May
Excerpt from the Bio of Robert I. Shepler, pages 765-767, History of Guernsey County, Ohio, published in 1911.
A prominent farmer of Valley Township, Guernsey County, is Robert I Shepler who was born in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania on June 30, 1833, the son of Jacob and Mary (Stewart) Shepler. His father died about six weeks before Robert was born and his mother afterwards married Daniel Call [and moved to Hocking County, Ohio]. Jacob Shepler left six children besides two that died in infancy. Those who survived were Joseph W.; Hannah O. who married James Waddell; Rachel, the wife of J.W. Harris; Margaret, who died single; Lucinda the wife of Porter Houseman; Robert I., the youngest and now the sole survivor.
When Robert I Shepler was 16 or 17 years old he and his brother Joseph and sister Rachel came to Guernsey County. Hannah had already married and gone to Coshocton County. The brothers and sister settled southeast of Cumberland and bought a farm in the section called Flat Woods and here Robert lived until his marriage to Sarah Ann Moore of Spencer Township, a native of the county and the daughter of John C. and Nancy (Ward) Moore. Six children were born to this marriage: John Wilson, who died when less than two years old; Alice, now of Columbus, a prescription clerk in a wholesale drug house; Allen, who married Marie Byron, of Cleveland, and now lives at Denver; Elmer, who was for 20 years a druggist at Byesville, married Alice Johnson, the daughter of Jesse L. and Jane Johnson, of Valley Township, to which marriage one son was born, Raymond, now attending school at Columbus, his parents present home; Violet, the wife of Justus Lowry, who died in the spring of 1906, leaving two children, Russell Shepler and Gertrude, while a third child, Porter died at the age of two; Annie, who married Dr. Campbell of Hartford, was left a widow on February 21, 1897 and now lives in Pleasant City with her half-sister Mrs. Dr. Bown. After his marriage, Mr. Shepler continued farming near Cumberland; his wife died on February 20, 1866.
In April 1865, Mr. Shepler enlisted in Company C, 172nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war receiving an honorable discharge.
On August 4, 1867, Mr. Shepler was married a second time to Mrs. Nancy C. (Clark) Johnson, the widow of William T. Johnson and a daughter of Samuel G. and Mary Ann (Longsworth) Clark. One child was born to this marriage, Charlotte Ann, who married James M. Wilson, of Valley Township, and died on May 28, 1883. Mr. Johnson died on June 12, 1861.
After his marriage to Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Shepler moved to his present home in the southwest part of Valley Township where they have lived more than 40 years. Four children were born to them: Mary Lucinda the wife of Dr. Bown of Pleasant City; Samuel Jackson who married Kathryn Gregory lives on the home farm and had five children, Hubert, John Irvin, Martha Elizabeth, Mary Lois, and Elmer Merrill; Martha the wife of P. U. Hawkins, a Methodist minister in Bristolville, Ohio; and Asbury Lowry, who died on November 27, 1895, aged 16.
Mr. Shepler has been a farmer all his life and now owns 260 acres all in the southwestern part of Valley Township. He follows general farming, is very capable and has prospered. In early life he was a Republican but for many years has been an earnest Prohibitionist. He and his wife are members of Bethel Methodist Church and he is recording steward, district steward and trustee of the church. An honest and hard-working man, an active and earnest Christian, Mr. Shepler is much respected and esteemed in his community.
Excerpt from the Bio of Robert I. Shepler, pages 765-767, History of Guernsey County, Ohio, published in 1911.
A prominent farmer of Valley Township, Guernsey County, is Robert I Shepler who was born in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania on June 30, 1833, the son of Jacob and Mary (Stewart) Shepler. His father died about six weeks before Robert was born and his mother afterwards married Daniel Call [and moved to Hocking County, Ohio]. Jacob Shepler left six children besides two that died in infancy. Those who survived were Joseph W.; Hannah O. who married James Waddell; Rachel, the wife of J.W. Harris; Margaret, who died single; Lucinda the wife of Porter Houseman; Robert I., the youngest and now the sole survivor.
