The Sheldon Family Association Quarterly

The 2019 Sheldon Family Reunion!

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The Gateway to the West!

St. Louis, MO St. Charles, MO

Founded 1939 Fall 2019 Vol.33 No. 4 Page 1,374

Back row L-R: Frank Sheldon, NY, Charles Olsen, GA, Michael Sheldon, FL, David Wakefield, IL, Marvin Parsons, WA, Jeanne Sheldon, WA, Victor Sheldon, IN, Jewell Sheldon, IN, Wayne Nelson, IL, Kevin Sheldon, IL, Dennis Sullivan, FL Perry Knopf, CA, Libby Wilson, MO. Seated L-R: Norma Wakefield, IL, Karen Sheldon-Swanson, CA, Susan Russell, WY, Betty Shelden Knopf, CA, Ruth Watson, NY, Vicki Sheldon, IL, Nancy Olsen, GA. Floor L-R: Bob Bottman, WA, Jim Russell, WY, Nancy Sheldon, FL, Sue Sheldon, WA

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Table of Contents

Editor’s Note 1376

President’s Message 1376

2019 Annual Meeting Notes 1377

Charles Sheldon of Denali National Park 1379

SFA Marketplace Items 1380

Walter L. Sheldon— Sheldon Memorial 1381

Wanted: Host for 2020 Reunion 1382

Reunion Photos 1382

400th Anniversary of the Mayflower Landing 1383

Reunion Photos 1384

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A Note from the Editor Welcome, cousins, to the Fall edition of the SFAQ! The SFA is very glad that you have decided to read our fall issue. We hope that you enjoy the information regarding our 2019 reunion stories and photos, which are on various pages. I would like to thank the members who have sent information to me for review and publication. We would like very much to hear from you!

President's Message SFA Reunion 2019 – St. Charles, MO

Betty Shelden Knopf, Ed.D

As President of the Sheldon Family Association, today I welcome members and guests to the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Sheldon Family Association. As President, I want to extend my personal thanks and the thanks of the SFA Board to Libby Wilson. Libby has been diligent as our host in planning this Reunion and offering such an exciting sched-ule of events and opportunities. We are gathered together to conduct our associa-tion’s yearly business and, as stated on the home page of our website, “We come to-gether to celebrate our heritage, explore our history, and preserve the memories of those who have come before us.”

In the May 2019 President’s Tidbits, a short article highlighted the website for the obituary of George F. Sheldon, MD, (1934-2013). George Sheldon was the son of a physician who became involved as a young man with medicine. Due to the severe shortage of medical personnel in rural Kansas during WWII, he started helping his father in the operating room in his hometown hospital and worked there throughout his high school years.

Dr. Sheldon graduated from medical school, served an internship and his military service along with residency pro-grams. He participated in founding one of our nation’s first trauma centers and became the chief of the trauma ser-vices at San Francisco General Hospital. From 1984 to 2001, Dr. Sheldon served chairman of surgery at the Universi-ty of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Dr. Sheldon was a distinguish professor of surgery, chairman of the department of surgery, chief of general surgery and general surgery residency program director of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Sheldon’s exten-sive obituary includes him being a tireless advocate for the American College of Surgeons (ACS). He was active in the leadership and its task forces, and he testified before Congress to protect funding for graduate medical educa-tion. Dr. Sheldon was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) web portal. This now has hundreds of editors and millions of page views.

In 2012, the ACS recognized Dr. Sheldon with a lifetime achievement award. This was only the second time such an award was presented in the organization’s 100-year history. George was described by a colleague as a person who inspired at least three generations of colleagues of all kinds, such as readers of the classics, writers of history, medi-cal students, and more. Perhaps his greatest legacy was his mentoring of young surgeons with support, guidance, and advice.

This is a very short overview of the remarkable achievements of Dr. George Sheldon. I had the pleasure of learning about this man and enjoying a fun lunch with his three daughters, Anne, “Betsy”, and Julia who all live in my area of Sacramento County. It was during this lunch I was given two pewter Sheldon cups which I have chosen to auction off at the reunion. Once again, I want to share the pride these three daughters have for their father and I want to express my thanks to these three Sheldon’s for their generous gift.

Source for Dr. George F. Sheldon, MD:

https://naffzigersociety.com/in-memoriam-george-f-sheldon-md-facs/

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The 2019 Annual Meeting Notes Michael Sheldon

It was a great meeting in St. Louis and a special thanks goes out to Libby Wilson for the effort she put into it. I think everyone who attended thought the meeting was educational and productive.

