Manassa Shelden^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1837 - 1863  (26 years)

• Name	Manassa Shelden  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Born	Abt. 1837	Ohio, USA   [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	28 Sep 1850	Jackson, Hancock, Ohio, USA   [6]
  	Census: "Manervia Sheldon", female age 13, with parents. This seems to be an error by the enumerator who perhaps misheard the name "Manassa" and assumed it was a daughter. Manassa is missing from this record and no other record of a daughter Manervia.
  Residence	24 Jun 1860	Jackson, Hancock, Ohio, USA   [5]
  	Census: "Manassa Shildon", age 23, farmer, $250 in personal property. With wife and son.
  Died	18 Feb 1863	Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA   [1, 2]
  	57th Ohio Infantry, Company F, died of "Congestive Febris", or a congestive fever. At Ballard's Plantation Hospital, where he was first buried.
  Buried	19 Feb 1863	Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	"On the levee on the Ballard Plantation"
  Burial	Oct 1866	Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA
  	Moved to the national cemetery at Vicksburg, Section A #258.
  Person ID	I412322022561	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	James Sheldon,   b. 3 Jun 1791, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 25 Jan 1863, Jackson, Hancock, Ohio, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary,   b. 1795, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1863, Hancock County, Ohio, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda George,   b. 1837, Ohio, USA
  Married	21 Jan 1858	Hancock County, Ohio, USA   [4]
  Married	3 Aug 1865
  	Married James Foster.
  Children	1. Wheeler McJefferson Shelden,   b. 28 Feb 1860, Hancock County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 22 Jul 1931, Mt. Cory, Hancock, Ohio, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt. 1837 - Ohio, USA Residence - 28 Sep 1850 - Jackson, Hancock, Ohio, USA Married - 21 Jan 1858 - Hancock County, Ohio, USA Residence - 24 Jun 1860 - Jackson, Hancock, Ohio, USA Died - 18 Feb 1863 - Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 19 Feb 1863 - Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA Burial - Oct 1866 - Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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