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William Sheen

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William Sheen

Birth
Wales
Death
27 Aug 1924 (aged 76)
Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
N11
Memorial ID
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Corrected bio on 18 Mar 2023:
William R. SHEEN was born on December 4, 1847, in Monmouthshire, Wales, his father, Roderick, was 46 and his mother, Margaret/Mary, was 42. He first married Jemimah Thomas and they had five children together. She died in April 1886 according to his 2nd marriage license. More research is needed to substantiate her death information and where she is buried. He then married Emma Watkins Merritt on November 17, 1891. Emma's death certificate lists her father as Isaac Merritt. Willian Sheen died on August 27, 1924, in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, at the age of 76, and is buried in the Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, Pennsylvania.

SVC Burial Book #2, 1914-1940, pg 55, line 19 interred 29 Aug 1924 in Section N Lot 11 reads: (entered here as written in burial book)
WILLIAM SHEEN, Born Ambridge, Beaver Co*, late residence Greenville, aged 76, DOD 27 Aug 1924, interred 29 Aug 1924 in Section N Lot 11, nearest relative or friend R.L. Pfeifer.

*On both the 1920 US census and the Mercer County marriage license# 2442 application dated 14 Nov 1891 indicate he was born in Wales.
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PA Death cert #75345, parents not known by informant F.J. Craig.
Corrected bio on 18 Mar 2023:
William R. SHEEN was born on December 4, 1847, in Monmouthshire, Wales, his father, Roderick, was 46 and his mother, Margaret/Mary, was 42. He first married Jemimah Thomas and they had five children together. She died in April 1886 according to his 2nd marriage license. More research is needed to substantiate her death information and where she is buried. He then married Emma Watkins Merritt on November 17, 1891. Emma's death certificate lists her father as Isaac Merritt. Willian Sheen died on August 27, 1924, in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, at the age of 76, and is buried in the Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, Pennsylvania.

SVC Burial Book #2, 1914-1940, pg 55, line 19 interred 29 Aug 1924 in Section N Lot 11 reads: (entered here as written in burial book)
WILLIAM SHEEN, Born Ambridge, Beaver Co*, late residence Greenville, aged 76, DOD 27 Aug 1924, interred 29 Aug 1924 in Section N Lot 11, nearest relative or friend R.L. Pfeifer.

*On both the 1920 US census and the Mercer County marriage license# 2442 application dated 14 Nov 1891 indicate he was born in Wales.
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PA Death cert #75345, parents not known by informant F.J. Craig.


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  • Created by: Tom Allen
  • Added: Apr 26, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145595092/william-sheen: accessed ), memorial page for William Sheen (4 Dec 1847–27 Aug 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 145595092, citing Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Tom Allen (contributor 46820795).