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Elmer Shelton 1917–1945 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Jan 1917

Birth Location: Henderson County, Texas, USA

Death Date: 27 Jan 1945

Death Location: Belgium KIA WW II

Father: Henry Shelton

Mother: Sarah Chapman

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Elmer Shelton was born in 1917 in Henderson County, Texas, USA, the child of Henry Shelton And Sarah Francis Fannie Chapman. Elmer Shelton passed away in 1945 in Belgium KIA WW II.

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Biography

  • Elmer Shelton was born in 1917 in Henderson County, Texas, USA, the child of Henry Shelton And Sarah Francis Fannie Chapman.
  • Elmer Shelton passed away in 1945 in Belgium KIA WW II.

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Elmer Shelton's Ancestors

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Elmer Shelton
1917–1945
Birth Place: Henderson County, Texas, USA
Parents
Henry Shelton
1881–1949
Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt, Texas, USA
Sarah (Francis "Fannie") Chapman
1883–1956
Henderson, Texas, United States
Grandparents
Zachariah (Taylor) Shelton
1846–1906
Monroe County, Mississippi, USA
Mary (Adrine (Martha)) Ashcraft
1849–1893
St Clair County, Alabama, USA
Robert (William) Chapman
1853–1910
Greene, Alabama, United States
Mary (Elizabeth (Mollie) Reeves) Chapman
1855–1907
Alabama
Great-Grandparents
Elisha Shelton
1790–1884
Nancy Tipton
1813–1900
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Tipton
1787–1861
Mary Chatham
1790–1826

Elmer Shelton's Timeline

2 Records

1917
28 Jan 1917
Birth of Elmer Shelton in Henderson County, Texas, USA
Henderson County, Texas, USA
1945
27 Jan 1945
Age 28
Death of Elmer Shelton in Belgium KIA WW II
Belgium KIA WW II

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Jan 1917
    Event Place: Henderson County, Texas, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Jan 1945
    Event Place: Belgium KIA WW II

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