Oscar Melvin Shepherd (1894 - 1972)

Born 26 Feb 1894 in Kingman, Kansas, United States

Husband of Lela M. (Botkin) Murray — married 12 Sep 1922 in Jackson, Oregon, United States

Died 30 Mar 1972 at age 78 in Josephine, Oregon, United States

Biography

Sergeant Oscar Shepherd served in the United States Army in World War I
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Oscar was born in 1894. He passed away in 1972. He was the son of Remus Shepherd and Bertha Gibbons.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMY6-F8V : accessed 26 July 2020), Oscar M Shepherd in household of Remus A Shepherd, Loda Township, Reno, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 188, sheet 5B, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,496.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2CN-47Y : accessed 26 July 2020), Oscar Shepherd in household of Remus Shepherd, Ninnescah, Kingman, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 95, sheet 6A, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 443; FHL microfilm 1,374,456.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K666-DRF : 25 August 2019), Oscar Melvin Shepherd, 1917-1918.

• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC9J-QC2 : accessed 8 April 2015), Oscar M Shepherd, Rogue River, Jackson, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0058, sheet 1B, family 24, line 82, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1944; FHL microfilm 2,341,678.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRR-LKZ : 26 January 2020), Oscar Shepherd, Fruitdale Election Precinct, Josephine, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17-6, sheet 2B, line 63, family 47, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3364.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJT-TBV9 : 8 May 2020), Oscar Melvin Shepherd, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• " Find a Grave," database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228637601/oscar-m-shepherd: accessed 20 June 2023), memorial page for Oscar M Shepherd (26 Feb 1894–30 Mar 1972), Find A Grave: Memorial #228637601, citing IOOF Cemetery, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Jill Zollinger (contributor 47468420).

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1BC-J2C : 22 July 2020), Oscar Shepherd, Mar 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZCC-CR2 : 11 December 2014), Oscar Mel Shepherd, 30 Mar 1972; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Josephine, Oregon, certificate number 72-05622, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.