When Benjamin Franklin Shepherd was born on 13 July 1837, in Illinois, United States, his father, John Shepherd, was 34 and his mother, Tennesee Macomas, was 19. He married Esther Drury on 11 February 1855, in Hardin Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Crook, Oregon, United States in 1900 and Hardin, Crook, Oregon, United States in 1910. He died on 6 September 1915, in Lebanon, Linn, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Linn, Oregon, United States.
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Iowa is the 29th state.
Historical Boundaries - 1847: Linn, Oregon Territory, United States; 1859: Linn, Oregon, United States
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English schepeherde ‘shepherd’ (Old English scēaphyrde, scēap‐weard).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘shepherd’, for example German and Jewish Schäfer (see Schaefer ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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