Biography:

Cotton broker. Born– September 5, 1879, Pickens County. Parents– John Shep and Eloise Johnson Bealle. Moved to Tuscaloosa when he was a child. Married– Annie Vernon Pollard, December 30, 1914.  Children–two.  Volunteer, U.S.Army, Spanish-American War, 1898. Apprenticed to a printing office and remained in that trade until he was eighteen; later joined a cotton brokerage firm. First printed poem was published in the New Orleans Times Democrat, 1898. Died March 2, 1933.

Source:

Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

Poems. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; C. W. Weatherford, 19–.