Jessie Bird Shelton

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Personal and Family Information

Jessie was born on 26 Apr 1875 in Lawrence County, Missouri, the son of Ira Ellis Shelton and Rachel A Taylor.

He died on 26 Dec 1947 in Pulaski County, Arkansas.

His wife was Nellie Loyrenda Byrd, who he married on 19 APR 1899 in Prairie County, Arkansas. Their eleven known children were Ethel Rachel (1899-1920), Vera Blanche (1901-1995), Grace Pearl (1903-1980), Jessie Lois (1905-1985), Oliver Doyle (1907-1969), Zelma Lucile (1908-1975), John Houston (1911-1986), William Franklin (1913-1959), Helen Julia (1915-1915), Marcus Deeler Lafayette (1916-1945) and Robert Wayne (1920-1973).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Jessie Bird Shelton
(1875-1947)

 

Ira Ellis Shelton
(1812-1895)

 

Charles Coleman Shelton
(1775-1855)

 

Beverly B Shelton
(1744-1825)

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Ann B Coleman
(1749-1803)

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Elizabeth Shelton
(1770-1850)

 

Gabriel Shelton
(1739-1803)

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Elizabeth Shepherd
(1745-1794)

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Rachel A Taylor
(1838-1900)

 

William Sturgis Taylor
(1792-1847)

 

William Taylor
(c1760-c1810)

 
   

Mary Evans
(c1760-?)

 
   

Hester Ann Unknown
(1798-?)

   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth26 APR 1875
Place: Lawrence County, Missouri
Death26 DEC 1947
Place: Pulaski County, Arkansas
Address: Ark death index
Census14 JUN 1880
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 5 born Missouri
Address: Shelton, Ira E wm age 67 married, farmer born S? Virginia f&m S? Virginia __ Racheal A, wf age 41 wife, married , keeping house, born Indiana, f&m Delaware __ John G wm age 15 son single Labor, born Missouri f E Virginia, m Indiana __ ParaLee, wf age 13, daughter single, born Missouri f E Virginia, m Indiana __ Malinda wf age 10 daughter single, born Missouri f E Virginia, m Indiana __ Jesse B wm age 5 son single, born Missouri, f E Virginia, m Indiana __ Oliver M , wm age 2 son single born Arkansas, f E Virginia, m Indiana Lamb, William J wm age 21 step son single, born Missouri, f Kentucky, m Ind __ Rose Ann, wf age 18 stepdaughter, single, born Missouri, f Kentucky, m Ind
Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
Source: Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
Date: JUN 1880
Publisher: ancestry.com

Census22 JUN 1900
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Address: Gray Twp, dwelling 281 family 281 Shelton, Jessie B , head wm born April 1875 age 25 married one yr, born Missouri, father Pennsylvania, mother Missouri __ , Nellie, wife wf June 1877 age 23 married one yr, mother of 1, 1 living born Alabama f & m Alabama __, Ethel R, daughter wf born Aug 1899 age 9 mo single born Ark, f Missouri, f Alabama dwelling 283 family283 Shelton, Oliver M, head wm born Dec 1878 age 22 single, born Arkansas, father Pennsylvania, mother Missouri __ , Rachial, mother wf , born Dec 1837 age 62 Wd, mother of 5, 5 living born Missouri, f & m Missouri
Census1920
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Address: Kerr and Lonoke Road Jesse B Shelton 44, Nellie 42, Grace 17, Jessie 15, Oliver 13, Lucile 11, Houston 9, Frank 7, Dellas 3, Dan 1
Census1930
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Address: Gray Twp, Jacksonville Road, dwelling 3, family 3 Jessie B Shelton 54, Nellie L 52, Marcus D L 14 , Robert W 9 Earl J 31 son in law, Jessie Euatt dau 25, , Blanch I gdau 7, Dorothy E gdau 6
Burial1947
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Address: Burris Branch Cemetery with wife http://arkansasgravestones.org/view.php?id=174889 findagrave 13363590

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Sources

  1. Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
    Source: Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
    Date: JUN 1880
    Publisher: ancestry.com