20 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 



his family life, we have attached a sketch of 

 the two eldest sons. 



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James E. Shepard, the eldest son of the late 

 Rev. Augustus Shepard, D.D., was born in the 

 city of Raleigh, X. C, on the third day of ]^o- 

 vember, 1875. When eight years of age hq 

 entered the Model Department of Shaw Uni- 

 versity, where he remained for two years. Af- 

 terward, when his parents moved to Henderson, 

 he entered the Shiloh Institute, Warrenton, 

 ^N". C, then under the principalship of his uncle. 

 Later he entered the Pharmaceutical Depart- 

 ment of Shaw University. He graduated from 

 this department in 1894. He was one of the 

 first colored druggists in the State of !N'orth 

 Carolina, and engaged in the drug business in 

 the cities of Charlotte and Durham, N. C, and 

 Danville, Ya. In 1897 he was appointed chief 

 clerk in the Recorder of Deeds office in Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and a year later Deputy Collector 

 of Internal Revenue at Raleigh, IST. C, which 

 position he held for several years. It was while 

 holding this position that the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the International Sunday School As- 



