Brief Life History of Moses Trader
When Moses Trader Shepherd was born on 9 January 1820, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, his father, Peter Burr Shepherd, was 24 and his mother, Mary Barker, was 24. He married Eliza Jane Adamson on 22 March 1840, in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 19 September 1866, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Moses T Shepherd, "United States Census, 1860"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Moses T Shepherd, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
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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