Mention must be made of the village of Shepardsville which lies in Ovid township on
the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railroad, three miles west of Ovid village. This
village was laid out in 1856 by William Shepard who ran a store at that point. In 1867
Shepardsville made considerable progress. During that year a grist mill was erected and also a saw mill which was soon converted into a stave factory.
The boiler in the grist mill exploded after the mill had been running a few days, killing the mill-wright and seriously wounding six other persons. The stave mill burned in 1871 and three store buildings were destroyed by fire in 1872 and 1873. Shepardsville once contained five stores and a hotel and the milling enterprises referred to. The cheese
factory started in 1878 burned two years later and this series of catastrophies has brought
the village of Shepardsville to its present state of decadence.
The post-office established in 1867 was called Ovid Center and later changed
to Shepardsville. Dr. L. O. Ludlum began the practice of medicine at Shepardsville in 1868. At the present time the population of this village is one hundred fifty. F. D. Cleveland conducts a general merchandise store and D. H. Scudder also deals in general merchandise. The only enterprise that Shepardsville has of any account is the Cheese Factory, operated by C. G. Johnson and J. F. Love, under the firm name of Johnson & Love.
James McGillicuddy, physician and surgeon, practices at Shepardsville at the present time. The nearest banking point to Shepardsville is at Ovid.
The village is seven miles east of the county seat.
Source: Source: PAST AND PRESENT OF CLINTON COUNTY - 1906
CLINTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN