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DR. J. C. SHAPARD, one of the leading physicians of Winchester, was born August 30, 1823, in Rutherford County, Tenn. His father, James P. Shapard, was born in North Carolina, and immigrated to Rutherford County, Tenn., when very young. He was a merchant, and lived in Rutherford County till near his death, when he removed to Texas, where he died in 1850. The mother also died in Texas in 1875. Dr. Shapard was the oldest of ten children. When a young man he came to Winchester and conducted merchandising for his father two years. He began the study of medicine when twenty-two years of age, and soon entered the practice. He attended one course of lectures at Louisville, and then, in 1859, graduated in the medical department of the Vanderbilt University. He then entered upon the practice of medicine in Franklin County. In 1862 he removed to Winchester, where he has ever since continued, and has been justly successful. He was married, in 1846, to Miss Elivira Clark, of Bedford County, Tenn. This union has been blessed in the birth of seven children, six of whom are living, viz.: Melissa H., wife of J. W. Thornton, of Chattanooga; Mary E., the one who died; Henry C., Thomas N., Charles J., Leonora and Florence. Dr. Shapard and two of his sons and three daughters are members of the Episcopal Church, and his wife and youngest daughter are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Dr. Shapard is a firm Democrat in politics, and is a valuable citizen of Franklin County.