When Solomon Shepherd was born on 28 February 1883, in Breathitt, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Riley Shepherd, was 41 and his mother, Amanda Conley, was 30. He married Kirgarth G Fletcher on 27 October 1911, in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Montgomery, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Seneca Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States for about 1 years. He died on 2 August 1967, in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Morenci, Lenawee, Michigan, United States.
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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 ).
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