87. William R. Gough (Rhoda Shelton , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 14 Mar 1809 in Kentucky. He died on 26 Aug 1876 in Graves County, Kentucky. He was buried in Graves County, Kentucky.
William married Rispah White. Rispah was born on 4 Jul 1827. She died on 29 Oct 1910 in Graves County, Kentucky. She was buried in Graves County, Kentucky.
They had the following children:
+ 129 M i Giles Gilleland Gough 130 M ii William White Gough was born on 31 Jan 1858. He died on 3 Jan 1924 in Graves County, Kentucky. He was buried in Graves County, Kentucky. William married Mattie E. Green. Mattie was born on 10 Feb 1869. She died on 1 Jul 1894 in Graves County, Kentucky. She was buried in Graves County, Kentucky. + 131 M iii James Asher Gough
88. Jeremiah W. Gough (Rhoda Shelton , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 20 Aug 1809 in Kentucky. He died on 23 Aug 1892 in Graves County, Kentucky. He was buried in Aug 1892 in Graves County, Kentucky.
No will was found in Graves County Courthouse between 1887 and 1916.
He had the following children:
+ 132 M i Ewing T. Gough
Jeremiah married (2) Caroline A. Carter daughter of (Unknown) Carter and Unknown. Caroline was born in 1838 in Ohio.
They had the following children:
+ 133 M ii Millard Miles Gough 134 F iii Rizpah A. Gough was born on 5 Nov 1858 in Graves County, Kentucky. She died on 26 Nov 1884 in Graves County, Kentucky. She was buried in Graves County, Kentucky. Rizpah married J. A. Dillon. J. A. Dillon was born on 2 Dec 1842. He died on 17 Oct 1908 in Graves County, Kentucky. He was buried in Graves County, Kentucky. 135 M iv Alvin A. Gough was born about 1863 in Graves County, Kentucky. 136 M v Jesse W. Gough was born about 1868 in Graves County, Kentucky.
94. Anna E. Shelton (Jesse , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 1 Jan 1809 in Butler County, Kentucky.
Anna married (1) Andrew S. Young.
They had the following children:
+ 137 M i Napoleon S. Young + 138 M ii Thomas S. Young
Anna married (2) William Inglish in 1835.
William Inglish came from Inglish's Station near the famous Crab Orchardin Kentucky, a place established by his father, Charles Inglish.
95. Miranda Shelton (Jesse , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 9 Feb 1814 in Miller County, Arkansas. She died in 1846 in Lamar County, Texas.
Miranda married James Madison Brackeen son of William Goslin Brackeen Rev. and Leatha Elsey Wheeler in 1839 in Ft. Shelton, Lamar County, Texas. James was born on 2 Jan 1811 in Lebanon, Tennessee. He died on 16 Oct 1887 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. He was buried in Evergreen Cem., Paris, Texas.
NAME: BIRTH: DEATH:
James Madison Brackeen 2 Jan 1812 16 Oct 1887
CEMETERY: LOCATION IN CEMETERY:
Evergreen 11-04-02
NOTES:
James married Miranda Shelton. Buried next to Sarah Marshall Brackeen.*From Probate Book M1 in the Lamar County Clerk's office, transcribed byMary Claunch Lane: Page 62; February Term, 1842; Be it remembered that onthe 28th day of Feby. A.D. 1842 there was began and held a regular Termof the Honorable Probate court in the Town of Lafayette in and for thecounty aforesaid. Present and presiding the Honorable John A. Rutherford,Judge, John R. Craddock, Clerk and W. R. Brown, Sheriff. When courtappeared according to law proceeded to the dispatch of business. *Page66; Jas. M. Brackeen vs. G. G. (should be W. D.) Brackeen, Minor.Petition for letters guardianship. This day Jas. M. Brackeen presentedhis petition praying letters of guardianship of his son G. G. (W.D.)Brackeen, minor heir of said Jas. M. Brackeen who is now in saidcounty of Lamar County and being entitled to an estate without the limitsof said Republic and it becoming necessary for a guardian to be appointedfor said minor G. G. (W. D.) Brackeen before he can obtain said estateand his father Jas. M. Brackeen being a suitable person to take chargeand custody of the person and estate of said minor it is thereforeordered and decreed by this court that letters of guardianship issue tosaid James M. Brackeen and the same be certified to by the Clerk of thiscourt Jas. M. Brackeen together with William Brackeen and Jas. R.G.Wortham his securities and entered into bond in the penal sum of $1,000for the faithful performance of th duties incumbent upon him as guardianaforesaid who severally acknowledged the same. Issued 11th March 1842A.D. *G.G. should be W. D. for William Daniel BrackeenThe children of James Madison Brackeen and Miranda Shelton were born inAtlas, Texas
