Introduction

Biography

Franklin was the son of Is­aac Ap­plin Shep­pard and Ca­ro­line Ma­ry Holmes, and hus­band of Ma­ry Elea­nor Lee.

He at­tend­ed Will­iam Few­smith’s Class­ic­al School and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­van­ia (val­e­dic­tor­i­an, 1872).

In 1875, he moved to Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, to take charge of the found­ry for his fa­ther’s stove and heat­er ma­nu­fac­tur­ing com­pa­ny.

He at­tend­ed the Zi­on Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal Church in Bos­ton, but lat­er switched to Pres­by­te­ri­an­ism.

He ev­en­tu­al­ly joined the Se­cond Pres­by­te­ri­an Church in Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land, and be­came pre­si­dent of the Pres­by­te­ri­an Board of Pub­li­ca­tion and Sab­bath-School Work.

Works

• Al­le­lu­ia, ed­it­or (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: West­min­ster Press, 1916)