Adelbert E. Shepard - Jackson County Land, 1901-1915

The real estate abstract documents the transfer of ownership beginning May 10, 1901. In the first transaction, Theodosia Earnest and Solon Obil Shattuck sell land to Adelbert E. and Rosa P. Shepard. Also included are documents regarding the Bank of Ashland's incorporation dating from February 1884. The initial investors of the bank are listed as Martin Laurence McCall, Edward DePeatt, William H. Atkinson, John Marshall McCall, and Henry Beach Carter. In June 1889, William H. Atkinson, Henry Beach Carter, H Ammerman, Frank Hine Carter, and Delos Royal Mills, are listed on the Board of Directors for the Bank of Ashland. George F. Billings and Eugene Lawrence Freeland witness the document.

In 1906, the abstract shows Heaton Fox, the town blacksmith and farmer, secured land according to the "To Secure Homesteads to Actual Settlers on the Public Domain" granted by the United States. The property appears to have changed hands many times. Adelbert E. Shepard is the owner as of April 24, 1915.