* ATLAS, TEXAS. Atlas is at the intersection of Farm roads 2036 and 137,five miles northeast of Roxton and five miles southwest of Paris in southcentral Lamar County. It was founded in 1884 when the Texas-MidlandRailroad began to use a local rock quarry to obtain ballast. Railroadowner Edward H. R. Greenqv is credited with naming the quarry and thepost office Atlas, for the character in Greek mythology who supported theworld. The first postal facility opened in 1884. By 1890 Atlas had twentyresidents, two cotton gins, and a general store. I. H. Hughes hadestablished a law practice. A triweekly stagecoach ran to Paris andCooper; the fare was twenty-five and fifty cents respectively. The stagealso delivered the mail. By 1896 a local common school district enrolledseventy students and employed one teacher. In 1914 the population wasfifty, and the town had a new cotton gin and a telephone exchange. In1929 Atlas had a population of seventy-six. Maps for 1936 showed a cottongin, two stores, the school, and a church. The postal service wasdiscontinued in 1943. In 1947 the population peaked at 120, and fourbusinesses were in operation. In 1949 Atlas had fifty people and twobusinesses. By 1957 no businesses were left, and schoolchildren attendedthe Roxton schools. The population of Atlas remained at fifty throughoutthe 1960s, decreased to forty by 1970, and was reported as twenty in1974. Maps for 1984 showed a church and a few scattered dwellings. Thetown had twenty inhabitants in 1990.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Thomas S. Justiss, An Administrative Survey of the Schoolsof Lamar County with a Plan for Their Reorganization (M.A. thesis,University of Texas, 1937). Fred Tarpley, 1001 Texas Place Names (Austin:University of Texas Press, 1980).
Vista K. McCroskeyThe Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Librariesat the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State HistoricalAssociation.
James and Miranda had the following children:
+ 139 F i Susan Jane Brackeen 140 M ii Eli Jenway Brackeen was born on 4 Sep 1842 in Atlas, Lamar County, Texas. He died on 25 Dec 1916 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. He was buried in Brackeen Cemetery (Unmarked grave).
From the records of W. B. Akin Hospital Patient Register of Lamar County,Texas it reflects that E J. Brackeen, white male, age 74, born Sep. 1842was admitted by Dr. M. A. Walker on Nov. 2, 1916 and discharged Dec 25,1916 (54 days) for "Brights Disease." Deed Bk. T2 pg. 290 recorded atthe Lamar County County Court House, Paris, Texas reflects Eli Jenway asthe grandson of Jesse Shelton and the son of James Madison Brackeen andhis wife Myranda Shelton Brackeen. No record of children have been found.
From Rodgers & Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry &Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #9; p.214; Service #293; Eli J. Brackeen; chargeto estate; ordered by W. L. Hutchison & J. Q. Griffis; place of death,Aikin Hospital; Physician, J. B. Chapman; cause of death, Bright'sdisease; date of death, 25 Dec 1916, 11 pm; Widower, age 73 years;interment at Brackeen cemetery; casket size 6/3 $15.00; robe $5.00; auto$5.00; Total $25.00. *Birth year is calculated. In 1993 this was anunmarked grave.
Source: Ancestry.com
Name: Eli J. Brackeen
Company: F
Unit: 22 Texas Cavalry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: ConfederateEli married F. A. Winters on 19 Mar 1861 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. + 141 F iii Nancy Angeline Brackeen + 142 F iv Frances Etta Brackeen
96. Minerva Shelton (Jesse , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 1 Nov 1817 in Arkansas Terr., Arkansas. She died in 1887 in Wellington, Texas.
Taken from the book "The Shelton's and Descendants" by Barbara JeanFleury Sullivan published 1989.
