Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-10-02
DEATH OF Mr.. HENRY SHEPHERD.
Mr.. Henry Shepherd is dead.

O'Clock started for home In his coupe,
driven by Graham, his coachman.
1t must have been when he was less
than mile from town that fatal
stroke of apoplexy came upon him.
He leaned his head against the win
dow OF the carriage folded his hands,
and died without struggle and with
out making Il sound Unconscious OF
the condition of his master, the coach
man drove on, and it was not until
Wild Goose Farm was reached, and
the carriage door was opened, that
anyone had an idea Of the startling
fact. Kind hands carried him into
the house, but the spark of life had
fled forever, and there was nothing
to do but summon his kinsfolk and
friends.
Henry Shepherd was son of the
late Henry Shepherd, and a great
grandson of Thomas Shepherd, for
whom this town was named, and who
first settled here about 1873. Mr..
Shepherd was born at the old home
stead, four miles northwest Of Shep-
herdstown. He was educated at st.
James College, near Hagerstown. At
the age of seventeen years he went to
New Orleans, where he was actively
engaged in business until 1S7S-hav-
ing in his care the immense interests
of the Brookses, of Boston, to whom
he was related. About thirteen years
ago he retired from an active com
mercial life and moved TO his widely
known Wild Goose Farm, where he
has remained every since, devoting
his time and means to making it what
il is-one Of the most magnificent
places in this or adjoining States. Its
owner exercised the greatest good
taste and judgment in the improve
ment and management OF the estate,
and under his care it has blossomed
like the rose. A thousand acres of
land comprise the estate-fertilel lime
stone land. 1t is improved with the
mansion that was the home of Mr..
Shepherd, picturesque looking tenant
houses, great barns and convenient
out buildings, and with almost every
Improvement that could be thought
of. 1t is connected with Shepherds
town by the finest roadway in the
State-a magnificent pike built two
years ago by Mr.. Shepherd at heavy
cost, and which will long be Il monu-
ment to his generosity and public
spirit.
Mr.. Shepherd, who was in the sixty
first year of his age, leaves widow
who was Miss Azemia Mclean, OF
New Orleans-and four sons: Il. ID,
Henry, William j. and Augustus Nj.
Henry and William live with their
father on the farm. L. ID. and Au-
gustus NJ. have achieved fame upon
the stage under the nom-de-plume of
Mclean. At the time of their fathers
death they were in Topeka, Kansas.
They were at once notified by tele-
graph of the sad occurrence, but it is
hardly likely they can reach here in
time for the funeral.
The death of Mr.. Shepherd will be
serious loss to this community. His
energetic personality and the liberal
spirit he exercised will be sadly
missed He once said to the writer
that his one great desire was tospend
as much of his income in Shepherds
town as he consistently could. He
desired to have his money circulate
freely among the people Of the COM
munity he thought so much OF, and
he planned to carry out to the fullest
extent this desire. He employed
large number Of men about his place
the year round, making work for
them whether necessary or not. His
gifts TO charity were large and wide
spread-much more so than the world
ever knew of. TO those public enter
pTlses tual met WIFI Ills aPPiONai hS
contributed largely, often assuming
the entire burden of expense himself
There is scarcely a department Of our
village life that will not miss, to a
large degree, the benefactions and
liberal patronage of Mr.. Shepherd.
Mr.. Shepherd was a member of the
Episcopal Church of Shepherdstown,
with which his ancestry have been al
ways closely identified. He was a
high churchman Of pronounced views,
and more than one church in this and
adjoining counties have been the re-
cipients of princely gifts from him.
The funeral services will be held at
Wild Goose Farm, the residence OF
the deceased, this Friday morning
at 10 o'clock, and the remains will be
inferred in Elmwood Cemetery.
Literary Notes.
THE October Century will contain
frontispiece portrait of Rudyard Kip
ling and an article on his work by Ed
mund Gosse. Mr.. Gosse says that
kipling was born in Bombay in
Christmas week, 1863, and is therefore
only in his twenty-sixth year.
In its November number the Cos
mopolitidn will publish a series of let
tiers written by Gen. w. T. Sherman
to one of his young daughters, be-
tween the years 1859 and 1865 and
covering most of the important events
Of the war of secession. These letters
present graphic pictures Of a great
soldier amid some of the stirring
scenes in which he was a giant figure,
and in them the patriotic spirit of the
Federal general is seen to have been
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