When Abraham Sheley was born on 18 March 1799, in Berkeley, Virginia, United States, his father, William Abram Sheeley, was 32 and his mother, Mary Hanby, was 22. He married Mary Cornthwaite on 3 April 1823, in Jacksonburg, Wayne Township, Butler, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Ridge Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 7 March 1890, in Washington Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Middle Point, Washington Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States.
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Irish and English: variant of Shelley .
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