Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-31
Vermont Pioneers
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HUI, AOA kO1A, -
illogical Society,"" in Boston. have
traced the Shepards, Shepherds,
Shepherds. Shepeirdes, Sheperds and
several other ways of spelling the
name, away back to 1888 And [
have found an innumerable number of
Shepards. that no man can number.
and still fail to find the names of
Ashbel, Aaron or Horace Shepard
among them, or any connection be-
tween them. Surely "To the making
of many books there is no end"
This is task I little dreamed of
when l began, or l think l should
never have commenced the job.
find in my researches very many
Shepards all over the country, but in
most Of them fail to find any con-
nection between them and the first
settlers of Greensboro. And while I
fail to find among the collection very
many brilliant scholars. I find the
Shepards and their descendants to be
of fully average intellectual capacity,
and, as whole, rather inclined to the
moral and religious typ. find that
in the organization of the Congrega-
tional church in Greensboro in 1904,
bers of the Shepard family were
far as | can learn, their descendants
have mostly belonged to the Congre-
gational or the M. E. Church. My
wife's father and mother, as we'll as
my wife and all of her six sisters, be-
longed to the M. E. Church. Jona-
than Shepard was Universalist min
lister. But there are exceptions to
all rules. some black sheep in all
large fiocks.
the Snepards and their descendants
have not quite all been goody good,
and the least said about them the
better. But | think, on the whole,
they will average morally above the
people at large.
Note-The foregoing history of the
Shepard family. of which the last in
stalment is concluded above, was COM
piled by Chester Brown Of East Hard
wick in the year 1894.
Burial Grounds of Bennington County.
Mrs. Mary Tracy, w. Mr.. Jeremi ali
Tracy. d. Feb. %, 1772, in 10th y l.
Mrs. Anne Trumble. W. Mr.. John
Trumble, d. Sept. II, 1778, in 10th y.
Mrs. Anne Tumble, W. Mr.. John
Tumble. d. Jan. 13, 1777, in 33d y. 3.
Mrs. Abigail. W. Mr.. Shubel Waldo,
d. Sept 6, 1899, in 88th y. l.
Cynthia Ward, d. Mr.. VIM. & Mrs.
Susanna Ward. d. Dec. 5, 1776, I'd Y. l.
First s. Mr. Wa. & Mrs. Susanna
Ward, d. in infancy, Jan. 81. l772. l..
Second S. Mr.. VIM. & Mrs. Susanna
Ward, d. in infancy, Aug. l. 1777. l.
Mrs. Rachel Waters d. March TO-,
1884, aged 70. /.
Mr.. Samuel Waters. d. June &c,
1885, aged 81. l.
Bowen Weaver. d. May 8, 1896,
aged 2y. a m. 16d. J..
| Freeborn Weaver, s. Mr.. & Mrs.
Lilies Weaver. d. May 8, 1896, aged IL
Y. no. d. l.
Lois Weaver. d. March 4, 1892, aged
y. 10 m. rs d. /.
Nichols Weaver I'd, d. Sept. 10.
1899, aged 10 m. II d. l.
Orinda Weaver. d. June FL, 1875,
aged 5 y. m. 27 d. l.
Miss Susanna Weaver, d. Mr.. Mich
OILS & Mrs. Lilies Weaver, d April II,
1896, aged II y. m. IL d. l.
John Welch, s. Mr.. Ebenezer &
Mrs. Mary Welch. d. "of an accident
al Gunshot wound" Dec. 3, 1889, in
10Th y. l.
Mr. Daniel Wheeler, S. Mr.. Nathan
& Mrs. Jamima Wheeler, d April IL,
1875, in 9th y. l.
Elias, S. Mr.. Nathan & Mrs. ia
NINA Wheeler. d. "of Small Pox'
March 4, 1777. in Sd y. w.
Mrs. Jamima Wheeler, C. Mr.. Ma
than Wheeler, d. April 81, 1895, il
50th y. !.
Mr. Salmon Wheel. d. 1888, in s3d
y. l.
Zeruiah, d. Mr. Jacob & Mrs. Sarah
whitman, d. June 70, 1896. aged 2 m
I'd. /.
Chloe Willmarth, d. Mr.. Ephraim &
Mrs. Lucinda Willmarth d. Dec. IL
1889. aged IL y. IL m. Is d. 3.
Eunice Willmarth. d. Mr.. Ephrain
& Mrs. Lucinda Willmarth d. Aug. IL
1896, aged Y. 10 m. 3 d. 3.
Mrs. Hannah, W. Bliss Willoughb,
Esq, d. Sept. 8, It'll, in 18th Y. /.
Jared Willoughby. s. Esq. Bliss
Mrs. Hannah Willoughby, d. Oct. 5
III, in 10Th y. l.
Mr.. Jeremiah Willoughby. d. July 8,
It'll, IN 9th y. l.
. Mr.. Samuel Wiloughby, s. Esq
Bliss & Mrs. Hannah Willoughby, c
Oct: "a. It'll, in 23d y. l.
. Samuel. s. Capt. Ebenezer & Mrs
Annah Willoughy, d. Jan. 90, 1778, il
End y. 1.
= First d. Esq. Bliss & Mrs. Rosann
Willoughby, 1773. l.