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Life Summary
Full name
William Paine Sheffield
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
1
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
3
Family
George Gardiner Sheffield (father), Eliza Paine Sheffield (mother), Lilias White Sanford (wife)
Education
Harvard
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Government
US House of Representatives
State legislature
