Anna Amy Shelton

Brief Life History of Anna Amy

When Anna Amy Shelton was born about 1807, in United States, her father, Mark Shelton, was 24 and her mother, Susannah Luttrell, was 23. She married Samuel Ezell on 31 October 1829, in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Sumter, Sumter, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Sumter, Alabama, United States in 1860. She died about 1865, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 60.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Ezell
1805–1880
Anna Amy Shelton
1807–1865
Marriage: 31 October 1829
Pleasant Ezell
1830–
Elifus Ezell Sr
1834–
Joseph Calvin Ezell Sr
1836–1907
George W Ezell
1839–
Martha Ezell
1841–
William D. Ezell
1845–1916
E. J. Ezell
1847–
James Ezell
1848–

Sources (4)

  • Anna Ezell in household of Sam Ezell, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Amy Shelton, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Ann Ezell in household of Samuel Ezell, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1819 · Alabama Becomes a State

Alabama became the twenty-second state admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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