Shepard, Frank M.
Passed:
Age: 68
Source: Mountaineer
Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 1913-08-22
Information: At 6:15 p.m. Monday evening, Frank M. Shepard, 68, a bachelor and Civil War soldier, succumbed to creeping paralysis from which he had suffered for several years. On Wednesday night of last week he was stricken and never regained consciousness. Mr. Shepard was born in Wetzel county. He was Corporal of Company H, 1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment and served until the close of the war. He was shot through the neck in the battle of Cedar Creek. He is survived by two brothers, George and James Shepard of Wetzel county, and one sister, Mrs. J. M. Burch, of Trace Fork. A niece, Miss Manda Shepard, who has been his housekeeper for 20 years, also survives. Services were conducted at the home by Rev. Hopson of Sandyville. Interment in the family cemetery. (McIntyre)