Charles Shedd

1830 - 1894  (64 years)

• Name	Charles Shedd
  Born	23 Jun 1830	Mt. Gilead, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jul 1894
  Buried	Mt. Gilead, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I8127	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Henry Shedd
  Mother	Mary Gerrish
  Family ID	F3015	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Caroline Elizabeth Mateer,   b. 8 Mar 1833, Mt. Gilead, Ohio ,   d. 18 Mar 1896  (Age 63 years)
  Married	12 Aug 1856	, Morrow, Ohio
  Children	+ 1. Nelson Ambrose Shedd,   b. 10 Jun 1857,   d. 14 Dec 1930  (Age 73 years)   2. John Henry Shedd,   b. 5 Jul 1860, Mt. Gilead, Ohio ,   d. 22 Aug 1865, Mt. Gilead, Ohio  (Age 5 years) + 3. Francis Haskell Shedd,   b. 10 Oct 1860, Mt. Gilead, Ohio   4. Jeannette Mary Shedd,   b. 27 Oct 1866 + 5. Caroline Lucretia Shedd,   b. 1 Dec 1872
  Family ID	F3014	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  In youth Charles Shedd worked in a dry goods store in Boston; then after his marriage he returned to farming in Ohio. Between 1870 and 1880 he was engaged in the boot and shoe trade and later was a wholesale leather merchant. Still later he retired to a small farm near Ashland, Nebraska. Buried in River Cliff Cemetery. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 100-101.