Isaiah Shepard

Isaiah was born in 1856.  Isaiah's father was Hartley W Shepard and his mother was Susanna A Smith.  His maternal grandparents were Joseph H Smith and Catherine Sheppard. He had two brothers and nine sisters, named Joseph, James, Eliza, Catharine, Nancy, Savilla, Sarah, Minerva, Docia, Mary and Margaret.  He was the sixth oldest of the twelve children.