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William Garrison ShepherdGreene County Veteran Who Saw Lee Surrender Now Ninety-One Years Old. William G. SHEPHERD, one of the four remaining Civil war soldiers of Greene County, celebrated his ninety-first birthday anniversary Wednesday of last week at his country home, two miles northeast of here, with a dinner which was enjoyed by a number of his children and grandchildren. He and Mrs. SHEPHERD were united in marriage September 29, 1868, sixty-eight years ago. Their present home is within a few steps of the place they took up housekeeping when the bride was eighteen. She is now eighty-seven. Both are in good health. Both are readers and keep themselves informed on world affairs by reading the daily papers. He keeps track of Congress and takes no stock in President ROOSEVELT'S proposal to enlarge the Supreme Court. As a lad of sixteen, Mr. SHEPHERD enlisted as a member of COMPANY G, FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT, INDIANA VOLUNTEERS, and served till after the war was over. He took part in the battle of Gettysburg and, being with General GRANT, he participated in those desperate engagements of the last year of the struggle in Virginia which finally culminated in the capture of Richmond and he witnessed the surrender of General Robert E. LEE. Mr. and Mrs. SHEPHERD reared all of their eight children and all now are living. The youngest Floyd, generally known as “Gentry” SHEPHERD, recently celebrated his fiftieth birthday. He was a World War soldier and for the last few years has been town marshal of Bloomfield. The other children are Mrs. Arabelle PEARSON, of Columbus, Indiana; Charles SHEPHERD, of Bloomfield; Emery SHEPHERD, of Linton; Mrs. John CORWIN, of Bloomfield; Mrs. Clyde VEST, of near Freedom; Reed SHEPHERD, who stays with his parents, and Elmer SHEPHERD, of Tipton. THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday March 18, 1937,Volume LXI, Number 70, Page 1, Columns 4 & 5, |
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