William Kerr Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1858 - 1927  (69 years)

• Name	William Kerr Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Born	19 Sep 1858	Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10]
  	Daughter of Edgar Meech and Mary Jane Field
  Gender	Male
  Residence	20 Jul 1860	Castleton, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [6]
  	Census: "William R.", 2, with father and siblings.
  Residence	7 Jun 1900	Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  	Census: "William K. Sheldon", born Feb 1858, age 42, manager of a marble quarry, with wife and three children.
  Residence	27 Sep 1924	Seattle, King, Washington, USA   [1]
  	Applied for passport with intention to depart from Montreal, Quebec on 5 Nov for a vacation trip to France, Holland, Belgium, and England.
  Died	26 Sep 1927	Seattle, King, Washington, USA   [7, 8]
  Buried	Oct 1927	Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [8]
  Person ID	I412349729683	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Charles Sheldon,   b. 24 Jul 1813, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA ,   d. 3 Nov 1889, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Janet Reid,   b. 1818, New York, USA ,   d. 17 Feb 1859, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA  (Age 41 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1838  [11]
  Family ID	F244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Jane "Abbie" Meech,   b. 18 Jun 1860, Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA ,   d. 14 Jul 1948, Seattle, King, Washington, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1880	Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA   [1, 4, 5, 9]
  Children	1. Abigail Meech "Abbie" Sheldon,   b. 4 Sep 1881, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA ,   d. 23 Apr 1966, Anacortes, Skagit, Washington, USA  (Age 84 years)   2. Sarah Meech Sheldon,   b. 31 Dec 1883, Vermont, USA ,   d. 6 Mar 1956, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, USA  (Age 72 years)   3. William Kerr Sheldon, Jr,   b. Jul 1886, Vermont, USA ,   d. 11 Jun 1973, Seattle, King, Washington, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Sep 1858 - Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA Residence - 20 Jul 1860 - Castleton, Rutland, Vermont, USA Married - 13 Oct 1880 - Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Residence - 7 Jun 1900 - Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 27 Sep 1924 - Seattle, King, Washington, USA Died - 26 Sep 1927 - Seattle, King, Washington, USA Buried - Oct 1927 - Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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