SHEPPERD BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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SHEPPERD, D. E.
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 661
residence: Blairstown, Bogard Twp

D. E. Shepperd, a well known hardware merchant and automobile dealer of 
Blairstown, Missouri, is a native of Ohio. He was born at Moxahala, Perry County, 
Ohio, December 23, 1865, and is a son of G. W. and Martha J. Shepperd, both 
natives of Ohio. The father was born November 27, 1841, and died April 25, 1905, 
and his wife departed this life several years before the death of her husband. She 
died in 1868 when D. E. was about three years of age. The following children were 
born to G. W. and Martha J. Shepperd: Mrs. W. H. Larick, Daily, Iowa; Mrs. M. 
Penman, Glouster, Oklahoma, and D. E., the subject of this sketch. After the 
mother died the father was again married and two sons and a daughter were born 
to that union: W. B., McKeesport, Pennsylvania; C. S., Moxahala, Ohio, and Mrs. 
Alice Stalismith, who died at Zanesville, Ohio, in May, 1916. D. E. Shepperd was 
reared in Perry County, Ohio, and educated in the public schools. When he was 
twenty-one years of age he went to Pittsburg, Kansas, where he was employed 
about five months, when he went to Kansas City, Missouri, where he entered the 
employ of I. D. Clapp, a wholesale commission dealer. After remaining there about 
a year he came to Blairstown and engaged in the harness business. A few years 
later he added a hardware stock and later added the automobile business. He is 
one of the successful merchants of Blairstown and has built up a large trade. In 
1906 he bought the J. H. Schweer building, where his hardware store is located. 
In addition to his other business enterprises he is now erecting a large garage. 
Mr. Shepperd was united in marriage in February, 1893, to Miss Susan Fisher, a 
daughter of C. S. and Martha J. Fisher, Henry County pioneers. They settled in Big 
Creek township at a very early date. The father was a native of Missouri and the 
mother of Virginia. C. S. Fisher died in 1903 and Mrs. Fisher resides at Blairstown 
with their daughter, Mrs. Shepperd. To Mr. and Mrs. Shepperd have been born the 
following children: Ruby L., the wife of W. H. Whitaker of Blairstown, a sketch of 
whom appears in this volume; Lelia and Ronda, both of whom reside at home with 
their parents. Mr. Shepperd served as postmaster of Blairstown for nine years, 
receiving his appointment from President Roosevelt. He is a member of the 
Masonic Lodge and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Shepperd has been 
successful in his business undertaking. When he came to Blairstown he only had 
$500 capital, and today he is one of the well-to-do men of Henry County, and in 
addition to his prosperous business institution, he and his wife are the owners of 
360 acres of valuable land in Big Creek township. He is one of Henry County's 
substantial citizens. 

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