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

1839 - 1910  (70 years)

• Name	John Alexander Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Born	14 Aug 1839	Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Sheldon Magazine Number	John A. #11201
  Residence	30 Jul 1850	Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [5]
  	Census: "John A", age 10, with parents, attending school
  Residence	20 Jul 1860	Castleton, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [4]
  	Census: "John", 20, Bookkeeper, with father and siblings.
  Residence	1 Jul 1870	Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [3]
  	Census: "John A. Sheldon", marble dealer, $6000 in real estate, $500 in personal, with wife, sons and a domestic cook.
  Died	25 Jul 1910	Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [1, 6]
  	Occupation noted as Post Master, died of a uremia contributed by valvular heart disease.
  Buried	Aug 1910	Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I412349727536	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	Caroline A. Eastman,   b. Abt. 1840, New York, USA
  Married	20 Dec 1866  [8, 9]
  Children	1. Charles Alexander Sheldon,   b. 17 Oct 1867, Rutland County, Vermont, USA   2. Augustus Eastman Sheldon,   b. 20 Jun 1869, Vermont, USA   3. Mary Hatfield Sheldon,   b. 3 Mar 1871   4. Francis Marion Sheldon,   b. 1 Feb 1873   5. John Somerville Sheldon,   b. 4 Feb 1875   6. Carolyn Pearl Sheldon,   b. 9 Nov 1876   7. Archie McDaniels Sheldon,   b. 23 Apr 1885
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Aug 1839 - Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA Residence - 30 Jul 1850 - Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA Residence - 20 Jul 1860 - Castleton, Rutland, Vermont, USA Residence - 1 Jul 1870 - Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA Died - 25 Jul 1910 - Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA Buried - Aug 1910 - Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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