Zebulon Rudd Shipherd (November 15, 1768 – November 1, 1841) was a

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from New York. Born in Granville, Washington County, he completed preparatory studies, studied law with

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, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Granville. His wife, Elizabeth Bull, had one child, Fayette. Elizabeth (known as Betsey) and Zebulon had two children together, John J Shipherd (co-founder of both Oberlin and

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s) and Minerva Shipherd. Shipherd was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815). He resumed the practice of his profession in Granville and was a trustee of Middlebury College (in

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) from 1819 to 1841. He moved to Moriah, Essex County about 1830, where he died in 1841; interment was in the Moriah Corners Cemetery. He was also a slaveowner.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shipherd, Zebulon Rudd 1768 births 1841 deaths People from Granville, New York Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Moriah, New York