The Journal Advance October 17, 1935
Mother Sheldon Passed Away Tuesday Afternoon, Aged 95
Mrs. P. G. "Grandmother" Sheldon passed away at her home Tuesday afternoon after a lingering illness. Mrs. Sheldon, widow of the late Porter G. Sheldon, was born at Whitby, Canada, on May 20, 1840, and at the time of her death was aged 95.
In early childhood she joined the Methodist church and was a faithful and loyal member for 90 years. She was the eldest member of the Gentry W. C. T. U. and a firm believer in its standards.
Mrs. Sheldon came to Gentry in 1903 and was widely known and greatly loved in Gentry and surrounding community, and news of her passing grieves the hearts of her host of friends.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Roy Carpenter of Gentry; four sons, Les E., Albert H., Ward J. and Clyde P. of Electra, Texas; 13 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev. A. H/.DuLancy officiating. Burial will be in the Gentry Cemetery
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Caroline C. Hemingway was born in Canada in 1840 to Josiah & Elizabeth Lawrence Hemingway. She married Porter G. Sheldon (1836-1919).
Their children: Leslie Elmer (1859-1948), Emma Winona(1862-1920), Etta Jane (1863-1892), Velona (1865-1895), Albert Hugh(1870-1947), Mary Alice (1872-1971), Ward Joseph (1874-1953) and Clyde Porter (1880-1945)
Some of the places where the Sheldons lived:
Eyota, MN ( daughter Etta was born here in 1863)
Berlin, MN (son Ward was born here in 1874)
Marshall, MN? (son Clyde born here in 1880)
Lived in sod hut with the 8 kids
Harrold, SD I believe this is where they ran a hotel
Electra,Texas- went here in 1906
son Ward struck oil in Texas
Porter was buried in Texas
Gentry, AK (Caroline's brother Joe lived there and also
her daughter Mary (Matie) Carpenter...
many of the Hemingways went to Gentry)
Caroline is buried in Gentry
From The Electra News Thursday, June 8, 1933...
MRS.P.G. SHELDON'S 93RD BIRTHDAY
Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Sheldon returned Sunday evening after a ten day visit in Arkansas and Boonville, MO. They were accompanied by their sons, Wichita and Thrall, who have been students in Kemper Military Academy at Boonville, and by one of the boy's school mates, Homer Hadley, of Milwaukee. Mr & Mrs. Sheldon made the trip via Gentry, Ark., where they visited Mr. Sheldon's mother, Mrs. P.G. Sheldon, and his sister, Mrs. Roy Carpenter,and Mr. Carpenter. On Sunday, May 28, the party participated in celebrating Mrs. P.G. Sheldon's 93rd birthday. The Electra man and Mrs. Carpenter were the only immediate members of the family present at the occasion but a number of old friends residing in that vicinity called to greet the lady whose long and useful life has but served to leave her 93 years young. Born in Canada in 1840, Mrs. Sheldon, who is well known to many people here, moved to New York state during childhood. From there both her family and that of her future husband moved to what was then the Wisconsin territory in the far northwest outpost of pioneering. They were married there and later moved to Minnesota while the area was still in process of settlement, her son recalls. But few people have enjoyed so much of romantic change and have witnessed more of the thrilling episodes in development of industry in various parts of the United States than has this remarkable woman who came to Electra in time to witness the heighth of the oil boom and who was one of the foremost in organizing the first missionary society in the Methodist church here.
Mother Sheldon Passed Away Tuesday Afternoon, Aged 95
Mrs. P. G. "Grandmother" Sheldon passed away at her home Tuesday afternoon after a lingering illness. Mrs. Sheldon, widow of the late Porter G. Sheldon, was born at Whitby, Canada, on May 20, 1840, and at the time of her death was aged 95.
In early childhood she joined the Methodist church and was a faithful and loyal member for 90 years. She was the eldest member of the Gentry W. C. T. U. and a firm believer in its standards.
Mrs. Sheldon came to Gentry in 1903 and was widely known and greatly loved in Gentry and surrounding community, and news of her passing grieves the hearts of her host of friends.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Roy Carpenter of Gentry; four sons, Les E., Albert H., Ward J. and Clyde P. of Electra, Texas; 13 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev. A. H/.DuLancy officiating. Burial will be in the Gentry Cemetery
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Caroline C. Hemingway was born in Canada in 1840 to Josiah & Elizabeth Lawrence Hemingway. She married Porter G. Sheldon (1836-1919).
