Born in Finnagård, Stojby, Gårdsby, Kronoberg, Sweden
Ancestors 
Brother of
Johan Samuel (Månsson) Monson [half], Catharina Månsdotter [half], Sara (Månsdotter) Swenson, Peter (Månsson) Shaleen and Maria (Månsdotter) Wallmark
Husband of
Anna Sofia (Stendahl) Shaleen
— married
about 1869 in Minnesota
Descendants 
Father of
Amanda Alvida (Shaleen) Eshelman, Ernst Hjalmar Shaleen, Thelma Augusta (Shaleen) Hartsten, Anna Lavina Shaleen, Arthur William Shaleen, Herman Shaleen and Alphild Hulda Mirande Shaleen
Died
at age 65
in Lindström, Chisago, Minnesota, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 May 2015
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Biography
Son of Magnus Samuelsson and Britta Stina Petersdotter.
As with his brother, Peter, he had a good education and as an educated man took the surname Sjölin while still living in Sweden, changing the spelling to Shaleen (sometimes Shulin early on) in the United States, where the family arrived in 1855.[1] He, his brother, his two sisters, a brother-in-law, an infant nephew and both his parents came together to the USA in 1855 and settled in Chisago County, Minnesota Territory.
In 1862 he volunteered for the 6th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and served until August 1865 in Company I, promoted to corporal.[2]
He served two terms in the Minnesota State Senate from 1876 – 1883. He also served Chisago County as probate judge and as sheriff.[3]
He died in 1901.
Sources
- ↑ See Olin, Karl (1973) Chisago Lake-Forsamlingen i Minnesota. Forteckning over de aldsta medlemmarna 1855-1867. (Skriften Utgivna av Emigrantinstitutet, 2.) Lund [Sweden]: Etnologiska Institutionen. p. 177.
- ↑ Minnesota, Civil War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, Operations, Inc., 2011. 6th Minnesota Voluntary Infantry (Ancestry.com)
- ↑ John Shaleen, political profile
- Sweden, Church Records, 1451-1943; Kronoberg; Gårdsby; Household examination book: AI:8 (1836-1840) Bild 117 / sid 107 (Ancestry.com) NOTE: No. 21 Gerdesgård, Stojby Rote
- Minnesota, Civil War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, Operations, Inc., 2011. 6th Minnesota Voluntary Infantry
- 1880 US Federal Census; Census Place: Chisago Lake, Chisago, Minnesota; Roll: 617; Family History Film: 1254617; Page: 438D; Enumeration District: 058; Image: 0281 (Ancestry.com)
- 1900 US Federal Census; Census Place: Chisago Lake, Chisago, Minnesota; Roll: 759; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 1240759 (Ancestry.com)
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