BUCHANAN, Jane
1852 - 1925 (72 years)-
Name BUCHANAN, Jane Born 10 Oct 1852 Wood County, West Virginia 
[1] - 1851 according to 1900 census.
Gender Female Census 1860 Unknown Township, Wood County, West Virginia - See father’s census notes for details.
Census 1870 Steele, Wood County, West Virginia - See Elza’s census notes for details.
Census 1880 Grant District, Jackson County, West Virginia - See Elza’s census notes for details.
Census 1900 Tucker District, Wirt County, West Virginia - See Elza’s census notes for details.
Census 1910 Tucker District, Wirt County, West Virginia - See Elza’s census notes for details.
Census 1920 Tucker District, Wirt County, West Virginia - See Elza’s census notes for details.
Died 12 Mar 1925 Wood County, West Virginia [2] Buried Steele, Wood County, West Virginia - Gates Ridge Cemetery.
Person ID I86 Shepard and John Tree Last Modified 18 Mar 2016
Father BUCHANAN, William Atkinson, b. 1827, Salem Township, Monroe County, Ohio , d. 21 Jun 1891, Jackson County, West Virginia (Age 64 years) Mother MOBLEY, Margaret, b. Abt 1833, Belmont County, Ohio , d. 13 Feb 1883, Garfield, Grant District, Jackson County, West Virginia (Age ~ 50 years) Married Abt 1850 - according to 1850 census they were married within the year
Family ID F24 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SHEPARD, Elza F., b. 17 Jun 1847, Monroe County, Ohio , d. 3 Dec 1935, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia (Age 88 years) Married 30 Jan 1868 Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia [3] Notes - As sent in e-mail and seen in marriage book copy:
Elzie SHEPERD 21 (single) b Monroe Co., OH; parents H[artly] & Susanna
Jane BUCKHANON 15 (s) b Wood Co.; parents W[illiam] & M[argaret]
Both residents of Wood County, West Virginia
Married 30 Jan 1868 Wood Co., WV by James S Buckley
[Note: researchers additions in brackets.] [4]
Children 1. SHEPARD, Elizabeth E. (Lib), b. 1 Apr 1870, Jackson County, West Virginia , d. 25 Sep 1954, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia (Age 84 years)2. SHEPARD, Margaret J., b. Abt 1872 3. SHEPARD, Thomas W., b. Abt 1874 4. SHEPARD, Isaiah Benton, b. 22 Jan 1877, Jackson County, West Virginia , d. 8 Jul 1955, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia (Age 78 years)5. SHEPARD, Sarah B. [E.], b. Jun 1884 6. SHEPARD, William Atkinson, b. 6 Apr 1886, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia , d. 19 Apr 1973, Safety Harbor, Pinellas County, Florida (Age 87 years)7. SHEPARD, Wayne Harrison, b. Apr 1891, d. Aug 1974 (Age ~ 83 years) 8. SHEPARD, Ada, b. May 1893 9. SHEPARD, Edward, b. May 1893 10. SHEPARD, Ebon, b. 2 Dec 1895, Rockport, Wood County, West Virginia , d. 6 Mar 1945, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia (Age 49 years)11. SHEPARD, Docia[?] Photos 
Home of Shepards
The Elza and Jane Shepard home in West Virginia.Last Modified 19 Dec 2014 Family ID F63 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos 
Elza and Jane Shepard
Elza Shepard and his wife Jane Buchanan Shepard. This picture was taken outside on unlevel ground. You can see the rock that was used to try and straighten out one of the chairs. Jane is holding was appears to be the family bible. Too bad we don't have that book, I bet there was all kinds of interesting things written in it.
Headstones 
Jane Buchanan Shepard and Elza Shepard headstone
Gates Ridge Cemetery. Part of Gates Ridge United Methodist Church est. 1908, in Steele, Wood County, West Virginia.
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Notes - Notes from a letter to Sally from Zara and Brooks,
Regarding Grandmother Jane Shepard:
...as you go south from Parkersburg on “old” Route 2, you go up what is called “Limestone Hill”. There is a church to the left, as you reach the top of the hill. To the right is a junction with a dirt road, called Gate’s Ridge Road. It is one lane and, if the weather is dry, is passable. Winding about three miles on this road, you come to a church on the left. The church-yard also serves as a cemetery. Here lie the remains of Elza, Jane and several of their children, as well as many friends and relatives. Where the church sets is the junction of another road coming from the left. Down this road about a mile or so (setting on a rise of the hill) is the old farm. It appears that the old barn may still be there; but obviously the house with its electric wiring and modern siding must be a replacement. Grandmother died in about 1925, I guess. I recall being taken on a long journey during the winter from Verasailles Avenue to Parkersburg, and being presented to Grandmother lying on a bed; she knew me but I not her. (She had cared for me as an infant at the farm). Brother Bud told the story of being chased, as a small boy, by a large Tom turkey in the yard of the farmhouse, it appearing that the bird was about to catch him; but as he ran screaming from the bird (which stood higher than he) it passed the front porch step, where stood grandmother, who had run from the kitchen to see what the commotion was all about. She made a fast grab for the turkey, and seized it by the neck and started to shake it. After a vigorous shaking the turkey suddenly went limp, and Bud, in complete amazement watched her wheel about and carry the bird into the house. They had turkey for dinner that evening!! When granmother cared for me as an infant at the farm, it was the winter of 1917-18 when a terrible flu epidemic swept the nation. There were deaths in the family at that time at the farm, so I understand. Some time after her death, grandad moved into Parkersburg to stay with Uncle Hod, where I visited with him overnight in the 1930’s. He had a large picture of her by his bed, and he would look at it and say “she was a good woman.”
- Notes from a letter to Sally from Zara and Brooks,
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