BIO: David A. Shepard, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 246.
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  SHEPARD, DAVID A., was born in Augusta, Oneida County, N.Y., on June 
2, 1802.  His parents were among the early settlers of that county.  
Their home was not only a house of prayer, but a home for the 
itinerant.  In his sixteenth year he sought and found peace with 
Christ.  At eighteen he received exhorter's license, and at twenty 
local preacher's license.  After serving as supply under the presiding 
elder two years he joined the Genesee Conference in 1824.  Thus 
commenced a ministerial life which continued through fifty years of 
active service, and won many hundreds of souls to Christ.  He died at 
his daughter's home, in Washington, D. C., on October 8, 1876.  His 
death was singularly beautiful and triumphant.  He became a member of 
Oneida and Wyoming Conferences at their organization.
  In 1828, he married Miss Maria R. Robie, daughter of John E. Robie, 
who was editor of the Northern Christian Advocate for many years.  She 
survived her husband until March 20, 1888, when she passed away.
  His appointments were as follows:  1824, Steuben; 1825, Herkimer; 
1826-27, Wyalusing; 1828-29, Owego; 1830-31, Berkshire; 1832-33, 
Binghamton; 1834, Ithaca; 1835, Utica; 1836-39, Presiding Elder on 
Chenango District; 1840-43, Presiding Elder on Cayuga District; 1844-
45, Wilkes-Barre; 1846, Utica; 1847-49, Presiding Elder on Susquehanna 
District; 1850-53, Presiding Elder on Wyoming District; 1854-55, Henry 
Street, Binghamton; 1856, sd.; 1857-58, Waverly and Factoryville; 1859-
60, Carbondale; 1861, Hawley; 1862, Presiding Elder on Owego District; 
1863, Owego; 1864, Chaplain in Auburn Prison; 1865-67, Union; 1868, 
Hyde Park, Scranton; 1869-72, Chaplain in Auburn Prison; 1873-76, sd.