BlockWashington Township (part 3 of 3)
Part 3 of 3 of the account of this township in History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882. 155 words, covering 5 settlements. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
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Parts
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The chapter
155 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
Joshua J. Shkppard
Joshua Johnson Sheppanl, the son of William and Jaue Shcppard was born in Frederick County, Va., March 0, 1823. lie is the seventh of a family of twelve children, of whom five are now living. His father was born in Pennsylvania February 23, 1791, and his mother in Virginia September 2, 1814. His parents settled in Virginia, wliere they remained until October, 1843, when they removed to this county and settled near Huntsville upon a, farm rented of John Harris. They remained residents of this county until their deaths. His father died November 15, 1851, and his mother April 15, 1803.
The subject of this sketch was twenty-one years of age when he removed with his parents to this county. He continued with his father on the farm for one year afterward, when he was united in marriage with Martha Jane Paschal!, daughter of Jesse Z. nnd Jane Pasohall, of this county, December 5, 1844.
Provenance
Text from History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.