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HENRY KENT SHELDON, the youngest son of Julius C. and
Mindwell Sheldon, was born at Suffield, Conn., Oct. 10, 1837.
He completed the course at the Albany Law School, and
was admitted to practice, December 3, 1860.
In 1861 and 1862 he was engaged, successfully, in active
business in Suffield. In 1863 he was appointed Assistant
Assessor under the U. S. Internal Kevenue law, and was thus
occupied until the Spring of 1865, when, his health failing,
he tnejl to regain it by a removal to Minnesota. At the
close of the year, he returned to his home in Suffield, where
he died of consumption, January 28,1866, aged 28 years.