Brief Life History 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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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"
Spouse and Children
1854–1938 Male
1861–1901 Female
Children (13)
1878–1981 Female
1879–1972 Male
1881–1885 Female
1883–1970 Male
1885–1975 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1831–1907 Male
1832–1889 Female
Siblings (8)
1854–1938 Female
1854–1938 Male
1857–1925 Male
1860–1946 Female
1864–1950 Male
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World Events (8)
1861
Age 7
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 8
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 22
Name Meaning
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.
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