LAKE COUNTY OHIO - BIO:  SHEPARD, Henry H.

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This biography is taken from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio, 
Embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake; Lewis Publishing Company, 
1893. 

Henry H. Shepard

Henry H. Shepard, a prominent and wealthy produce dealer and an old settler of 
Perry Township, Lake County, Ohio dates his birth in Berkshire, Massachusetts, 
November 13, 1836.
  Mr. Shepard's father, John M. Shepard, was born in Berkshire, Massachusetts, 
May 9, 1804, son of Samuel Shepard, also a native of Massachusetts, born January
12, 1778, second in the family of eight children of Daniel Seaward. Samuel 
Shepard married Ruth Wilkerson, whose birth occurred at Berkshire, Massachusetts,
December 25, 1778, and they reared five children, as follows: Electa, born 
December 23, 1799; Sarah, August 18, 1802; John M., May 9, 1804; Clarissie, 
September 26, 1807; and Ruth W., May 26, 1813. John M., the father of our 
subject was reared and married in Massachusetts. In 1837 he came west with his 
family and settled a mile and a half west of the village of Perry, where he 
developed a fine farm of 105 acres. At the time he settled here only six or 
eight acres of land had been cleared and the only improvement on the place was 
a log cabin. He lived to the ripe old age of eighty-four years, honored and 
respected by all who knew him. His wife, whose name before marriage was Laura 
Adams, was born in Berkshire, Massachusetts, July 3, 1810. They had a family of 
six children, namely: Samuel W., born October 10, 1830; Warren S., October 29, 
1832; Henry H. November 13, 1836; Eunice A., December 26, 1841; Julian  J., May 
6, 1844, died at the age of four years; and Henrietta M., December 6, 1847. The 
mother died here at he age of sixty-five years. Both she and her husband took 
active interest in church work. In politics Mr. Shepard was first a Whig and 
afterwards a Republican. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Warren 
Adams, and he, too, was a native of Berkshire, Massachusetts, where he was 
engaging in farming for many years, living to be a ripe old age. Henry H. 
Shepard was only six months old when he was brought by his parents to this 
county, and here he was reared and educated. He was engaged in business for 
himself since he reached his majority. For about six years he kept a dairy at 
Harpersville, Ashtabula County, and from there came to his present location, 
where he ran a general store for three years. Since that date he has been 
engaged in the produce business, shipping annually from seventy-five to 100 car 
loads of fruits and vegetables, his chief points of shipment being Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington. he also runs a large cooper shop, where he 
manufactures all his own shipping barrels. He belongs to that class of men, who 
starting out in life without financial aid, have by their own pluck and energy 
won their way to success.
  Mr. Shepard has been twice married . In Ashtabula County, December 23, 1858, 
he wedded Mary F. Hutchins, a native of Perry Township, Lake County, but a 
resident of Ashtabula County. They had four children, namely: Mrs. Sarah F. 
Gleason, born December 22, 1864, is now a resident of Seattle, Washington: 
Walter H., born July 2, 1866, is a merchant; Agnes L., born January 29, 1868, is
a graduate of the college at Delaware, Ohio; and Kate E., born February 11, 
1871. The mother of these children died May 22, 1885. She was a member of the 
Methodist Church, and hers was a beautiful Christian character. March 2, 1887, 
Mr. Shepard married Mrs. Ann Quinby, of Ashtabula. Both he and his wife, and 
indeed the whole family are members of the Methodist Church. They stand high in 
the community in which they reside and are justly entitled to the respect and 
esteem in which they are held by all who know them.
  Mr. Shepard affiliates with the Republican Party, and has filled the office 
of Township Treasurer.