32 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY church affiliations were with the Episcopal faith. Of him it has well been said, "He was a striking type of the practical self- made man, and his success in life was due to his energy, honesty, foresight and fine business ability. His death was lamented by a community in which every man, woman and child was his friend." Mr. Sheldon died April 3, 1900, at the age of eighty years. T. B. Sheldon was married in 1818 to Mary T. Sturtevant, of Hartland, Vt. Five children were born to them, all of whom died. Mrs. Mary Sheldon died in November, 1891. In June, 1893, Mr. Sheldon married, at Milwaukee, ~SVis., to Annie L. Langton, who recently died. She was one of the committee with E. H. Blodgett and F. Buseh named in the will to determine how the bequest of her husband should be spent to best benefit the city, and many of the artistic features of the Auditorium are the fruits of her suggestions.
