York, 1862) ; " Manual of Elementary Instruction " (1862): "Series of Reading Books and Charts" (1874); and "Lessons on Objects" (1875). His daughter. Mary Downing 1 , educator, b. in Oswego. N. V., l."> Sept., 1850, was graduated at the. Univer- sity of Michigan in 1874, served as professor of history in Wellesley in 1876-'8, and subsequently I'i'i-iipied the same chair in the State normal school, Oswego, X. Y. She married Earl Barnes in 1885. She has published " Studies in General History" (Boston, 1885), and " Teacher's Manual " (1885).
SHELDON, George William, author, b. in
Summerville, S. C'., 28 Jan., 1843. He was gradu-
ated at Princeton in 1863, and served during 1864
at City Point, Va., in charge of the sick and wound-
ed of Gen. Grant's army. In 1865 he was appoint-
ed tutor in Latin and belles-lettres in Princeton,
and in 1869 he became instructor in the oriental
languages at Union theological seminary, New
York, where he remained until 1873, after which he
studied for two years in the British museum. Mr.
Sheldon then devoted himself to journalistic work
and was art critic of the New York " Evening
Pi ist " in 1876-'82. and dramatic critic and city
editor of the New York " Commercial Advertiser
in 1884-'6. He has published " American Paint-
ers" (New York, 1879) ; " The Story of the Volun-
teer Fire Department of the City of New York "
(1882) ; " Hours with Art and Artists " (1882) ; "Ar-
tistic Homes " (1882) : " Artistic Country - Seats "
(1886) : " Selections in Modern Art " (1886) ; and
" Recent Ideals of American Art " (1888).
SHELDON, Henry Clay, clergyman, b. in Mar-
tinsburg, N. Y., 12 March,' 1845. He was gradu-
ated at Yale in 1867, and at the theological depart-
ment of Boston university in 1871, studied in Leip-
sie in 1874-'5, and since the latter date has been
professor of historical theology in Boston univer-
sity. Mr. Sheldon's standpoint is that of evangeli-
cal Arminianism, in opposition both to Calvinism
and to Liberalism. He has published a " History
of Christian Doctrine " (2 vols., New York, 1886).
SHELDON, Lionel Allen, soldier, b. in Otsego
county, N. Y., 30 Aug., 1829. He was brought up
on a farm in Ohio, educated at Oberlin, taught for
several years, and after attending the law-school
in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was admitted to the bar
in 1851, and settled in Elyria, Ohio. He served
one term as judge of probate, supported John C.
Fremont for the presidential nomination in the
Philadelphia Republican convention in 1856, was
commissioned brigadier-general of militia in 1860,
and actively engaged in raising recruits for the
National army at the beginning of the civil war.
He became captain of cavalry in August, 1861, was
chosen major soon afterward in the 2d Ohio cavalry,
transferred as lieutenant-colonel to the 42d Ohio
infantry, became colonel in 1862, and commanded
the latter regiment in West Virginia, Kentucky, and
eastern Tennessee. In November of that year, when
his regiment was placed under Gen. William T. Sher-
man at Memphis, he commanded a brigade which
participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou and
Arkansas Post. He led a brigade in the 13th army
corps in 1863, was wounded at the battle of Fort
Gibson, and participated in the capture of Vicks-
burg and in subsequent skirmishes. In March, 1865,
he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers.
After the war he settled in New Orleans, La., prac-
tised his profession, and in 1869-'75 was in con-
gress, having been elected as a Republican. Dur-
ing this service he was chairman of the committee
on militia. He was appointed governor of New
Mexico in 1881, served till 1885, and was receiver
of the Texas and Pacific railway in 1885-'7.
SHELLABARGER, Samuel, b. in Clark county,
Ohio, 10 Dec., 1817; d. 6 Aug., 1896. He was
graduated at Miami in 1842, studied law under
Gen. Samson Mason, was admitted to the bar in 1847,
was a member of the first legislature in Ohio that
met under the present constitution, and in 1860
was elected to congress as a Republican. He took
his seat in a special session that met in accordance
with President Lincoln's
call, on 4 July, 1861,
and served in 1861-'3, in 1865-'9, and in 1870-'3.
He was chairman of the committees on commerce,
that on charges by Frey against
Roscoe Conkling,
and that on the provost-marshal's bureau, and was
on the special committees on the assassination of
President Lincoln, civil service, and the New Orleans
riots. He was U.S. minister to Portugal in
1869-'70, and in 1874-'5 was one of the civil service
commission. He then resumed the practice
of his profession in Washington, D.C.
SHELTON, Frederick William, author, b. in
Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y., in 1814 ; d. in Carthage
Landing, N. Y., 20 June, 1881. lie was graduated
at Princeton in 1834, studied for the ministry, and
timk orders in the
Protestant Episcopal church in 1847.
He was rector of
the church in Hunt-
ington, L. I., for
several years, also
of the church in
Fishkill, N. Y., and
in 1854 accepted a
call to Montpelier,
Vt. About ten
years later he re-
moved to Carthage
Landing, N. Y., and
devoted himself
chiefly to author-
ship. Mr. Shelton's
publications were
" The Trollopiad, or
Travelling Gentleman in America," a satirical poem
(New York, 1837) ; " Salander and the Dragon," a
romance (1851) ; " The Rector of St. Bardolph's, or
Superannuated" (1853); "Up the River," a series
of rural sketches on the Hudson (1853) ; " Chrys-
talline, or the Heiress of Fall-Down Castle," a ro-
mance (1854) ; and " Peeps from a Belfry, or Parish
Sketch-Book" (1855). He also published several
lectures on popular topics, and was a frequent con-
tributor to the " Knickerbocker Magazine " and
other periodicals. To the former he contributed a
series of local humorous sketches, beginning with
"The Knshow Property, a Tale of Crowhill in
1848," followed by " The Tinnecum Papers," and
other articles, including criticisms of Charles
Lamb, Vincent Bourne, and other authors. Two
of his lectures are entitled "The Gold Mania" and
" The Use and Abuse of Reason." Mr. Shelton was
the intimate friend of William Wilson, the poet-
publisher, Gulian C. Verplanck, Frederick S. Coz-
zens, and other literary men. With the above-named
writers he was a contributor to the " Knicker-
bocker Gallery," published for the benefit of Lewis
G-aylord Clark (q, ;.) after his retirement from the
editorship of the " Knickerbocker Magazine."
SHELTON, William, clergyman, b. in Fairfield, Conn., 11 Sept., 1798; d. there, 11 Oct., 1883. He was the son of Rev. Philo Shelton (1754-1825), the first clergyman ordained by a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States. He was graduated at the General theological seminary in New York city in 1823, was ordained deacon
