Sheldon Township, Minnesota Authentic Site

The town of Sheldon was organized May 11, 1858, at a meeting held in the village. The officers elected were: Supervisors, John Brown, chairman; Steiner Knudson and Henry Olson; town clerk, James Patton'; assessor, Michael Ryan; collector, Lawrence Lynch; justices of the peace, Lyman B. Jefferson and Ch. Fetsan; constable, Bartholomew Henry; overseer of the poor, John Paddock.