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  2. Sheppard family (clothiers) - Wikipedia

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    John Sheppard (c1614-1675) founder of the family. John was the first of his surname to be directly associated with the cloth industry in Frome. There were earlier Sheppards in Frome, renting land in the 16th century on Rodden Down, but no pedigree can be established. His trade was as a cardboard maker - making boards for carding wool.

  3. In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash - Wikipedia

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    OCLC. 4583520. In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash is a collection of short stories in a novelized form by American humorist Jean Shepherd first published in October 1966. A best-seller at the time of its publication, it is considered Shepherd's most important published work. The work inspired several films in the Parker Family Saga, including ...

  4. Sam Sheppard - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Holmes Sheppard (December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American osteopath. He was convicted of the 1956 murder of his pregnant [1] wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, but the conviction was eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, which cited a "carnival atmosphere" at the trial. Sheppard was acquitted at a retrial in 1966.

  5. Sam Shepard - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, director and screenwriter whose career spanned half a century. [1] He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs.

  6. William Henry Sheppard - Wikipedia

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    William Henry Sheppard (March 8, 1865 – November 25, 1927) was one of the earliest African Americans to become a missionary for the Presbyterian Church.He spent 20 years in Africa, primarily in and around the Congo Free State, and is best known for his efforts to publicize the atrocities committed against the Kuba and other Congolese peoples by King Leopold II's Force Publique.

  7. Buried Child - Wikipedia

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    Illinois farmhouse, 1978. Buried Child is a play written by Sam Shepard that was first presented in 1978. It won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and launched Shepard to national fame as a playwright. The play depicts the fragmentation of the American nuclear family in a context of disappointment and disillusionment with American mythology and ...

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