1818, when he married Miss Elizabeth B. Edwards, who was born in Rutherford county, North Carolina, in 1794, and went with her parents at an early age to Tennessee. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Shastid resided in that state until 1828, when they came to Illinois, settling in Sangamon county, where Mr. Shastid entered land and engaged in farming and stock-raising until the year 1835. Becoming dissatisfied with that locality, he made arrangements to remove to Pike county, settling in Pittsfield on the 20th of January, 1836. He took up his abode in the town in order to educate his children and in this county he was engaged in farming, teaming and other pursuits for about seven years, when he was elected constable. In the meantime he was appointed deputy sheriff of Pike county, in which capacity he served for about eight years. He likewise acted as mail carrier and in the discharge of his various public duties displayed marked capability and fidelity. His death occurred on the 5th of February, 1874, while his wife passed away on the 8th of December, 1863. She was a devoted wife and mother and an earnest Christian woman. Mr. Shastid was also a member of the church and commanded the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He spent his last days in the home of his son, Dr. Shastid, of this review. In their family were nine children.      Dr. T. W. Shastid pursued his early education in Pittsfield and prepared for his chosen profession in the medical department of the University of Missouri, at St. Louis, from which he was graduated in March, 1856. Before taking up the study of medicine, however, he taught for two terms and had pursued his preliminary reading under the direction of Dr. O. S. Campbell and Professor John T. Hodges, and also at Cincinnati under Dr. N. J. Elsenheimer, A. J. Ganvoort, Richard Schliewer and Frank Van der Stucker. Following his graduation he came to Pittsfield, where he practiced for a year and then went to Pleasant Hill, where he remained for five and a half years, after which he returned to Pittsfield, where he has since been in active practice. He has been a frequent contributor to medical journals on his original investigation, resulting in gleaning many valuable truths that caused his writings to be a helpful addition to medical literature. He is a member of the County, State and American Medical Associations and is now president of the Medical Society of Pittsfield. Everything that tends to bring to man the key to the complex mystery which we call life is of interest to him and in his practice he has continually sought out new methods for the further alleviation of suffering and the restoration of health and has found in the faithful performance of each day's duty courage and strength for the labors of the succeeding day.      On the 2d of August, 1860, Dr. Shastid was married to Miss Mary F. Edwards, of Columbus, Ohio, and they had one child, William E., who is now a practicing physician of Pittsfield. Mrs. Shastid died on the 10th of April, 1864, and on the 1st of October, 1865, the Doctor was again married, his second union being with Louise M. Hall, of Pittsfield, a daughter of Thomas Hall, Sr., and a sister of Thomas Hall, Jr., of this city. There have been three children by this marriage. Thomas Hall Shastid, born July 19, 1866, was educated in Pittsfield, at the Eureka College, at Eureka, Illinois, and Harvard University, from which classic institution he was graduated. He studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York for two years, was graduated at the University of Vermont and is now practicing medicine in Harrisburg, Illinois. He was married May 16, 1887, to Miss Fannie Cordelia English, a sister of Harry English, a merchant of Pittsfield. Following his graduation Thomas Hall Shastid went to Europe, spent some time in study in Vienna, Austria, and also took post-graduate courses in Germany. He was graduated from the University of Michigan, receiving the degrees of A. M. and LL.B. He practiced in Pittsfield for two years before his removal to his present home. He has not only attained prominence in the medical profession but has also gained more than local note as a writer of prose and poetry. One of his volumes, entitled "A Country Doctor," has his father as its main character. Jon Sheperd, born January 20, 1870, was educated in Pittsfield, began the study of music under his mother's direction, afterward studied under Professor George Crawford, of