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Cora Ella SHELTON 1875–1931 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 AUG 1875

Birth Location: Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri

Death Date: 9 AUG 1931

Death Location: Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri

Father: William SHELTON

Mother: Mary WRIGHT

Spouse(s): James BURNS

Children(s): Hessman BURNS

Cora Ella SHELTON was born in 1875 in Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri, the child of William Henry Will Shelton And Mary Jane Wright. Cora Ella SHELTON married James Henry Burns, and had children including Hessman Burns. Cora Ella SHELTON passed away in 1931 in Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri.

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Biography

  • Cora Ella SHELTON was born in 1875 in Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri, the child of William Henry Will Shelton And Mary Jane Wright.
  • Cora Ella SHELTON married James Henry Burns, and had children including Hessman Burns.
  • Cora Ella SHELTON passed away in 1931 in Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Cora SHELTON's Ancestors

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Cora SHELTON
1875–1931
Birth Place: Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri
Parents
William Henry ‘Will’ SHELTON
1840–1898
Symsonia, Graves Co., Kentucky
Mary (Jane) WRIGHT
1844–1921
Daviess Co., Kentucky
Grandparents
Wesley (R.) SHELTON
1810–1882
Butler Co., Kentucky
Asenath (RHODES) [ROTH]
1808–
North Carolina
Joshua WRIGHT
1809–1849
Breckinridge Co., Kentucky
Martha WALTRIP
1820–1890
Beech Grove, McLean Co., Kentucky
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert SHELTON
1787–1860
Prudence FURBUSH
1782–
Benjamin [ROTH]
1765–1834
Sabrina EDENS
1784–1857
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nancy ASHER
1750–1831
Robert FURBUSH
1758–1815
Mary RICHARDSON
1762–1834
John [ROTH]
1727–1792
Eunice CARROLL
1728–1771
James EDENS
1756–1819
Pherebee AVERITT
1765–1821

Cora SHELTON's Descendants

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Cora (Ella) SHELTON (23 AUG 1875–9 AUG 1931) m. James (Henry) BURNS (12 AUG 1875–10 JUN 1964)
  1. 1. Hessman BURNS 1904–1997 m. Inez BURPO 1904–1978
    1. 1. Glenn (Dale) BURNS 1927–2008 m. Melda (Lou) BEERS 1931–1970
      1. 1. Linda (Susan) BURNS 1950–2020

Cora SHELTON's Timeline

2 Records

1875
23 AUG 1875
Birth of Cora Ella SHELTON in Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri
Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri
1931
9 AUG 1931
Age 56
Death of Cora Ella SHELTON in Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri
Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 AUG 1875
    Event Place: Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri
    Record Source: DNA match andor Shared Ancestor andor Ancestry tree, This information is from wshelton111’s tree on Ancestry. We are related to him.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 AUG 1931
    Event Place: Clarkton, Dunklin Co., Missouri
    Record Source: DNA match andor Shared Ancestor andor Ancestry tree, This information is from wshelton111’s tree on Ancestry. We are related to him.

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