Lemuel Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1816 -

• Name	Lemuel Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	Abt. 1816	Lawrence County, Ohio, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Sheldon Magazine	Lemuel #8493 "Montgomery Co., Ill."
  Residence	28 Aug 1850	Hardin County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	Census: "Edmund Shelton", farmer, $200 in real estate, with wife Louisa and children Sarah Ann and John.
  Residence	15 Aug 1860	Elizabethtown, Hardin, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	Census: "Lemuel Sheldon", 36, farmer, $2000 in real estate, $300 personal property, cannot read & write. With wife and five children
  Residence	2 Jul 1870	Monroe, Hardin, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Census: "Lemuel Sheldon", 52, farmer, $1500 in real estate, $500 in personal property. With wife and five children.
  Residence	25 Jun 1880	Roseclair, Hardin, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Census: "Lemuel Sheldon", farmer, cannot read or write, born in Ohio, parents born in New Jersey. With wife, three sons, hired man, and an aunt Viola McMurphy
  _DNA	Group A2 (Godfrey) - tester through son Marcus
  Person ID	I412349315414	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Sheldon,   b. 10 Apr 1787, New Jersey, USA
  Mother	Abigail Conklin,   b. 1790, New Jersey, USA
  Married	31 Jan 1810	Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey, USA   [6, 7, 8]
  	By David DeBois, Justice of the Peace, at "Pitts Grove", both of "Pitts Grove"
  Family ID	F1357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa McMurphy,   b. Abt. 1826, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Sarah Ann Sheldon,   b. 1847, Illinois, USA   2. John F. Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1849, Illinois, USA   3. Greenbury Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1852, Illinois, USA   4. William Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1855, Illinois, USA   5. David R. Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1858, Illinois, USA   6. Marcus LaFayette Sheldon,   b. 9 Jun 1860, Illinois, USA ,   d. 19 Jan 1941, Elizabethtown, Hardin, Illinois, USA  (Age 80 years)   7. Theodore Sheldon, Sr,   b. 9 Dec 1867, Hardin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 2 May 1937, Pope County, Illinois, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F3108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt. 1816 - Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Residence - 28 Aug 1850 - Hardin County, Illinois, USA Residence - 15 Aug 1860 - Elizabethtown, Hardin, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1608823134] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1880; Census Place: Roseclair, Hardin, Illinois; Roll: 211; Page: 433C; Enumeration District: 033. [S1608822628] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1870; Census Place: Monroe, Hardin, Illinois; Roll: M593_228; Page: 26A. [S1608699703] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Township 11 Range 8, Hardin, Illinois; Roll: M653_185; Page: 1108; Family History. [S1608910685] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1850; Census Place: Township Number Not Stated, Hardin, Illinois; Roll: 109; Page: 19b. [S1608211328] The Sheldon Magazine, Henry Olcott Sheldon, The Sheldon Magazine, 1855. Page 85r: Lemuel #8493, son of Richard #3678 - Montgomery Co, Ill [S1621388901] New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Marriage Records, 1684-1895, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). [S1610371542] New Jersey, U.S., United Methodist Church Records, 1800-1970, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Greater New Jersey Annual Conference Commission on Archives and History; Madison, New Jersey. [S1609139332] New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).