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Name
Merritt Irving Sheldon   #12280
 Suffix
 Sex
M
 Family Line
JO1700
Born
17 Dec 1888
 Place
Buffalo, Erie, New York
Source
S120
Died
5 Jan 1966
 Place
Erie County, New York
Source
S261
     approx. age 78


Buried
White Chapel Memorial Park, Erie County, New York

Father
Frank M. Sheldon 1863-1911   #10055
Mother
Harriet Lillian Wilgus 1862-1947    #4252

Spouse
Susan M. Stock 1887-   #16343
 Date
16 Aug 1913
 Place
Gowanda, Cattaragus, New York
 Source
  1  Franklin M. Sheldon 28 Sep 1914
  2  James Richard Sheldon 17 Nov 1918
  3  Charles Sheldon abt 1920

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Found him on the 1900 Pike, Wyoming, New York census (dist 131 img 22) as Irving Sheldon age 12.

Marriage Record

Found him on the 1920 Buffalo Ward 20, Erie, New York census (dist 174 img 50) as Merritt I. Sheldon age 32. Assistant foreman, auto factory. His mother-in-law, Jane E. Stock age 74, widow, and Clark R. Sheldon, brother are in his household.

WWII Draft Registration 


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| Frank M. Sheldon 1863           |
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|- Merritt Irving Sheldon   
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|                                                                   | Samuel Wilgus  1777 
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|                                 | Clark G. Wilgus  1818           |   
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|                                 |                                 | Hebsibeth White 1783 
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| Harriet Lillian Wilgus 1862     |
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                                  | Eliza Olney 1825                |
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