SHEPHERD, JOSEPH H., was born in 1812 in Ohio, and came to Sangamon county about 1833, and was married to Nancy Center, a native of Ohio also. They had six children in Sangamon county, namely--

JAMES M., born Jan. 15, 1834, enlisted April 16, 1861, in Co. G, 7th Ill. Inf. for three months, served full term, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf. for three years, served until after the battle of Chickamauga, at which his lungs became diseased from exposure, in consequence of which he was discharged in May, 1865, and died in Williams township Sept. 2, 1869.

WILLIAM R. and HENRY F., twins, born March 11, 1836.

WILLIAM R., married Clarissa Huffman, have two children, and live in Menard county, Illinois.

HENRY F., married Louisa J. Overstreet, and both died, leaving one child.

OSCAR F., born May 15, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted April 16, 1861, on the first call for 75,000 men, in Co. G, 7th Ill. Inf., served three months and was honorably discharged. Enlisted Aug. 9, in 1862, in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf., served until Feb. 13, 1863, when he was discharged at Nashville on account of physical disability. He was married March 1, 1865, to Arminda Thaxton, have two children, EDWIN and PERRY, and live in Sherman, Ill.--1874.

ANNA M., born April 16, 1841, married Harry L. Morris, and died at Davenport, Iowa, in 1870, leaving three children.

SEBASTIAN B., born May 12, 1844, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged June 23, 1865. He was married Dec. 25, 1866, to Elizabeth Overstreet. They have three children, LOUISA S., EMMA L. and LAVINA G., and live near Cantrall, Ill.

Mrs. Nancy Shepherd died in 1845, and Joseph H. Shepherd died in 1851.