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, 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[?] Last Modified 6 Jan 2018 Family ID F63 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos 
Elza Shepard and 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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