Brief Life History of William Riley
When William Riley Shelton was born on 11 December 1836, in Madison, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Shelton, was 28 and his mother, Chloe Shelton, was 26. He married Martha Jane Johnson on 1 March 1855, in Marshall, Madison, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Yancey, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and North Carolina, United States in 1870. He died on 3 February 1896, in Township 2 Laurel, Madison, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Roderick Shelton Cemetery, White Rock, Madison, North Carolina, United States.
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- William Shelton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Wm M Shelton, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- William Riley Shelton, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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