Isaac Monroe Shepard

Isaac Monroe Shepard was born Sep 2, 1806 in Meridian, Connecticut to Obediah and Mary Yeomans Shepard.

On July 25, 1828, Isaac Shepard married Sarah Lackore in Champion, New York. Sarah died May 7, 1847 in Clay County, Missouri and was buried in the bank of the Rock Creek.1

In the spring of 1848, the Shepard family left by team toward Winter Quarters and joined the Lorenzo Snow Company for Salt Lake. The family arrived in the fall of 1848. Isaac married Eleanor Jane David on Feb 1, 1848. After they moved to Farmington, Utah in 1849, Isaac married Ann Maire Adams in 1852.1 

Isaac was called on a mission by President Brigham Young in 1855 to the Salmon River Mission and labored for about 7 months.2

In 1859, the family moved to Richmond where most of the Shepard family made it their final homesteads. They lived in the "Old Fort" and had one of the four original log homes in the fort. Because of the size of the home, and having a wood floor, they used the home as a meeting place.3

Some time during his life, he was a member of the 40th Quorum of Seventies.3

Epilogue

While traveling to California, Isaac Shepard was in Austin, Nevada where he died Sept 8, 1867. Isaac's son, Justin, journeyed west to Nevada to retrieve the body and bury it in the Richmond City Cemetery.3

Land Marks

In Farmington, Utah, many different landmarks and locations are named after the Shepard family.

Street: Shepard Lane.4

Land: Shepard Park; Shepard Canyon.5

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