Sheldon, Mrs. Mary Allen (Burnham) 1819 - 1898

BURNHAM, SHELDON, WILSON

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Fairfield Ledger
Jan. 26, 1898
Page 3 col. 4

DEATH OF MRS. SHELDON. MARY ALLEN BURNHAM, wife of SYLVANUS O. SHELDON, died in this city Wednesday afternoon. Native of New Hampshire, born Oct. 3, 1819. Fourteen years later she removed with her parents to Vermont, where she was married Oct. 11, 1846. The family came to this county in 1855, locating on a farm in Round Prairie township, and its home has been in this county since that date. Member of the Methodist Church at age 14, but joined the Congregationalists after her removal to Iowa. She was a kind and affectionate wife, and proved a devoted mother to several adopted children….MR. and MRS. SHELDON returned from a visit with adopted children in Monroe County the 17th inst., and the death of the latter occurred at the home of MRS. ANNA C. WILSON, a daughter by adoption. REV. A. F. MARSH conducted the funeral services, held Friday afternoon, and the body was interred in the City Cemetery, where the remains of MRS. SHELDON’S parents, MR. and MRS. ALLEN BURNHAM, rest.