Ninth Generation

140. Mary L. RICHARDSON was born in 1853 in Fall Creek, Eau Claire County, WI.^62,121 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.¹²² She appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire County, WI.⁶² Mary appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Eau Claire County, WI.¹²³ Her occupation was "Teaching School." She died in 1893 at the age of 40 in Eau Claire County, WI.¹²¹ She was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Eau Claire, Eau Claire Township, Eau Claire County, WI.¹²¹

Mary L. RICHARDSON and Reverend Charles Frederic SHELDON were married.¹²¹ Reverend Charles Frederic SHELDON was born on 2 May 1853 in Madison, Dane County, WI.¹²¹ He died on 6 October 1930 at the age of 77 in St. Louis (Independent City), MO.¹²¹

Obituary Notes: "The Reverend Charles F. Sheldon, 77, former pastor of the Olive Branch Congregational Church here, died yesterday, Oct. 6, 1930, at his home. The Reverend Sheldon, stagecoach messenger before his ordination as a minister 40 years ago, had held pastorates at Perry, Iowa and Abingdon, Illinois. Son of Russell Sheldon; father of Faith Sheldon."

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He was buried at Abingdon Cemetery in Abingdon, Knox County, IL.¹²¹