Herman Graves Shedd^{[1, 2, 3]}

1868 - 1953  (84 years)

• Name	Herman Graves Shedd  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	19 Oct 1868	Wheaton, Mclean County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1900	Yates, McLean, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1910	Colfax, Boone, Iowa, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Death	06 Mar 1953	Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA
  Burial	Fairbury Cem., Fairbury, Mclean County, Illinois
  Person ID	I342223128430	Tripp Family Genealogical Website

  
  

  Father	William Willard Shedd,   b. 14 Jul 1835, Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA d. 30 Jan 1911, Fairbury, Mclean County, Illinois (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Rhoda Marjorie Graves,   b. 13 Jan 1834, Unity, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA d. 20 Feb 1905, Fairbury, McClean County, Illinois (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	27 Jan 1868	Unity, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA
  Family ID	F9019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katherine Cottingham,   b. 28 Jul 1869, Frivola, Illinois d. 16 Apr 1922, Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	28 Feb 1892	Illinois, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Mary Rhoda Shedd,   b. 15 Dec 1892, Weston, Mclean County, Illinois d. Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA   2. Florence Marjorie Shedd,   b. 26 Sep 1898, Weston, Mclean, Illinois, USA d. 08 Jun 1958, Paton, Greene, Iowa, USA (Age 59 years)   3. Willard Herman Shedd,   b. 12 Nov 1908, Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA d. 13 May 1953, Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F9577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Anna Masterson,   b. 05 Dec 1872   d. 05 Dec 1946, Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F9589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Herman Graves Shedd is my Grandfather. I was named after him. I was his first grandson. He hoovered over me like a mother hen over her chickens, and taught me much, particularly in carpentry. One look at his pictures, and you immediately get the feeling that he was a cocky, self reliant person, and no one was going to tell him much of anything. If you felt that way about his pictures, you knew him pretty well, because that was my Grandpa!! He was five foot 2 inches of determinination, as long as I knew him and I suspect since birth. His favorite saying to me after making or accomplishing something was, "Just look who did it"! I appreciated his self reliance, and I strongly suspect that I inherited some of it!! His determination must have come from his father who journed from New Hampshire to Oregon with oxen. Some determination!! Grandpa died at age 84 years, 4 months, and 15 days, every day of which everyone around him was aware of!! Herman William Tripp--Remembering---- I discovered in 1992 that he was probably named after his uncle, Hermon Shedd, who died in the Civil War, and is buried in the Whitehouse Landing Cemetery. Hermon William Tripp--Remembering----

  
  

• Sources

  [S1250923625] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1900; Census Place: Yates, McLean, Illinois; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0123; FHL microfilm: 1240323. [S1250923930] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1910; Census Place: Colfax, Boone, Iowa; Roll: T624_392; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 1374405. [S1300428687] Ancestry.com, Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1972, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).