Burial: 24 July 1882-Age: 78y 5m--Parents: Jared B Shepardson 1762-1810--Ruth Church 1770-1850--Son not buried in this cemetery was Jared B. Shepardson 1830-1918.
"He lived in Halifax, VT., until 13 years of age when his widowed mother moved the family to Gerry, New York. Here he learned the carpenter's trade and also engaged in cutting and collecting logs on the banks of Chautaugua and Cassadaugua creeks, floating them down to the Allagheny and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati. In Aug, 1845 two wagons left Gerry for Illinois. In one was the Newton Sterns family, a party of 4. The second wagon owned by William contained his wife and 3 children and the James Wesson family. The party passed by Erie, Pa., and after 6 weeks, with a 1 week stop in Indiana for repairs within sight of Chicago, they reached Naperville, Dekalb Co., Illinois 9 Oct, 1845 at the home of Mr. Thayer. That winter William secured work on the Illinois and Michigan Canal at Lockport. The next spring he moved to Paw Paw, Dekalb Co., Il where he secured a 40 acre tract from the government. He was Justice of the Peace in 1847 and several years thereafter; a supervisor of Paw Paw in 1852 and 1854 and a member of the Ill state legislature. In 1862 he sold his farm, which had increased to 228 acres, to Sylvenus his son and moved to Aurora, Illinois., living there until his death at 204 Galena St. He died of paralysis and is buried in Lake St Cemetery."
"He lived in Halifax, VT., until 13 years of age when his widowed mother moved the family to Gerry, New York. Here he learned the carpenter's trade and also engaged in cutting and collecting logs on the banks of Chautaugua and Cassadaugua creeks, floating them down to the Allagheny and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati. In Aug, 1845 two wagons left Gerry for Illinois. In one was the Newton Sterns family, a party of 4. The second wagon owned by William contained his wife and 3 children and the James Wesson family. The party passed by Erie, Pa., and after 6 weeks, with a 1 week stop in Indiana for repairs within sight of Chicago, they reached Naperville, Dekalb Co., Illinois 9 Oct, 1845 at the home of Mr. Thayer. That winter William secured work on the Illinois and Michigan Canal at Lockport. The next spring he moved to Paw Paw, Dekalb Co., Il where he secured a 40 acre tract from the government. He was Justice of the Peace in 1847 and several years thereafter; a supervisor of Paw Paw in 1852 and 1854 and a member of the Ill state legislature. In 1862 he sold his farm, which had increased to 228 acres, to Sylvenus his son and moved to Aurora, Illinois., living there until his death at 204 Galena St. He died of paralysis and is buried in Lake St Cemetery."
Burial: 24 July 1882-Age: 78y 5m--Parents: Jared B Shepardson 1762-1810--Ruth Church 1770-1850--Son not buried in this cemetery was Jared B. Shepardson 1830-1918.
"He lived in Halifax, VT., until 13 years of age when his widowed mother moved the family to Gerry, New York. Here he learned the carpenter's trade and also engaged in cutting and collecting logs on the banks of Chautaugua and Cassadaugua creeks, floating them down to the Allagheny and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati. In Aug, 1845 two wagons left Gerry for Illinois. In one was the Newton Sterns family, a party of 4. The second wagon owned by William contained his wife and 3 children and the James Wesson family. The party passed by Erie, Pa., and after 6 weeks, with a 1 week stop in Indiana for repairs within sight of Chicago, they reached Naperville, Dekalb Co., Illinois 9 Oct, 1845 at the home of Mr. Thayer. That winter William secured work on the Illinois and Michigan Canal at Lockport. The next spring he moved to Paw Paw, Dekalb Co., Il where he secured a 40 acre tract from the government. He was Justice of the Peace in 1847 and several years thereafter; a supervisor of Paw Paw in 1852 and 1854 and a member of the Ill state legislature. In 1862 he sold his farm, which had increased to 228 acres, to Sylvenus his son and moved to Aurora, Illinois., living there until his death at 204 Galena St. He died of paralysis and is buried in Lake St Cemetery."
"He lived in Halifax, VT., until 13 years of age when his widowed mother moved the family to Gerry, New York. Here he learned the carpenter's trade and also engaged in cutting and collecting logs on the banks of Chautaugua and Cassadaugua creeks, floating them down to the Allagheny and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati. In Aug, 1845 two wagons left Gerry for Illinois. In one was the Newton Sterns family, a party of 4. The second wagon owned by William contained his wife and 3 children and the James Wesson family. The party passed by Erie, Pa., and after 6 weeks, with a 1 week stop in Indiana for repairs within sight of Chicago, they reached Naperville, Dekalb Co., Illinois 9 Oct, 1845 at the home of Mr. Thayer. That winter William secured work on the Illinois and Michigan Canal at Lockport. The next spring he moved to Paw Paw, Dekalb Co., Il where he secured a 40 acre tract from the government. He was Justice of the Peace in 1847 and several years thereafter; a supervisor of Paw Paw in 1852 and 1854 and a member of the Ill state legislature. In 1862 he sold his farm, which had increased to 228 acres, to Sylvenus his son and moved to Aurora, Illinois., living there until his death at 204 Galena St. He died of paralysis and is buried in Lake St Cemetery."
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