Person:Charles Shedd (6)

BIOGRAPHY: Daniel Shed Genealogy
Ancestry and Descendants of Daniel Shed of Braintree, Massachusetts
1327 - 1920
by Frank E. Shedd
1921 Page 733 (797)

(895) Charles Elmer Shedd (785. Joel Herbert 8, Joel 7, Capt. Joel 6, Joel 5, Dea. Jacob 4, Dea. Nathan 3, Nathan 2, Daniel 1), born in Waltham, Mass., 4 Aug. 1857, was educated in Providence, R. I. at the University Grammer School, and attended Brown University in 1874 and 1875, but did not graduate. He was a civil engineer, at first with his father and later with his brother and a friend under the firm name of Shedd, Sarle and Shedd in Providence. He resided in Providence and died in Wickford, R.I., 19 May 1892.

He married in Providence, 5 Oct. 1880, Catherine Keith Knight, born there 3 Dec. 1857, daughter of Jabez C. and Catherine (Taft) Knight. She survives him and resides (1920) in East Greenwich, R. I.

New England Families
Genealogical and Memorial
Vol 2 - Page 967
Charles Elmer Shedd, son of Joel Herbert Shedd, was born August 4, 1857, in Waltham, Massachusetts, died May 19, 1892. He attended the Providence public schools, the University Grammar School and entered Brown University, in the class of 1878. He was a partner in the firm of Shedd, Sarle & Shedd, civil engineers, of Providence. He followed his profession actively until the time of his death. He was an able and promising young engineer and a brilliant career was cut short by his untimely death. He was a member of Grace Church. In politics he was a Republican. He married Catherine K. Knight, born December 3, 1857, daughter of Hon. Jabez C. Knight, former mayor of Providence. Children: Charles Elmer Jr., born February 20, 1882, died February 20, 1882; Katherine, February 25, 1888.