William Alfred Shepherd was born in 1860 in Highland County, Ohio. He as named for his grandfather w…

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William Alfred Shepherd was born in 1860 in Highland County, Ohio. He as named for his grandfather who was a doctor there and likely assisted in his delivery. William's father Theo as a farmer and William began working on his father's farm at a yo ung age. He met and married Emma Gorman in 1884 and they left for the cheap land available in Wabaunsee County, KS. He was soon followed by his parents and younger Charles. He farmed some rented land and began to build a life. He became somethin g of an entrepreneur as he had a Sorghum Mill and made thousands of gallons of sorghum that he sold. He also became the local rep for the American Telephone Company as telephones began to appear and he installed them himself.

Tragedy struck the family in 1895 when Emma died from complications during the birth of their 4th child Arthur (who also did not survive). William was a young widower with 3 young children. It was at the local church he met and later married a you ng woman named Claudia Daisy Robinson in 1897. The family continued to grow as Will and Daisy had 8 additional children.

In 1909 the family left for the cheap land and opportunities in St Clair County, MO. His daughter Bertha and her husband had left for the same location earlier and Will had been to visit several times. They stayed there until 1917 when they return ed to Kansas and settled in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. Tragedy struck again as Claudia Daisy died of Spanish Influenza or "The Grippe" as it was known. Flu would become a pandemic and kill millions in the 2 following years. The family remai ned in El Dorado as William became a merchant. As he grew older he began to travel and visit his far flung children. He died in 1934 while visiting a daughter in Tacoma, Washington.

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