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John Alfonso SHAPARD

Male 1850 - 1918  (67 years)


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  • Name John Alfonso SHAPARD  [1] 
    Born 31 Aug 1850  Richmond, Fort Bend Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Jan 1918  Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried 22 Jan 1918  Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I36090735021  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2022 

    Family Nannie Grundy BEALL,   b. 15 Jul 1864, Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1957, National City, San Diego Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 5 Apr 1882  Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Albert SHAPARD,   b. 14 Apr 1883, Lampasas, Lampasas Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1930, Gulfport, Harrison Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     2. Frank Daniel SHAPARD, Sr.,   b. 20 Apr 1885, Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1937, Los Angeles Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     3. Jimmie SHAPARD,   b. 25 Mar 1887, Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1887, Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Johnnie Ruth SHAPARD,   b. 3 Oct 1888, Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1984  (Age 95 years)
     5. Nannie Gertrude SHAPARD,   b. 2 Mar 1891, Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1971, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     6. Joe Rowland SHAPARD, Sr.,   b. 12 Jan 1894, Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1962, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     7. Louis James SHAPARD,   b. 23 May 1898, Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1974, San Diego Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     8. Eulah SHAPARD,   b. 17 Feb 1901, Rockdale, Milam Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1987, El Cajon, San Diego Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F1455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "He was raised on a farm in Washington County. During his b
      oyhood he learned the printer's trade, first following it in connection with the Brenham Inquirer. In the year 1881 he located in Rockdale, and became connected with the old Rockdale Messenger, and after the consolidation of the Reporter and Messenger he continued up to 1913. There were short intermissions in which he farmed, having acquired a farm six miles south of town. When Woodrow Wilson was elected president, Mr. Shapard received the appointment to the postmastership of Rockdale, over a large field of applicants, among the number being some of our most prominent citizens. He was reappointed in 1916, and during the four years and a half in which he administered the affairs of the office, he gave universal satisfaction and greatly strengthened the ties of personal friendship which bound him to the community."

  • Sources 
    1. [S_638797795] Ancestry, SSDI.

    2. .
      "While apparently in the best of health, so far as his friends had been able to observe, he was stricken with paralysis while seated at his desk in the postoffice last Wednesday afternoon. Other strokes followed and apoplexy quickly developed, his death following on Friday."

    3. .
      in the Old City Cemetery.