SHEPARD, Anciel D.
Date of death: 26 Mar 1890 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 28, 1890,
Volume XXX Number 40, page 1 column 6
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Andrew [sic] Shepard, who has been living with George Wyles on the A. Dunlap farm north of town, died suddenly on Wednesday morning of apoplexy. He was getting ready to do some plowing when he was seen to throw up his hands and sink to the ground, dying immediately. Deceased was sixty-five years of age and leaves a wife and several married children.
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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, June 6, 1890
Volume XXX Number 50, page 4 column 2
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CORONER’S VERDICT
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| STATE OF INDIANA, Johnson County, |
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The undersigned coroner of Johnson county, State of Indiana, did on the 26th day of March, 1890, hold an inquest on the body of Addison [sic] Shepard, late of said county, found dead in Clark Township, in said county on the 26th day of March, 1890.
Having viewed the body and heard the testimony of witnesses, I find that the deceased came to his death by reason of disease of the heart.
J. T. JONES,
Coroner J. C.
Franklin, Ind., May 28, 1890.
Notes: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 183, referencing Book H-16, page 2, records that A. D. Shepard, a sixty-two-year-old white male, died 26 Mar 1890, no township listed.
The 1870&1880 US Federal Census for Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana record A. D. Shepard’s first name as Anciel.
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson