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Shepard, William -1817

Military officer; born near Boston, Mass., Dec. 1, 1737; served in the provincial army in 1757-63; commissioned colonel of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment in 1777; remained in the army till 1783, taking part in twenty-two actions; settled in Medway, Mass., appointed brigadier-general of militia; prevented Daniel Shays's followers from seizing the Springfield arsenal in 1786; and was member of Congress in 1797-1803. He died in Westfield, Mass., Nov. 11, 1817.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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