Ionia-Gratiot County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shepard, James P. 1898
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The Gratiot County Herald, Thursday, February 10, 1896
Again we are called to witness the death of one of Gratiot county’s earliest 
pioneers.  Mr. Jas. P. Shepard was born in Wayne county N.Y., January 7, 1819, 
departed this life Sunday, January 30, 1898, aged 79 years and 23 days.  A 
wife and 19 children survive him.  Mr. Shepard was a man of great perseverance 
and aimed to accomplish whatever he undertook.  He always aimed to be on the 
side of right and lived the convictions of an honest heart.  

He was the father of 23 children, four of whom have passed before.  He started 
with his young wife, from New York in 1846, and settled in the wilderness near 
Lyons, Ionia county, Michigan, where he remained for twelve years.  Thence he 
moved to North Shade, Gratiot county.  He settled on a farm which he held in 
possession until 1880, when he moved into Montcalm county.  The high esteem in 
which Mr. Shepard was held was shown by a large concourse of people at his 
funeral which took place at the Sethton church, Wednesday, February 3, Rev. 
Roy Weston officiating.  After the services his remains were interred in the 
S. W. Newark cemetery.


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