Kathryn "Kittie" Lowe Needham Shepard and Mentry Shepard. (Photo by Sandison of Bellingham, WA)

William Mentry SHEPHERD

3 Jun 1873 - 11 Oct 1961

• OCCUPATION: School Teacher
  
• BIRTH: 3 Jun 1873, Boxleyville, In
• DEATH: 11 Oct 1961, Bellingham, Whatcom, WA

• MARRIAGE: 25 Dec 1905, Tonganoxie, Leavenworth, KS

1. +Catherine Lonell SHEPHERD

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[38] William Mentry Shepherd
12 Sep 1918, Kansas City, KS
National Archives and Records Administration
World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
http://www.ancestry.com/

US Social Security Administration
Social Security Death Index, Master File
"William Sheppard, Born: 9 Jul 1873, Died: May 1974
Last Residence: 98225 Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington"
(This DOD is obviously wrong.)

"Groom's Index/Bride's Index, Books K-V:
Jan 16, 1900 - Aug 31, 1922, Leavenworth, KS"
Debra F. Graden, 2002
(date recorded as 23 Dec 1905, not 25 Dec)

1910 US Federal Census
3-WD Kansas, Wyandotte, KS
(name transcribed as Shepeard)

1920 US Federal Census
3-WD Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS
(Name listed as Shepherd, Mentry W.)

1930, 1940 US Federal Census
Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington
(Name transcribed as Sheppard in 1930)
1930: Roll: 2522; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0012; Image: 145.0; FHL microfilm: 2342256.
1940: Roll: 385; Family History Film: 1254385; Page: 129A; Enumeration District: 148; Image: 0644.

Needham Lineage and Genealogical Notes
Previously unpublished; 1962
Hawley Vincent Needham, Kathryne Lowe Needham Shepherd
Gives DOB as 03 Jun 1873; DOD as 11 Oct 1961.

Needham Family Genealogical Notes
Unpublished work; 1998
Virginia Joy Chism Nichols
Record #79; Virginia claims date of birth is 03 Jun 1872.