Legislator Details
Image Description:
S.A. Sheldon portrait from Nimmo p.106
Number of sessions served 2
Gender: Male
Age at election: 48
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 12/6/1850
City:
County: Dodge County, WI
Country: US
Death
Date: 10/28/1926
City: Grand Rapids, MI
County: Kent County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date: 10/30/1926
City: Marne, MI
County: Ottawa County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Marne Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Eleanor Gear, 11/13/1879; children: 2, Churchel and Suel A., II
Number of Children: 2
Background
Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: teacher, farmer, salesman, businessman
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
some district schooling and home schooling
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Eli and Mary Polly (Pool) Sheldon. Moved to Ottawa County with his parents as a child. He taught for 12 winters, 5 of them in the district in which he then lived. He became western manager for the Austin , Tomlinson & Co. wagon company , of Jackson , with headquarters at Omaha . Nebraska : held this position five years , resigned , and returned to Michigan , purchasing the homestead from his father , whose advancing years compelled him to retire . Subsequently he became advertising manager for the Grand Rapids Morning Press ; was also for a time connected with the Michigan Tradesman , and afterwards acted as business manager of the Workman , and of the Practical Farmer and Fruit Grower. Served as Wright Township supervisor.
Notable Facts:
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Agricultural College , College of Mines , Counties and Townships , Horticulture , Liquor Traffic , Printing , State Asylum
City of Residence: Berlin
County of Residence Ottawa
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Chair of the Committees on College of Mines; and Printing
Committees Served On: Agricultural College , Fisheries , Industrial Home for Girls , Labor Interests, Public Lands, State Prison , State Public School
City of Residence: Berlin
County of Residence Ottawa
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Bibliography:
Nimmo p.106, includes portrait; Manual 1899 p.626; Find-a-Grave.com; USCen 1910, 1920; Michiganology