When Robert I Shepler was 16 or 17 years old he and his brother Joseph and sister Rachel came to Guernsey County. Hannah had already married and gone to Coshocton County. The brothers and sister settled southeast of Cumberland and bought a farm in the section called Flat Woods and here Robert lived until his marriage to Sarah Ann Moore of Spencer Township, a native of the county and the daughter of John C. and Nancy (Ward) Moore. Six children were born to this marriage: John Wilson, who died when less than two years old; Alice, now of Columbus, a prescription clerk in a wholesale drug house; Allen, who married Marie Byron, of Cleveland, and now lives at Denver; Elmer, who was for 20 years a druggist at Byesville, married Alice Johnson, the daughter of Jesse L. and Jane Johnson, of Valley Township, to which marriage one son was born, Raymond, now attending school at Columbus, his parents present home; Violet, the wife of Justus Lowry, who died in the spring of 1906, leaving two children, Russell Shepler and Gertrude, while a third child, Porter died at the age of two; Annie, who married Dr. Campbell of Hartford, was left a widow on February 21, 1897 and now lives in Pleasant City with her half-sister Mrs. Dr. Bown. After his marriage, Mr. Shepler continued farming near Cumberland; his wife died on February 20, 1866.
In April 1865, Mr. Shepler enlisted in Company C, 172nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war receiving an honorable discharge.
On August 4, 1867, Mr. Shepler was married a second time to Mrs. Nancy C. (Clark) Johnson, the widow of William T. Johnson and a daughter of Samuel G. and Mary Ann (Longsworth) Clark. One child was born to this marriage, Charlotte Ann, who married James M. Wilson, of Valley Township, and died on May 28, 1883. Mr. Johnson died on June 12, 1861.
After his marriage to Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Shepler moved to his present home in the southwest part of Valley Township where they have lived more than 40 years. Four children were born to them: Mary Lucinda the wife of Dr. Bown of Pleasant City; Samuel Jackson who married Kathryn Gregory lives on the home farm and had five children, Hubert, John Irvin, Martha Elizabeth, Mary Lois, and Elmer Merrill; Martha the wife of P. U. Hawkins, a Methodist minister in Bristolville, Ohio; and Asbury Lowry, who died on November 27, 1895, aged 16.
Mr. Shepler has been a farmer all his life and now owns 260 acres all in the southwestern part of Valley Township. He follows general farming, is very capable and has prospered. In early life he was a Republican but for many years has been an earnest Prohibitionist. He and his wife are members of Bethel Methodist Church and he is recording steward, district steward and trustee of the church. An honest and hard-working man, an active and earnest Christian, Mr. Shepler is much respected and esteemed in his community.
May
Excerpt from the Bio of Robert I. Shepler, pages 765-767, History of Guernsey County, Ohio, published in 1911.
A prominent farmer of Valley Township, Guernsey County, is Robert I Shepler who was born in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania on June 30, 1833, the son of Jacob and Mary (Stewart) Shepler. His father died about six weeks before Robert was born and his mother afterwards married Daniel Call [and moved to Hocking County, Ohio]. Jacob Shepler left six children besides two that died in infancy. Those who survived were Joseph W.; Hannah O. who married James Waddell; Rachel, the wife of J.W. Harris; Margaret, who died single; Lucinda the wife of Porter Houseman; Robert I., the youngest and now the sole survivor.
When Robert I Shepler was 16 or 17 years old he and his brother Joseph and sister Rachel came to Guernsey County. Hannah had already married and gone to Coshocton County. The brothers and sister settled southeast of Cumberland and bought a farm in the section called Flat Woods and here Robert lived until his marriage to Sarah Ann Moore of Spencer Township, a native of the county and the daughter of John C. and Nancy (Ward) Moore. Six children were born to this marriage: John Wilson, who died when less than two years old; Alice, now of Columbus, a prescription clerk in a wholesale drug house; Allen, who married Marie Byron, of Cleveland, and now lives at Denver; Elmer, who was for 20 years a druggist at Byesville, married Alice Johnson, the daughter of Jesse L. and Jane Johnson, of Valley Township, to which marriage one son was born, Raymond, now attending school at Columbus, his parents present home; Violet, the wife of Justus Lowry, who died in the spring of 1906, leaving two children, Russell Shepler and Gertrude, while a third child, Porter died at the age of two; Annie, who married Dr. Campbell of Hartford, was left a widow on February 21, 1897 and now lives in Pleasant City with her half-sister Mrs. Dr. Bown. After his marriage, Mr. Shepler continued farming near Cumberland; his wife died on February 20, 1866.
In April 1865, Mr. Shepler enlisted in Company C, 172nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war receiving an honorable discharge.
On August 4, 1867, Mr. Shepler was married a second time to Mrs. Nancy C. (Clark) Johnson, the widow of William T. Johnson and a daughter of Samuel G. and Mary Ann (Longsworth) Clark. One child was born to this marriage, Charlotte Ann, who married James M. Wilson, of Valley Township, and died on May 28, 1883. Mr. Johnson died on June 12, 1861.
