Manuel Sheldon was born in Savannah, Georgia in March 1861 to Daniel and Sarah Sheldon. Mr. Sheldon married Annie E. Sullivan on April 15, 1890, at 29. He worked as a steward and a sailor in Boston.
Mr. Sheldon was incarcerated in Massachusetts State Prison. He died of internal hemorrhaging from gastric carcinoma on March 15, 1903, 42.