SHEPARD, Hartley
1823 - Aft 1910 (> 88 years)-
Name SHEPARD, Hartley [1] Born 1823 Ohio 
- place is according to 1860 & ’70 census
Gender Male Census 1850 US Federal Census - Not found anywhere in the US
I have checked every township in the Monroe County, Ohio census page by page and no Hartley. They didn’t move to Virginia until after 1852.
1855 Feb 25 - Wood County, Virginia:
Hartley Shepard turning in fox pelts for reward money (see court_shepardhart_1855foxes)
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 5
Details of 1911 Directory
Shepard, J. W., Rockport, R. R. 2
Shephard, H[artly?]., Rockport. R. R. 2 [2]Census 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 3 Jun 2019
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 [3, 4] 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 W., b. 18 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 1862, Wood County, West Virginia , d. 1 Apr 1944 (Age 81 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 23 Oct 2015 Family ID F65 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 SMITH, Susannah Last Modified 5 Jan 2020 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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Notes - Hartley Shepard and his family moved to West Virginia between 1852 and 1854 from Ohio.
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Said to have come to America in the 1850’s-60’s, from Insch, Scotland. [DIDN’T-was born in OHIO in ~1823]
According to a letter from William A. Shepard to Jennifer Denise [John] Bumann:
1. ...grandfather told me when I was about 8-12 years old - 60 or more years ago. He was then in his late 80’s and early 90’s - and he didn’t have much going for him then! He told many stories about his father training him to run steam engines and machinery and how he [great grandfather to William] - had acquired the skill in Scotland - I presume just after the steam engine was invented and developed there.
2. Great Grandfather Shepard came to the U.S. about 1850 - 1860? and settled near Parkersburg, West Virginia - where grandfather grew up and married Jane Buchanan - (a scottish lass)... [Jennifer’s notes: No--according to the 1870 census record Hartley was born in Ohio about 1823]
3. Hartley came to US from England at age 3. Died at the age of 99, when the family lived in Wellsville, OH. Three brothers came with father and mother, one brother stayed in Baltimore rest of the family went to St. Clairsville, OH. (1803-1806)...[Jennifer’s notes: NO--Hartley didn’t come to America he was born in OHIO. His father, was born in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts - THIS FAMILY IS DESCENDED FROM WILLIAM SHEPARD OF CT AND MA who married Experience Hart and was divorced in 1600s. Most of our Shepard clan can be found in Westfield until they moved to Marietta, Ohio after the Revolutionary War.]
The following is incorrect:
Hartley’s father (first name unknown) came to US with 3 sons, wife (deceased in about 1805) landing in Baltimore, MD. Hartley and one brother traveled on to St. Clairsville, OH leaving one brother in Baltimore...
This could be true - don’t know:
...Sometime after 1805 Hartley [he was born ~1823] moved north to Salem Twp, Monroe Co., OH where he met and married Susanna Smith (approx. 1840), a young widow 12 years his junior. [her age is not correct in this statement and it is doubtful, but not impossible that she was a widow.]
Have no idea if true haven’t found any information on his death, he did die after 1910 as he is in that census with daughter Sevilla Deem:
Hartley died at age 99 in March 4 ? Just 4 months from his birthday on July 4 ? when he would have been 100 years old.
Could be true:
He like to fox hunt (Note: evidently learned from his father) and the story was told that he won a bet that his fox horn could be heard at a distance of 5 miles. <-FOUND court record regarding fox pelt bounty he received for 5 fox pelts 1855
Have no idea if true haven’t found any information on his death, he did die after 1910 as he is in that census with daughter Sevilla Deem:
He died in Wellsville Ohio
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[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 are basicly English but we also have some Irish Scotch and Indian blood in us.[NOT] Our grandmother Jane Shepard was part Indian what tribe I don’t know [NO SHE WASN’T, DNA PROVES THIS]. Her maiden name was Buchannan She was related to President Bucannon [NO, WE ARE NOT] 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 women live what is how Shepards got regenerated. [GIBBERISH AND USELESS INFORMATION]
Two Shepard brothers came to the U.S. and got lost from each other in NY city and never found each other again [INCORRECT]. We are decendents of one of them. We never knew their 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, Ohio near Woodsfield, close Wheeling, WVA. He was the son of Hartley Shepard, who moved his family to WVA when our grandfather was 9 yrs. old. Our grandfather ate his first[?] meal in WVA when he was 9 yrs old at an inn just two miles from where I live. I visit our grandparents grave about 3 time a a year. My parents are buried in the same grave yard 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 yrs 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 our in later yrs in a book I found while browsing through a book store so you see we had a bad apple in our clan.
