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Name: Eli Jenway SHELTON
Sex: M
Birth: 11 Apr 1823 in Doakville, Miller Co, Arkansas ^b
Death: 12 Sep 1912 in High, Texas ^d
Burial: Plealsant Hill Cemetery, High, Texas ^u

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:

Martha Ann Elizabeth YATES on 19 May 1846 at Lamar Co, Texas .^m1
Martha Ann Elizabeth YATES Birth: 18 Sep 1825 in Hemstead Co, Arkansas (Now Oklahoma) Death: 16 May 1911 in High, Texas

Children:

(Twin Dau) SHELTON Birth: 1847 in High, Texas Death: 1847 in High, Texas
(Twin Dau) SHELTON Birth: 1847 in High, Texas Death: 1847 in High, Texas
Alice Irene SHELTON Birth: 6 Nov 1848 in High, Lamar Co, Texas Death: 27 Oct 1906
Jesse Roquewell SHELTON Birth: 1 Nov 1850 in High, Lamar Co, Texas Death: 9 Feb 1939 in Paris, Lamar Co, Texas
Thomas Barrett Alva (Dick) SHELTON Birth: 25 Sep 1852 in High, Lamar Co, Texas Death: 22 Dec 1900 in Galveston, Texas
Lola Avaline SHELTON Birth: 12 Aug 1854 in Howland, Lamar Co, Texas Death: 2 Jan 1947 in High, Texas
Avis Idella Agnes SHELTON Birth: 12 Jan 1857 in High, Texas Death: 22 Nov 1935
Mary Margaret Jenway SHELTON Birth: 2 Aug 1859 in High, Lamar Co, Texas Death: 25 Feb 1938 in Denton, Texas

Bibliography

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].
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 unpublished notebook, dated Dec 1990.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:: [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79]

Sources with Information about marriage to Martha Ann Elizabeth YATES

date:: [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79],
place:: [Ref: Carolyn Genzel 2/6/2003],
child:: [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79, ShannonD SHANNON p80]

Research Notes:
went to Lamar Co TX with family when 14 years old [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79]

member of Methodist Church, Masons [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79]

in Confederate Army during Civil War [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79]

served in Texas Legislature from Lamar County [Ref: ShannonD SHANNON p79]

Pedigree of Eli Jenway SHELTON
          /-----Jeremiah SHELTON
/-----Jesse SHELTON
|         \-----Nancy ASHER
Eli Jenway 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 Eli Jenway SHELTON

1. Eli Jenway SHELTON m. Martha Ann Elizabeth YATES

m. Martha Ann Elizabeth YATES father: Thomas YATES mother: Avis Totelo GRIFFIN

2 (Twin Dau) SHELTON

3 (Twin Dau) SHELTON

4+ Alice Irene SHELTON m. Smith N Dr COMPTON

5+ Jesse Roquewell SHELTON m. Ann Elizabeth SCOTT

6+ Thomas Barrett Alva (Dick) SHELTON m. Ada Virginia STEELE

7+ Lola Avaline SHELTON m. Samuel Newton HARAWAY

8 Avis Idella Agnes SHELTON m1. Columbus W SHIPE m2. Joe D GARLAND

9+ Mary Margaret Jenway SHELTON m. David Allen COLEMAN

2nd generation

4. Alice Irene SHELTON m. Smith N Dr COMPTON