Robert Emmet Sheldon

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Robert Emmet Sheldon

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, United States
Death: January 21, 1917 (71)
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
Place of Burial: 1000 Greenlawn Avenue, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, 43223, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Henry Sheldon and Martha Merion (Uncles)
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Sheldon (Butler)
Father of Ralph Sheldon; Flora Bush; Butler Sheldon; Harriet Sheldon; Mary L. Hoster and 2 others
Brother of Irene Estelle Roberts (Sheldon); Albert Thomas Sheldon and Fitch William Sheldon
Half brother of Private and Private

Notable descendants: His great-grandson was 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush and second great-grandson 43rd President George Walker Bush
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About Robert Emmet Sheldon

Sergeant Robert Emmet Sheldon

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  • Birth: June 1 1845 - Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, United States
  • Death: Jan 21 1917 - Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
  • Parents: Thomas H. Sheldon, Martha Uncles
  • Spouses: Mary Elizabeth Sheldon (born Butler), Sarah Jane Field

Robert Emmett (Sgt) Sheldon was born on June 1, 1845, in Tiffin, Ohio. He married Mary Elizabeth Butler on February 24, 1869, in Columbus, Ohio. They had six children in 17 years. He died on January 21, 1917, in Columbus, Ohio, at the age of 71, and was buried there.

Children:

  1. Ralph Sheldon
  2. Flora Bush (born Sheldon)
  3. Arlo Butler Sheldon Sr.
  4. Harriet Sheldon
  5. Mary L Hoster (born Sheldon)
  6. Robert Emmett Sheldon Jr.
  7. Thomas Henry Sheldon

He established the wholesale dry goods house of Miles, Bankroft, and Sheldon in 1885. Founded the Shelton Dry Goods Co. in 1900.

Name Robert E Sheldon
Enlistment Age 19
Birth Date abt 1845
Enlistment Date 2 May 1864
Enlistment Rank Sergeant
Muster Date 6 May 1864
Muster Place Ohio
Muster Company H
Muster Regiment 133rd Infantry
Muster Regiment Type Infantry
Muster Information Enlisted
Muster Out Date 20 Aug 1864
Muster Out Place Camp Chase, Ohio
Muster Out Information Mustered Out
Side of War Union
Survived War? Yes
Title Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865

Last Will & Testament


References

  1. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6SD-BZH
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25889944/robert-emmet-sheldon
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Robert Emmet Sheldon's Timeline

1845
June 1, 1845
Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, United States
1871
1871
Ohio
1872
March 17, 1872
Franklin, Wayne County, Ohio, USA
1874
1874
Ohio
1876
1876
Ohio
1878
1878
Ohio
1883
April 12, 1883
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
1917
January 21, 1917
Age 71
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States