Brief Life History of Artemus Mead
When Artemus Mead Shelley was born in April 1840, in Indiana, United States, his father, Solomon Artemus Shelley, was 35 and his mother, Hannah Mead, was 26. He married Lida Payne in 1875. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Glidden, Carroll, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 15 December 1909, in Mena, Polk, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mena, Polk, Arkansas, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Artimus Shelly, "United States Census, 1850"
- Artemas Mead Shelly*, "Find A Grave Index"
- Artemus M Shelley, "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933"
Spouse and Children
1840–1909 Male
1852–1916 Female
Children (3)
1876–1943 Female
1877–1957 Female
1880– Female
Parents and Siblings
1805–1867 Male
1813–1861 Female
Siblings (7)
1839–1917 Female
1840–1909 Male
1846–1926 Female
1846–1925 Female
1850–1850 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy
Age 1
1846
Age 6
1863
Age 23
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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