Since February I have been sharing the story of my maternal second great grand aunt Elizabeth Talmer Roberts Shepherd. She was the sister of my maternal great great grandfather Abel Roberts. If you want to start at the beginning click here. Valie took Grace with her and went up on the train to be with Addie for a couple of weeks.
Thelma and Grace had a lovely time together in the fall of when things became quiet for the winter. Lizzie rented out the hotel and took an extended trip. They went first up to Burley, Idaho where Claude and also Edna were living. The family stayed with Carl until about the end of January and then returned to Burley on the train.
Annie was not able to leave her bed after the birth of this child. The doctor diagnosed her problem as enlargement of the liver, but Valie believed she have had cancer. Annie Mary Anna Abercrombia Shepherd suffered a great deal and died about three weeks later on April 18, in a hospital in Montrose. She was buried on April 21 st at Olathe, Colorado.
Lizzie and Valie took the train and returned in order to help Carl with the young family. It became apparent he could not work and care for seven children. Electra and 11 and Bertha 9, and they stayed with their father on the ranch at Olathe. Lizzie took the four smaller children back to Denton, Montana. Lora was about 7, Clara about 5, Carlos just past two and Lyman was a new baby only a little over a month old.
Claude and Francetta remained at Burley, Idaho that year and had their first son, Claude Albert Shepherd, born there on August 6, Hattie often came to Olathe to visit Mary. During this time he fell in love with Hattie. They were married at Mrs. Meanwhile back in Denton, Montana, little baby Lyman Shepherd was ill all that spring.
