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Elisha Sheldon[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1839 - 1862  (23 years)

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  • Name Elisha Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Born 1839  Wayne County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 6 Aug 1850  Romulus, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Census: "Elisha Sheldon", with parents
    Residence 20 Jun 1860  Nankin, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Census: "Elisha Sheldon", 21, day laborer, living with Frank and Amanda Webber.
    Died 1 May 1862  Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    • Died of typhoid fever at the District Hospital in Yorktown.
    Person ID I412337432711  Sheldon Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 

    Father Elisha Sheldon,   b. 11 Jun 1807, Nelson, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1865, Bannister, Gratiot, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Olive Johnson,   b. Abt. 1804, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1839 - Wayne County, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 6 Aug 1850 - Romulus, Wayne, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 20 Jun 1860 - Nankin, Wayne, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 May 1862 - Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1614197796] U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S1614210353] U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group N.

    3. [S1608699703] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1860; Census Place: Nankin, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: M653_564; Page: 750; Family History Library Film: 803564.

    4. [S1608910685] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1850; Census Place: Romulus, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 366; Page: 403a.

    5. [S1621485502] Fold3 Civil War Pensions, National Archives, Civil War Widow's Pension, 1865.
      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.


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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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