Minerva Shepard

Minerva was born in 1860.  Minerva's father was Hartley W Shepard and her mother was Susanna A Smith.  Her maternal grandparents were Joseph H Smith and Catherine Sheppard. She had three brothers and eight sisters, named Isaiah, Joseph, James, Eliza, Catharine, Nancy, Savilla, Sarah, Docia, Mary and Margaret.  She was the fifth youngest of the twelve children.