From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
John Shephard was born in Germantown, and was connected with the manufacture of bricks, with which industry his family had been identified for many years, and are still actively engaged in it. He was in active military service throughout the Mexican War, and died in Germantown. He married Louisa Unknown, born in Germantown.
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