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Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, and a 

 prominent member of the White Rock Baptist 

 Church, of which his father was pastor until 

 his death. 



These two sons, ranking high in the profes- 

 sional world, was the pride of their distinguished 

 father in his declining years. It was often said, 

 if Dr. Shepard had done no more than give these 

 two eminent sons to the world, it would be worth 

 his own existence. 



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As nearly as we can ascertain, Augustus Shep- 

 ard entered the Baptist Institute (or Tupper's 

 School), now Shaw University, Raleigh, ^. C, 

 in 1869. The school then was in its infancy, 

 and was conducted in the upper story of the 

 Blount Street Baptist Church (or Tupper's 

 Church). This church was located at the corner 

 of Blount and Cabarrus streets, and is now 

 known as the "Tupper Memorial Church." At 

 this time the boarding students occupied rooms 

 in the same building, at the rear end of the 

 church. They boarded in a shed room on a lot 

 adjoining the home of President Tupper — at 

 that time outside the southern limits of the 