Please read the accounts of people who attended to get their thoughts on what took place and what they learned. Who would have thought what the impact was from Walter L. Sheldon in the early years of forming St. Louis and the impact it still has today? It was interesting to learn of his work.

The SFA BOD met in open session on September 18th. At the BOD meeting the Annual report was reviewed and sub-mitted by the SFA President. The full report can be found on the SFA website. This report is a compilation of the activ-ity done over the past year; many things happened, and details are included on the website.

Key items at the Board meeting:

The Association had a very modest profit reported in the Treasurer’s report. I cannot thank Sue Sheldon enough for her efforts. She was the glue and workhorse for the SFA organization this past year.

The slate for election of officers and Directors at Large was reviewed with only one officer and one new Director at Large listed. Since the voting was closed the Board members appointed and approved Michael Sheldon as Vice President to serve the remaining year of that vacancy. With no one stepping forward to be President, he would ascend to the role of President after the General Membership meeting for a period of one year.

There was a productive conversation among board members and SFA members in attendance about the 2020 an-nual meeting. There was also a review of the survey results sent to the membership this past summer along with the comments included. The prevailing thoughts are to have the meeting in the New England area with some of the activities directed toward the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing. The Board took the task to create a committee to investigate the feasibility of a 2020 Annual meeting somewhere in Massachusetts/Rhode Island area. Stay tuned and make plans for attending an exciting Annual meeting in mid to late September. Autumn is a great time of year for superb fall colors and New England is an area rich in Sheldon family history regardless of which branch you come from.

That brings us to two other topics about Sheldon family genealogy.

In the Annual report there is a lengthy submission by our Webmaster Marvin Parsons who did an incredi-ble job this year updating our webpage and saving us an incredible amount of cost since we did not have to contract it out. He also was our key liaison with the Allen County Public Library (ACPL) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This is a renowned library with a large collection of genealogy records including those made by Rose Newton Sheldon and donated to them after her passing. It was announced at the meeting that all her “index” cards have been scanned and available for SFA members to see. The Webmaster announced that there is a link to access that data via the SFA web page. Also announced is that the ACPL is starting to scan the many files that Rose made. These files are rich in family history such as letters, stories, newspaper articles, etc. It is a slow process because there are thousands of files and unless you’re a Sheldon it is hard to understand the Sheldon numbering system. Again, stay tuned for future reports.

Not included in the report in any detail are the recent findings of the DNA work the SFA has helped to sponsor but since it is relevant to the topic, I am adding them here. We find that there are several different enclaves of Sheldons that come from different areas of England. We learned that Isaac (5) and John (13) are related and may be related to the Sheldons of Warwickshire (Birmingham) and Dev-on, England. We do not know if they are related to John (8) but we do know that John (8) comes from the Bakewell, Derbyshire area. There are two other groups out there, as well. Godfrey and Richard are open issues. These findings are profound. I point you to our SFA Facebook and to the Sheldon Genea-logical Society Inc. Facebook pages to read what Kelly Wheaton has posted. By the way as a bonus to our gathering Kelly did an excellent job at the end of the Annual meeting to review these findings with us. My hope is that a report can be written up and posted in an edition of the SFAQ explaining the data. Again, stay tuned.

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The membership numbers were reviewed with the good news that membership did not decline.

On Saturday September 21, 2019 the General Membership meeting of the Sheldon Family Association took place with enough members present to conduct business.

Much of the above was presented and all the reports in the President’s Annual Report were accepted and filed.

The election slate of Officers and Directors at Large was presented and accepted and filed, as well. Wel-come to Cheryl Albee as our newest Director at large and congratulations to Sue Sheldon for being re-elected as Treasurer.

With a larger group of attendants present the discussion of the 2020 Annual meeting was again reviewed with the same disposition as stated above.

A motion during the new business phase was to direct the Board to contribute to the Sheldon Concert Hall, a place we visited while in St. Louis. This was passed unanimously.

A special thank you was given to Betty Shelden Knopf for her efforts during her tenure as President

The meeting was adjourned.

Michael Sheldon introduced himself as the incoming President.

Let me close with a few thoughts:

My hope is that you walk away from this report feeling the excitement in the air. The SFA is on the cusp of some pro-found changes in the understanding we have about our ancestors with both access to records and the DNA infor-mation.