Their children: Leslie Elmer (1859-1948), Emma Winona(1862-1920), Etta Jane (1863-1892), Velona (1865-1895), Albert Hugh(1870-1947), Mary Alice (1872-1971), Ward Joseph (1874-1953) and Clyde Porter (1880-1945)
Some of the places where the Sheldons lived:
Eyota, MN ( daughter Etta was born here in 1863)
Berlin, MN (son Ward was born here in 1874)
Marshall, MN? (son Clyde born here in 1880)
Lived in sod hut with the 8 kids
Harrold, SD I believe this is where they ran a hotel
Electra,Texas- went here in 1906
son Ward struck oil in Texas
Porter was buried in Texas
Gentry, AK (Caroline's brother Joe lived there and also
her daughter Mary (Matie) Carpenter...
many of the Hemingways went to Gentry)
Caroline is buried in Gentry
From The Electra News Thursday, June 8, 1933...
MRS.P.G. SHELDON'S 93RD BIRTHDAY
Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Sheldon returned Sunday evening after a ten day visit in Arkansas and Boonville, MO. They were accompanied by their sons, Wichita and Thrall, who have been students in Kemper Military Academy at Boonville, and by one of the boy's school mates, Homer Hadley, of Milwaukee. Mr & Mrs. Sheldon made the trip via Gentry, Ark., where they visited Mr. Sheldon's mother, Mrs. P.G. Sheldon, and his sister, Mrs. Roy Carpenter,and Mr. Carpenter. On Sunday, May 28, the party participated in celebrating Mrs. P.G. Sheldon's 93rd birthday. The Electra man and Mrs. Carpenter were the only immediate members of the family present at the occasion but a number of old friends residing in that vicinity called to greet the lady whose long and useful life has but served to leave her 93 years young. Born in Canada in 1840, Mrs. Sheldon, who is well known to many people here, moved to New York state during childhood. From there both her family and that of her future husband moved to what was then the Wisconsin territory in the far northwest outpost of pioneering. They were married there and later moved to Minnesota while the area was still in process of settlement, her son recalls. But few people have enjoyed so much of romantic change and have witnessed more of the thrilling episodes in development of industry in various parts of the United States than has this remarkable woman who came to Electra in time to witness the heighth of the oil boom and who was one of the foremost in organizing the first missionary society in the Methodist church here.
The Journal Advance October 17, 1935
Mother Sheldon Passed Away Tuesday Afternoon, Aged 95
Mrs. P. G. "Grandmother" Sheldon passed away at her home Tuesday afternoon after a lingering illness. Mrs. Sheldon, widow of the late Porter G. Sheldon, was born at Whitby, Canada, on May 20, 1840, and at the time of her death was aged 95.
In early childhood she joined the Methodist church and was a faithful and loyal member for 90 years. She was the eldest member of the Gentry W. C. T. U. and a firm believer in its standards.
Mrs. Sheldon came to Gentry in 1903 and was widely known and greatly loved in Gentry and surrounding community, and news of her passing grieves the hearts of her host of friends.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Roy Carpenter of Gentry; four sons, Les E., Albert H., Ward J. and Clyde P. of Electra, Texas; 13 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev. A. H/.DuLancy officiating. Burial will be in the Gentry Cemetery
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Caroline C. Hemingway was born in Canada in 1840 to Josiah & Elizabeth Lawrence Hemingway. She married Porter G. Sheldon (1836-1919).
Their children: Leslie Elmer (1859-1948), Emma Winona(1862-1920), Etta Jane (1863-1892), Velona (1865-1895), Albert Hugh(1870-1947), Mary Alice (1872-1971), Ward Joseph (1874-1953) and Clyde Porter (1880-1945)
Some of the places where the Sheldons lived:
Eyota, MN ( daughter Etta was born here in 1863)
Berlin, MN (son Ward was born here in 1874)
Marshall, MN? (son Clyde born here in 1880)
Lived in sod hut with the 8 kids
Harrold, SD I believe this is where they ran a hotel
Electra,Texas- went here in 1906
son Ward struck oil in Texas
Porter was buried in Texas
Gentry, AK (Caroline's brother Joe lived there and also
her daughter Mary (Matie) Carpenter...
many of the Hemingways went to Gentry)
Caroline is buried in Gentry
From The Electra News Thursday, June 8, 1933...
