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Sheldon Norton Talcott
Generation:8
Born:November 4th, 1849
Died:March 10th, 1851, aged about 2 years
Father:Honorable Wait Talcott
Mother:Anna (Norton) Talcott
Occupation(s): ---
Marriages:None known
Children:None known

Sheldon Norton Talcott
   Wait TalcottAnna (Norton) Talcott   
 William TalcottDorothy (Blish) Talcott  Ariel Norton? (?) Norton 
William TalcottMary (Carter) TalcottThomas BlishPrudence (Hubbard) Blish------------

Sheldon Norton Talcott

1849 through 1851

1829-1851 2nd Cholera pandemic
1830-1860 Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US
1837-1901 Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
1845-1849 Irish Potato Famine
1848-1856 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill
1849-1852 Zachary Taylor president of the US
  1849   Fizeau measures speed of light
  1850   Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory
  1850   US pop reaches 23 million
  1850   California enters the union - 31st
  1850   New Mexico organized as a territory
  1850   World pop. est. at 1.1 billion
  1850   W. H. F. Talbot develops idea of halftone printing
  1851   Gold rush in Australia