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    Person Info
  • Name: Minerva SHELTON
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 1 Nov 1817 in Choctaw Council House, Territory Of Ark b
  • Death: 1887 in Wellington, Texas d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jesse SHELTON Birth: 22 Feb 1782 in Henry Co, Virginia Death: 25 May 1855 in Claksville, Red River Co, Texas
  • Mother:
  • Rachel MARRS Birth: 12 Oct 1787 in Goodlettsville, Madison Co, Tennessee Death: 5 Apr 1860 in Clarksville, Red River Co, Texas

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. James Monroe YATES Birth: 19 Oct 1838 in Texas Death: 2 Feb 1913 in Marlow, Oklahoma
  2. Agnes Jane YATES Birth: 8 Apr 1840 in Texas Death: 15 Feb 1864
  3. Mary Lucinda YATES Birth: 28 Oct 1841 in Pleasant Grove, Texas Death: 24 Jul 1921
  4. Eli Jenway YATES Birth: 8 Jan 1843 in Texas Death: 2 Jun 1847
  5. John Henry YATES Birth: 25 May 1844 in Texas Death: Mar 1854
  6. William Austin YATES Birth: 3 Jun 1848 in Texas Death: 5 May 1851
  7. Elizabeth Texanah YATES Birth: 25 Jul 1850 in Texas Death: 5 May
  8. Leonidas Ragland YATES Birth: 8 Oct 1852 in Texas Death: 1 Nov 1855
  9. Willetta Minerva YATES Birth: 28 Jul 1854 in Texas Death: 31 Aug 1926
  10. Thomas Jefferson YATES Birth: 28 Aug 1857 in Texas Death: 30 Jun 1935 in Paris, Lamar Co, Texas
  11. Emma Graham YATES Birth: 5 Aug 1858 in Texas Death: 24 Jul 1881 in Detroit, Lamar Co, Texas
  12. Melville YATES Birth: 16 Oct 1861 in Texas Death: 25 Mar 1948 in Lamar Co, Texas

Bibliography
  1. Genzel, Carolyn, George Verdelle Shannon, private email, 2/6/2003. Author address: cgenzel at 1starnet dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003].
  2. Shannon, Dexal, SHANNON 1571-1990. unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/778102. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79],
place:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79],
parents:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79],
place:
Texas [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79]
Sources with Information about marriage to William YATES
date:
[Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79],
child:
[Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Minerva SHELTON
          /-----Jeremiah SHELTON
 /-----Jesse SHELTON
|         \-----Nancy ASHER
Minerva SHELTON
|                  /-----Hugh MARRS
|         /-----James MARRS
 \-----Rachel MARRS
         |                                             /-----John SHANNON
         |                                    /-----John SHANNON
         |                           /-----Robert SHANNON
         |                  /-----Thomas SHANNON
         |                 |         \-----Annal (SHANNON)
         |         /-----Samuel SHANNON
         |        |         \-----Agnes (SHANNON)
          \-----Ann SHANNON
                  |                  /-----Thomas REID
                  |         /-----John Col REID
                  |        |         \-----Mary McKEAN
                   \-----Jane REID
                            \-----Jane STUART



Descendants of Minerva SHELTON
1. Minerva SHELTON m. William YATES
m. William YATES

2nd generation

2. James Monroe YATES m. Elizabeth C NEILSON
m. Elizabeth C NEILSON
4. Mary Lucinda YATES m1. Robert Irvin JENNINGS m2. Jeremiah Scott CROOK
m. Robert Irvin JENNINGS
m. Jeremiah Scott CROOK
8. Elizabeth Texanah YATES m1. F M LONG m2. E M F JONES
m. F M LONG
m. E M F JONES
10. Willetta Minerva YATES m. Mortimore MURPHY
m. Mortimore MURPHY
11. Thomas Jefferson YATES m1. Willie COLEMAN m2. Frances COLEMAN
m. Willie COLEMAN
m. Frances COLEMAN
12. Emma Graham YATES m. William S STAFFORD
m. William S STAFFORD
13. Melville YATES m. Ada Ella BRADLEY
m. Ada Ella BRADLEY

3rd generation

17. Lillian JENNINGS m. G W Dr BEDFORD
m. G W Dr BEDFORD
18. Roberta Irvin JENNINGS m. George Thomas COLEMAN
m. George Thomas COLEMAN
19. Jessie Bell CROOK m. Edward T SMITH
m. Edward T SMITH
20. John William CROOK m. Madeline Elizabety May NEATHERY
m. Madeline Elizabety May NEATHERY
21. Charles O'Connor CROOK m1. Emma SIMPSON m2. Maybella CRAIG
m. Emma SIMPSON
m. Maybella CRAIG
25. Walter Jennings CROOK m. Tenne WILSON
m. Tenne WILSON

4th generation

51. Smith Bedford COLEMAN m. Georgia Avaline HARAWAY
m. Georgia Avaline HARAWAY father: Samuel Newton HARAWAY mother: Lola Avaline SHELTON
58. Mildred Marvin COLEMAN m. Clarence Shuford MURPHY
m. Clarence Shuford MURPHY
74. Living CROOK m. Living (CROOK)
m. Living (CROOK)