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Robert Emmet Sheldon 1845 – 1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 JUN 1845

Birth Location: Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio, USA

Death Date: 21 JAN 1917

Death Location: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA

Father: Thomas Sheldon

Mother: Martha Uncles

Spouse(s): Mary Butler

Children(s): Flora Sheldon

The story of Robert Emmet Sheldon began in 1845 in Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio, USA. Robert Emmet Sheldon married Mary Elizabeth Butler, and had children including Flora Sheldon. Robert Emmet Sheldon passed away in 1917 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Emmet Sheldon began in 1845 in Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio, USA.
  • Robert Emmet Sheldon married Mary Elizabeth Butler, and had children including Flora Sheldon.
  • Robert Emmet Sheldon passed away in 1917 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Sheldon
1818 – 1854
Birth Location: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Martha Uncles
1824 – 1912
Birth Location: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Butler
1850 – 1897
Birth Location: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
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Children(s)

Flora Sheldon
1872 – 1920
Birth Location: Franklin, Ohio, USA
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Robert Sheldon's Ancestors

Self
Robert Sheldon
1845 – 1917
Birth Place: Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio, USA
Parents
Thomas H Sheldon
1818 – 1854
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Martha Uncles
1824 – 1912
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Michael Sheldon
Mary _____
James Uncles
1794 – 1835
Bradford, Devon, England
Elizabeth (Betsey) Criswell
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Sheldon's Descendants

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Robert (Emmet) Sheldon (1 JUN 1845 – 21 JAN 1917) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Butler (15 JUL 1850 – 16 JAN 1897)
  1. 1. Flora Sheldon (17 MAR 1872 – 4 SEP 1920) m. Samuel (Prescott) Bush (4 OCT 1863 – 8 FEB 1948)
    1. 1. Prescott (Sheldon) Bush (15 MAY 1895 – 8 OCT 1972) m. Dorothy Walker (1 JUL 1901 – )
      1. 1. Prescott (Sheldon) Bush (1922 – )
      2. 2. George (Herbert Walker) Bush (12 JUN 1924 – 30 NOV 2018) m. Barbara Pierce (8 JUN 1925 – 17 APR 2018)
        1. 1. George (Walker) Bush (6 JUL 1946 – ) m. Laura (Lane) Welch (4 NOV 1946 – )
        2. 2. John (Ellis) Bush
        3. 3. Neil (Mallon) Bush
        4. 4. Marvin (Pierce) Bush
        5. 5. Robin Bush
        6. 6. Dorothy (Walker) Bush
      3. 3. Nancy Bush (1926 – )
      4. 4. Jonathan (James) Bush (1931 – )
      5. 5. William (Trotter) Bush (1938 – )

Robert Sheldon's Timeline

2 Records

1845
1 JUN 1845
Birth of Robert Emmet Sheldon in Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio, USA
Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio, USA
1917
21 JAN 1917
Age 72
Death of Robert Emmet Sheldon in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 JUN 1845
    Event Place: Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 JAN 1917
    Event Place: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
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