Dr. David Richie Shepler and Ocie Anna Patton

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Husband Dr. David Richie Shepler ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: David Richey Shepler 4
           Born: 3 Nov or 30 Nov 1877 - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 5
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         Father: John Blackburn Shepler (1835-Aft 1918) 1 3 4 6 7
         Mother: Cynthia Josephine Claywell (      -      ) 1 3 4 6 8

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Wife Ocie Anna Patton ^{3 5}

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            AKA: Ocea A. Patton 9
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         Father: Dr. Robert G. Patton (1846-      ) 9
         Mother: Naomi Patterson (      -      ) 10 11 12

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Children

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1 M Joseph Robert Shepler, M.D. ^{3 5}

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           Born: 17 Mar 1908 - West Newton, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 5
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Clark (      -      ) 12
           Marr: 30 May 1936 12

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2 M Dallas Shepler ^{5 12}

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           Born: 28 Feb 1911 5 12
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. David Richie Shepler

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He was reared at home and acquired his education in the common schools of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and in Mount Union College, Mount Union, Ohio. In the fall of 1899 he entered the medical department of the University of Baltimore, graduating therefrom with honors, being president of his class; this was in the spring of 1903. After graduation he passed the State Medical Board, of Pennsylvania, and after a short period of relief work for some prominent physicians of Westmoreland County, settled in West Newton, Pennsylvania, where he built up an enviable practice. In addition to his large private clientele, Dr. Shepler for the past seven years has been surgeon and physician to the hospital maintained by the Y. and O. Coal Company. He is a member of the County and State Medical societies. He was a Democrat in politics, and served two terms in Borough Council. He was a member of Blythe Lodge, No. 593, Free and Accepted Masons, of West Newton, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was a member of the Phi Chi (College) Fraternity. He held membership in the Presbyterian church.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 568.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1219.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 97.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 567.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1221.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 309.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 262, 1220.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 262, 1221.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 623.

10 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 622.

11 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1222.

12 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 98.