Augustine Henry Shepperd
Augustine Henry Shepperd was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rockford, North Carolina, February 24, 1792; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Surry County, North Carolina; member of the State house of representatives 1822–1826; elected to the Twentieth through Twenty-third Congresses and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses ; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State ; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress ; chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures ; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses ; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1850; resumed the practice of his profession; died at "Good Spring," Salem, North Carolina, July 11, 1864; interment in Salem Cemetery.
Shepperd was the father of Mary Frances Shepperd, the wife of Confederate General William Dorsey Pender.