Vol. 1 Page 147."Minerva Shelton married William Yates in 1836. He was the son of William
and Mary (Isabell) Yates. William was born in 1817 in Stones River,Davidson
County, Tennessee. He moved to Hempstead County, Arkansas in 1837. He wasa
cousin to Eli Jenway Shelton's wife, Martha Ann Elizabeth Yates. They
divorced and he married his brother's wife, Mahala Gardner Yates."
Minerva married William Yates in 1836. The marriage ended in divorce.William was born in 1817 in Stones River, Davidson County, Tennessee.
They had the following children:
+ 143 M i James Monroe Yates 144 F ii Agnes Jane Yates was born on 8 Apr 1840 in Texas. She died on 15 Feb 1864. Agnes married Jeremiah Stell Crook on 19 Jan 1860 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. Jeremiah was born on 16 Feb 1836 in Henderson County, Tennessee. + 145 F iii Mary Lucinda Yates 146 M iv Eli Jenway Yates was born on 8 Jan 1843 in Texas. He died on 2 Jun 1847. 147 M v John Henry Yates was born on 25 May 1844 in Texas. He died in Mar 1854. 148 M vi William Austin Yates was born on 3 Jun 1848 in Texas. He died on 5 May 1851. + 149 F vii Elizabeth Texanah Yates 150 M viii Leonidas Ragland Yates was born on 8 Oct 1852 in Texas. He died on 1 Nov 1855. + 151 F ix Willetta Minerva Yates + 152 M x Thomas Jefferson Yates + 153 F xi Emma Graham Yates + 154 M xii Melville Yates
97. Harvey Shelton (Jesse , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 11 Mar 1821 in Miller County, Arkansas.
Harvey married (1) Andromache Bell daughter of John Adair Bell and Jennie Martin. Andromache was born on 31 Dec 1831. She died on 28 Nov 1906 in Lamar County, Texas. She was buried in McDonald Cemetery.
She was the daughter of a Choctaw General, John Adair Bell and JennieMartin.
To please his daughter, John had brought the first piano ever transportedwest
of the Mississippi to the Cherokee Nation.
Harvey and Andromache had the following children:
Harvey married (2) Mary Ann Susan Latimer Fulton on 4 Feb 1841. Mary was born on 27 May 1824.
They had the following children:
159 F v Cora Ann Therese Shelton was born on 9 Dec 1842 in Texas. Cora married (1) John Gordon. Cora married (2) D. D. Porter. + 160 F vi Marie Louise Shelton
98. Eli Jenway Shelton (Jesse , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 11 Apr 1823 in Miller County, Arkansas. He died on 12 Sep 1912 in High, Texas. He was buried in Plesant Hill, High, Texas.
NAME: BIRTH: DEATH:
Eli Jenway Shelton 11 Apr 1823 14 Sep 1912
CEMETERY: LOCATION IN CEMETERY:
Pleasant Hill NORTHEAST
NOTES:
From Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fryand Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #8; p.163; Service #287; Capt. E.J. Shelton;charge to deceased; ordered by S. Coleman; date of funeral 15 Sep 1912;place of death, 1 1/2 mile S. High, TX.; services at High, TX.;Clergyman, Gober, Buck & Jennings; cause of death, Cancers; date ofdeath, 14 Sep 1912; Widowed; interment at Pleasant Hill cemetery; casket#5, size 5/0 $100.00; vault $75.00; robe $15.00; embalming $25.00; hearse$15.00; buggy & expense $7.00; Total $237.00. *On the same stone withMartha Ann Elizabeth Shelton. Lamar County Marriage Record Book 1, page38: E. J. Shelton married M. E. Yates on 19 May 1846. *The 1860 LamarCounty Census Precinct 3, Family #12-12 shows Eli Jenway Shelton age 37,Farmer, $3228/12500, born AR about 1823. *E. J. Shelton, Capt., age notstated, appears on a Muster Roll and Election Returns 'of those personsresiding in Military Precinct No. 3, who are subject to active service',Company for Lamar County, Texas, Beat No. 3, 9th Brigade, Texas Militia,of the State of Texas. Officers were elected on 17 Aug 1861, in LamarCounty; E. J. Shelton elected Captain and later deemed ineligible; ShebCross received the next highest amount of votes for 1st Lt. Only 44 ofthe 129 men signed as voting in the election. The document also states:'E. J. Shelton having been approved to fill another military officeprevious to this election was not eligible to this office consequentlythe election for Captain of this company together with another 2nd Lt.was reordered.' No record of another election has ever been found.