SHEPHERD, George B., MA., then St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
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GEORGE B. SHEPHERD, FRANKLIN.--George B. Shepherd is a native of
Massachusetts, born July 10, 1824.  He is the son of Nathaniel and Mary
(Whelden) Shepherd, both of whom were natives of Massachusetts.  Nathaniel
Shepherd was a jeweler by occupation and was a successful business man; in
politics he was a Democrat.  Our subject's mother was born in 1804 and was
married in Massachusetts.  She became the mother of one child, the subject of
this sketch.

George B. Shepherd received an excellent academic education, and in 1845 came
to Louisiana from Massachusetts and engaged as a salesman for Cyrus B. Whelen,
in which capacity he was employed for three years.  After this he devoted his
time to civil engineering, and in 1857 became editor of the Attakapas
Register, a weekly Democratic paper published in Franklin.  He was thus
engaged until 1860, when he was appointed register of the State land office,
which position he held until 1862, when he enlisted in the C. S. A. under
General Miles, Louisiana Volunteers, in which command he served until the
close of the war.  After the war he became a notary public, and in 1870 he
turned his attention to law.  In 1872 he was chief clerk of the McEnery House
of Representatives, and in 1887 was appointed post-master by President
Cleveland, and held this office until July, 1890, when he returned to the
practice of law.  He was married, March, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth McMillan, a
daughter of Robert McMillan and Janet Douglas, native of Scotland, born in
1833 and died in 1882.  Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd are the parents of five
children:  Emma,  Georgie,  Edwin,  George and  Robert.  Mr. Shepherd and
family are members of the Episcopal church.  He is a stanch Democrat.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
381-382.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.