Thomas Shepherd

   Find a Grave ID: 40143157.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Miscellaneous. History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Platteville, Biographical Sketches, Page 921-922
THOMAS SHEPHERD, deceased; was born in Yorkshire, England, 1806; married Agnes Hoe, a native of Westmoreland, England; they came in 1850, to America, with ten children, and located on a farm owned by Maj. Rountree. The Shepherd homestead originally of 160 acres was then purchased; Mr. Shepherd did good work here clearing and improving; in 1857, he built the substantial stone house, now making a good home for his family; he subsequently sold all except 84 acres; at his death, June 31, 1862, he left his widow and the ten children namely: Allen, Mary, Anthony, Agnes, Thomas, Betsy, Isabella, Hannah, William and Joseph; Mary is in Otisville, Iowa, and William in Oak-dale, Neb. ; all the others are now in the city and town of Platteville; the family are members of the P. M. Church.

Thomas married Agnes D Hough on 7 Feb 1829 in Parish of Sedbergh, England. (Agnes D Hough was born on 7 Jun 1805 in England, died on 16 Jun 1894 in Platteville, WI and was buried in Platteville, WI, Hillside Cemetery.)