Francis Henry Sheldon, Sr.

1881 - 1936  (55 years)

• Name	Francis Henry Sheldon
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	5 Sep 1881	West Suffield, Hartford Co, Connecticut, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Oct 1936	East Orange, Essex Co, New Jersey, USA
  Person ID	I10115	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Henry Arastus Sheldon,   b. 1 Jul 1850, West Suffield, Hartford Co, Connecticut, USA
  Mother	Mary A. Rice,   b. Feb 1854, Connecticut, USA
  Married	1 Oct 1880
  Family ID	F4214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Hoar,   b. 4 Nov 1881, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Aft Oct 1936  (Age 55 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1909	, Alameda Co, California, USA
  Children	1. Francis Henry Sheldon, Jr.,   b. 1912, California, USA   2. Margaret Howard Sheldon,   b. 23 Sep 1915, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 22 Jun 1997  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2010
  Family ID	F4501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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.