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Wesley R. SHELTON 1810–1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1810

Birth Location: Butler Co., Kentucky

Death Date: ABT 1882

Death Location: Tennessee

Father: Gilbert SHELTON

Mother: Prudence FURBUSH

Spouse(s): Asenath [ROTH]

Children(s): William SHELTON

Wesley R. SHELTON was born in 1810 in Butler Co., Kentucky, the child of Gilbert D Shelton And Prudence Furbush. Wesley R. SHELTON married Asenath Rhodes Roth, and had children including William Henry Will Shelton. Wesley R. SHELTON passed away in 1882 in Tennessee.

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Biography

  • Wesley R. SHELTON was born in 1810 in Butler Co., Kentucky, the child of Gilbert D Shelton And Prudence Furbush.
  • Wesley R. SHELTON married Asenath Rhodes Roth, and had children including William Henry Will Shelton.
  • Wesley R. SHELTON passed away in 1882 in Tennessee.

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Wesley SHELTON's Ancestors

Self
Wesley SHELTON
1810–1882
Birth Place: Butler Co., Kentucky
Parents
Gilbert D. SHELTON
1787–1860
Henry Co., Virginia
Prudence FURBUSH
1782–
Henry Co., Virginia
Grandparents
Nancy ASHER
1750–1831
Henry Co., Virginia
Robert (Frances) FURBUSH
1758–1815
Mary (Elizabeth) RICHARDSON
1762–1834
Great-Grandparents
William ASHER
1725–1791
Mary BEAN
1725–1802
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Wesley SHELTON's Descendants

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Wesley (R.) SHELTON (ABT 1810–ABT 1882) m. Asenath (RHODES) [ROTH] (ABT 1808–)
  1. 1. William (Henry ‘Will’) SHELTON 1840–1898 m. Mary (Jane) WRIGHT 1844–1921
    1. 1. Cora (Ella) SHELTON 1875–1931 m. James (Henry) BURNS 1875–1964
      1. 1. Hessman BURNS 1904–1997 m. Inez BURPO 1904–1978
        1. 1. Glenn (Dale) BURNS 1927–2008 m. Melda (Lou) BEERS 1931–1970

Wesley SHELTON's Timeline

2 Records

1810
ABT 1810
Birth of Wesley R. SHELTON in Butler Co., Kentucky
Butler Co., Kentucky
1882
ABT 1882
Age 72
Death of Wesley R. SHELTON in Tennessee
Tennessee

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1810
    Event Place: Butler Co., Kentucky
    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: ABT 1882
    Event Place: Tennessee
    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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