Individual Details

1870 Census. 3rd Ward, Atchison, Atchison Co, KS, Hh 99
Jno D. Sheplar, 36, Blacksmith, b. PA
Caroline, 38, b. OH
Flora, 13, b. OH
James, 11, b. OH
Charles, 9, b. OH
George, one month old, b. May 1870, KS
Martha Bailey, 18, domestic servant, b. PA

1875 Kansas State Census. Eureka, Greenwood Co, Hh 24
Meenach, R. B. 63, Farmer, b. OH
Celonia, 57
Caroline C. Sheplar, 56, Domestic
Clifford, 15, Laborer

1880 Census. South Putah, Yolo Co, CA, Hh 86
Vincent J. Chamberlain, 45, Farmer, b. OH
Carrie C. Sheplar, 47, Sister, b. OH
Flora, 22, Niece, b. OH
Clifford J., 10 (George in 1870...), nephew, b. KS

Atchison Champion, Atchison, Kansas, Tue. Sep 20, 1887, p.4
Return of California John
Mr. John Shepler, better known as "California John," for reasons that will appear hereafter, is in the city and wants to see his old friends. He is one of atchison's old-timers and the champion blacksmith for fifteen years. After an absence of five or six years in the Far West, he has returned to this city to stay..... He has opened a blacksmith shop...

Birth	1832	Logan County, Ohio
Marriage	15 Jul 1856	Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio - John D. Shepler
Death	21 Apr 1899	Pierce County, Washington

Spouse	John D. Shepler (1833 - 1892)
Child	John Clifford Shepler (1870 - 1928)

Father	Lansing Chamberlin (1806 - 1879)
Mother	Mary "Polly" Rice (1809 - 1892)