James Henry Shelley

16 September 1854–5 May 1938 (Age 83)
Tippah, Mississippi, United States

The Life Summary of James Henry

When James Henry Shelley was born on 16 September 1854, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States, his father, John Ellis Shelley, was 22 and his mother, Nancy Catherine Bieber, was 22. He married Martha Caroline Ray on 10 January 1878, in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Mississippi, United States in 1870 and Hardeman, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 May 1938, in Rogers Springs, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Rogers Springs, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Henry Shelley
1854–1938
Martha Caroline Ray
1861–1901
Marriage: 10 January 1878
Mary Malinda Shelly
1878–1981
Sarah E Shelley
–
WILLIAM HENRY SHELLY
1879–1972
Nancy G Shelly
1881–1885
Charlie Brown Shelley
1883–1970
John Thomas Shelly
1885–1975
Sarah Elizabeth Shelley
1887–1979
Cora E Shelly
1889–1967
Martha Caroline Shelly
1891–1919
Cyrenia Margaret Shelly
1893–1992
James L. Shelley
1896–1898
Lee R. Shelly
1898–1952
Robert M. Shelley
1901–1903

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 January 1878Hardeman, Tennessee, United States
    • Children

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1861
    Age 7
    Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
    1862 · Battle of Shiloh
    Age 8
    The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
    1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
    Age 22
    The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 5119;2007: 10578; 2010: 14300)English: habitational name from any of the three places called Shelley (Essex, Suffolk, Yorkshire) or from Shelley Plain in Crawley (Sussex). The placenames all derive from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.Irish (Laois): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Sealbhaigh ‘descendant of Sealbhach’, a byname from the adjective sealbhach ‘having possessions, wealthy’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Shallow
    Shelly
    Shealy
    Sheeley
    Sheely
    Sheley

    Sources (14)

    • James H Shelley, "United States Census, 1910"
    • J H Shelly, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
    • James H. Shelly, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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