Biography written during 1999 by nephew Harold Lee Eddleman
Shelby (Sheldon) called "Shep" was the last born child of Francis Marion Eddleman
born estimated 1888 because Claude was born 1886
died = unknown went west and quit writing family about 1925 --my guess
Sophie told Harold Eddleman the item below:
Frederich Eddleman wrote Sophie (her real name Esther Eddleman of Marengo) that he was the son of Shelby. He said he had two sisters. He said he knew Frank Eddleman (was this Issac's son Frank? He said his mother was________. Sophie died May 1997
He was the photographer and the one my father mentioned most, he did do say much about him. Shep took up photography. In those days it was common to print pictures on postcard stock and a picture he took of the Speed Limestone Quarry in Milltown was used by the company and he printed lots of cards for them. I do not know whether that means a dozen or a hundred or more.
We had a wooden box 12 inches deep, and about 30 wide and 36 long which was his photographic equipment as dad packed it to ship by railroad to Shep, but Shep never did send an address. I was very curious but Dad would not open the box. During the 35 years that Dad waited for an address, a hole developed in the box and removed a bottle of sodium thiosulfate and used some of it to fix my negatives and prints. empth homepathic case, no camera, no tripot no negativesm. nothing of any use.