Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-31
History of the Shepard Family.

History of the Shepard Family.
Hannah (Shepard) Carter. born in
Greensboro, VT, July II, 1899, married
Joseph Carter, February Il, 1921.
They have had twelve children as fol-
lows: 1st, Eliza E. W., born Deem
Der is. 1921. died April IL, 1879; I'd,
Amelia A., born March 10. 1924, mar
ried David N. Burroughs, June Is, 1912 !;
(She has two children; Horace NJ,
born June 7. 1916; I'd. Minnie f., born
July Is, 1865, married VIM. A. Robin
son, April Is, 1888; She has one son.
Her mother (Amelia) is now widow,
living with her daughter in Boston,
and from whom, together with Mrs.
Garter, | am indebted for some of the
facts obtained from them.) Sd. Hor-
ace A., born March 7, 1926, married
Mary |. Gregg, April, 1848 died Au-
gust 20, 1876; 4th and 9Th, David and
Franklin (twins,) born October II,
1927. both died in their infancy; 9Th.
Wilbur Fisk, born December 2, 1929,
died September 2, 1880; 7th, Charles
H., born April IL, 1881, died when
about two weeks old; 9Th, Artelissa
NJ, born September 2. 1888, died in
her twelfth year; 9Th, Mary A.. born
July 30, 1885, married Edward M.
SWEET, January 6, 1870, now a widow
living in Lowell, Mass. 10th, William
c., born March II, 1887, died in the
winter of 1858; 18th, Nellie. born
August 81, 1910, married Samuel D.
Whittemore. June, 1861, died February
%, 1878; 18th, Charles E., born Sep
TENDER IL, 1912, married Ella Austin
in the winter Of 1876.
Louisa Ladd (Shepard) Ober left
one son, George Gilman, born in
Greensboro, VT, Nov. IL, 1859.
Mary Ann (ShepardD Ober left one
son, Isaac Milo ODER, born at Bellows
Falls, VT, June IL, 1849.
Harriet Amanda (Shepard) Hoyt
had two sons, LIST, Levi Scott Hoyt,
born in Craftsbury, VT. Jan. 20, 1851 ;
I'd, Wilbur Fisk Hoyt, born at Crafts
bury. Sept. ID. 1857; died Oct. II,
1861. A few days since I copied the
following from a fine marble slab in
the cemetery at North Craftsbury 4:
Wilbur Fisk, son of w. F. and H. A.
Hoyt Died Oct. IL, 1861, aged a
years and Is days" Levi is now living
with his parents IN Kansas
Olive Corlis (Shepard) Sampson left
four children, LIST, Truman Milo
Sampson, born in Plymouth, Mass.
Oct. 81, 1852; I'd, Theodore Franklin
Sampson, born in Plymouth, Mass,
Oct. "a, 1854; 3rd Ella Ruth Samp
son, born in Plymouth, Mass, Dec.
II. 1858; 4th, Effie May Samp-
son, born in Greensboro, VT, June 49,,
1861. The two boys are now living in
Iowa, and the girls in Omaha. Neb.
Susan C. (SheparD Phelps left two
children living and had buried ore.
1st, Charles o. Phelps, born in Ply
mouth, Mass, Dec. "a. 1851; he was
married first to Eliza Richardson,
Nov. 8, 1875; second, to Flora Perkins
Morse. Nov. Is. 1886; he has two
sons, 1st, Frank c., born April 27,
1878; I'd. Willie. born April Is, 1881.
Martha Maria (Shepard) Sabin has
four children: 1st. Ephraim B. Sabin,
born Nov 5, 1850, died November
1855 I'd, May Sabin. born Jan. Is,
1854. married, first, Andrew Lance,
April 10, 1873; second. Frank L..
Batchelder, Oct. 5, 1886; she has one
son, born Nov. Is, 1891.
Susan Chamberlin (Shepard) Phelps
left two children, 1st. C. 0. Phelps
I'd, Geo. Franklin, born in Nashua,
N. H. Oct. 4, 1853, died in Nashua.
June II, 1877; Sd William Percy born
in Greensboro, VT. Feb. 10, 1856 mar
ried Louisa Idella Brown, Aug. 10.
1876; they have two Children 1st, Geo.
Franklin, born Oct. 4. 1877; I'd, Ber-
nice Ursula, born June 4, 1880; both
born in Nashua, N. H.
l visited Aunt Hannah Carter, Oc-
tober "a, 1894, and found her general
health very good for one of her age,
IS last July. Many a one at Is is not
SO smart. and appears to be older than
she does. She lives with her daugh
ter, MRS. Swett) at No. 81, June
street. Lowell, Mass. On her last
birthday, July II, 1894, they had ar
informal gathering at her home, anc
I copy the following from one of the
Lowell dailies:
ga NOBLE OLD LADY.
"Our lowest bow to Mrs. Hannah
Carter. of June street, who celebrat
ed her 95th birthday. Tuesday. Hel
father was one of the patriots who
drove the British and their Hessians
out of this country. and made it free
her husband helped drive the redcoats
into the sea again in 1872; two of hel
sons fought to hold together the unior
their father and grandfather helped
make possible. What glorious thing
to look back upon such close asocia
ton with trying times AMI noble
deeds Mrs. Carriers blood personi
fies the spirit Of '76, the valor O
1912. the hot patriotism of 1861. W.
salute her with feelings and esteem
almost as We feel for the flag.
"Mrs. Carter comes to us from tn.
last century, and we hope she may
stay with US we'll into the next. Sh
came into the world when the youn,
and struggling colonies were but
bakers Dozen On her 95th birthda,
the president of the United State
signed the bill that made the numbe
Of sovereign states of the union for
ty-f1ve. Before the close of the Ger
fury she may Sc. her country tn
second naval power of the world
feared and respected by all crowne
heads whose ancestors conspired a
her spoliation.
'tIt is our hope that Mrs. Carter
closing years may be full of peace an