Colleen Esther McKinley and Pardon Ballou Shepard

PARDON BALLOU SHEPARD, son of ANNA MAY WEYTHMAN and MARTIN EMOR SHEPARD, was born in June, 1891 in Nebraska, and died June 21, 1930 in Reid Lake, McPherson County, Nebraska.²⁸⁶⁸ He is buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Lancaster County, Nebraska.²⁸⁶⁹

He married COLLEEN ESTHER MCKINLEY on June 5, 1915 in Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska.²⁸⁶¹ She was born October 29, 1893 in Nebraska,²⁵⁰ and died August 22, 1954 in Los Angeles County, California.²⁵⁰ She is buried in Shelton Cemetery, Hall County, Nebraska.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Maturin Ballou Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • Robert Pike Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • Valentine Whitman Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • Eleazer Arnold Jr. Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • Eleazer Albee Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • John Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • Captain John Whipple Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • John Sayles Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • Roger Williams Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • Reverend Joshua Winsor Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • Elisha Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • Pardon Davis Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)
  • Barent Van Buren Descendant Report (Ancestor of Pardon B. Shepard)

Children of COLLEEN ESTHER MCKINLEY and PARDON BALLOU SHEPARD:

1. WILLIAM MCKINLEY SHEPARD, b. November 25, 1916, Nebraska;⁹⁹ d. February 17, 1997, Collier County, Florida.⁹⁹
2. JAMES RICHARD SHEPARD, b. October 15, 1925, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska;⁷³⁷⁷ d. June 8, 1957, Los Angeles County, California.²⁵⁰

Marriage Announcements and News

Lincoln Daily News, June 8, 1915²⁸⁶¹

Pardon B. Shepard of Lincoln and Miss Calleen McKinley of Shelton who were married at Kearney, Neb., Saturday, are visiting at the home of Mr. Shepard's father, M. E. Shepard of 626 North Twenty-third street. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard were married in the First M. E. church at Kearney, Rev. R. H. Thompson officiating. They will be at home after June 15 at Broken Bow, Neb.

Obituaries

Lincoln Star, June 23, 1930²⁸⁶⁸

PARDON SHEPARD DROWNS TRYING TO SAVE OTHERS

Lincoln Man One of Four To Perish As Rescue Attempt Fails.

Boat On Western Lake Capsizes; Bodies Recovered.

Death of Pardon B. Shepard, 39, 1611 Harrison avenue, and a fishing companion on a western Nebraska lake, in an attempt to rescue two women whose boat had capsized, was reported to Lincoln Sunday. Word of the tragedy which resulted in four deaths by drowning was telephoned to Mrs. Shepard Sunday by Sheriff Platt of McPherson county.

The other victims were: Alma Mutchler, 35, corset saleswoman, North Platte; Thad Robinson, 45, insurance salesman, hastings; and Mrs. L. S. St. John of Kearney. Mr. Shepard was a salesman for a petroleum company. He had left Lincoln two weeks ago to cover his territory.

Attempt of the Lincoln man and his companion to save the two women led to their death, Sheriff Platt indicated in his message to Lincoln. A squall capsized the women's boat during a severe wind and rain storm about 9:30 o'clock Saturday night, according to the meagre details reported to Lincoln. The accident occurred on Reid's lake, about 48 miles north of Paxton.

Men Exhausted.

Exhaused by unseccessful efforts to save the two women from drowning, the men were themselves unable to reach shore. Failure of the two parties to return within two hours from the time they set out caused William Reed, owner of the lake resort, to organize a hunt for them. The overturned boats were sighted by Reed and volunteer searchers, the bodies having been claimed by the waters.

Three of the bodies were recovered at 3:30 o'clock Sunday morning when they were washed up in shallow water. The fourth was recovered about 7 o'clock Sunday morning. The lake is about a mile and a half long and a half mile wide. Wind and rain whipped up waves several feet high, the wester sheriff told Mrs. Shepard. Bodies of the drowned were taken to a Paxton undertaker by Sheriff Platt.

Mr. Shepard is survived by his wife and two children, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Shepard, a sister, Cecile, and a brother, Ernest, all of Lincoln.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 16, 1900177	Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska	Martin Emor Shepard Anna May Weythman Pardon Ballou Shepard Ernest Weythman Shepard Cecile Caroline Shepard
April 19, 1910176	Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska	Martin Emor Shepard Anna May Weythman Pardon Ballou Shepard Ernest Weythman Shepard Cecile Caroline Shepard
January 6, 1920316	Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska	Pardon Ballou Shepard Colleen Esther McKinley William McKinley Shepard
April 14, 1930315	Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska	Pardon Ballou Shepard Colleen Esther McKinley William McKinley Shepard James Richard Shepard
April 9, 19402537	Glendale, Los Angeles, California	Colleen Esther McKinley William McKinley Shepard James Richard Shepard