Edgar SHELDON

SHELDON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/27/2010 at 01:33:13

Edgar SHELDON settled in Tingley township, Section 2, in the spring of 1855. He was a native of Ohio and his wife a native of Pennsylvania. He followed school teaching through the southern states a number of years before coming west. He was county superintendent of schools in Ringgold county in 1862 and 1863 and county auditor from 1890 to 1895. He established the first cheese factory in southwestern Iowa in 1858 and ran it for several years after. He lived in Mount Ayr with his son, F. E. SHELDON for several years before he died. Before his death, he lost his eyesight. He lived a little past 91 years of age and died in January, 1925, a model man.

SOURCE: LESAN, Mrs. B. M. Early History of Ringgold County: 1844 - 1937 p. 20. Blair Pub. House. Lamoni IA. 1937.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2010