Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois State Archives):
Shepley, Matthew - Pvt - co K - 8 IL US CAV
Residence, Plainfield, will Co, IL; Join, 01Feb1864; Age, 18; Born, England
Height, 5' 7"; Hair, brown; Eyes, blue; Complexion, fair; Farmer
Mustered out, 17Jul1865
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail (National Park Service):
Civil War Pension Index (ancestry.com):
Shepley, Matthew
Widow - Shepley, Anna
Service - K 8 ILL CAV
Date of filing - 1891May11; Invalid; Certificate #727.439; Ill
1917Dec04; Widow; Certificate #862357; Ill
National Graves Registration Database (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War):
Shepley, Mathew - 8 Illinois Cavalry
Buried, Willard Grove Cemetery [Channahon] Will County, Illinois
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
Nov. 21, 1917 - Mathew Shepley, aged __1 (first digit illegible). Resident of Joliet 71 years. Died in St. Joseph's hospital. Prominent member of Bartleson Post, G. A. R.
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US Census Records:
1900 - Joliet, Will Co, IL - Mathew Shepley household
Mathew Shepley, 50, born-England, Laborer; Annie, 51
William, 29; Danniel E., 26; Thomas H, 17; Mathew R., 15;
James, 12; Frances M (dau), 9; Martin E., 5;
Frances(dau-in-law), 24; Mathew (D son), 5
1910 - Joliet, Will Co, IL - Matthew Shepley household
Matthew Shepley, 66, born-England; Annie Shepley, 60
Mary Shepley, 19; Mertin Shepley, 16