John Blackburn Shepler and Cynthia Josephine Claywell

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Husband John Blackburn Shepler ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 18 Feb 1835 - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 3 4 5
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         Father: Capt. Joseph Shepler (1807-1892) 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
         Mother: Mary "Polly" Blackburn (1807-Aft 1890) 1 3 5 7 8 12

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       Marriage: 1 Jan 1873 3 13 14

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Wife Cynthia Josephine Claywell ^{1 2 3 5 15}

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         Father: Shadrach Claywell (1816-1880) 3
         Mother: Martha J. Winters (      -      ) 3 13

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Children

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1 M Shedrach Claywell Shepler ^{1 13 14}

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2 M Dr. David Richie Shepler ^{3 5 16}

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            AKA: David Richey Shepler 1
           Born: 3 Nov or 30 Nov 1877 - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 13
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         Spouse: Ocie Anna Patton (      -      ) 5 13

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General Notes: Husband - John Blackburn Shepler

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He acquired his education in the common schools, was reared under the parental roof, and after attaining manhood remained at home and managed the farm. Upon the death of his father he acquired the homestead, consisting of two hundred acres, which he thereafter cultivated and improved. He was a Democrat in politics.

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General Notes: Wife - Cynthia Josephine Claywell

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from Jo Daviess Co, IL

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

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

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

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

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

6 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 566.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 635.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 308.

9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 261, 1220.

10 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 157.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 697.

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

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

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

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

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