My Shepard & John Ancestors
SHEPARD, Hartley
1823 - Aft 1910 (> 88 years)-
Name SHEPARD, Hartley [1] Born 1823 Ohio 
- according to 1870 census
Gender Male Census Not found anywhere in the US in the 1850 census.
I have checked every township in the Monroe County, Ohio census page by page and no Hartley.
Details of 1860 Census, P.O. Limestone Hill, Unknown Township, Wood County, Virginia:
p. 22 (ancestry.com page 22 of 278), 6 June, 134/134
33. Hartly Sheperd, 38, male, white, farm labor, personal estate 75, born in Ohio
34. Susan A Sheperd, 33, female, white, wife, born in Ohio
35. Elza Sheperd, 13, male, white, born in Ohio
36. Catharine Sheperd, 11 or 12, female, white, born in Ohio
37. Nancy Sheperd, 10 or 11, female, white, born in Ohio
38. Sevilla Sheperd 8, female, white, born in Ohio [she is also found at her Smith grandparents home in this census, see Joseph Smith census notes]
39. Sarah A Sheperd, 6, female, white, born in Virginia
40. Isaiah Sheperd, 4, male, white, born in Virginia
pg. 23 (ancestry.com page 23 of 278)
1. Joseph Sheperd, 2, male, white, born in Virginia
Details of 1870 Census, Steele Township, Wood County, West Virginia:
p. 33/480 (ancestry.com pg. 353) 28 June, 175/152
26. Shephard, Hartley 47, m, w, farmhand, 100, Ohio, cannot read or write
27. Shephard, Susannah 42, f, w, keeping house, Ohio, cannot read or write
28. Shephard, Seville 18, f, w, works out, Ohio, cannot read or write
29. Shephard, Sarah 16, f, w, Ohio, cannot read or write
30. Shephard, Osiah 14, M, w, farm hand, Virginia, cannot read or write
31. Shephard, Joseph 13, m, w, farm hand, Virginia, cannot read or write
32. Shephard, Minerva 10 m, w, Virginia
33. Shephard, Docia 7, f, w, West Virginia
34. Shephard, James 4, m, w, West Virginia
35. Shephard, Mary 3, f, w, West Virginia
36. Shephard, Margaret 4/12, f, w, West Virginia
[Note: there is an Elza Shepard family living a few house away. Have no idea how related, if at all.]
Not found anywhere in the US in the 1880 census.
Not found anywhere in the US in the 1900 census.
Details of the 1910 census, Tygart District, Wood County, West Virginia:
pg. 1A, (ancestry.com page 1 of 210), enumeration district 139, supervisors district 4, April 15, 5/5
32. Deem, Sevilla, head, female, white 58, widow, children born 5, living 5, born Ohio, parents born: Ohio, speak english, farmer, farm, can read and write, own home
33. Shepard, Hartley, father, male, white, 89, widower, born Ohio, parents born: Ohio, speak english, can read and write, own home, mortgaged, farm, number 5Census 1860 Unknown Township, Wood County, West Virginia - See census notes for details.
Census 1870 Steele, Wood County, West Virginia - See census notes for details.
Census 1910 Tygart, Wood County, West Virginia - See census notes for details.
Died Aft 1910 West Virginia - or Ohio.
Buried - Don’t know where he is buried. My grandfather said Wellsburg. It is listed as the town but it is not on any map. (Checked with the Leavitt Funeral Home in Parkersburg, as it was the only one open at time of Hartley’s supposed death 1910 or even Susannah’s 1885. No luck.
Person ID I89 Shepard and John Tree Last Modified 6 Jan 2017
Father SHEPARD, Henry, b. 24 Jun 1782, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts , d. 10 Oct 1848, Ohio (Age 66 years) Mother SHEPARD, Huldah, b. 12 May 1780, d. 12 Sep 1826 (Age 46 years) Married 11 Oct 1821 Washington County, Ohio [2, 3] Notes - Cousins; and both their parents married siblings from the same respective families (two Shepard brothers married two Dewey sisters).
Family ID F85 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 SMITH, Susan (Susanna), b. 1828, Ohio , d. 16 Jun 1885, Ohio (Age 57 years) Married Abt 1846 - using eldest childs birth year as guide; can find, as of yet, no record of marriage in Ohio.
Children 1. SHEPARD, Elza F., b. 17 Jun 1847, Monroe County, Ohio , d. 3 Dec 1935, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia (Age 88 years)2. SHEPARD, Catherine, b. 15 Jan 1849, d. 16 Apr 1927 (Age 78 years) 3. SHEPARD, Nancy, b. 18 Jul 1850 4. SHEPARD, Sevilla, b. Abt 1852, d. Aft 1910 (Age ~ 59 years) 5. SHEPARD, Sarah, b. 13 Nov 1853, d. 24 Jan 1936 (Age 82 years) 6. SHEPARD, Isaiah (Josiah), b. 5 Feb 1856, Wood County, West Virginia 7. SHEPARD, Joseph, b. 17 Sep 1858, Wood County, West Virginia , d. 31 Oct 1936, Wood County, West Virginia (Age 78 years)8. SHEPARD, Minerva, b. 10 Oct 1859, d. 4 Sep 1938 (Age 78 years) 9. SHEPARD, Docia, b. 11 Apr 1863, d. 1 Apr 1944 (Age 80 years) 10. SHEPARD, James, b. Abt 1865, d. Abt 1962 (Age ~ 97 years) 11. SHEPARD, Mary Lenora, b. 10 Oct 1865, Jackson County, West Virginia , d. 1 Feb 1947, Dunham Township, Washington County, Ohio (Age 81 years)12. SHEPARD, Margaret, b. Apr 1870, d. 23 Jun 1949 (Age ~ 79 years) Last Modified 6 Jan 2018 Family ID F65 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 SMITH, Susannah Last Modified 6 Jan 2018 Family ID F338 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos 
Hartley Shepard
This image given to me by a cousin on the Shepard side.
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