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- According to Murray's History of Old Tioga Point and Early Athens, served as Ensign under Capt VanDusen's Co. Conn. Guards in Rev. War.
John Shepard, son of Isaac Shepard and Dorothy Prentice, was born at Plainfield, CT Apr. 17, 1765 and died at Milltown May 15, 1837. He is buried at "The Rest" Cemetery. He 1st married on June 3, 1790 to Anna Gore who was the daughter of Judge Obadiah Gore of Sheshequin. Anna was born Feb. 8, 1772 and died Sept. 7, 1805. They had 8 children: (1) Prentice Shepard died Feb. 7, 1805 at the age of 14 from dropsy of the brain caused by falling on ice.; (2) Isaac Shepard b. Feb. 16, 1793 d. Mar. 15, 1858. He married Dec. 4, 1813 Deborah Mills the daughter of Jonas and Elizabeth Mills of Smithtown, Long Island; (3) Miami Shepard Mar. 24, 1795 married Jessie Floyd of Long Island; (4) Amanda Shepard b. Jan. 7, 1797 d. Jan. 29, 1864 married on Dec. 31, 1817 Charles Hopkins the son of Dr. Stephen Hopkins of Athens, PA; (5) Julia Ann Shepard married George A. Perkins of Athens, PA; (6) Job Shepard b. Oct. 22, 1801 d. Jan. 24, 1855 married Abigail Ellsworth; (7) Phebe Shepard; (8) John Shepard, Jr.;
John married 2nd in 1811 to Deborah Hawkins of Stony Brook, Long Island, she died Jan. 18, 1844 at age 63 years. They had 5 children (1) Ruth Shepard married Dr. Woodworth of Milltown; (2) Lettie Shepard died single in California; (3) John L. Shepard married Cordelia Thomas the daughter of William Thomas of Factoryville, they lived and died in Oakland, CA and had 5 children; (4) Mary Shepard married Silas Fordham; (5) Joseph Shepard died in San Jose, California. John, the pioneer of what eventually became Waverly, left his home in 1783 and went to Wyoming in company with his uncle, he remained two weeks when he went up the Susquehanna River to Sheshequin with this same uncle. He remained there until Dec. 28, 1784, when he became clerk for Weiss & Hollenbeck at Newtown, now called Elmira. In April 1785 he started business for himself among the Indians. In 1788 he purchased Prince Bryant's Mills and an adjoining lot of Nathaniel Shaw, on which were a saw mill, grist mill, and two dwelling houses. This was obtained under Connecticut title which they later settled under Pennsylvania title. The land extended on both sides of Cayuta Creek from State Line to Morley's Mill, including Milltown consisting of 600 acres. This was the only grist mill for fifty miles. In 1796 he purchased from Gen. T. Thomas of Westchester Co., N.Y. 1000 acres, commencing 52 rods east of 59 mile stone, extending north from state line which included all of Waverly, Factoryville, and several farms back on the hills. He later purchased several more tracts of land.
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1765 - 1837 (72 years)