I direct you to the Database report that describes a fundamental change in the organization and its mission from being a “Lineage Society” to a “Surname Associa-tion.” This means we embrace all Sheldons and not just the original ones defined by Rev. Henry Olcott Sheldon.

The SFA asks you to do three things:

Tell any Sheldon you meet about us and what we do and what we are all about.

Think about having a male in the family do a DNA test. The more data Kelly gets, the better the knowledge we will have about how we connect and where we come from.

Most of the work should not be done solely by the Board and its members. Most of the work is done through the many committees that SFA has. Believe me that you can learn a lot about genealogy, science and the web by serving on a com-mittee. So, consider volunteering! It is fun.

Lastly, feel free to reach out to Board members and Committee Chairpersons with your thoughts and questions. The contact emails are listed on the SFA webpage.

Michael B. Sheldon

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Charles Sheldon of Denali National Park Betty Knopf, Ed. D

In July, I had the opportunity to go to Alaska. Off I went, I was determined to see a moose, a real moose. Well, I saw a moose for a nano-second, going 55 miles per hour in a bus. However, I found something totally unexpected and certainly tremendously impressive; a relationship, a connection, a Sheldon connection to the history of Denali, Alaska.

According to Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Charles A. Sheldon was born in Rutland, Vermont, October 17, 1867. His father was John A. Sheldon, a marble dealer. His mother was Caroline Eastman. According to the U.S., find A grave Index, 1600s – Current, Charles Sheldon died September 21, 1928, and was buried in Evergreen Ceme-tery, Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont. I would like to take a few minutes of this Annual Meeting to honor Charles Sheldon by sharing his huge, impressive, and long-lasting legacy.

Charles Sheldon was born into a Vermont family involved in marble quarrying and manufacturing. He attended private schools and graduated from Yale in 1890, the year his family’s business collapsed. Through family contacts he was hired as assistant superintendent of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. He later moved to Mexico and in 1898 became the general manager of the Chihuahua and Pacific Railroad. He also invested in its exploration company which developed one of the richest silver and lead mines in Mexico. In four years, this in-vestment secured his financial future and he retired at age 35.

Charles Sheldon was a lifelong hunter and fisherman. His conservation efforts began in 1904. He loved all wildlife, but North America’s wild mountain sheep fascinated him. He hunted in various locations but in 1904, he hunted and observed sheep in Canada’s Yukon. His first book, The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon, detailed his hunting experiences there in 1904 and 1905.

In 1906 Sheldon spent the summer months in Alaska exploring the area that would become known as Mt. McKin-ley but was locally called Denali. He had come to hunt Dall sheep, the only wild, white mountain sheep in the world. In 1907, he returned for an entire year and documented his experiences in the book The Wilderness of De-nali.

His book reads like a logbook or journal with entries written almost every day. He documented many specimens, including birds, squirrels and especially the white Dall sheep. During his year-long stay, Sheldon recognized the dangers of hunters killing large numbers of sheep and caribou for a few choice parts of meat for miners and rail-road workers.

Charles Sheldon had connections with pioneer conservationists, influential friends, and politicians. He was also a member of several conservation and related organizations. Over the following years Congressional interest in cre-ating a park had limited results. In 1912, Congress did show interest in Alaska with Alaska’s second Organic Act. This changed Alaska from a district to a territory and it established a territorial legislature. The act also established the Alaska Railroad commission to develop a route between Alaska’s southern coast and the interior. Sheldon had concerns about the new railroad which would bring tourists and the fear of hunters that could wipe out sheep and other large game to feed railroad construction workers.

Considering many people had the impression of Alaska being “Seward’s Folly,” it was difficult to develop an inter-est in an area considered to be a remote frozen wasteland. After a lengthy process of various organizations and influential individuals joining together, and after writing and rewriting various areas, a bill with various amend-ments moved through Congress to create the new Alaskan national park. Sheldon personally delivered the bill for signing to President Woodrow Wilson on February 26, 1917. Sheldon actually wanted it called Denali, the original Athabascan name meaning the High One or the Great One.

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Today the Denali Education Center in partnership with the Denali National Park and Preserve promotes the under-standing and appreciation of Denali through informative and inspiring programs. It now offers residential education programs in partnership with nonprofit and interested groups including Road Scholar. Educational programs have grown to include summer camp programs for local youth and at-risk and developmentally challenged youth along with naturalist-led day programs for park visitors, lectures, concerts and workshops. The Sheldon Center is part of the campus of the Denali Education Center. It is a beautiful post and beam structure, completed with over 4,000 volunteer hours and is dedicated to the memory of Charles Sheldon.

