Brief Life History of Miles Morgan
When Miles Morgan Sheldon was born on 19 May 1819, in Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, his father, Erastus Sheldon, was 33 and his mother, Lois Elizabeth Morgan, was 26. He married Betsey Caroline Crouch on 8 December 1840, in Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Massena, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1860 and Kendallville, Wayne Township, Noble, Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 14 May 1899, in Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (18)
- Miles Sheldon, "United States Census, 1870"
- Miles M Sheldon, "Minnesota, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1869-1940"
- Miles M Sheldon, "Minnesota, Veterans Grave Registration Reports, 1930-1975"
Spouse and Children
1819–1899 Male
1818–1911 Female
Children (3)
1843–1922 Male
1847– Male
1861–1937 Male
Parents and Siblings
1786–1840 Male
1793–1850 Female
Siblings (3)
1815–1878 Female
1819–1899 Male
1828–1891 Male
World Events (8)
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 1
1833
Age 14
1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: habitational name in most cases from Sheldon in Derbyshire, but sometimes from Sheldon in Warwickshire or Devon, or from Sheldon in Chippenham (Wiltshire). The Derbyshire place, recorded in Domesday Book as Scelhadun, probably takes its name from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + the placename Haddon, itself from Old English hǣth ‘heath’ + dūn ‘hill’. The Warwickshire and Wiltshire placenames probably derive from Old English scelf + dūn, while the Devon placename probably comes from Old English scelf + denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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