John Ellis Shelley

20 September 1831–16 February 1907 (Age 75)
Calloway, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of John Ellis

When John Ellis Shelley was born on 20 September 1831, in Calloway, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Henry Sheley, was 48 and his mother, Martha Jane Smith, was 36. He married Nancy Catherine Bieber in December 1852, in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Mississippi, United States in 1870 and Hardeman, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 16 February 1907, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Walnut, Tippah, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Ellis Shelley
1831–1907
Nancy Catherine Bieber
1832–1889
Marriage: December 1852
Amelia Jane Shelly
1854–1938
James Henry Shelley
1854–1938
Christopher Columbus Shelly
1857–1925
Mary Ann Shelly
1860–1946
John Smith Shelly
1864–1950
Robert Newton Shelly
1867–1936
David M Shelly
1871–
Martha Ellen Shelly
1875–1919

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    December 1852Hardeman, Tennessee, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1832 · The Black Hawk War
    Age 1
    Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
    1835 · The Hermitage is Built
    Age 4
    The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
    1861
    Age 30
    Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Shallow
    Shelly
    Shealy
    Sheeley
    Sheely
    Sheley

    Sources (28)

    • John Shelby, "United States Census, 1870"
    • John Shelly, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
    • John Shelly in entry for James H. Shelly, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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