I could write a book on the Shepards, but do to poor eye sight makes if very difficult to do so. Herman Shepard of Safety Harbor Fla. is the oldesT living Shepard past 80 yrs I am second oldest Brooks is third Herman’s brother Bill Jr. of Bath Main is third my sister 4th and you 5th I hope this letter don’t bore you to tears. Any questions write me.
I wish you and your a Merry Xmas and happy new year
Wayne
Letter found in family history papers of William Shepard, it is a photocopy of the original with no reference to who Sally is or Wayne. This is a transcription with spelling errors included.
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[Postmarked February 5, 1990]
Dear 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 to kids beyond 8th grade. They choose uncle Tom and Aunt Ada. Aunt Ada became a school teacher and Uncle Tom got a good job in the steel mills uncle Isard who ws not chosen married a Lara Caplinger and she alway held it against then because uncle Isard was not chosen Aunt Lara raised her kids apart from the rest of the family a condition that exists yet to this day.
Uncle Isard has grand kids living in our neighborhood that I do not even know Uncle Isard was not the smartest member of the familyi. Poring education on him was like pouring water on a duck that was why uncle tom was chosen instead f him. Our Aunt Lara alwass held that against our grandparents our grandmother raised me from I was 3 ys. old untill she died in 1935 I was 10 yrs old, but that is another story. I have visited your parents in McKeesport with our grandparents I have met all Aunt Lillians kids by her first marriage uncle Tom and Aunt Lillian broughts us home. 3 flat tires between McKeepsort and Parkersbur, 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 hoolering lay over you SOB do you want it all Uncle Tom never liked to say goodbye one time he was visiting us our on the 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 corps 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 say 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 years. We have no children. Our phone no is 4280869
I am a veteran of World War 2. 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 on the Normandy Invasion. St. Lo Break through The Ardennes forest Belguim Bulde and the Elbe River Campiuns and I never got a Scratch. I guess the man up stairs was on my side. I am a Methodist by Christian faith a 32 degree mason a Shriner and a democrat. So I guess that about sizes it up If you are ever this way come in and take your shoes off and sit a spell.
Wayne
Letter found in family history papers of William Shepard, it is a photocopy of the original with no reference to who Sally is or Wayne. This is a transcription with spelling errors included.
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Historical Note Taken From a Letter From William A. Shepard, Jr.:
...When your grandmother and I visited Scotland, we inquired as to our “roots” and were told by a gentleman in Edinborough (a professor at Edinborough University) that the Scottish clans became organized in the 1200 AD - 1400 AD period - and that the Shepard, Shephard, Shepherd group was involved in a very unfortunate alliance and resulting genocide just prior to this time - which resulted in the death of all male Shepards - the surviving female members were absorbed into the groups that made up the other major clans in the 1200AD approximate period. The few male children born of the pregnant female survivors then were the stock that the Shepard family grew from in the next 800+ years...
Notes from William A. Shepard regarding Hartley research:
All vital records from Salem TWP Monroe, Co., OH until 1867 were destroyed in Woodsfield Ohio Courthouse in 1867. So no verification of Hartley’s data could be confirmed.
No records are available concerning Hartley’s father or his brother that remained in Baltimore, or his other brother that accompanied him and his father to St. Chairsville, OH around 1809. Brief search of courthouse records in St. Clairsville showed no entries, however couldn’t find much data circa 1805.
[The above two items are probably false. The Shepards are most likely English not Scottish in origin, see research notes regarding DNA evidence. I believe that Hartley was born in Washington County, Ohio as that is where his likely father Henry was living at the time of his birth, his mother Huldah also died there a few years after he was born. The idea of Monroe County comes from the Buchanan side of the family, because that IS where they came from before they moved to West Virginia, however Hartley could have grown up there having been farmed out as a child to a relative, and he was married to Susanna Smith before they moved to West Virginia whose family was living in Monroe County.]
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Said to be buried in Anderson Cemetery, Pond Creek, Wood County, West Virginia. Supposed to have died in Rockport, West Virginia
Anderson Cemetery Pond Creek 39.116ºN -81.693ºW
- Hartley Shepard and his family moved to West Virginia between 1852 and 1854 from Ohio.
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