After his marriage to Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Shepler moved to his present home in the southwest part of Valley Township where they have lived more than 40 years. Four children were born to them: Mary Lucinda the wife of Dr. Bown of Pleasant City; Samuel Jackson who married Kathryn Gregory lives on the home farm and had five children, Hubert, John Irvin, Martha Elizabeth, Mary Lois, and Elmer Merrill; Martha the wife of P. U. Hawkins, a Methodist minister in Bristolville, Ohio; and Asbury Lowry, who died on November 27, 1895, aged 16.
Mr. Shepler has been a farmer all his life and now owns 260 acres all in the southwestern part of Valley Township. He follows general farming, is very capable and has prospered. In early life he was a Republican but for many years has been an earnest Prohibitionist. He and his wife are members of Bethel Methodist Church and he is recording steward, district steward and trustee of the church. An honest and hard-working man, an active and earnest Christian, Mr. Shepler is much respected and esteemed in his community.
Excerpt from the Bio of Robert I. Shepler, pages 765-767, History of Guernsey County, Ohio, published in 1911.
A prominent farmer of Valley Township, Guernsey County, is Robert I Shepler who was born in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania on June 30, 1833, the son of Jacob and Mary (Stewart) Shepler. His father died about six weeks before Robert was born and his mother afterwards married Daniel Call [and moved to Hocking County, Ohio]. Jacob Shepler left six children besides two that died in infancy. Those who survived were Joseph W.; Hannah O. who married James Waddell; Rachel, the wife of J.W. Harris; Margaret, who died single; Lucinda the wife of Porter Houseman; Robert I., the youngest and now the sole survivor.
When Robert I Shepler was 16 or 17 years old he and his brother Joseph and sister Rachel came to Guernsey County. Hannah had already married and gone to Coshocton County. The brothers and sister settled southeast of Cumberland and bought a farm in the section called Flat Woods and here Robert lived until his marriage to Sarah Ann Moore of Spencer Township, a native of the county and the daughter of John C. and Nancy (Ward) Moore. Six children were born to this marriage: John Wilson, who died when less than two years old; Alice, now of Columbus, a prescription clerk in a wholesale drug house; Allen, who married Marie Byron, of Cleveland, and now lives at Denver; Elmer, who was for 20 years a druggist at Byesville, married Alice Johnson, the daughter of Jesse L. and Jane Johnson, of Valley Township, to which marriage one son was born, Raymond, now attending school at Columbus, his parents present home; Violet, the wife of Justus Lowry, who died in the spring of 1906, leaving two children, Russell Shepler and Gertrude, while a third child, Porter died at the age of two; Annie, who married Dr. Campbell of Hartford, was left a widow on February 21, 1897 and now lives in Pleasant City with her half-sister Mrs. Dr. Bown. After his marriage, Mr. Shepler continued farming near Cumberland; his wife died on February 20, 1866.
In April 1865, Mr. Shepler enlisted in Company C, 172nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war receiving an honorable discharge.
On August 4, 1867, Mr. Shepler was married a second time to Mrs. Nancy C. (Clark) Johnson, the widow of William T. Johnson and a daughter of Samuel G. and Mary Ann (Longsworth) Clark. One child was born to this marriage, Charlotte Ann, who married James M. Wilson, of Valley Township, and died on May 28, 1883. Mr. Johnson died on June 12, 1861.
After his marriage to Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Shepler moved to his present home in the southwest part of Valley Township where they have lived more than 40 years. Four children were born to them: Mary Lucinda the wife of Dr. Bown of Pleasant City; Samuel Jackson who married Kathryn Gregory lives on the home farm and had five children, Hubert, John Irvin, Martha Elizabeth, Mary Lois, and Elmer Merrill; Martha the wife of P. U. Hawkins, a Methodist minister in Bristolville, Ohio; and Asbury Lowry, who died on November 27, 1895, aged 16.
Mr. Shepler has been a farmer all his life and now owns 260 acres all in the southwestern part of Valley Township. He follows general farming, is very capable and has prospered. In early life he was a Republican but for many years has been an earnest Prohibitionist. He and his wife are members of Bethel Methodist Church and he is recording steward, district steward and trustee of the church. An honest and hard-working man, an active and earnest Christian, Mr. Shepler is much respected and esteemed in his community.
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