Esther Nadine Cain and Harrison Graves Shedd

HARRISON GRAVES SHEDD, son of KATHERINE LEIGH GRAVES and LT. GOV. HIBBARD HOUSTON SHEDD, was born August 6, 1875, and died December 14, 1932 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.³⁴⁹³ He is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.⁴⁵⁶

He married ESTHER NADINE CAIN on October 20, 1921 in Colfax, Jasper, Iowa.^{1710, 3434} She was born February 18, 1897,⁵⁶ and died in May, 1974.⁵⁶

Education
Work History
Marriage Announcements and News
Newspaper Articles
Obituaries

Census Records

Education

Harrison G. Shedd

graduated from Ashland High School, Saunders County, Nebraska, May 30, 1892⁷⁷²⁷
- Activities:
  Commencement Speech: "The Fate of Republics"
graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska⁷⁷³²
- Member of Phi Kappa Psi
graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska in 1907^{5652, 7732}

Esther N. Cain

graduated from University of Iowa, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa⁵⁶⁵²
- Member of Delta Delta Delta

Work History

Harrison Graves Shedd was President of Shedd Investment Co. (Omaha).⁷⁷³²

Marriage Announcements and News

Lincoln State Journal, October 14, 1921⁵⁶⁵²

Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Nadine Cain of Colfax, Ia., to Harry G. Shedd of Omaha which will take place Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Cain. Mr. Shedd and his bride will spend two months in California after which they will be at home in Omaha. Miss Cain attended Monticello seminary at Godfrey, Ill., and is a graduate of the University of Iowa. She is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. Mr. Shedd is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and a member of Psi Kappa Psi.

Newspaper Articles

Ashland Gazette, June 26, 1896⁸¹⁹³

The Summer Breeze, Harry G. Shedd's daily, made its appearance again Monday. It is somewhat larger than last year, and is meeting with cordial favor among our citizens. Mr. Shedd is a born newspaper man and his spicy little daily is becoming a family necessity in Ashland homes. The Gazette does the mechanical work on The Breeze, and by our arrangement, we are permitted to reproduce the contents of the paper in our columns.

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The Courier, August 15, 1896²³⁴¹

George Shedd and Harry Shedd, of Ashland, and Ernest A. Wigginhorn, returned Sunday from Colorado. Edith Shedd, who had been the guest of Miss Vera Upton for several days, left the same day with her brothers for their home in Ashland.

Obituaries

Omaha World-Herald, December 15, 1932³⁴⁹³

Harry G. Shedd Is Dead

Real Estate Man Was Working on Novel; Died After Sudden Heart Attack.

Harry G. Shedd, a real estate man whose great desire was to write fiction successfully, died of a heart attack Wednesday morning at his home at 5208 western avenue.

Shedd had been working for several years on a novel. He hoped to complete it this winter. He had high hopes that the novel would be a great success, according to Keene Abbott, a writer friend.

It dealt with the days when the Nebraska land was being colonized. He had not written a great deal on the novel, it was said, but had worked out the plot in great detail and was ready to begin writing in earnest.

Active in Playhouse.

Shedd was president of the Shedd Investment company, a real estate firm. He had been very active in connection with the Community Playhouse and much of the credit for the success of the Playhouse is given to him. He was president of the playhouse board in 1930 and 1931.

Shedd's death was unexpected. He had been troubled by heart attacks for 10 years but appeared to be well Tuesday. He rose early Wednesday morning, feeling ill, and went downstairs to lie on a couch in his dressing gown. About 6:20 he called Mrs. Shedd. She summoned a doctor, but Shedd was dead before the doctor arrived.

Shedd who was 56 years old, was a member of a pioneer Nebraska family. His father, H. H. Shedd of Ashland, was once lieutenant governor of Nebraska.

Nebraska Graduate.

Shedd attended the University of Nebraska, being graduated in 1898. While in school he served as theater critic for a Lincoln paper and first became interested in the theater. He became a friend of Otis Skinner and corresponded with him regularly.

At the universidy Shedd was an editor of The Coyote, a magazine of poetry and fiction on which many Nebraska writers began their careers.

Graduated, Shedd became an instructor in English at the university and wrote a book of short stories, "Over Grass-Grown Trails." The book, published by a Chicago firm, is now forgotten.

Shedd was promoted to registrar of the university, but resigned in 1904 to become secretary to G. W. Wattles of Omaha. His especial business was to represent Wattles in managing Nebraska activities at the St. Louis exposition. He was so successful with this that he was called to Portland, Ore., to manage an agricultrual exhibit at an exposition there.

Play Was Given.

Interested in land as a result of this, Shedd returned to Ashland in 1906 to enter the real estate business. He came to Omaha in 1909, opening an office for dealings in farm lands. In 1923 he began dealing in city property, also.

Shedd's spare time was given to Playhouse work and to writing. He read dozens of plays, and three years ago wrote a one-act play, "Prairie Court," which was presented by Playhouse actors at the old Art Institute.

Survivors are his widow, Nadine; a brother, George, of Los Angeles, who is a successful novelist and short story writer, now writing for the movies; a sister, Mrs. Clifford Shoffstall of Kansas City, and his mother, Mrs. Catherine Shedd of Kansas City.

The body is at Burket's.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 3, 1880²⁹²	Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska	Hibbard Houston Shedd Katherine Leigh Graves Harrison Graves Shedd Ralph Wayne Shedd George Clifford Shedd George Shedd
April 18, 1910³⁰²	Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska	Katherine Leigh Graves Harrison Graves Shedd George Clifford Shedd Helen Bernice Shedd
January 11, 1920¹⁷⁰⁹	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska	Harrison Graves Shedd
April 5, 1930¹⁷¹¹	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska	Harrison Graves Shedd Esther Nadine Cain