Shelby, William R – Shepard, Elliott Fitch
Shelby, William R
railroad official, was born Dec. 4, 1842, in Lincoln county, Ky. He is now vice-president and treasurer of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad company. He has been also extensively engaged in wheat raising in the northwest, and since 1875 has managed the Cass farm, a portion of which is more generally known as the great Dalrymple farm.
Sheldon, a. W
soldier, journalist, lawyer, jurist, was born July 18, 1842, in Granville, Ohio. He was judge advocate of the first division of the national guard of the state of New York, with the rank of colonel from 1875 to 1881. He was judge advocate of the department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic, in 1877 and 1878. In 1881 he moved to Baltimore, and became editor of the Baltimore Herald. In 1883 he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Arizona territory.
Sheldon, Carlos D
congressman.
He takes an active part in the business and public affairs of Houghton, Mich.; and was elected from the twelfth district to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Sheldon, Charles H
soldier, governor, was born in 1840 in Johnson, Vt.
For ten years he lived in southern Illinois; in Kentucky three years; and in 1881 moved to Dakota. He was a member of the territorial council of 1887; and in 1892 was elected governor.
Sheldon, Clesson Parmenter
clergyman, was born May 9, 1813, in Bernardston, Mass. In 1845 he graduated from the Madison university of Hamilton, N. Y. He became an eminent clergyman of the baptist church; filled pastorates in Whitesboro, Hamilton, Buffalo, and for nineteen years in Troy, N. Y., where he died Oct. 25, 1888.
Sheldon, David Newton
clergyman, college president, author, was born June 26, 1807, in Suffield, Conn. He was a baptist clergyman who became a unitarian in 1856. He was president of Colby university in 1843-53; and the author of Sin and Redemption.
Sheldon, Edward Austin
educator, author, was born Oct. 4, 1823, in Perry Centre, N. Y. He is a noted educator of Oswego, principal of the normal school there from 1862; and the author of Manual of Elementary Training; and Lessons on Objects.
Sheldon, Edward Stevens
educator, author, was born in 1851 in Maine.
He is a professor of Romance philology at Harvard university from 1883; and the author of Short German Grammar and monographs.
Sheldon, George Lawson
farmer, banker, was born May 31, 1870, in Nehawka, Neb. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools; received the degree of B. L. from the university of Nebraska; and the degree of B. A. from Harvard university. He has been a member of the republican state committee from the fourth district of Nebraska; is the president of the Nehawka bank; and was captain of company A, Nebraska university cadets.
Sheldon, George William
journalist, author, was born Jan. 28, 1843, in Summerville, S. C. He is a journalist and art critic of New York city, now in charge of the London office of D. Appleton and Company, publishers. He is the author of American Painters; The Story of the Volunteer Fire Department of New York City; Hours with Art and Artists; Selections in Modern Art; and Recent Ideals of American Art.
Sheldon, Henry Clay
educator, clergyman, author, was born March 12, 1845, in Martinburg, N. Y. He is a methodist clergyman, professor of historic theology in Boston university from 1882.
He is the author of History of Christian Doctrine; and History of the Christian Church.
Sheldon, Henry L
librarian, was born Aug. 15, 1821, in Middlebury, Vt. He is the founder and librarian of the Sheldon Art museum of his native city. He was city clerk for twenty-five years, and an expert accountant and bookkeeper.
Sheldon, Lionel Allen
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Aug. 30, 1829, in Otsego, N. Y.
He served one term as judge of probate in Lorain county, Ohio. In 1861 he entered the volunteer army as a captain; was soon promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel; and at the close of the war was brevetted a brigadier-general. He subsequently settled in New Orleans, La., and devoted himself to his profession. In 1868 he was elected a representative from Louisiana to the forty-first congress; and was re-elected to the forty-second and forty-third congresses. In 1881 he was appointed governor of the territory of New Mexico.
Sheldon, Mary Downing
educator, author, was born Sept. 15, 1850, in Oswego, N. Y. In 1874 she served as professor of history in Wellesley in 1876-78, and subsequently occupied the same chair in the state normal school, Oswego, N. Y.
She has published Studies in General History; and Teacher's Manual.
