When Moses F. Shepard was born on 28 December 1854, in East Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States, his father, Luther Shepard, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Pope Fairchild, was 33. He married Ritta Jane Power on 12 December 1887, in Adair, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Grand River Township, Adair, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Adair, Iowa, United States in 1920. He died on 1 May 1928, in Greenfield Township, Warren, Iowa, United States, at the age of 73.
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English: variant of Shepherd .
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Berger .
Americanized form of French Chabot and Chaput .
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