*Information from THE JOURNEY ACROSS AMERICA 1630-1934, by Skipper Steelyfor Cecile Denton Roden, from her notes and research, published 1985.'Some Historical Notes on Eli Barnett, John Woodson Denton, and John H.Fowler Three of the First Settlers in the Roxton Area. (Lee Cemetery IsLocated on the John H. Fowler Survey.) Betsy Woodson first marriedEleaser Barnett in Kentucky. By him she had at least one son, Eli, andperhaps more, Eleaser died about 1816, and she was left with several ofhis children plus her own. She then married Thomas J. Denton when Eli wasabout nine years old. Soon after 1819, they headed for Pecan Point on theRed River, located in what was then old Miller Co., Arkansas, arriving in1823. They moved to Clear Creek with other settlers, one of which wasJohn H. Fowler. Thomas J. died in early 1825, and Betsy then married JohnH. Fowler about December of 1825. The Indians of the area were friendlyin general, but some lurked nearby that were not so friendly, and alsothere were violent storms, disease, and accidents, which took the livesof many early-day settlers. Betsy lost her life to one of these in 1827or 1828. About 1827, the last decision was made for the settlers to leavethe area north of the Red River. The southern half of the county remainedas a part of the Territory of Arkansas, but most settlers alignedthemselves with Mexico as residents of the Province of Texas, State ofCoahuilla. They signed the Wavel Colony register, and did most anythingto insure ownership of their property on the south side of the Red River.Some even paid taxes to both Arkansas and to the Mexican government, andat for a while at a later date, they had a representative to bothArkansas, and the Republic of Texas. Eli Barnett (about 20 years of age)chose to remain with George Wright, one of the earliest settlers of thearea, opposite the Kiamichi River. Fowler, at the time, chose to take oneof the land grants offered by Arkansas to replace the one he had. It isbelieved that John Woodson Denton, his step-son, returned to the ArkansasTerritory with him. However, family stories say he left him at the age often, after a disagreement, and took a herd of cattle to Eli Barnett's,who was his half-brother. It is believed that at times some venturedfarther west, even as far as what is now the Bonham, Fannin County area.The eastern part of what is now Lamar County began to be settled about1833, but the west was still rather dangerous. White settlers soon beganto move into the Prairie Mount (Roxton) area. John Fowler moved back toTexas in 1834, and despite these dangers, he, Eli Barnett, Jacob andIsaac Lyday, Jesse & Eli Shelton, and others put claims on land sometimebetween 1834-1837. Fowler got land just southwest of Eli Barnett. Sheltonchose southeast of Roxton, and established a fort there in 1837. EliBarnett picked a location on a tributary of the North Sulphur near CaneCreek, and John Woodson Denton built a cabin in the northwest section ofthis survey -about where the Roxton School is today. It is believed thatthe drove cattle to Barnett's place as early as 1833. Fort Lyday wasconstructed in 1836 to help protect the inhabitants from Indians. It waseight miles southwest of the Barnett place. In 1837, Daniel Davis,grandfather of Rhoda Davis Rush, who is buried in Lee Cemetery, moved hisfamily to a place on the North Sulphur in what is now Fannin County. Mostsettlers moved into Fort Lyday in 1838, but when it appeared that Indianraids had apparently ceased, some left the fort by 1839 in order to tendtheir land - this included Davis, his wife Nancy, and son Andrew. DanielDavis rose early in the morning and ask the maid to prepare breakfast.While eating, she told them she thought she heard Indians in the night,but Davis felt