Sheldon, Porter
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 29, 1831, in Victor, N.Y. In 1862 he was a member of the constitutional convention of Illinois; and in 1868 was elected a representative from New York to the forty-first congress as a republican.
Sheldon, William Evarts
educator, journalist, was born Oct. 22, 1832, in Dorset, Vt. He has attained success as an educator, and his life has been devoted to teaching, school supervision, and educational journalism. In 1863-64 he was president of the Massachusetts Teachers' association; was president of the American Institute of Instruction in 1867; president of the National Educational association in 1887; and since 1884 has been a member of the national council of education. He is the editor of The Journal of Education; Current History; American Primary Teacher; and Modern Methods; all of which are published in Boston, Mass.
Shell, George W
soldier, congressman, was born Nov. 13, 1831, in Laurens county, S. C. He entered the confederate army in 1861, and remained in the service until the surrender at Appomattox. He served as private, lieutenant, and captain.
He served as clerk of court for Laurens, S. C., for six years; and was elected to the fifty-second, and re-elected to the fiftythird congress as a democrat.
Shellabarger, Samuel
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 10, 1817, in Clarke county, Ohio. He was a member of the first legislature in Ohio that met under the present constitution, and in 1860 was elected to congress as a republican. He took his seat in the special session that met in accordance with President Lincoln's call in 1861; and served in 1861-63, in 1865-69, and in 1870-73. He was United States minister to Portugal in 1869-70, and in 1874-75 was one of the civil service commission.
Shelley, Charles M
soldier, architect, congressman, was born Dec. 28, 1833, in Sullivan county, Tenn. He entered the confederate army in 1861, and rose to the rank of brigadier-general. He was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, fortyseventh, and forty-eighth congresses. In 1885 he was appointed fourth auditor in the United States treasury at Washington.
Shelley, Harry Rowe
musician, composer, was born June 8, 1858, in New Haven, Conn. He is a successful organist, and the author of many pieces of church music.
Shelton, Frederick William
clergyman, author, poet, was born in 1814 in Jamaica, N. Y. He was an episcopal clergyman of Carthage Landing, N. Y., who wrote in both prose and verse a number of humorous and satirical books. He was the author of The Trollopiad, or the Traveling Gentleman in America; The Rector of St. Bardolph's; Peeps from the Belfry, or the Parish Sketch-Book; Salander and the Dragon, a romance; Up the River, a collection of rural sketches; Chrystalline, a romance; The Gold Mania; and Use and Abuse of Reason. He died June 20, 1881, in Carthage Landing, N. Y.
Shelton, William Henry
soldier, artist, author, was born Sept. 4, 1840, in Allen's Hill, N. Y. He served as a soldier during the civil war and was promoted to lieutenant. He is probably best known as the author of A Man Without a Memory, published in Scribner's. He is also the author of Capture and Escape, which is a true narrative of his personal experiences as a federal artilleryman.
Shepard, Charles B
congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1807, in Newberne, N. C.
He was elected to congress from North Carolina in 1837, where he continued to serve until 1841. He died in October, 1843.
Shepard, Charles Upham
educator, geologist, author, was born June 29, 1804, in Little Compton, R. I. He was a geologist, professor of geology at Amherst college, who published a valuable Report on the Geology of Connecticut.
He died May 1, 1886, in Charleston, S. C.
Shepard, Charles Upham
chemist, was born Oct. 4, 1842, in New Haven, Conn. In 1887 he presented the second cabinet of minerals that was left by his father, numbering more than ten thousand specimens, to the collection of Amherst; and his cabinet of two hundred different meteorites has been deposited in the United States National museum of Washington, D. C.
Shepard, Edward Morse
lawyer, author, was born in 1850 in New York.
He is a lawyer of Brooklyn; and the author of a Life of Martin Van Buren.
Shepard, Elihu Hotchkiss
educator, author, was born in 1795 in Vermont. He was an educator of St. Louis; and the author of Autobiography; and Early History of St. Louis and Missouri.
He died in 1876.
Shepard, Elliott Fitch
soldier, lawyer, journalist, was born July 25, 1833, in Jamestown, N. Y. He was instrumental in raising the fifty-first New York regiment, which was named for him the Shepard rifles. He was the founder of the New York State Bar association in 1876, which has formed the model for the organization of similar associations in other states. In 1888 he purchased the New York Mail and Express.