Francis Henry Sheldon, Sr.: H600 GenDB

The H600 Project Genealogy DB

1881 - 1936 (55 years)

Generation: 1

Francis Henry Sheldon, Sr. was born on 5 Sep 1881 in West Suffield, Hartford Co, Connecticut, USA (son of Henry Arastus Sheldon and Mary A. Rice); died on 29 Oct 1936 in East Orange, Essex Co, New Jersey, USA.

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Information on this family was kindly contributed by Dean Wilson - deanswilson(at)hotmail.com

http://www.archive.org/stream/brownalumnimonth376brow/brownalumnimonth376brow_djvu.txt
FRANCIS Henry Sheldon, for many years in the import and export business, died suddenly at his home in East Orange, N. J., Oct. 29, 1936. Born in West Suffield, Conn., Sept. 5, 1881, the son of Henry A. and Mary A. (Rice) Sheldon, he prepared at what is now Suffield School and was a student at Brown for two years. He left in 1903 to begin work as a civil engineer with the Southern Pacific Company, San Francisco. He was later assistant engineer on physical valuation with the Northwestern Pacific Railroad at San Rafael. After the World War he moved East and joined the staff of James A. Hearn y Son, department store, in New York City He became managing director of the foreign department of Hearn"s, made numerous trips abroad, had an office in Paris, and did business in Sweden, Germany, and France. In a letter written from Pans in 1922 to the Class Secretary he said; "Some people think we should not buy from the Germans, but if the English and French can forgive them to the extent of buying their goods I guess we can." In recent years he had carried on an insurance business. He was a member of San Francisco Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, Berkeley Lodge of Masons, an associate member of the Seven Seas Club of London, and on the Board of Deacons of the Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church, East Orange. He was married Sept. 15, 1909, to Miss Emily Garfield Hoar, who survives, with a son, Frank H. Sheldon, Jr., and a daughter, Margaret P. Sheldon.

Francis married Emily Hoar on 15 Sep 1909 in , Alameda Co, California, USA. Emily (daughter of (Male) Hoar and (Female) (Unknown)) was born on 4 Nov 1881 in Massachusetts, USA; died after Oct 1936. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Francis Henry Sheldon, Jr. was born in 1912 in California, USA.
Margaret Howard Sheldon was born on 23 Sep 1915 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jun 1997.

Generation: 2

2.	Henry Arastus Sheldon was born on 1 Jul 1850 in West Suffield, Hartford Co, Connecticut, USA. Notes: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mikemather&id=I96948 Henry married Mary A. Rice on 1 Oct 1880. Mary was born in Feb 1854 in Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet]

Mary A. Rice was born in Feb 1854 in Connecticut, USA.

Notes:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mikemather&id=I96953

Children:

1. Francis Henry Sheldon, Sr. was born on 5 Sep 1881 in West Suffield, Hartford Co, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Oct 1936 in East Orange, Essex Co, New Jersey, USA.