The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-04-27
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erick Shepard, four years ago, has just been
made known to her friends here, who learned
for the first time to day that Mrs. Shepard
had secured divorce from her husband
The story of Miss Hubbard's hasty action in
deceiving her father and marrying a man
so far beneath her, not only in the social
but in the intellectual, scale, has had the
ending which such stories generally do have
Repentance at leisure for what was done
in haste. Miss Hubbard. who was at the
time young girl scarcely Is years of age
was secretly married to Shepard at West
field, Mass, on March IL, 1879, while her
fathers family were absent from Hartford.
Shepard, who was about 80 years old, had
~oscd oe ooov...vau TOR ex Governor Hubbard
for about Il year and half. SO far as his
character went, very little could be urged
against him, except that he had formerly
| been hackman, fact from which it was
argued that he must have been accustomed
| to associate with characters of doubtful
morality. He was young fellow of good
address, and did not drink or swear, but
| he was very illtcratc. Miss Nellie urdcr-,
took to teach him to read and write, anG
while engaged in this laudablc effort to bcnc
fit his condition she lost, or imagined that
she lost, her heart The fact of the marriag,
was not made known to cx Governor Hub .,
bard until March %, eleven days after tn,
ceremony, when the marriage certificate
was sent to him by tho groom's parents
His daughter was preparing to leave tn
| house to join her husband when the docu
mcnts was placed in bis hands The heart,
broken father CONFRONTED her with the cct
titicate, AMI she then candidly acknowledged
that she WIS married to Shepard, declared,
With the enthusiasm of woman in love
that her husband was fully worthy of her
and left the house to join him despite the at
tcmpts of the grief stricken father to retain
her. From that time to this Nellic's namO
it is said, has been Forbidden word in th
household IF cx Governor Hubbard. Th
old gentleman disowncd the girl who ha''
| hitherto been his lavortc child, and pos \
lively refused to receive any communications
from either her or her husband.
After the sensation created by hex "n,'
riage had died away, Mrs. Shepa' -'o''
quietly out of sight of her former arstGk of
tic friends, and she would have been almos'
forgotten but for her proceedings to secure
a divorce, which have once more rcvivc'
the memory of her romantic marriage
After the wedding the couple remained
in this city for about two years. For a
few days they kept themselves pcricctl,,l
secluded, and Shepard feared to show himsel
in public lest he should be assaulted by hi
former master and now father. r.in-law ; b,
finding that the Ex-Governor took J.
more notice Of him than if he were dead,
secured a ccrkship lea Hartford shoe stor
where he worked faithfully. His youn.
wife had plenty of money at this time.
some that was hers iu her own right, and
more, it is said, from the ready purse OF h"
heartbroken mother, who, while bowir
mcckly to the will IF her husband, co,
not suppress all love for her darling chi
The couple lived very happily for time, and
\ child was born to them, a girl, to cement
their union. About Two years ago they re-
moved to New Haven, where Shepard star.
ted large livery stable in State street with
money furnished by his wife and her friends.
The stable is connected with large hotel
and yields quite a revenue to Shepard who
is still running it. They engaged cosy
cottage in pleasant street, and here Cor a
time all went well. But the domestic peace
was to be shattered in New Haven. Mrs
Shepard became tired of her unlcttcred
husband, and they began to find that their
tastes i'll almost everything ran in counter
directions. Shepard attended strictly to
his business, and Mrs Shepard, who was not
received with open arms by New Haven
society. showed her contempt of the fash
ionablc world, of which she had formerly
been belle, by purchasing dog cart and
handsome pony, with which she appeared
in the streets, elegantly attired, on every
pleasant day. The beautiful woman na.u.
rally attracted admirers, and among them
one is said to be an aged and wealthy mans
ufacturer Cf New Haven, and another a
millionaire Of New York, who frequcnts
the Turf Club in that city. Shepard be-
came jealous of his wife, with or without
cause, aud the result was that the two scp>