Gem County ID Archives Obituaries.....Shepherd, Joseph C. February 1904
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Sharon McConnel sharon@bigskytel.com and Gem County Historical Society gemcohs@bigskytel.com March 16, 2006, 8:22 pm

Emmett Index
J. C. Shepherd, one of the pioneers of Idaho, died at the home of his daughter 
in Pearl, Tuesday afternoon of pneumonia. He was 69 years old and had resided 
in this vicinity since 1862. About three months ago he left Emmett to make his 
home with his daughter, Mrs. Mary Kidd. Mr. Shepherd was taken ill last Friday.

Mr. Shepherd was born in Pennsylvania. He came to the Payette valley in the 
spring of 1862. In the early sixties he ran a stage between Falk's Store and 
Umitilla, Oregon. He located near the Block house below Emmett, where he 
conducted a meat market, stage station and a public house. Later he spent 
several years trapping. Tiring of this, Mr. Shepherd again entered the stage 
business, carrying the mail from Falk's Store to Placerville. 

When Shepherd located here there was nothing in Emmett but a post office and a 
few buildings. At one time in the early days he was quite wealthy. The last 
few years of his life he conducted a stage between Emmett and Pearl. He sold 
this business several months ago and retired.

He is survived by a son and daughter, Phil Shepherd and Mrs. Mary Kidd, both 
of Pearl; also two step-sons, John Hall of Emmett and Will Hall of Ontario, 
Ore. All were present at Mr. Shepherd's death.

The remains were brought to Emmett yesterday afternoon. The funeral will take 
place at 10:30 o'clock February 25, from the Methodist Church.

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