MRS.P.G. SHELDON'S 93RD BIRTHDAY
Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Sheldon returned Sunday evening after a ten day visit in Arkansas and Boonville, MO. They were accompanied by their sons, Wichita and Thrall, who have been students in Kemper Military Academy at Boonville, and by one of the boy's school mates, Homer Hadley, of Milwaukee. Mr & Mrs. Sheldon made the trip via Gentry, Ark., where they visited Mr. Sheldon's mother, Mrs. P.G. Sheldon, and his sister, Mrs. Roy Carpenter,and Mr. Carpenter. On Sunday, May 28, the party participated in celebrating Mrs. P.G. Sheldon's 93rd birthday. The Electra man and Mrs. Carpenter were the only immediate members of the family present at the occasion but a number of old friends residing in that vicinity called to greet the lady whose long and useful life has but served to leave her 93 years young. Born in Canada in 1840, Mrs. Sheldon, who is well known to many people here, moved to New York state during childhood. From there both her family and that of her future husband moved to what was then the Wisconsin territory in the far northwest outpost of pioneering. They were married there and later moved to Minnesota while the area was still in process of settlement, her son recalls. But few people have enjoyed so much of romantic change and have witnessed more of the thrilling episodes in development of industry in various parts of the United States than has this remarkable woman who came to Electra in time to witness the heighth of the oil boom and who was one of the foremost in organizing the first missionary society in the Methodist church here.
Mother Sheldon Passed Away Tuesday Afternoon, Aged 95
Mrs. P. G. "Grandmother" Sheldon passed away at her home Tuesday afternoon after a lingering illness. Mrs. Sheldon, widow of the late Porter G. Sheldon, was born at Whitby, Canada, on May 20, 1840, and at the time of her death was aged 95.
In early childhood she joined the Methodist church and was a faithful and loyal member for 90 years. She was the eldest member of the Gentry W. C. T. U. and a firm believer in its standards.
Mrs. Sheldon came to Gentry in 1903 and was widely known and greatly loved in Gentry and surrounding community, and news of her passing grieves the hearts of her host of friends.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Roy Carpenter of Gentry; four sons, Les E., Albert H., Ward J. and Clyde P. of Electra, Texas; 13 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at the Methodist church with Rev. A. H/.DuLancy officiating. Burial will be in the Gentry Cemetery
~~~~~~~~~~~
Caroline C. Hemingway was born in Canada in 1840 to Josiah & Elizabeth Lawrence Hemingway. She married Porter G. Sheldon (1836-1919).
Their children: Leslie Elmer (1859-1948), Emma Winona(1862-1920), Etta Jane (1863-1892), Velona (1865-1895), Albert Hugh(1870-1947), Mary Alice (1872-1971), Ward Joseph (1874-1953) and Clyde Porter (1880-1945)
Some of the places where the Sheldons lived:
Eyota, MN ( daughter Etta was born here in 1863)
Berlin, MN (son Ward was born here in 1874)
Marshall, MN? (son Clyde born here in 1880)
Lived in sod hut with the 8 kids
Harrold, SD I believe this is where they ran a hotel
Electra,Texas- went here in 1906
son Ward struck oil in Texas
Porter was buried in Texas
Gentry, AK (Caroline's brother Joe lived there and also
her daughter Mary (Matie) Carpenter...
many of the Hemingways went to Gentry)
Caroline is buried in Gentry
From The Electra News Thursday, June 8, 1933...
MRS.P.G. SHELDON'S 93RD BIRTHDAY
Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Sheldon returned Sunday evening after a ten day visit in Arkansas and Boonville, MO. They were accompanied by their sons, Wichita and Thrall, who have been students in Kemper Military Academy at Boonville, and by one of the boy's school mates, Homer Hadley, of Milwaukee. Mr & Mrs. Sheldon made the trip via Gentry, Ark., where they visited Mr. Sheldon's mother, Mrs. P.G. Sheldon, and his sister, Mrs. Roy Carpenter,and Mr. Carpenter. On Sunday, May 28, the party participated in celebrating Mrs. P.G. Sheldon's 93rd birthday. The Electra man and Mrs. Carpenter were the only immediate members of the family present at the occasion but a number of old friends residing in that vicinity called to greet the lady whose long and useful life has but served to leave her 93 years young. Born in Canada in 1840, Mrs. Sheldon, who is well known to many people here, moved to New York state during childhood. From there both her family and that of her future husband moved to what was then the Wisconsin territory in the far northwest outpost of pioneering. They were married there and later moved to Minnesota while the area was still in process of settlement, her son recalls. But few people have enjoyed so much of romantic change and have witnessed more of the thrilling episodes in development of industry in various parts of the United States than has this remarkable woman who came to Electra in time to witness the heighth of the oil boom and who was one of the foremost in organizing the first missionary society in the Methodist church here.
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