secure, since a heavy rain had fallen the night before,and a scouting party of 12 to 14 stopped at the Davis home for shelter.The Indians were hidden in the woods, and when DAVIS left his house, theyshot him and a young man named Gothlin. The scouts appeared and theIndians left. He was taken to James McFarland's place, three miles east,where he died that evening. By 1842, the Indians were no longer a threatto the farmers of western Lamar County, and many settlers began to comein the late 1840's and 1850's. John Fowler and Eli Barnett now livedneighbors, and in 1867, John Fowler was Postmaster of Prairie Mount(Roxton), and John W. Denton followed him.' *From Skipper Steely, FORTYSEVEN YEARS, an unpublished manuscript in 1995, p. 470: E. J. Shelton wasa member of the Texas House of Representatives representing Lamar CountyNov 1857, Nov 1859 and Jan 1873. *From the records of Lamar #258 UnitedDaughters of the Confederacy: Awarded Cross of Military Service on July8, 1904. He served as Capt., Co. A, 9th Regiment, Texas InfantryVolunteers. *Information from 'The Maxey Dispatch', Sam Bell Maxey Camp1358, Son's of Confederate Veterans, Paris, Texas, edited by Dr. WilliamdeG Hayden, May 1997: handwritten at the top of the page 'A letter fromthe files,' no other sources are mentioned 'Camp Benjamin And TheCemetery-- The regiment went into camp at Camp Rusk, Lamar County, Texas(now in Delta County, Texas) on the 30th, October 1861. It was musteredin the Provisional Confederate Army on the 16th November 1861. ^On thellth, December 1861 the regiment left Camp Rusk because of the 'impurityof the water, and other local causes' marched to Camp Benjamin in FanninCounty, Texas arriving on December 13, 1861, the distance marched being26 miles. ^This 9th Regiment Texas Volunteer Infantry, was composed often companies. The names of the Captain's who raised a company are givenbelow: Original Captain Place Organized-- Company A, Shelton, E.J.,Paris, Lamar County, Texas; Company B, Ragsdale, Smith, Clarksville, RedRiver County, Texas; Company C, Young, William H., Sherman, GraysonCounty, Texas; Company D, Beeson, William E., Hopkins County, Texas;Company E, Hill, James, Persimmon Grove, Lamar County, Texas; Company F,Leftwich, James A., Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas; Company G, Moore,Joseph A., Tarrant County, Texas; Company H, Stanley, Wright A., Bonham,Fannin County, Texas; Company I, Dickson, J. J., McKinney, Collin County,Texas; Company K, Dillard, Miles A., Tollets Prairie, Lamar County,Texas. ^All though Samuel B. Maxey organized this regiment and swore itinto service he did not remain with the regiment, appointed a BrigadierGeneral on March 4, 1862 he left the regiment. Wright A. Stanley theoriginal Captain of Company H was elected Colonel to replace Maxey, andit was under his direct command that 8 companies of the regiment tookpart in battle at Shiloh Tennessee on the 6th and 7th of April 1862.^William H. Young, original Captain of Company C was elected Colonel ofthe regiment to replace Stanley. Young was in time appointed a BrigadierGeneral and it was under William H. Young as a Colonel, and later aBrigadier General that the 9th Texas fought through the war, with theArmy of the Tennessee. ^Samuel B. Maxey, original Colonel did not commandthis regiment in a single battle in which it was ever engaged. ^Diseasewas a greater killer than Yankee bullet's. There was an epidemic ofMeasles and Pneumonia in the camp from almost the first day one man diedat Camp Rusk, another on the march to Camp Benjamin and those named belowdied within the period of time the regiment was encamped at CampBenjamin. ^Coleman, C. C.,Company I, died December 27, 1861, Dwyer, C.J., Company I, died December 23, 1861, Howe, Silvester, Company H, diedDecember 20, 1861, Todd, W. R., Company B, died January 1, 1862, Willett,J. E., Company F, died December 26, 1861, Harmon, J. W., Company K, diedDecember 28, 1861, and