With the focused leadership of Charles Sheldon, joined by other interested individuals and organizations, developing a vision, combined with years of perseverance and endurance, people, not only Americans, but the entire world, has been entrusted with a protected wilderness of vast beauty and size. The original park was 1.9 million acres. Today the park is 6.2 million acres.

Sources for Charles Sheldon:

1. PBS series “The National Parks, America’s Best Idea - Charles Sheldon: One Man’s Quest to Create the Alaskan Park.” July 6, 2017

2. http://charlessheldon.org/bio.htm The Father of Denali National Park 3. History of Denali Park by Kantishna Wilderness Trails, December 23, 2014 4. Crown Jewel of the North: An Administrative History of Denali National Park and Preserve, Chapter Two by Frank Norris,

2006. Produced by the Alaska Regional Office, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior, Anchorage. Alaska. 5. Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908: Sheldon, Charles A. 6. U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Charles Sheldon 7. Denali Education Center, PO Box 212, Denali Park, Alaska 99755

Books by Charles Sheldon:

The Wilderness of Denali: explorations of a hunter-naturalist in northern Alaska. Copyright 1930, renewal copyright 1958.

The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon: A Hunter’s Explorations for Wild Sheep in Sub-arctic Mountains. Copyright 1911.

The Wilderness of the North Pacific Coast Islands: A Hunter’s Experiences. Copyright 1912.

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Walter L. Sheldon and the Sheldon Memorial of St. Louis Michael B. Sheldon

Visiting the Sheldon Concert Hall and the St. Louis Public Library Rare Book collection was the educational center point and a high-

light to the SFA visit to St. Louis. All of the attendees went to see these special sites and were impressed.

What we discovered and were amazed by during the course of our visits was the history of Walter Lorenzo Sheldon and his Memo-

rial’s impact on the area of St. Louis.

Walter L. is a direct descendent of Isaac (5). He was

born in 1858 and raised in Rutland, Vermont. He did

his undergraduate studies at Middlebury College and

Princeton. In 1881, he went to study philosophy at the

University of Berlin where he was exposed to the Ethi-

cal Movement.

The Ethical Movement is described as liberal religious

community that emphasizes humanistic principles and

social service over religious dogma and ceremony.

Felix Adler, a German immigrant who came to the US

as a child started the movement in New York in 1876.

Upon Walter’s return to the US in 1883 he began work

with Adler at the New York Chapter of the Ethical Soci-

ety. In 1886, Walter was asked to speak at the newly

formed St. Louis Society and shortly, thereafter became its lecturer/leader. He remained in this position until his death. His work

and leadership were prolific which led to expansion of the Society which in turn gave it significant influence within the community.

He was well connected with people all over the US. He was also a passionate author having published 4 books some of which we

saw the St. Louis Public Library. Walter died in 1907 from what was described in his obituary as complications of overwork. Along

this path of hard work Walter married Anna Hartshorne of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1892. It appears they had no children.

After Walter’s death she became the leader

of the St. Louis Ethical Society and began to

solicit funds to create the Sheldon Memori-

al in memory of her husband and the work

he had done for the St. Louis community.

In 1910, she married Percival Ashley

Chubb, who then went on to replace her as

the leader of the Ethical Society.

The Sheldon Memorial was designed by the

1904 World’s Fair architect. It opened in

1912. Since then It has had its ups and

downs and gone thru a few hands and ren-

ovations, but the Concert Hall and it histori-

cal Green Room remain very much intact

and original. The Sheldon Concert Hall has

been called the “Carnegie Hall of the Mid-

west.” Today “The Sheldon” hosts over 350 events. Some of the world’s best musicians have performed in it. The Hall is renowned

for its acoustics. The Sheldon also has an art exhibit hall for all kinds of arts and has an area for large gatherings such as for wed-

dings or corporate events. It remains an active participant and a key site for community education and activities and closely affiliat-

ed with the Ethics Society that still exists to this day.

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WANTED

Host for the 2020 SFA Reunion

We need a host to plan (with help) our 81st Annual Reunion in the eastern part of the USA. You should live in the vicini-

ty of Boston, MA (or at least be close enough to be familiar with the area). A Sheldon connection in the area is always a

plus but not a necessity. The interest all year has been that the 2020 SFA Reunion be held in Plymouth, MA in order to

visit the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing festivities. The date will be set to accommodate hotel availability

at the best price as well as weather concerns and host time constraints.

