Show OBITUARY OBin jARr general oliver shepard Sho pard tw now york april 16 eral cral oliver lathrop shepard a retired of the army died tills 18 afternoon lemoon af CI at his residence here lie he h had ila been sick elek a neck having caught it a cold which resulted resu lied in pneumonia lie he was born in saratoga county new york eighty oile years KB I he graduated at west wert giniat in 1840 and w was R brevet Liou of tire elie fourth at afrin try in july land and in october following he irai made second of the elie third atilid infantry in in 1861 1361 he was ivas apPo appointed colonel of the eighteenth infantry nAry and fought to uie the end of the wa war in lie he was road made gendral it was general Gen shepard who held fort dan once ance in new kew mexico with lio me men it when it noa ivas besieged by loa ho willig navajo indians indiana the funeral alil be arranged by prom mant military nien men |