Phillip Henry Sheridan

Brief Life History of Phillip Henry

When Phillip Henry Sheridan was born on 29 May 1868, in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Sheridan, was 33 and his mother, Susan Strope, was 29. He married Nancy Jane Russell on 24 May 1893, in Saguache, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Fremont, Colorado, United States in 1950. He died on 3 April 1957, in Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Phillip Henry Sheridan
1868–1957
Nancy Jane Russell
1875–1920
Marriage: 24 May 1893
May Elizabeth Sheridan
1894–1928
Henry Lee Sheridan
1896–1962
Florence Love Sheridan
1904–1976
Katherine A Sheridan
1910–
Jane Sheridan
1914–2005

Sources (17)

  • Philip H Sheridan, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Phillip Sheridan, "Colorado, County Marriages, 1864-1995"
  • Phillip Henry Sheridan, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1876 · Colorado becomes a State

On Aug 1, 1876, The United States Congress passed an act making the Territory of Colorado the 38th state.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Sirideáin ‘descendant of Sirideán’, a personal name possibly akin to sirim ‘to seek’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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