Michelle Masson, our SFAQ editor, has been a host before and she says that it is not as difficult as it may seem. Sure,

there are things to arrange, hotels to visit, negotiations to be made with tours, and phone calls to make, but it is all

worth it when you arrive, and your guests are there to enjoy their visit!

Interested possible hosts should contact Libby Wilson at Reunion@sheldonfamily.org as soon as possible.

St. Charles

The First State Capitol of

Missouri

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400th Anniversary of the Mayflower Landing Michelle Masson

The General Society of Mayflower Descendants is planning a yearlong celebration for 2020! The schedule of events is packed

with interesting activities to enjoy, and hotels in the area are already filling throughout the year of 2020. The Society has a varied

gift shop on their website including commemorative gift items reflecting the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing.

All this year we have been doing extra research as Sheldon Family Association (SFA) members in order to bring you the latest in-

formation on our relations to Mayflower passengers. One member, Mary Nelson Keithahn has sent me extensive research that

she has documented regarding her connection to ten passengers and five who arrived shortly thereafter on ships like the Fortune

in 1621, the Anne in 1623, and the Whale in 1630.

Mary is my ninth cousin once removed. Our common ancestor is John Sheldon #13. We are descended from two of his grandsons,

Mary from John Sheldon III (1685-1722) and I from Isaac Sheldon (1686-1752). Mary’s mother, Vivian Sheldon Nelson (1900-

1989), was the first female born in her direct line back to John Sheldon #13. Mary discovered her Pilgrim connections by tracing

the lineage of women who had married into her mother’s paternal Sheldon and Loverin lines that had joined when Vivian’s grand-

parents William Archibald Sheldon (1844-1907) and Sarah Alvina Loverin (1848-1927) married in 1866. The only connection to the

Mayflower passengers from the Sheldon line was through Susanna Sherman, wife of Samuel Sheldon (1714-1759), son of John

Sheldon III. Since our direct lines had separated a generation earlier, I do not share that connection.

Susanna Sherman Sheldon (1714-1760) was the great-granddaughter of John Soule Cooke (c. 1612-1695), son of Francis Cooke

(c. 1576-1673), both of whom arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. Hester Mahieu (c.1585-1666), wife of Francis Cooke and mother

of John, came with her other children on the Anne in 1623. John Cooke’s wife was Sarah Warren (1613-1696), daughter of Rich-

ard Warren (c.1579-1628) who was also a passenger on the Mayflower. Sarah had arrived on the Anne with her mother Elizabeth

Walker and four sisters in 1623.

Mary also has a connection through her Loverin line to Sarah Warren Cooke’s sister, Elizabeth Warren, who married Richard

Church. Church is thought to have come from Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight to Salem on the Whale in 1630. Mary’s fifth great-

grandparents were their great-grandson David Dunbar (1711-1781) and Mercy Soule (1741-1788). Mercy Soule was the great-

great-granddaughter of George Soule (c. 1593-1679), a Mayflower passenger in 1620, and Mary Beckett (c. 1590-1676) who came

on the Anne in 1623 with members of the Cooke and Warren families. Their son John Soule (1632-1707), married Rebecca Sim-

mons (1638-1678), great-granddaughter of James Chilton (c. 1556-1620) and his wife (name unknown), who were also on the

Mayflower in 1620. James died shortly after he arrived but lived long enough to sign the Mayflower Compact. Rebecca’s mother

Sarah Chandler (1622-1675), granddaughter of the Chiltons, married Moses Simmons (1604-1691) who had arrived on the For-

tune in 1621. Mercy Soule’s second great-grandmother was Elizabeth Alden Pabodie (1624-1717), daughter of John Alden (1598-

1687) and Priscilla Mullins (1602-1685), and granddaughter of William Mullins (1572-1621) and Alice Atwood, (1575-1621), all of

whom arrived in 1620 on the Mayflower.

For more information visit https://www.themayflowersociety.org/

Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor With this commemorative stamp, the Postal Service marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor. The stamp’s image is based on artwork of watercolor, acrylic and gouache, a method of painting that uses opaque pigments ground in water and thickened to a glue-like consistency. The painting was digitally refined to convey a scene of desolate beauty at the end of the Pilgrims’ long journey to an unfamiliar world. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp with original art by Greg Harlin. The stamps can be purchased through the USPS. https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2019/1022-usps-unveils-2020-stamps.htm

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Libby Wilson, Host, Marvin Parsons, Frank Sheldon, Jeanne Sheldon

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