Brief Life History of John Hunt
When John Hunt Shephard was born on 20 February 1879, in Wever, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, John Hodgson Shephard, was 42 and his mother, Harriet Jane Hunt, was 37. He married Vera Aleda Nevers on 25 June 1908, in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Kootenai, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States in 1920. He died on 4 September 1957, in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States.
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- John Henry Shepherd, "United States Census, 1930"
- John Hunt Shephard, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- John Hunt Shephard, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Shepherd .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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