Shelden Estate "Green Hill Farm" in Stony Creek Metro Park.: April 2021

(1865-1935)

Mrs. Caroline Annette Alger Shelden was a Detroit society leader. The
daughter of General Russell A. Alger, former Governor of Michigan and
Secretary of War in President McKinley's cabinet, she was born in Grand
Rapids, but lived in Detroit most of her life. She was educated at private
schools in Detroit, Mich., Farmington, Mich., Paris, France, and Lucerne,
Switzerland. Caroline and Henry Dusenbury Sheldon married in 1887, and
they had three children. Their home in Grosse Pointe Shores, "Deeplands",
became known as a fashionable showplace. Caroline had a great number of
social affiliations, including Colonial Dames of America in Michigan,
Daughters of the American Revolution, Needlework Guild, Society of Arts
and Crafts, Detroit Colony Club, Women's City Club (Detroit, Mich.),
Detroit Museum of Arts Founders Society, and Garden Club of Michigan.
She died while on vacation in the Upper Peninsula, at Huron Mountain, in
August 1935.
(This biography was transcribed from the dplbibdiv.pbworks.com website
which belongs to the Detroit Public Library.)

Henry Dusenbury “Harry” Shelden
(1862-1941)

Henry Dusenbury Shelden was born in Portville, N.Y., June 17, 1862, the
son of Allan and Katharine (Dusenbury) Shelden. He obtained a B.A. at Yale
College in 1886, studied law and was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1887.
He entered the wholesale dry goods business in Detroit, in 1887, and
continued until 1890. After 1890, he devoted his attention mainly as member
of various corporate boards; director Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Mills,
Fort Street Union Depot and Station Co., and Alger, Smith & Co. Harry was
a Republican, Presbyterian, Member of the Detroit Board of Commerce.
Club: Detroit Racquet and Curling, Country, Old Club. Recreation: Horseback
riding. Office: 14 Shelby Blk. Residence: 196 Fort St., W.
(This biography was derived from the website genealogytrails.com [Source:
"The Book of Detroiters". Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, 1908 -
Submitted by Christine Walters])