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Chauncey Hall Sheldon

Birth	:	7 Aug 1841 Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	7 Oct 1917 Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Westview Cemetery, Kirkville, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1441994, -92.5072021
Description	:	Son of John B. & Sarah Ann (Seely) Sheldon. Married to Mary McDill in 1868 at Oxford, OH. In April, 1861, he responded to President Lincoln's first call for troops to defend the Union, enlisting as a private of Company B Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. With that command he served until mustered out in August, and in August, 1862, he reenlisted as a member of Company D, Eighty-eighth, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, remaining therewith until honorably discharged in February, 1863, on account of physical disability caused by wounds received at Perryville. In February, 1865, he again enlisted for service in the Union army,... Read More	Son of John B. & Sarah Ann (Seely) Sheldon. Married to Mary McDill in 1868 at Oxford, OH. In April, 1861, he responded to President Lincoln's first call for troops to defend the Union, enlisting as a private of Company B Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. With that command he served until mustered out in August, and in August, 1862, he reenlisted as a member of Company D, Eighty-eighth, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, remaining therewith until honorably discharged in February, 1863, on account of physical disability caused by wounds received at Perryville. In February, 1865, he again enlisted for service in the Union army, joining the One Hundred and Fiftieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry and serving as adjutant of his regiment until February, 1866, when he was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois. He had made a most creditable military record, never faltering in the performance of any duty whether it took him into the thickest of the fight or stationed him upon the lonely picket line. ----------------------------------------- from the web site: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/bios/hpcn0169.htm Chauncey Hall Sheldon, the son of John B. and Sarah Ann Seely Sheldon, was born August 7, 1841, at Jefferson, Ohio, and died October 7, 1917, at Columbus, Nebraska. He came to Platte County from Clifton, Illinois, May 10, 1883. His father was born in 1799, at Kingston, Rhode Island, and died May 6, 1874, at Clifton, Illinois. His mother, born October 13, 1801, in New York, died February 3, 1869, in Clifton. The Sheldons trace their history back to John and Sarah Sheldon, who settled at Kingston, Rhode Island, in 1663, and to Isaac Sheldon and his son, William, who settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and belonged to generations previous to 1663. Chauncey had eight brothers and two sisters. He lived in Jefferson and Oxford, Ohio; Clifton, Illinois; and Columbus, Nebraska. He attended the District school until he was fifteen, and then made a contract with his father to go to work for himself, paying sixty dollars for the privilege. He went to work on a farm, for ten dollars per month, completing his payment in eight months. On April 14, 1868, at Oxford, Ohio, he was married to Mary Wilson McDill, the daughter of David and Mary Wilson McDill. Mr. McDill was born at Oxford, Ohio, December 24, 1814, and died there, August 3, 1893. Mrs. McDill was born February 3, 1818, at Oxford, died there on September 6, 1845. Mary McDill Sheldon was born on a farm near Oxford, July 30, 1845. She received her early education in the schools at Oxford, Ohio, and then attended Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois. She died November 30, 1930, in Columbus. Chauncey Hall and Mary Wilson McDill Sheldon had two children, Charles Clarence, of Columbus, and Elizabeth Gertrude, who was married to Reuben M. Campbell. Mrs. Campbell is. deceased. Chauncey H. Sheldon responded to the first call of volunteers in the Civil War by enlisting in Company B, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was the first Ohio regiment to get into the field. He served with that regiment until it was mustered out. After being discharged, he went to Clifton, Illinois, where he was engaged in both farming for himself, and putting up prairie hay for the government. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, 88th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was recruited and equipped by the Chicago Board of Trade. While participating in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, he was wounded and discharged in February of 1863. In a short time he again entered the volunteer service by recruiting a company at Clifton, Illinois, which was enlisted with the 150th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Because of his previous service and partial disability, Governor Richard J. Ogelsby commissioned him Adjutant of the regiment. During this service his regiment was stationed much of the time at Atlanta, Georgia, where, as the adjutant, it was part of his work to prepare labor contracts between the planters and the liberated slaves. This brought him in close touch with many of the southern people, for whom he had a very high regard. An endorsement by his colonel, on his discharge, dated February, 1866, pays a high tribute to his service and character. After his discharge, he returned to Clifton, where he again engaged in farming and also became interested in the general merchandising business. The C. H. Sheldons left Illinois to find a new location in the West because the damp climate of northern Illinois did not agree with Mrs. Sheldon's health and their family doctor advised them to settle in Nebraska. Mr. Sheldon first looked over the eastern part of the state, then came to Platte County, where, in the summer of 1882, he bought Section 33, in Bismark Township. This was virgin prairie, as was over half the land in the county, at that time. The doctor's advice in regard to a location was good for Mrs. Sheldon. She regained her health and lived to the age of eighty-three. Mr. Sheldon added several other tracts of land to his holdings through the years. In May, 1883, C. H. Sheldon's family and the Henry M. Winslows came to Columbus together. They each brought herds of Shorthorn cattle, which they had been raising in Illinois. These were the first large herds of thoroughbred cattle to be brought into Platte County, and C. H. Sheldon and Henry Winslow thereby contributed to the improvement of the grade of cattle in the state. Soon after coming to Platte County, C. H. Sheldon inaugurated a farm operation plan in which he furnished the farm and necessary operating capital, and allowed the operator to apply his savings on the purchase of an interest in the live stock and equipment. This was so successful that a number of farmers owe their start to this plan still in operation in the Sheldon family. C. H. Sheldon was one of the organizers of the Commercial National Bank, and for many years its president. He was also a director of the Columbus Real Estate and Improvement Company, which built the Thurston Hotel; and later organized the Columbus Sewer and Drainage Company which constructed the first sanitary sewer in Columbus. He was president of the West End Sewer Company, when facilities were first furnished for the west part of town. With Rorer and McDill, Mr. Sheldon erected in 1888 the buildings now occupied by the Columbus Bank and Buck's Bootery. These buildings were the beginning of the present Thirteenth Street business section. Later, Mr. Sheldon sold his interest in the Commercial National Bank and acquired stock in the newly organized Central National Bank, of which he was a director and the vice-president at the time of his death. He was interested in the organization and building of the Y.M.C.A. and sponsored the establishment of its Endowment Fund. Because of his interest in the association and its work with boys, the State Y.M.C.A. named its camp, near Columbus, in his honor. C. H. Sheldon was active in the movement to unite the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches, locally, and financially in the erection of the Federated Church building. His constant concern was to make Columbus and Nebraska a better place in which to live.

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Chauncey Hall Sheldon's memorial is located at: Westview Cemetery, Kirkville, Wapello County, USA.
When did Chauncey Hall Sheldon death?
Chauncey Hall Sheldon death on 7 Oct 1917 in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.1441994
Longitude: -92.5072021

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Wilson McDill Sheldon

(1845 - 1930)

Siblings

George H. Sheldon

(1833 - 1909)

Children

Charles Clarence “C.C.” Sheldon

(1871 - 1964)

Elizabeth M. Sheldon Campbell

(1874 - 1937)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Westview Cemetery
Kirkville, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1441994, -92.5072021

2. Thorpe Cemetery
Dudley, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1388934, -92.4946253

3. Thompson Grave
Kirkville, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1388934, -92.4946253

4. Funk Family Cemetery
Eddyville, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1587640, -92.5199300

5. Griffith Cemetery
Chillicothe, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1111230, -92.5168552

6. Stump Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1555662, -92.5529676

7. Williams Cemetery
Chillicothe, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0975740, -92.5199820

8. Comstock Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0932070, -92.5118100

9. Chillicothe Cemetery
Chillicothe, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0890000, -92.5330000

10. Myrick Cemetery
Chillicothe, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0852470, -92.5273650

11. Wilcox Cemetery
Eddyville, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1263992, -92.5918574

12. Burns Cemetery
Chillicothe, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0708008, -92.4867020

13. Harris Cemetery
Chillicothe, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0694574, -92.4779650

14. Columbia Cemetery
Chillicothe, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0971985, -92.5960999

15. Cedar Township Memorial Cemetery
Fremont, Mahaska County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2080002, -92.4369965

16. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
Eddyville, Mahaska County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1648000, -92.6260000

17. Highland Cemetery
Eddyville, Mahaska County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1631012, -92.6271973

18. Eddyville Cemetery
Eddyville, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0970993, -92.6195526

19. Cedar Township Cemetery
Fremont, Mahaska County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2271996, -92.4396973

20. Bowen Cemetery
Chillicothe, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0416718, -92.5335147

21. Memorial Lawn Cemetery
Ottumwa, Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0699997, -92.4068985

22. Anderson Hill Cemetery
Wapello County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1028976, -92.6367188

23. Bridgeport Cemetery
Bridgeport, Monroe County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1486015, -92.6492004

24. Ford Cemetery
Keokuk County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2150002, -92.3949966