Biographical Sketch of John A. Shepperd, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** John A. Shepperd, a carpenter and builder of Potosi, was born in St. Louis, Mo., November 21, 1847 and was the only child born to John B. and Sarah A. (Ackland) Shepperd, the former also a native of St. Louis and the latter born in Baltimore, Md. John B. Shepperd was a son of David Shepperd, who built the sixth brick house in St. Louis. John B. was a dealer in gents furnishing goods, and died in 1854. John A. Shepperd was reared in St. Louis, where he learned the trade of a car- penter and joiner, which occupation he has since followed. December 26, 1883, he married Miss Minnie Curtis, who was born in Washington County, Mo., and died February 14, 1885. On May 4, 1887, Mr. Shepperd married Miss Annie M. Smith, a daughter of E. B. and Annie M. (Castle- man) Smith. ==================================================================== 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: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================