This was handed down to me by word of mouth through the family. I also checked it out in later years in a book I found while browsing through a book store. So you can see we had a bad apple in our clan.
I could write a book on the Shepards. But do to poor eyesight makes it very difficult to do so. Herman Shepard of Safety Harbor, FL is the oldest living Shepard, past 80 years, I am 2nd oldest, Brooks is 3rd, Herman’s brother Bill Jr. of Bath, ME is 4th, my sister 5th and you 6th. I hope this letter don’t bore you to tears. Any questions write me.
I wish you and your a merry xmas and a happy new year.
Wayne
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Letter Wayne Shepard to Cousin Sally ?
Postmarked February 5, 1990
Dear Cousin Sally,
Here is another chapter on the Shepards we will call it a family divided. all information here was passed down to me by our Uncle Wayne he is the Uncle I was named after. His nick name was Hod. He said our grandparents had enough money saved up to educate two kids beyond 8th grade. they chose Uncle Tom and Aunt Ada. Aunt Ada became a school teacher and Uncle Tom got a good job in the steel mills. Uncle Isaiah who was not chosen, married a Lara Caplinger and she always held it against them because Uncle Isaiah was not chosen. Aunt Lara raised her kids apart form the rest of the family a condition that exists yet to this day. Uncle Isaiah has grand kids living in our neighborhood that I do not even know. Uncle Isaiah was not the smartest member of the family. Pouring education on him was like pouring water on a duck. That was why Uncle Tom was chosen instead of him. Our Aunt Lara always held that against our grandparents.
Our grandmother raised me from 2-3 years old until she died in 1925. I was 10 years old, but that is another story.
I have visited your parents in McKeesport with or grandparents. I have met all Aunt Lillian's kids by her first marriage Uncle Tom and Aunt Lillian brought us home. 13 flat tires between McKeesport and Parkersburg, WA. We were 18 his making the trip.
Uncle Tom was not the best driver in the world he drove down the middle of the road hollering, lay over you SOB do you want it all. Uncle Tom never liked to say good bye. One time he was visiting us out on our old home farm when he left he walked out the door, went around the house looked through a window thumbed his nose at us and took off.
The day grandmother was buried Uncle Toms daughter Virgie was a corpse at the same funeral home, he attended Virgies funeral in the morning and his mothers in the afternoon. I am sure that was a sad day in his life.
I would love to meet you if you are ever this way stop I could talk to you for hours. My wife Clara and I have lived at this same address for 42 year. We have no children. Our phone number is 428-0869. I am a veteran of WWII. While in the army I was in around 40 states and 11 foreign countries I was in two severe bombing raids in London, England, was at the Normandy Invasion, the St Lu break through, the Ardennes Forest , Belgium bulge and the Elbe River Camp wins and I never got a scratch. I guess the man upstairs was on my side. I am a methodists by Christian faith, a 32 degree mason a shriner and a democrat. So I guess that about sizes it up. If you are ever up this way come in and take your shoes off and sit a spell.
Wayne
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1891 - 1974 (~ 83 years)
, d. 3 Dec 1935, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia 