Col. William Shepard was at the Battle of Trenton, N.J. with George Washington, and his likeness appears in the painting Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, by John Trumbull at the Yale Univ. Gallery of Art, Chapel St., New Haven. [caption from Wikipedia] |
A blog about my family history research of the Shepards of Westfield, Massachusetts to West Virginia and the Johns of Prussia to Wisconsin. Covering all related lines.
Monday, July 8, 2013
One of many...
A short post in honor of our many Revolutionary War ancestors. Below is a picture from William Shepard's entry at Wikipedia, a painting in which he is included. Although at this time I am not sure which one is him.
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