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GEORGE WILLIAM (BILL) GILLETT FAMILY HISTORY |
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Children of Great-Great-Grandparents
James and Elmira (Reser) Shedden
| George William Shedden -- Bill's Great-Grandfather |
Born: December 25, 1859 at Plato Center, Illinois Died: April 18, 1907 at Frankfort, Kansas at the age of 47 Married: Sarah Rodee June 4, 1884 in Westmorland County, Kansas. She was born November 8, 1861 in Algonquin, Illinois, the daughter of and Betsy (Spaulding) Rodee. Sarah, died September 9, 1909 at Marysville, Kansas, also age 47 Children: 6 |
| Margaret Mira Shedden | Born: January 24, 1861 at Plato Center, Illinois
Died: November 29, 1921 in Boulder, Colorado at the age of 60 - she was buried in the Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder Married: Charles E. Mann June 23, 1880 in Reserville, Kansas - he was born October 10, 1858, the son of Major Adin and Lydia (Wright) Mann - - after Margaret's death he married Maude Armstrong - he died February 17, 1931 in Colorado Springs, CO at the age of 72 Children: 3 sons & 1 daughter, all born in Reserville, Kansas Leo George Mann Born September 26, 1881 - married Jenny Lind - they were the parents of 3 children - Leo died July 13, 1943 in Oklahoma City, OK at the age of 61 Clair Victor Mann Born June 3, 1884 - married Bonita A. Hunt - she was born in 1888 - they were the parents of five children - Clair had a Doctors Degree and taught engineering at the University of Missouri at Rolla - he was also genealogist / compiler of the Shedden / Reser history - Clair died November 30, 1974 at the age of 90 - his wife, Bonita, died January 14, 1982 about 93 years old. See Dr. Clair Mann, Historian Herbert Edward Mann Born March 20, 1886 - married Martha Oliva Hanson July 19, 1914 in Greeley, Colorado - Martha was born July 9, 1891 at Lexington, Nebraska - they were the parents of five children - Herbert was an Attorney in Greeley, Colorado - he died May 12, 1967 at the age of 81 - his wife, Martha, had died April 3, 1965 at the age of 73. Mary Florence Mann Born November 24, 1892 - married Morace Mayo Eberhart - he was born in 1894 - they were the parents of ten children - Mary died July 7, 1971 at the age of 78 - Morace had died July 29, 1963 about 69 years old |
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| Leonard Anthony Shedden | Born: December 21, 1866 at Plato Center, Illinois - before 1896, Leonard was a newspaperman; after moving back to Illinois he was employed by the Borden Milk Company - after retirement he became janitor at the 1st Congregational Church in Dundee where they were members since 1896 - he was also a Sunday School teacher there Died: February 20, 1962, in Dundee, Illinois at the age of 95 - buried in the West Dundee Cemetery Married: Catherine Jane Fairweather September 21, 1893 in Dundee, Illinois - she was born August 2, 1866, the daughter of James and Catherine (Beauchamp) Fairweather - Catherine died October 28, 1948 in Dundee at the age of 82 - also buried in the West Dundee Cemetery Children: 4 sons/1 daughter; first 2 born in Frankfort, KS; last 3 in Dundee, IL Harold Anthony Shedden Born August 3, 1894 - married Ruby Raine October 20, 1920 in Neillsville, Wisconsin - she was born July 28, 1897 - they had no children - Harold died May 14, 1975 in Appleton, Wisconsin at the age of 80 - he was interred in Neillsville, Wisconsin - his wife, Ruby, died January 11, 1989 in Loyal, Wisconsin at the age of 91 Clarence Albert Shedden Born July 15, 1895 - he died in World War I in France on August 7, 1918 at the age of 23 - he was interred at Aisne, France James Elmer Shedden Born April 5, 1897 - married Ethel (Abbott) Goodman June 1, 1934 in Camden, Tennessee - James died February 1987 in Bruceton, Tennessee Warren Leonard Shedden Born June 27, 1899 - married Alma Esther Wirkkula December 25, 1923 she was born June 17, 1899 in Calumet, Michigan, the daughter of Jacob and Maria Amanda (Bernula) Wirkkula - Warren & Alma were the parents of two children - Warren died October 27, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 75 - his wife, Alma, died August 22, 1983 at the age of 84 - both were laid to rest in the West Dundee, Illinois Cemetery Bernice Katherine Shedden Born January 8, 1902 - never married - she lived with her parents in Dundee - Bernice was employed by Cardinal Savings in Dundee - she died May 29, 1964 at the age of 62 - she was laid to rest in the West Dundee Cemetery. |
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| Alanson Grant Shedden | Born:March 9, 1869 at Plato Center, Illinois - Alanson was City Councilman and Mayor of Dundee, Illinois - in 1916 he took the position of superintendent of the Neillsville, Wisconsin, Condenserory of the Oatman Condensed Milk Company Died: November 27, 1925 in Neillsville, Wisconsin Married: Theresa Ruchaber on June 25, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois - she died in 1935 at the age of 64 |
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| Willis Ray Shedden | Born: October 15, 1872 in Reserville, Kansas
Died: Killed by his nephew, Clair Mann, in a hunting accident on November 26, 1898 in Reserville, Kansas at the age of 26 - Willis had planned to be a photographer and had taken a number of photographs of the family |
| Florence Isadore Shedden | Born: August 9, 1876 in Reserville, Kansas
Died: November 12, 1901 in Dundee, Illinois at the age 25 of spinal meningitis |