J. N. Westbrook, Company B, died December 31,1861.' *Eli J. Shelton is listed in a draft copy of GENERAL SAMUEL BELLMAXEY, C.S.A. A MILITARY BIOGRAPHY, by Louise Horton, Granger, TX, 1984,p. 188. *Information from Tim Bell, 1805 Real Dr., Waco, TX, 76712: EliJ. Shelton, this soldier's name was found in the Compiled Service Recordsof the 9th Texas Infantry on microfilm at the National Archives, and islisted in his compilation of the 9th TX Infantry on file at theConfederate Research Center in Hillsboro, TX. *Service Record asabstracted by Tim Bell states: Captain Shelton, E. J. - present,December, 1861 and January, 1862; left sick at Memphis, March, 1862- 'onaccount of serious and protracted sickness.' Not reelected at thereorganization of regiment, 5/8/62-dropped. Succeeded by W. H. H. Long.*E. J. Shelton, Capt. and Quartermaster, Co. F, age 37, appears onCompany Roll, Burnet's Battalion Texas Sharp Shooters, 1st BattalionTexas Sharp Shooters, National Archives Microfilm Roll 323, #261. Heappears on Muster Roll of the Staff and non-commissioned Staff of theorganization for 1 Aug - 10 Dec 1862. Joined for duty 1 Aug 1862 at LamarCo., TX, by Major James Burnet for 3 years of service. Valuation of horseis $425; equipment is $75; remarks: Commanded by Sec. of War dated 1 Aug1862. Roll dated Dec - Feb 1863: absent on detached service in Texasturning over Quarter Master property since 28 Jan 1863 by order of MajorBurnet. Roll dated Mar - Apr 1863: present as Capt. and Assistant QuarterMaster. Roll dated May - Jun 1863: present. Roll dated Jul - Aug 1863:present. Roll dated Sep - Oct 1863: absent, sent to Texas on recruitingservice October 26, 1863. *E. J. Shelton appears on a Roster of theorganization; date of election 1 Aug 1862; appointed by Secretary of War;remarks: In Texas purchasing artillery horses since 12 Apr 1864 by orderof Major General Maxey; endorsement on Roster dated 1 Sep 1864. *E. G.[sic] Shelton appears on a List of Quartermasters in Gen. Johnston'sDepartment; list dated 20 Nov 1863; date of commission 1 Aug 1862;bonded; date of bond is 4 Nov 1862; command is Burnet's Battn. SharpShooters; remarks: Acting Brigade Quartermaster of General Quarles. *EliShelton, A. Q. M., 1 Texas Battalion S. S. appears on a Registercontaining Rosters of Commissioned Officers, Provisional Army ConfederateStates; Confederate Archives, Chapter 1, File No. 96, page 307. *E. J.Shelton appears on a partial Roster of the Staff and Acting StaffOfficers of the Department of Indian Territory dated Fort Towson, I N, 6Mar 1865; remarks: absent, at Bonham Texas purchasing artillery horsessince 24 Apr 1864 by order of General Maxey. *Voucher No. 2, dated 1 Aug1863 for service 1 Jul - 31 Jul 1863, paid $140. *Voucher No. 11, dated21 Sep 1863 for Service 1 Aug - 31 Aug 1863, paid $140. *There is avoucher in the file that is unreadable but is dated 4 Jul 1863 and signedby Capt. E. J. Shelton while in Boonsville, Miss. *From REMINISCENCES OFTHE BOYS IN GRAY, 1861-1865, by Mary Yeary, Dayton, Ohio: Morningside,1986, p. 682: Eli J. Shelton, High, Texas - Born April 11 1823, atDrakesville (then Arkansas, now Liberty County, OK). Enlisted in theConfederate Army in 1862, in Lamar County, Texas as Captain of Company I,S. B. Maxey's Regiment. When the army was reorganized, on account ofphysical disability, I was appointed Quartermaster of Burnett'sBattalion, and after the fall of Vicksburg was transferred to theTrans-Mississippi Department and stationed at Boggy Depot, in the IndianTerritory, where I was detailed from the command and had charge of thesupply camp at Bonham, Texas. I remained there until the close of thewar, hence was in no great battle. ^I was with General Joseph E. Johnstonin an effort to relieve Vicksburg.
Eli married Martha Ann Elizabeth Yates daughter of Thomas Yates and Avis Totelo Griffin on 19 May 1846 in Lamar County, Texas. Martha was born on 18 Sep 1825 in Hempstead Co., Arkansas. She died on 16 May 1911 in High, Texas.
