Subject: KY-F: BIO: Shepherd, Ransom s/o Shepherd, Thomas & Nancy Hensley - Shelby Co From: Diana Flynn Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 21:57:36 -0400 SHEPHERD, HENSLEY, MARKLAND "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA" GOODSPEED BROS. 1884 PIERCE TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA PAGE 897 RANSOM SHEPHERD, a son of Thomas and Nancy (Hensley) Shepherd, who came from their native State--Kentucky--to this county in 1813, locating on the farm now owned and occupied by our subject, was born June 7, 1836, and is the youngest of ten children. Here his parents passed through all the hardships and inconveniences of pioneer life, and where they finally died; Mr. Shepherd, October 9, 1867, and Mrs. Shepherd, September 21, 1882. Ransom's early years were passed in attending the common schools of the neighborhood, and, following in the footsteps of his father, has always made farming his occupation. In this he has been somewhat fortunate as he now owns 240 acres of good farming and grazing land. In politics he supports the Republican ticket, and in religion he and wife belong to the Christian Church. His marriage with Nancy C. Markland was solemnized November 8, 1860, and the Markland as well as the Shepherd family are among the oldest of Washington County. ---------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.