Biographical Sketch of James M. Shepherd, Johnson County, Missouri, Warrensburg Township. >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** James M. Shepherd, the assistant postmaster of Warrensburg, Missouri, was born December 12, 1865, in Simpson township, Johnson county. He is a son of William Morgan and Mary Arena (Herndon) Shepherd, the former, a native of Virginia and the latter, of Johnson county. Mr. Shepherd, with whom this review is concerned, learned the printer's trade in youth and began work on the "Warrensburg Standard" at the age of four- teen years, in 1881. This paper was edited by Major Roderick Baldwin, a pioneer newspaper man of Johnson county. For twenty seven years, Mr. Shepherd was an employee in the office and owner of the "Standard." He was an honest, fearless, aggressive editor, whose editorials were wide- ly read and excited much comment. He was never afraid to boldly state that which he believed to be right and his opinion was ever favored with the greatest respect. Mr. Shepherd has been the assistant post- master for the past eleven years, having been appointed assistant by Joe H. Smith, postmaster, in 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd reside in Warrensburg at 136 Grover street. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny Harrell ====================================================================