As was mentioned before, the oldest way of spelling the name was SCHAEBERLIN, which is taken from the tax records at Nebringen in the year 1471. During the lifetime of Hans Martin, the Lutheran minister, all kinds of variations in the spelling occurred. He was born as SCHEBERLIN. At the University of Tübingen he is recorded as SCHEPPERLIN. In the church of Aldingen he is listed on a wooden trencher (with the names and years of the serving of all the ministers) as SCHAEPPERLIN. Some other variations in Württemberg are SCHAEBERLE, SCHEPPERLEN, SCHAEPPERLE and, of course, the most common way SCHEPPERLE.

A common occurrence of changing of the name occurred when our immigrant forefathers had a tendency to anglicize their names after arriving in America; such as, Heinrich Schwartz may have become Henry Black. Johannes Schmidt may have become John Smith, and Wilhelm Schneider may have become William Snyder. Thus, our immigrant ancestor Johann Georg Schepperle in fact became GEORGE SHEPERLY, as he was listed in the cross index file of 1860 census records of Ohio. In 1862 the son George was spelled GEORGE SHEPERLY as he enlisted in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. However, most of his service records are spelled as SHEPPERLY. The marriage record of the oldest daughter Anna in 1856 at the Wayne County Court House in Wooster, Ohio, is spelled SHEPERLY; and the marriage record of the youngest daughter Mary Regina was spelled SHEPERLEY as recorded in the Cole County Recorder's Office in 1868.

In the year 1824 as recorded in Wayne County, Wooster, Ohio, there is a marriage of Peter Waltz to Mary SHEPPERLY (the relationship to Mary has not been determined). 

From:
Palmer William Nicholas Scheperle
History of the Scheperle (Schepperle) Family of America
Jefferson City, Missouri, 1982