He edited the Boston " Daily Bee" in 184G-'8, the "Mi--ouri Democrat" in 1868-'!). the -Missouri State Atlas" in 1871-'2, and had published " IV1>- bles from Castalia." poems(Boston, 1840); " Pod ry of Feeling" (1844); "Scenes and Songs of Social Life" (1840); "Household Tales" (1861); and several single poems and orations.
SHEPARD, Samuel, clergyman, b. in Salisbury, Mass., 22 June, 17130 ; d. in Brentwood, N. H.,
4 Nov., 1815. At the age of sixteen he removed
to New Hampshire, and after studying medicine
settled in Brentwood, where he soon won reputa-
tion in his profession. In 1770 he united with a
Baptist church, and in 1771 he was ordained to the
ministry. He preached through a wide extent of
country, and in his double office of minister and
physician looked after the cure of both soul and
body. While pastor of the church at Brentwood
he had the oversight of several other churches that
were branches of this central body. He was thus a sort of Baptist diocesan bishop. No man in the
history of his denomination in New Hampshire
was better known in his day. He published sev-
eral tracts, chiefly relating to baptism.
SHEPARD, Thomas, clergyman, b. in Towcester, England, 5 Nov., 1605 ; d. in Cambridge, Mass.,
25 Aug., 1649. He was graduated at Cambridge,
1627, ordained in the established church, and in
1630 silenced for non-conformity. Ho was subse-
quently tutor and chaplain in the family of Sir
Richard Darby, whose cousin he married. He was
silenced again in 1633, and in October, 1635, sailed
for this country, settled in Boston, and from that
time till his death was pastor of the church in
Cambridge, succeeding Thomas Hooker. He soon
became involved in the Antinomian controversy,
actively opposed the innovators, and was a member
of the synod that silenced them. His second wife,
Joanna, 'whom he married in 1637, was the daughter
of Thomas Hooker. He was active in founding
Harvard, and instrumental in placing it at Cam-
bridge. Nathaniel Morton, the historian, says of
him : " By his death not only the church and peo-
ple of Cambridge, but all New England, suffered a
great loss." By his third wife, Margaret Boradel,
he was the ancestor of President John Q. Adams.
He was a vigorous and popular writer on theo-
logical subjects, and published " New England's
Lamentations for Old England's Errors " (London,
1645) ; " The Clear Sunshine of the Gospel Break-
ing out on the Indians of New England" (1648;
New York, 1865) ; "Theses Sabbatica" (1649) : and
left in manuscript numerous sermons that were
subsequently printed in England. These include
"Subjection to Christ," with a memoir of him by
Samuel Mather and William Greenhill (London,
1652),and "The Parables of the Ten Virgins and oth-
er Sermons " (1660 ; new ed., Aberdeen, 1638). His
autobiography was published (Cambridge, Mass.,
1832), and his collected works, with a memoir of
him by Rev. Horatio Alger (3 vols., Boston, 1853).
Cotton Mather also wrote his memoir in the " Mag-
nalia," and in his " Lives of the Chief Fathers of
New England." His son, Thomas, clergyman, b.
in London, England, 5 April, 1635 ; d. in Cam-
bridge, Mass., 22 Dec., 1677, was graduated at
Harvard in 1653, and from 1658 till his death was
assistant pastor of the Cambridge church. He pub-
lished an election sermon (1672), and edited a vol-
ume of miscellaneous sermons (1673).
SHKPARD, William, soldier, b. near Boston,
Mass., 1 Dec., 1737 ; d. in Westfield, Mass., 11 Nov.,
1817. He enlisted in the provincial army at seven-
teen years of age, served in 1757-'63, was a captain
under Sir Jeffrey Amherst, and participated in the
battles of Fort William and Crown Point. He be-
came colonel of the 4th Massachusetts regiment
in 1777, and served till 1783, participating in
twenty-two engagements, and winning a reputal ion
for efficiency and courage. He settled on a farm
in Medway, Mass., after the peace, was a member
of the executive council in 1788-'i>0, a brigadier-
general of militia, and in that capacity during
Daniel Shays's insurrection in 1786 prevented the
insurgents from seizing the Springfield arsenal. He
was subsequently major-general of militia, and in
congress in 1797-1803.
SHEPHERD, Nathaniel Graham, author, b.
in New York city in 1835; d. there, 23 May, 1869.
He studied art in New York, taught drawing in
Georgia for several years, returned to his native
city, and engaged in the insurance business, de-
voting his leisure to study and to writing poems.
At the beginning of the civil war he became a war
correspondent for the New York " Tribune." He
contributed largely to periodicals and journals,
and was the author of " The Dead Drummer- Boy."
"The Roll-Call," "A Summer Reminiscence." and
other poems, which were widely circulated.
SHEPHERD, Oliver Lathrop, soldier, b. in
Clifton Park, N. Y., 15 Aug., 1815; d. 16 April,
1894. He was graduated at the IT. S. military
academy, and assigned brevet 2d lieutenant, 4th
infantry, was promoted 2d lieutenant, 3d infantry.
on 2 Oct., 1840, served in the Seminole war, arid
became 1st lieutenant in the 3d infantry, 3 Nov.,
1845. In 1846 he was selected by Gen. Zachary
Taylor as commissary of the supply train in it's
march from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, and
served in the war with Mexico, receiving the brevet
of captain for gallant and meritorious conduct at
Contreras and Churubusco, and that of major for
Chapultepec. He was appointed captain on 1 Dec.,
1847, served on the frontier, and commanded Fort
Defiance, New Mexico, which he defended with
three companies against a night attack of the Nav-
ajoe Indians, with about 2,500 braves, on 30 April,
, and was afterward stationed at Fort Hamil-
ton, N. Y. He then commanded a battalion of the
3d infantry in the defences of Washington, became
lieutenant-colonel of the 18th infantry, 14 May,
, served in the Tennessee and Mississippi i-im-
paign in the Army of the Ohio, and was engaged in
the pursuit of the Confederates to Baldwin, Miss.,
30-31 May, 1862. receiving the brevet of colonel for
service during the siege of Corinth, 17 May, 1862.
He participated in Gen. Don. Carlos Buell's move-
ment through Alabama and Tennessee to Louisville, Ky.. in July and September, and also in Gen.
William S. Rosecrans's Tennessee campaign, serv-
ing with the Army of the Cumberland from No-
vember, 1862, till April, 1863, and commanding a
brigade of regular troops from 31 Dec., 1862, till
3 Jan., 1863. He became colonel of the 15th in-
fantry on 21 Jan., 1863, and was brevetted brigadier-
general on 13 March. 1865, for gallant and meri-
torious service in the battle of Stone River, Ten-
nessee, and from 7 May, 1863. till 13 Feb., 1866,
he was superintendent of the regimental recruit-
ing service at Fort Adams, R. I., and he after-
ward commanded the 15th regiment in Alabama
during the reconstruction of that state in 1868, in
which he performed an important part, and was
also a commissioner of the Freedmen's bureau for
Alabama. Consolidating the 15th and 35th infant-
ries, he marched with them to New Mexico in 1869.
He was retired from the army on 15 Dec., 1870.
SHEPLEY, John, lawyer, b. in Groton, Conn., 16 Oct., 1787 ; d. in Saoo, Me., 9 Feb., 1857. His family settled in Groton about 1700, the name ap-
