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Elmer Sheldon

Elmer Sheldon[1, 2, 3]

Male Abt 1819 - 1898  (79 years)

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  • Name Elmer Sheldon  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born Abt 1819  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 15 Jun 1860  Springport, Jackson, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Census: with wife and children, farmer, real estate $6000, personal property $3000. Also an Irish farm laborer named Hugh Flynn (41) and a domestic, Isabel Smitt (17)
    Died 12 Sep 1898  Springport, Jackson, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Age 79 years, 4 months, 25 days. Died on Maple St of "Malarial Fever"
    Person ID I412292945101  Sheldon Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 

    Father Justus Sheldon,   b. 1796, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth Corbin,   b. Abt. 1800, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rachel Smith,   b. 1822, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1876, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married Bef. 1845 
    Children 
     1. Rachel E. Sheldon,   b. 1845, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Justus Warren Sheldon,   b. 1846, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1923, Pinellas County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Louisa Sheldon,   b. 1849, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Charles Sheldon,   b. 1851, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Silva Sheldon,   b. 1854, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Sarah Sheldon,   b. 1856, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. John Sheldon,   b. 1858, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Jane Sheldon,   b. 1859, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 
    Family ID F2010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Haynes,   b. Abt. 1832 
    Married 29 Oct 1891  Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 
    Family ID F3055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1819 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 15 Jun 1860 - Springport, Jackson, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Oct 1891 - Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Sep 1898 - Springport, Jackson, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1608699703] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1860; Census Place: Springport, Jackson, Michigan; Page: 533.

    2. [S1608403415] Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 43; Film Description: 1890 Wexford-1891 Jackson.

    3. [S1608403573] Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records.


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Rev. Henry O. Sheldon

The Rev. Henry O. Sheldon is often considered the grandfather of Sheldon genealogy. While traveling as a preacher he met other Sheldons and wondered how they were all related. Eventually, he began collecting genealogies & piecing the various Sheldon branches together, first published in 1855 as the Sheldon Magazine.

From his private journal: Monday, 4th of May, 1818, age 19, the start of his travels:

“Snowed some last night – roads wet and splashy – At half-past eleven A.M. started on a western tour – took an affectionate leave of my parents and brother and sister after receiving their advice & prayer for my preservation, — rode 25 miles – The day was wet & cold & stormy – Winds N.W.”

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