Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Shepherd, Charles W. 1864 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

CHARLES W. SHEPHERD.
Charles W. Shepherd carries on general farming on section 25, Richland township,
and the excellent appearance of his place indicates his practical and
progressive methods. He is the owner of one hundred and fifty-two acres of rich
and productive land, from which he annually gathers good harvests.

Mr. Shepherd was born in Steubenville, Ohio, September 1, 1864, and is a son of
William and Elizabeth (Watt) Shepherd, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The
father was born May 14, 1826, and the mother on the 21st of February, 1828. In
the year 1865 they removed with their family to Wapello county, settling in
Center township north of Ottumwa, where their son George W. Shepherd now
resides. The father made farming his life work and was the owner of two hundred
and eighty acres of land in the home place and more than two hundred acres on
the south side of the river. He also engaged in raising and feeding stock. Pie
served as captain of the Home Guards while in Ohio and aided in the capture of
Morgan, who was then on his raid in that state. His political allegiance was
given to the republican party, which he supported in stalwart manner to the time
of his death, which occurred October 14, 1890. He held memberships with the
Presbyterian church, to which Mrs. Shepherd still belongs, and she now makes her
home with her children. They had a large family, numbering ten: Jane, the
deceased wife of William Baker; Lucinda, who became the wife of Hamilton Wilson
and passed away; Mary Emma, the wife of Thomas Cody of Nebraska; Ann Eliza, who
married James Law and is deceased; Martha, the wife of W. H. Bennett of this
township; John, living in Ottumwa; Charles W.; Margaret, the deceased wife of
Frank Mast; Nettie, the wife of Roy Smith of Ottumwa; and George W., who is
mentioned elsewhere in this volume.

Charles W. Shepherd was reared under the parental roof, remaining at home to the
time of his marriage. His attention was divided between the duties of the
schoolroom and the work of the fields. He has never sought to change his
occupation, feeling, as George Washington expressed it more than a century ago,
that "agriculture is the most useful as well as the most honorable occupation of
man." He purchased his present farm about 1908. For a period of ten years he
lived in Ottumwa, during which he supervised two farms, but since that time he
has lived at his present place of residence on section 25, Richland township,
where he owns one hundred and fifty-two acres of rich and productive land. He
has a fine home, in the rear of which are good barns and outbuildings, and these
in turn are surrounded by well kept fields. All of the characteristics of the
model farm of the twentieth century are found upon his place, and he carries on
general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising.

On the 22d of February, 1894, Mr. Shepherd was married to Miss Ollie Kelsey, who
was born in Wapello county, Iowa, November 13, 1866, a daughter of F. M. and E.
J. (Brown) Kelsey, both of whom were natives of Indiana, whence they came to
Iowa in 1865, settling first in Davis county. Soon afterward, however, they came
to this county, and Mr. Kelsey passed away in 1907, at the age of sixty-five
years, while his wife now makes her home in Ottumwa. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd have
one child, Raymond.

In his political views Mr. Shepherd is an earnest republican, stanchly
advocating the principles of the party since age conferred upon him the right of
franchise. He and his wife have traveled extensively, spending a w inter in
California and another in New Mexico, and they have also visited his father's
old birthplace in Ohio, near, Steubenville, where they attended a family reunion
of the Shepherds in August, 1912. They believe in enjoying life and wisely make
recreation a balance to work. They possess many good traits of character and
occupy an enviable position in the regard of their friends.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914



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