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Mary SHELDEN

Mary SHELDEN

Female 1844 - 1912  (67 years)

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  • Name Mary SHELDEN 
    Birth 6 Dec 1844  Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Nov 1912  South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Plesent Hill Cemetary, Deleware County Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 6 Siblings 
    +1. Mary SHELDEN,   b. 6 Dec 1844, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1912, South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    ▻ James HENDERSON,  m. 30 Aug 1863
    +2. Charles Field SHELDEN,   b. 8 Feb 1850, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1918, Texhoma, Texas, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    ▻ Ellen Jeanette COQUILLETTE,  m. 4 Dec 1872
     3. Albert E SHELDEN,   b. 11 Dec 1852, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1924, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     4. William SHELDEN,   b. Abt 1858, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Adelaide SHELDEN,   b. 1861, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1931  (Age 70 years)
     6. Hugh M SHELDEN,   b. 24 Mar 1863, Coggon Cemetery, Coggon, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1904, Coggon Cemetery, Coggon, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     7. Ella SHELDEN,   b. 15 Apr 1865, iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1870, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     
    Person ID I322356264822  Winnie Paul Scanlan
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2022 

    Father William SHELDEN 10082,   b. 30 Oct 1819, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1875, Coggon, Linn, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Nancy A. ROLLIN,   b. 27 Jun 1822, Barre, Orleans, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1893, Manchester, Delaware, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 29 Nov 1841  Lorain, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F201  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James HENDERSON,   b. 4 Mar 1840   d. 30 Sep 1915 (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 30 Aug 1863 
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Dec 1844 - Ohio, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • <p style="text-align: left;" dir="ltr"><br />&nbsp;</p> <div class="overview-col biotext-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; width: 540px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #36322d; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #fafafa; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <div class="overview-panel data-bio pb-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"> <div class="overview-panel--body data-filled-user" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 540px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> <p id="fullBio" class="bio-min" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 10px; line-height: 1.5;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Summoned Home<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Estimable Woman of the Town is Summoned by the Grim Reaper<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Death, even when it is expected is a shock, and thus it struck this community Sunday morning when the news spread that Mrs. James Henderson had passed away during the night. For a week or more the imprisoned spirit had been struggling to break the bonds of flesh and fly away to its eternal home. For months past Mrs. Henderson had been in very poor health and all that tender care and medical skill could do proved of no avail in checking the ravages of the disease.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Mary Shelden was born December 6, 1844, lacking but two weeks of having completed her seventy eighth year at the time of her death. In the fall of 1855 she removed with her parents to Iowa, finishing her education in a select school in Manchester. At the early age to 16 she began teaching, in which work she continued until her marriage with James Henderson, August 30, 1863, from which time she was his able helpmate in all the different enterprises he was engaged in for almost fifty years. To this union three children were born, William, Bert J. and Mamie (now Mrs. Ed G. Boeke). The elder son was called on before on August 27, 1897. About ten years ago she moved with her husband and children to this state and has since made this her home, gaining with each revolving cycle of time more and dearer friends, until at the present time but few are outside of that list.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The deceased was raised in a Christian home, her father being an elder in the Deciples church with which she united at an early age, afterward transferring her membership to the Methodist because of more convenient church privileges in that denomination. A little over a year ago she united with the Presbyterian church of this place, coming in by letter from the old home church in Iowa.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Funeral services were conducted at the home Monday afternoon. The house was crowded from one end to the other with friends and neighbors of the deceased who listened with rapt attention to the comforting words of Mr. Howe as he extolled the many virtues of the wife and mother who had so lately been engaged in those domestic duties with which her memory will always be associated. More comforting still was the absolute assurance that her spirit still lives.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The remains were taken Tuesday morning to the old home in Iowa where they will be laid to rest beside the dear ones who have gone before. Mr. James Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boeke accompanied the body.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The sincerest sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved family.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Times Enterprise, Wessington, Beadle, South Dakota<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Friday, November 29, 1912, p1 c1</p> </div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: left;" dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>

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