NAME: BIRTH: DEATH:
Martha Ann Elizabeth Yates Shelton 18 Sep 1825 15 May 1911
CEMETERY: LOCATION IN CEMETERY:
Pleasant Hill NORTHEAST
NOTES:
Lamar County Death Records Bk.#1; p.281; #78; Mrs. Elizabeth Shelton;white female; age 86 years; died in Roxton of cancer of womb; reported byJ.L. Jennings, Roxton. Original record did not state cemetery. Atombstone was located in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with name and datesindicated. *From Rodgers & Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records inpossession of Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #7; p.265; Service #122;charged to deceased; order given by J.R. Shelton and Smith Coleman;secured by same; date of funeral 16 May; place of death 1 mile south ofHigh, TX.; services at church; time 230 pm; Clergyman Gober; cause ofdeath cancer of uterus; date of death 15 May 1911 at 11 am; married; aged90 years; casket manufactured by Cincinnati; interment at Pleasant HillCemetery; casket price $100.00; vault 75.00; embalming $25.00; hearse$15.00; expense of buggy two days $7.00; total $222.00. *From anundated-unnamed newspaper obituary clipping from 'The Paris Scrapbook'donated by Skipper Steely: 'Mrs. E. J. Shelton, one of the oldest andmost loved women of Lamar county died at eleven o'clock this morning ather home at High. The deceased was about eighty-four years of age. She issurvived by her husband, Col. E. J. [Eli Jenway] Shelton, Jesse SheltonShelton of this city, who is her only son, Mrs. Harroway who lived withher in High, Mrs. James Garland of Annona and Mrs. E. A. Coleman, whoformerly lived in High, but who now resides in Benton, Texas, herdaughters. Mrs. Shelton was well known all over this section and was oneof the oldest citizens of Lamar county. She numbered her friends beyondher acquaintance for she was known far and wide for her noble Christianattributes and wide charities. The funeral will take place tomorrow at2:30 from the Methodist church at High, burial at Pleasant Hill.'
Eli and Martha had the following children:
161 F i Shelton (twin) was born in 1847 in High, Texas. She died in 1847 in High, Texas. 162 F ii Shelton (twin) was born in 1847 in High, Texas. She died in 1847 in High, Texas. + 163 F iii Alice Irene Shelton + 164 M iv Jesse Roquewell Shelton + 165 M v Thomas Barrett Arvine (Dick) Shelton + 166 F vi Lola Avaline Shelton 167 F vii Avis Idella Agnes Shelton was born on 12 Jan 1857 in High, Texas. + 168 F viii Mary Margaret Jenway Shelton
99. Eliza Jane Shelton (Jesse , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 29 Jun 1825 in Miller County, Arkansas. She died on 6 Sep 1876 in Benton City, Texas.
Eliza married (1) Thomas C. Forbes in Roxton, Ft. Shelton, Texas. Thomas was born in 1813 in New York City, New York. He died on 4 Apr 1852.
At the time of the death of Thomas C. Forbes, he was on his way to NewYork, to get a divide of his father's property. He had between 5 and 7thousand dollars with him to to purchase negroes to place on his farm.The steamboat "Glencoe" had an explosion on it, on the Illinois River,and he was killed. This was on April 4, 1852.
Source: http://www.twaintimes.net/page3.htm
Thomas and Eliza had the following children:
Eliza married (2) Nathaniel Abraham Venable Henderson on 14 Apr 1853 in Red River County, Texas.
They had the following children:
174 F vi Leona J. Henderson was born on 19 Jan 1854 in Red River County, Texas. Leona married John K. Pickett on 11 Sep 1873 in Atascosa county, Texas. 175 F vii Isidora Henderson was born on 20 Mar 1857. She died on 9 Aug 1861 in Fannin County, Texas. 176 F viii Sarah Rachel (Sallie) Henderson was born on 14 Mar 1860 in Red River County, Texas. She died on 4 Jan 1916 in Llano County, Texas. Sarah married George W. T. Wootton. + 177 F ix Ella Jane Henderson 178 F x Idella Henderson was born on 22 Dec 1863 in Milam County, Texas. She died on 1 Aug 1865 in Milam County, Texas. 179 F xi Turena Henderson was born on 1 Feb 1866 in Cooke County, Texas. Turena married H. Cicero Douglas on 7 Jul 1887 in Atascosa county, Texas. 180 M xii Nathaniel Abraham Venable Jr. Henderson was born on 17 Sep 1868 in Bell County, Texas. He died on 21 Dec 1945 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. He was buried in Live Oak Cemetery, Travis County, Texas.
