Capt. James Benjamin Sheppard and Nancy "Agnes" Beatty

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Husband Capt. James Benjamin Sheppard ^{1 2}

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            AKA: James Shepard 3
           Born: 1782 or 1784 - Alstead, Cheshire Co, NH 2
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           Died: 22 Jan 1833 - Perry Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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       Marriage: 11 Feb 1817 2

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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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Wife Nancy "Agnes" Beatty ^{1 2 3}

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         Father: John Beatty (      -      ) 1 2 3
         Mother: Jane Guthrie (      -      ) 1 2 3

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Children

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1 U James Ann Sheppard ²

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           Born: 27 Nov 1817 2
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           Died: 11 Oct 1846 2
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2 U Zera B. Sheppard ²

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           Born: 12 Apr 1820 2
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           Died: 16 Feb 1892 2
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3 M Ira Guthrie Sheppard ²

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           Born: 13 May 1824 2
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           Died: 10 Oct 1864 2
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4 F Nancy M. Sheppard ²

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           Born: 24 Jan 1827 2
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           Died: Aug 1895 2
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5 M James Benjamin Sheppard ²

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           Born: 25 Nov 1829 2
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           Died: 14 Apr 1895 2
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6 F Priscilla Sheppard ^{5 6}

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            AKA: Priscilla Shepard 4
           Born: 6 Dec 1832 - Armstrong Co, PA 2
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           Died: 11 Jul 1911 2
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         Spouse: James McKee Hogan (1818-1905) 5 6
           Marr: 12 Aug 1852 6

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. James Benjamin Sheppard

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He was a soldier of the War of 1812, holding the rank of captain as the following surgeon's certificate shows: "This is to certify that I have examined Captain James B. Sheppard and find the situation of his frame so injured by reason of wounds received in battle and by reason of having his leg twice broken that I pronounce him unfit for military duty. I do, therefore, discharge him from further military duty." "Given under my hand at Malone (New York) this 15th day of May 1815" (signed) "Harry H. Waterhouse surgeon, approved by me, Thomas Smith, Colonel." Another paper, found among Captain Sheppard's belongings after his death, recites: "To all to whom these presents come, Greeting, This is to certify that Captain James B. Sheppard has been a resident of the State of New York for several years and has supported a good moral character, peaceable citizenship and a faithful administration of the laws as a civil officer of his country, and further I certify that he has proved himself a soldier and an officer that had a steady mind in the hour of danger and done honor to himself and country at Plattsburg, and further he had the misfortune to commission together with more than two thousand dollars when the British pillaged Franklin County, and further he had command of a company of volunteers under the command of General Wright who behaved like the veterans of seventy-six, and further he went out one night at the head of a party and crawled up and clinched a British sentinel and brought him into camp. I certify this from intimate acquaintance with Captain Sheppard and not from information. Benjamin Moses, Major General, Plattsburg, September the 30th, 1815."

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 440.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 307.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1298.

4 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 280.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 67.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 305.