Elisha Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1807 - 1865  (58 years)

• Name	Elisha Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	11 Jun 1807	Nelson, Madison, New York, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	6 Aug 1850	Romulus, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [2]
  	Census: "Elisha Sheldon", farmer, $200 in real estate, with wife and several children.
  Residence	18 Jul 1860	Elba, Gratiot, Michigan, USA   [1]
  	Census: "Elisha Shelden", farmer, $600 real estate, $125 personal property, with wife and children.
  Died	12 Oct 1865	Bannister, Gratiot, Michigan, USA   [4]
  	Death noted in his wife's widow pension for her sons who had supported her and Elisha Sr before his death in the Civil War.
  Person ID	I412337406583	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Frederic Sheldon,   b. 17 Nov 1776, Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 1831, Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Sarah Hill,   b. Abt. 1780
  Family ID	F322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olive Johnson,   b. Abt. 1804, New York, USA
  Children	1. George Sheldon,   b. 14 Aug 1829, Onondaga County, New York, USA ,   d. 11 Sep 1914, Alma, Gratiot, Michigan, USA  (Age 85 years)   2. Willis Sheldon,   b. 1832, New York, USA   3. Rufus Tenbrook Sheldon,   b. 15 Feb 1834, Michigan, USA   4. Lavina Sheldon,   b. 1837, Michigan, USA   5. Elisha Sheldon,   b. 1839, Wayne County, Michigan, USA ,   d. 1 May 1862, Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA  (Age 23 years)   6. Sarah Sheldon,   b. 1841, Michigan, USA   7. William H. Sheldon,   b. 22 Jun 1842, Michigan, USA ,   d. 3 Mar 1912, Elsie, Clinton, Michigan, USA  (Age 69 years)   8. Hannah Sophia Sheldon,   b. 15 Jul 1845, Wayne County, Michigan, USA ,   d. 24 Mar 1933, Bannister, Gratiot, Michigan, USA  (Age 87 years)   9. Lucinda Sheldon,   b. 18 Jun 1846, Michigan, USA   10. Lucy Jane Sheldon,   b. 1849, Michigan, USA   11. Julia Ann Sheldon,   b. 3 Sep 1850, Wayne County, Michigan, USA ,   d. 16 Mar 1919, Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan, USA  (Age 68 years)   12. Ellen Sheldon,   b. 1855, Michigan, USA
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Jun 1807 - Nelson, Madison, New York, USA Residence - 6 Aug 1850 - Romulus, Wayne, Michigan, USA Residence - 18 Jul 1860 - Elba, Gratiot, Michigan, USA Died - 12 Oct 1865 - Bannister, Gratiot, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1608699703] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1860; Census Place: Elba, Gratiot, Michigan; Roll: M653_543; Page: 97; Family History Library Film: 803543. [S1608910685] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1850; Census Place: Romulus, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 366; Page: 403a. [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. [S1621485502] Fold3 Civil War Pensions, National Archives, Civil War Widow's Pension, 1855. Olive M. Sheldon filing for a Widow's pension against the death of her son, Elisha Jr, who is noted died of Typhoid Fever, caused by exposure, 1 May 1862 at the District Hospital in Yorktown, Va without a widow or child. Also noted her husband Elisha Sr died 12 Oct 1865. Evidence given that Elisha provided support of $8 per month for rent and provisions to his parents for three years before and after enlistment.