Fourteenth Generation

3445. Mary Margaret "Peg" Chatfield was born on 14 February 1859 in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio, USA. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Precinct 5, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, USA. Peg died on 15 February 1925 at the age of 66 in Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado, USA. She was buried in Littleton Cmtry., Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, USA. She appeared in the census 1860/1870 in Pilot, Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA. March 19, 1895, 36 year-old Mary married 24 year-old Noah Shepardson, the son of a Union Civil War surgeon.

They had three children:
1. Charles Noah Shepardson (b. 1896 – d. 1975)
2. Margaret M./C. Shepardson (b. 1897 – d. 1965)
3. Marcia L. Shepardson (b. 1899)

"Mary was Nathan Stoddard Chatfield and Margaret Prudentia Herrick's last child. Her February 14, 1859 birth in Middlefield, Ohio, occurred during the middle of James Buchanan's term of office, when the Compromise of 1850 could no longer quell the nation's mood, clouds of discontent looming on all horizon. In Arapahoe County, on March 19, 1895, 36 year-old Mary married 24 year-old Noah Shepardson, the son of a Union Civil War surgeon.

They had three children:
1. Charles Noah Shepardson (1896 – 1975)
Their first child, Charles became the Dean of Texas A & M University School of Agriculture. President Eisenhower subsequently appointed him to the Federal Reserve Board to represent agricultural farming interests.
2. Margaret C. Shepardson (1897 – 1965)
3. Marcia L. Shepardson (b. 1899)

Six months after the tragic accidental March 1901 death of Noah, Mary and her children moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, and settled near her brother, Isaac Newton Chatfield and his family.
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USA Census, 1910
Name Mary M Shepardson
Event Place Fort Collins Ward 3, Larimer, Colorado
Gender Female
Age 51
Marital Status Widowed
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1859
Birthplace Ohio
Father's Birthplace Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 6
Mary M Shepardson Head F 51 Ohio
Charles N Shepardson Son M 14 Colorado
Margaret M Shepardson Daughter F 12 Colorado
Marcia L Shepardson Daughter F 10 Colorado

Mary Margaret "Peg" Chatfield and Noah Shepardson were married on 19 March 1895 in Littleton Cmtry., Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, USA. Noah Shepardson, son of Noah Otis Shepardson and Lydia Pathena Bennett, was born on 16 March 1871 in Kankakee Co., Illinois, USA. He died Wagon accident on 9 March 1901 at the age of 29 in Conifer, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, USA. He was buried in Littleton Cmtry., Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, USA. Find A Grave Memorial# 8443886
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Son of a Union Civil War surgeon.

"Mar 19, 1901: ACCIDENT, SAYS INVESTIGATORS — How Noah Shepardson of Conifer, Colorado Lost his Life. LITTLETON, Colo. (To The Republican.) — As to the death of Noah Shepardson of Conifer, Colo., we, the undersigned, wish to make the following statement and set the whole matter right in the interests of all parties and friends of Mrs. N. Shepardson: Mr. Shepardson drove up into the timber in the forenoon to cut two red spruce poles to make a rack to haul ties on. He had cut the poles [and] was returning home. He stopped and called to his man, Tom Shields, who was cutting ties, about 9 rods away, asking Shields if he wanted his broad-ax. Shields answered no. Shepardson then drove on a short distance on the hillside, which was quite steep, and many trees in the road kept him busy clearing them. He was about to hit a tree and was turning his team away from it when the fore wheel missed it, but the brake beam struck it, caused by the hind wheel sliding about a foot, and that threw the wooden brake-bar, which was about seven feet long, forward with great force. He stood up in the box, leaning up hill and braced himself over the right edge of the wagon box. It threw him forward onto the sideboard of the box, striking his forehead there. The bar struck the crown of his head, causing a fracture of the skull about as large as a half dollar. Mr. Shields went down at noon to his dinner, fed the stock, went in and Mrs. Shepardson asked him where Mr. Shepardson was. He said he started down before noon, and probably he had stopped to bring in a load of wood. They waited an hour longer and Mrs. Shepardson sent Shields to look for her husband. Shields soon came back, saying Shepardson was hurt badly. Mrs. Shepardson and two men ran up the road and Shields followed in a carriage and soon overtook them. When they got there Shepardson was still conscious, but could not talk. They took him to the house and sent for Dr. Baker of Evergreen. He made an examination and said there was no hope for him to live. The place on the back of Shepardson's head had a large clot of blood under the scalp. The doctor cut it open and took it out to relieve the pain. Mr. Shepardson lived till 7 p.m. Mrs. Shepardson sent a telephone message to her brother, J.H. Chatfield of Littleton to come at once and early Wednesday morning he and R.D. Herrick drove up there and they, with Jesse Ray, Tom Shields, Mr. Kennedy and two other men, went up to the place of the accident and made a thorough examination and all six men decided that it was purely an accident and blamed no one. J.H. CHATFIELD, R.D. HERRICK — Mrs. Shepardson says her husband has never had any trouble with any of his men and was held in high esteem by all of them. The Shepardson funeral was held this afternoon at Littleton. (Unidentified newspaper clipping in James Herrick Chatfield family Bible)"

Mary Margaret "Peg" Chatfield and Noah Shepardson had the following children: