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Sheldon Sperry

Birth	:	1 Dec 1835 Spring Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	21 Mar 1909 Shasta County, California, USA
Burial	:	Delta Cemetery, Delta, Shasta County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9464830, -122.4383730
Description	:	Sheldon Sperry was a sixth generation American who came to California in the mid 1850'5. He probably came looking for gold, but he is known to have been a shoemaker in Shasta. Later he went the Dog Creek area as a miner, and fathered two daughters before his first wife, Lucy Buttons died in 1878. Emma b. 1869 Lilly b. 1871 d. 1967 m. George Grafton Sperry, then bought property half way up Slate Creek Canyon, where he and his second wife Martha Alexander, a Wintu Indian of the area, cared for his two... Read More	Sheldon Sperry was a sixth generation American who came to California in the mid 1850'5. He probably came looking for gold, but he is known to have been a shoemaker in Shasta. Later he went the Dog Creek area as a miner, and fathered two daughters before his first wife, Lucy Buttons died in 1878. Emma b. 1869 Lilly b. 1871 d. 1967 m. George Grafton Sperry, then bought property half way up Slate Creek Canyon, where he and his second wife Martha Alexander, a Wintu Indian of the area, cared for his two daughters and eight more children of theirs. Della b. 1878 d. 1915 m.Gilbert Whitlow Homer b. 1880 d. 1954 m. Goldie Ruby b. 1885 m. Edward Walters Myrtle b. 1887 d. 1915 m. Charlie Morgan Clarence b. 1889 d. 1967 m. Lucylle Engle Leland b. 1892 Albert b.1895 m. Augusta Elder Ada b. 1898 The first schoolhouse at Slate Creek (La Moine) was a small cabin made of big timbers and shakes on the Sperry ranch, just west of the present high power lines. The second schoolhouse was just east of the first on land donated by Sperry. Sheldon and Martha both remained in La Moine until their deaths; he died in 1909 and martha survived until 1941. Many descendants of the Sperrys still live in the La Moine area. Della's husband, Gilbert was the son of Francis Whitlow who owned the Whitlow stage stop at La Moine on the west side of the Sacramento River between Slate Creek and Little Slate Creek. Della and Gilbert raised six children: Earl, Ben, Bernice, Gilbert Junior, Shelda, and Thelma. Albert Sperry and Lilly Sperry Grafton both remained on or near the Sperry ranch until their deaths." Courtesy: Written permission received from CAGenWeb Project to FAG contributor #47411830 citing Shasta Historical Society.

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Sheldon Sperry's memorial is located at: Delta Cemetery, Delta, Shasta County, USA.
When did Sheldon Sperry death?
Sheldon Sperry death on 21 Mar 1909 in Shasta County, California, USA
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Latitude: 40.9464830
Longitude: -122.4383730

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Lillian Sperry Grafton

(1868 - 1967)

Della R. Sperry Whitlow

(1878 - 1915)

Myrtle Viola Sperry Morgan

(1887 - 1915)

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