Brief Life History of Thomas Winthrop
When Thomas Winthrop Shelton was born on 4 October 1844, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Zebedee Shelton, was 40 and his mother, Sophronia Lavina Miller, was 35. He married Adah Lilly Lucas on 18 October 1870, in Polk, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Yamhill, Oregon, United States in 1860. He died on 2 February 1893, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Thomas Shelton in household of Lavina Shelton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Winthrop Shelton - Published information: birth-name: Thomas Winthrop Shelton
- Thomas W Shelton, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Historical Boundaries - 1846: Benton, Oregon Territory, United States; 1851: Lane, Oregon Territory, United States; 1859: Lane, Oregon, United States
1859 · Oregon Becomes a State
Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.
Name Meaning
English (Nottinghamshire): habitational name primarily from Shelton (Nottinghamshire), but also from Shelton (Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Staffordshire). The placenames all derive from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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