Kanawha County, West Virginia          Biography of Hiram Francis SHEPHERD

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II,
page 221

HIRAM FRANCIS SHEPHERD. The Motor Car Supply Company of Charleston, of
which H. P. Shepherd is organizer and president, is a wholesale concern
exclusively, dealing in automobile supplies, accessories, parts, garage
machinery and equipment Its borne is a modern five-story brick structure
at 908 Kanawha Street, the entire building being occupied for salesroom
and stock, though the company has been in existence less than two years,
its growth has brought It a magnitude that gives it favorable comparison
with many of the largest wholesale establishments of Charleston, a city
in which are grouped some of the lead-ing wholesale interests of the
state. This success is an  especial tribute to the keen, alert and
conservative management of its executive, who has exhibited business
ability of the very first order.

Mr. Shepherd was born at Coffeen, Montgomery County, Illinois, and as
a boy he attended the local schools there. He finished his education
in Valparaiso University in Indiana, and on leaving school went to
Chicago. Be entered business life as a bookkeeper, later becoming a
credit man, and remained in Chicago for ten years. As a credit man
he removed to Des Moines, Iowa, and while in that city became actively
interested in the automobile business, a field in which his experience
has been continuous since about 1909. Early in 1919 Mr. Shepherd came
to Charleston, and was associated with the Baldwin Supply Company until
he organized the Motor Car Supply Company, which began business in
Charleston January 1, 1921.

Mr. Shepherd is a member of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, the
Kanawha Country Club, Lions Club and is a Knight Templar Mason and
Shriner and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Charleston.
He married Miss Bessie A. Robertson, of Moberly, Missouri. Their two
children are Robert F. and Nancy Elizabeth.



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