The John Shepherd Family
John Shepherd
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John Shepherd was born on Olmstead Ridge, on the Lancaster road, ten miles from Philadelphia, March 16, 1728.
Elizabeth Gould
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"There came from Slygo County, Ireland, a rosy-cheeked maiden, aged 18 years, named Elizabeth Gould. She had come to the new world with her aunt, Margaret Micheltree. Miss Gould taught school for a time; how many years elapsed before she met John Shepherd we cannot tell, but they met at length and she was wooed and won by the veteran of two wars."
John Shepherd,Jr.
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John Shepherd,Jr. was born in Blackhole Valley, Pa.
"His oldest son, John Shepherd, Jr., enlisted in a New York regiment on the breaking out of the War of 1812. He was never heard from after he went into the army."
Christopher Gould Shepherd
Christopher Gould Shepherd was born Mar. 22, 1793, in Blackhole Valley, Pa.
William Shepherd
William Shepherd, son of John Shepherd, was born in 1795, at Williams Post, Pa.
James Shepherd
James Shepherd, son of John Shepherd, was the youngest son in the Shepherd family.
Rebecca Shepherd
Rebecca Shepherd, the seventh of the children of John Shepherd, was born in Laurel Sock, Pa. in 1803.
