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About William Odell "Shep" Shepard
1900 United States Federal Census
* Name: William O Sheppard Jr [William D Sheppard Jr]
- Age: 15
- Birth Date: Jul 1884
- Birthplace: Illinois, USA
- Home in 1900: Evanston Ward 2, Cook, Illinois
- Ward of City: 2
- Street: Church Street
- House Number: 1102
- Sheet Number: 4
- Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 62
- Family Number: 77
- Race: White
- Gender: Male
- Relation to Head of House: Son
- Marital Status: Single
- Father's Name: William O Sheppard
- Father's Birthplace: Illinois, USA
- Mother's Name: Emily Sheppard
- Mother's Birthplace: Illinois, USA
- Occupation: At School
- Attended School: 9
- Can Read: Yes
- Can Write: Yes
- Can Speak English: Yes
- Neighbors: View others on page
- Household Members Age Relationship
- William O Sheppard 38 Head
- Emily Sheppard 35 Wife
- William O Sheppard Jr 15 Son
- Chester O Sheppard 13 Son
- Warren W Sheppard 9 Son
- Arthrur M Sheppard 7 Son
Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-2020
- Name: Mr. William Shepaul [Mr. William Shepard]
- Gender: Male
- Residence Date: Abt 1908
- Residence Place: 4417 Delinar Boulevard
- Residence Place 2: St. Louis
- Occupation: Teacher of English
- Employer: Bmitãÿ Academy
- Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1908
- Marriage Place: Wilton place
- Spouse: Mary Farwell Record
California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980
* Name: Odell Shepard
- Gender: Male
- Event Type: Marriage
- Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1908
- Marriage Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse: Mary Record
1920 United States Federal Census
- Name: Odell Shepard
- Age: 35
- Birth Year: abt 1885
- Birthplace: Illinois
- Home in 1920: Hartford Ward 8, Hartford, Connecticut
- Street: Vernon Street
- Residence Date: 1920
- Race: White
- Gender: Male
- Relation to Head of House: Head
- Marital Status: Married
- Spouse's Name: Mary Shepard
- Father's Birthplace: Illinois
- Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
- Native Tongue: English
- Able to Speak English: Yes
- Occupation: Teacher
- Industry: College
- Employment Field: Wage or Salary
- Home Owned or Rented: Rented
- Able to read: Yes
- Able to Write: Yes
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- Household Members Age Relationship
- Odell Shepard 35 Head
- Mary Shepard 40 Wife
- Willard Odell Shepard 5 Son
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odell_Shepard
Odell Shepard (July 22, 1884 in Sterling, Illinois – July 19, 1967 in New London, Connecticut) was an American professor, poet, and politician who was the 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1941 to 1943. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1938.
Life
Shepard was born in Illinois. He graduated from Harvard University, and taught at the English department of Yale University. A professor of English at Trinity College in 1917-1946, he was a mentor to Abbie Huston Evans. He edited the works of Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Shepard wrote a biography of Bronson Alcott, the father of writer Louisa May Alcott and one of the foremost Transcendentalists: Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott, published by Little, Brown in 1937, for which he won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
His papers are held at Trinity College.
He died in 1967.
Awards
1938 Pulitzer Prize for his Pedlar's Progress: The life of Bronson Alcott, (Little, Brown and Company)
Golden Rose Award
Works
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odell_Shepard#Works
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William Odell "Shep" Shepard's Timeline
| 1884 |
July 22, 1884
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Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, United States
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| 1914 |
February 11, 1914
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California, United States
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| 1967 |
July 19, 1967
Age 82
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New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States
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Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, United States
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