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George Franklin “"Georgie"” Shepard Sr. Veteran

Birth: 17 Jun 1889
Millville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
Death: 19 Jan 1919 (aged 29)
Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine, USA
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery

Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 46.8525238, Longitude: -68.012413
Memorial ID: 107159148 View Source

Son of Charles Franklin "Frank" Shepard & Clara Ellen Tracy.

WWI Veteran - France

m. Florence Theriault, 23 Dec 1906, Caribou, ME
2 known children
George Franklin, Jr
Wayman Shepard

George was a brakeman on the B&A Railroad and died after a boiler exploded in a train accident in Van Buren ME. He died 12 hours after being admitted to hospital in Presque Isle ME.

-"Annual Rpt of the Director of Locomotive Inspection to the United States Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Locomotive Inspection" -- pg 22 Rpt of Chief Inspector of Locomotive Boilers
BANGOR & AROOSTOOK RAILROAD:
Jan 19, 1919, locomotive 74, Van Buren ME. Crown sheet failure; low water; top water-glass cock found closed at the time of investigation; 1 killed, 1 injured.
One accident; 1 killed, 1 injured

Uncle of W. F. Estes

Son of Charles Franklin "Frank" Shepard & Clara Ellen Tracy.

WWI Veteran - France

m. Florence Theriault, 23 Dec 1906, Caribou, ME
2 known children
George Franklin, Jr
Wayman Shepard

George was a brakeman on the B&A Railroad and died after a boiler exploded in a train accident in Van Buren ME. He died 12 hours after being admitted to hospital in Presque Isle ME.

-"Annual Rpt of the Director of Locomotive Inspection to the United States Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Locomotive Inspection" -- pg 22 Rpt of Chief Inspector of Locomotive Boilers
BANGOR & AROOSTOOK RAILROAD:
Jan 19, 1919, locomotive 74, Van Buren ME. Crown sheet failure; low water; top water-glass cock found closed at the time of investigation; 1 killed, 1 injured.
One accident; 1 killed, 1 injured

Uncle of W. F. Estes

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Florence Kathleen Theriault Morrison

1891–1978 (m. 1906)

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Created by: Donna Meinscher Plessala Estes Relative Niece/Nephew
Added: Mar 23, 2013
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107159148/george_franklin-shepard: accessed ), memorial page for George Franklin “"Georgie"” Shepard Sr. (17 Jun 1889–19 Jan 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107159148, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Donna Meinscher Plessala Estes (contributor 47162110).

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