Capt. James Benjamin Sheppard and Unknown

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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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   Other Spouse: Nancy "Agnes" Beatty (      -      ) 1 2 3 - 11 Feb 1817 2

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Wife Unknown

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