Matthias Shepler (November 11, 1790 – April 7, 1863) was a

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from Ohio for one term from 1837 to 1839

Early life and career

Born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Shepler received a limited schooling. He served in the War of 1812. He moved to Ohio in April 1818 and settled in Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was in the

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for thirty years. County commissioner for two terms. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1829. He served in the

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in 1832.

Congress

Shepler was elected as a

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to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-fifth Congress).

Death

He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1838. He moved to Navarre, Ohio, in 1860, where he died April 7, 1863. He was interred in Shepler Church Cemetery, near Navarre.

Family life

Shepler was married three times, first in 1816. He had seven children. He was a member of the

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