William Edgar Shedd

1847 - 1909  (61 years)

• Name	William Edgar Shedd  [1, 2]
  Birth	18 Aug 1847	Marysville, Union, Ohio   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1909  [2]
  Person ID	I29320	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Henry Shedd,   b. 16 May 1803, Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire d. 17 Jun 1886, Mount Gilead, Morrow, Ohio (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Lucretia C. George,   b. 1 Jul 1809, Dumbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire d. 24 Jun 1887 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	13 Sep 1838	Mount Gilead, Morrow, Ohio   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F16515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Mary Scott,   b. 17 May 1846   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	5 Oct 1876  [2]
  Children	1. Howard Scott Shedd,   b. 2 Mar 1879, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ralph Scott Shedd,   b. 27 Jan 1881, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois d. 1 Jun 1886 (Age 5 years)   3. Alice Margaret Shedd,   b. 18 Feb 1883, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois d. Yes, date unknown   4. William Edgar Shedd,   b. 26 Jun 1885, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois d. Yes, date unknown   5. Helen George Shedd,   b. 25 Oct 1887, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois d. 5 Dec 1892 (Age 5 years)
  Family ID	F16544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  William Edgar Shedd was a hardware merchant. He served in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, was taken prisoner by Confederate forces. He was held in Confederate prisons for nearly six months but was released and returned to service in the Union army until December 1865.

  
  

• Sources

  [S27212] Family records and notes courtesy of Lynn Walker, (by correspondence 2007-09). [S11935] Frank E. Shed, Daniel Shed Genealogy, (Ancestry and Descendantsa of Danile Shed of Braintree, Mass.).