About Francis M. Sheppard
Lived 1868 – 1948 (aged 79). Francis M. Sheppard was an American politician.
Dr. Francis Marion Sheppard (December 22, 1868 – August 15, 1948) was a Mississippi politician and a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1900 to 1904, and the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1896 to 1900. He was a physician by career. He continued this post until 1904. In 1910, he became the Mississippi Railroad Commissioner, and became the president of the Mississippi State Railroad Commission in 1912. His term would expire in July 1920.
Personal life He married Josie Best in 1894. They had three children, Edith, Zellein, and Allen Augustus.
He died on August 15, 1948, in Saint Louis, Missouri.
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American politician
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Francis M. Sheppard was born on 22 December 1868 in Lawrence County.
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Francis M. Sheppard died on 15 August 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Francis M. Sheppard was a politician.
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Francis M. Sheppard was American.
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