Sheldon, Indiana, was named in 1869 in honor of the railroad superintendent of the Lake Erie & Western railroad. At that time, Andrew J. Taylor laid out the town plat along these tracks in preparation for his carriage manufacturing business. "Yoder" was a name later thrust upon the town of Sheldon by the railroads, referring to the railroad station there, without specific legal authority. "Sheldon is the legal name, and Sheldon it will remain." This information is from Griswold's "The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana", vol. 1 (page 700). Tom Palmer