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M James D. G. Shepley

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Information from Liisa Williams, Shepley's From Ontario, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.

History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.

The Descendants of Thomas and Richard Brush of Huntington, Long Island, Stuart C. Brush and Russell B. Brush, Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1982.

1851 personal census, Colchester Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-29:
Shepley D. J., M, Married, 25, born Up Canada, Ep Church, Farmer;
Dorcus, F, Married, 28, born Up Canada, Ep Church;
Heaton Henery, M, Single, 1, born Up Canada, Ep Church.

1901 personal census, Colchester South, Essex Co., ON, D3-5:
Richardson Edwin B., M, Married, 8 June 1856, 44, born Ont, origin: England, Can, E[piscopal], Farmer;
Isabel L., F, wife, Married, 25 Oct 1857, 43, born Ont, origin: Germany, Can, E;
Roy G., M, son, Single, 11 April 1880, 20, born Ont, origin: England, Can, E, Farmer's Son;
Ethel E., F, daughter, Single, 25 Sept 1881, 19, born Ont, origin: England, Can, E;
Harry J., M, son, Single, 23 May 1888, 12, born Ont, origin: England, Can, E;
Edith M., F, daughter, Single, 23 Dec 1893, 7, born Ont, origin: England, Can, E;
Shepley James D. J., M, father-in-law, Widowed, 9 June 1827, 73, born Ont, origin: Germany, Can, Not given.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 220-221:
John Parks, one of the leading farmers of Malden township, County of Essex, is a son of Jonathan Parks, who was born in Staffordshire, England.
     In his native shire Jonathan Parks learned the mason's trade, following same until 1841, in which year he came to Canada. In Staffordshire, on June 11, 1832, he married Susanna Hartshorn...
     John Parks was born in Staffordshire, England, Jan. 11, 1837, and at the age of eight(?!) years was thrown upon his own resources...
     When he was twenty-two years of age, Mr. Parks married Miss Hannah A. Shepley, a native of Raleigh township, County of Kent, and a daughter of Solomon Shepley...
     Solomon Shepley was born in Harwich township, County of Kent, Nov. 17, 1797, and during his young manhood lived for a time in Gosfield township, Couty of Essex, where he married Sarah Wigle, who was born Aug. 26, 1798, and died Jan. 10, 1868. Mr. Shepley died May 17, 1868. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Shepley lived in Raleigh township, near Cedar Springs, and there engaged in farming all of their lives. The children born to this worthy couple were as follows: John W., born Jan. 22, 1820, died at Chatham, Ont., in 1892; Michael A., born April 4, 1822, died at Bothwell in 1896; Joseph W., born Dec. 22, 1825, lived in Colchester South, where he died March 28, 1878; James D. G., born June 9, 1828, resides in Colchester; Hannah A., the wife of John Parks, the subject of this biography, was born April 22, 1833; Solomon R., born in April, 1835, resides at Essex; Jacob C., born Sept. 22, 1843, resides at Kingsville; Charles W., twin brother of Jacob C., born Sept. 22, 1843, also resides at Kingsville, where both are prominent men. The Parks and Shepley families are justly numbered among the most representative of the locality, and their members have well borne their part in the upbuilding and development of the several sections in which they have made their homes.

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John Shepley 1764-   Hannah Messmore 1776-1844   John Wendel Weigele/Wigle 1753-   Julianna Romer
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Solomon Shepley 1797-1868   Sarah Wigle 1798-1868
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James D. G. Shepley 1828-1909