July 4, 1817 Levi Shepard arrived in Brownhelm Township with Sylvester Barnum, and Stephen James. These are the first families that settled in the town. Levi was one of the original township trustees and a justice of the peace.
This is documented in "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio" by George Frederick Wright, Lewis Publishing,Chicago, 1916. pg. 110-111 which can be read on Google Books.
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LEVI5 SHEPARD (Jacob‘ and Patience Holbrook, Nathaniel,8 Isaac, Thomas‘), b. Dec. 9, 1784, d. Brownhelm, 0., Mar. 20, 1879; m. (1) in 1807, in Stockbridge, Mass., Sophia Barnum, d. 1840; m. (2) at Brownhelm, 0., Mrs. Ruth Hine, d. 1849; m. at Medina, 0., Mrs. Betsey Lindsley, d. Feb. 26, 1868 ; moved to Brownhelm, O., in 1817, being one of the first set tlers; deacon of the Congregational Church there for fifty years. Children: ********************** The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly ********************** https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=-EM9AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA55 *********************** This book will support the edits.
This is documented in "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio" by George Frederick Wright, Lewis Publishing,Chicago, 1916. pg. 110-111 which can be read on Google Books.
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LEVI5 SHEPARD (Jacob‘ and Patience Holbrook, Nathaniel,8 Isaac, Thomas‘), b. Dec. 9, 1784, d. Brownhelm, 0., Mar. 20, 1879; m. (1) in 1807, in Stockbridge, Mass., Sophia Barnum, d. 1840; m. (2) at Brownhelm, 0., Mrs. Ruth Hine, d. 1849; m. at Medina, 0., Mrs. Betsey Lindsley, d. Feb. 26, 1868 ; moved to Brownhelm, O., in 1817, being one of the first set tlers; deacon of the Congregational Church there for fifty years. Children: ********************** The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly ********************** https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=-EM9AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA55 *********************** This book will support the edits.
July 4, 1817 Levi Shepard arrived in Brownhelm Township with Sylvester Barnum, and Stephen James. These are the first families that settled in the town. Levi was one of the original township trustees and a justice of the peace.
This is documented in "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio" by George Frederick Wright, Lewis Publishing,Chicago, 1916. pg. 110-111 which can be read on Google Books.
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LEVI5 SHEPARD (Jacob‘ and Patience Holbrook, Nathaniel,8 Isaac, Thomas‘), b. Dec. 9, 1784, d. Brownhelm, 0., Mar. 20, 1879; m. (1) in 1807, in Stockbridge, Mass., Sophia Barnum, d. 1840; m. (2) at Brownhelm, 0., Mrs. Ruth Hine, d. 1849; m. at Medina, 0., Mrs. Betsey Lindsley, d. Feb. 26, 1868 ; moved to Brownhelm, O., in 1817, being one of the first set tlers; deacon of the Congregational Church there for fifty years. Children: ********************** The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly ********************** https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=-EM9AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA55 *********************** This book will support the edits.
This is documented in "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio" by George Frederick Wright, Lewis Publishing,Chicago, 1916. pg. 110-111 which can be read on Google Books.
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LEVI5 SHEPARD (Jacob‘ and Patience Holbrook, Nathaniel,8 Isaac, Thomas‘), b. Dec. 9, 1784, d. Brownhelm, 0., Mar. 20, 1879; m. (1) in 1807, in Stockbridge, Mass., Sophia Barnum, d. 1840; m. (2) at Brownhelm, 0., Mrs. Ruth Hine, d. 1849; m. at Medina, 0., Mrs. Betsey Lindsley, d. Feb. 26, 1868 ; moved to Brownhelm, O., in 1817, being one of the first set tlers; deacon of the Congregational Church there for fifty years. Children: ********************** The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly ********************** https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=-EM9AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA55 *********************** This book will support the edits.
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