100. Irvin Shelton (Jesse , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 17 Mar 1827 in Miller County, Arkansas. He died in 1863.
Irvin married Annie E. McAlister. Annie was born in 1829 in Tennessee.
They had the following children:
+ 181 F i Wilsie J. Shelton + 182 F ii Alice Perkins Shelton 183 M iii Gus B. Shelton was born in 1859 in Texas.
101. Lucinda Alice Shelton (Jesse , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 28 Jan 1828 in Miller County, Arkansas. She died on 6 Mar 1861 in Red River County, Texas.
Lucinda Latimer is buried in the Latimer Family Cemetery This is locatedon the old family land about three miles northeast of downtownClarksville. From the intersection of Hwy 82 East and FM 1159, take FM1159 north 1.3 miles. Turn left into a pasture gate drive and go another1/10 mile to the farmhouse. STOP! After getting permission to proceed, goabout another 1/10 mile on foot to the west/northwest and the cemetery isbeside a grove of trees and secured inside a pipe fence. Current ownersof the land are Charles and Jeannette Bolton Wilson and are nice friendlyfolks. They plan to have this cemetery 'set aside' at the county clerksoffice in the near future. The earliest marked burial is that of LucindaA. Shelton Latimer, first wife of Henry Russell Latimer.
Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv/cem1.html
Lucinda married Henry Russell Latimer on 26 Dec 1843 in Ft. Shelton, Roxton, Texas. Henry was born on 3 May 1817 in Carroll County, Tennessee. He died on 3 Sep 1887 in Red River County, Texas.
LATIMER, HENRY RUSSELL (1817-1887). Henry Russell Latimer, the son ofJane (Hamilton) and James L. Latimer, was born on May 3, 1817, in CarrollCounty, Tennessee. He moved to Red River County, Texas, in 1834. In 1836he volunteered for the Texas army under William Becknell qv and didpicket duty along the Rio Grande. After Texas independence Latimercompleted his education at Princeton, Kentucky, and returned to Texas in1841 to begin the practice of law at Clarksville. On December 25, 1843,he married Lucinda A. Shelton, and in 1844 he moved to Lamar County,where he became chief justice. He represented Lamar County at theConvention of 1845. In 1852 he moved back to Red River County and from1870 to 1873 represented Red River and Titus counties in the Senate ofthe Twelfth and Thirteenth legislatures. He died at his home on September3, 1887.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Clarksville Standard, September 8, 1887. Texas House ofRepresentatives, Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions andCongresses, 1832-1845 (Austin: Book Exchange, 1941).
Henry and Lucinda had the following children:
102. Marietta Shelton (Jesse , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 30 May 1830 in Miller County, Arkansas.
Information for the descendants of Frances and Marietta (Shelton) Hilburnwas taken from Shelton Descendants by Barbara Jean Fleury Sullivanpublished 1989. Copy in my posession.
Source: 1860 Census of Washington County, Arkansas
Hilburn, Francis 40 M SC
Mary 30 F Ark
Robert 12 M Tex
Clarence 8 M Ark
Sarah 7 F Ark
Cora 1 F Ark
Hawkins, Rissie 21 F Ark Servant
Marietta married Frances Marion Hilburn in Roxton, Ft. Shelton, Texas. Frances was born about 1820 in South Carolina.
They had the following children:
+ 193 M i Robert Shelton Hilburn 194 M ii Clarence Greenwood Hilburn was born in 1852. Clarence married Willie. + 195 F iii Fannie Hilburn 196 F iv Cora Hilburn was born in 1859.
120. Jeremiah Shelton Ashley (Nancy Shelton , Jeremiah , Ralph ) was born on 1 Mar 1820 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky. He died on 28 Jun 1901 in Moral, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Jeremiah married (1) Martha Henderson.
Jeremiah married (2) Margaret Sophronia Campell daughter of Joseph D. Campell and Rachel Martin. Margaret was born on 7 Jul 1832 in Hickman County, Tennessee. She died on 4 Mar 1898 in Pecan Gap, Delta County, Texas.
They had the following children: