James Ralph Shepherd (1911)

SHEPHERD, HINES

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 8/27/2010 at 17:02:36

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, September 28, 1911
Page 8

St. Charles

Died, September 19th, at Hanley, James Ralph Shepherd, youngest son of Eli Shepherd. Ralph was born in St. Charles, April 11, 1889, was married to Louisa Hines of Perry, July 26, 1910.

He leaves a wife and babe, his father, four sisters and two brothers.

Funeral services were held in the M.E. church here Thursday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. A. E. George, assisted by Rev. W. W. Williams of Mingo.
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The Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, September 28, 1911
Page 4, Column 2

St. Charles

Ralph Shepherd died Tuesday night at his home in Hanley, after a short illness. His body was laid to rest in the St. Charles cemetery. He leaves a wife and baby, a father and several brothers and sisters to mourn his loss.
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Coordinator's note: Transcribed as published, his year of birth on his gravestone is 1893 as opposed to the 1889 listed in the first obituary. The year 1893 is supported by his age in the 1895, 1900 and 1905 censuses.

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