Alabama Family Group Sheet for the Robert Roan Shelton Family

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Husband: Robert Roan SHELTON
Birthdate: 23 May 1795
Birthplace: Virginia
Death date: 8 Jan 1870
Place of death: Gaston, Sumter County, AL, US
Burial: Chestnut Grove, or Curl's Chapel
Father: Elisha Shelton
Mother:

Marriage date: 26 Aug 1830
Marriage place: Lauderdale County, AL, US

Wife: Rachel Cynthia STURGEON
Birthdate: 23 July 1810
Birthplace: Mecklenburg County, NC, US
Death date: 8 Apr 1891
Place of death: Sumter County, AL, US
Burial: Chestnut Grove
Father: John Cooper Sturgeon
Mother: Elizabeth Betsy Harkness

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Naomi Malissa Shelton
Sex: F
Birthdate: 2 Aug 1831
Birthplace: Lauderdale County, AL
Death date: 3 Sep 1899
Place of death: Texas
Burial:
Marriage date: 11 Dec 1851
Marriage place: Pontotoc County, MS
Spouse's name: Jessie Daniel  Blackburn

Child No. 2: Elmire A. Shelton
Sex: F
Birthdate: 12 Jan 1833
Birthplace: Lauderdale County, AL
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 11 Dec 1851
Marriage place: Pontotoc County, MS
Spouse's name: John D. Frazier

Child No. 3: James S. Shelton
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 Feb 1834
Birthplace: Lauderdale County, AL
Death date: 29 Jun 1862
Place of death: Battle Savage's Station, Henrico Co., Va
Burial: Virginia
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
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Child No. 4: Avaline Jane Shelton
Sex: F
Birthdate: 21 Jan 1836
Birthplace: Lauderdale County, AL
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 31 Aug 1858
Marriage place: Pontotoc County, MS
Spouse's name: Isaac Charles Purvis

Child No. 5: Martin V. Shelton
Sex: M
Birthdate: 24 Dec 1837
Birthplace: Lauderdale County, AL
Death date: Before 1850
Place of death: Pontotoc County, MS
Marriage date:
Burial:
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Child No. 6: Ava Marilla 'Rilla' Shelton
Sex: F
Birthdate: 21 Nov 1839
Birthplace: Lauderdale County, MS
Death date:
Place of death:
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Spouse's name: Alvie Stephens, second husband

Child No. 7: Robert Roan Shelton, Jr.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 31 Aug 1841
Birthplace: Lauderdale County, AL
Death date: 1 Apr 1864
Place of death: Rock Island Prison, IL
Burial: Rock Island Prison, IL
Marriage date:
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Spouse's name:

Child No. 8: Winter P. Shelton
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Sep 1844
Birthplace: Lauderdale County, AL
Death date: Apr 1864
Place of death: Atlanta Campaign
Burial: unknown
Marriage date:
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Child No. 9: Houston Taylor Shelton
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30 Aug 1846
Birthplace: Pontotoc County, MS
Death date: 4 Jul 1927
Place of death: Kewanee, Lauderdale County, MS
Burial: Chestnut Grove, Sumter County, AL
Marriage date: 12 Apr 1873
Marriage place: Cuba, Sumter County, AL
Spouse's name: Mary Louisiana McDaniel

Child No. 10: Louis Cass Shelton
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8 Jan 1849
Birthplace: Pontotoc County, MS
Death date:
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Documentation: Cemetery Records, PUBLIC CEMETERIES OF SUMTER COUNTY, AL,
1834-1972, p. 137; MARRIAGE DEATH & LEGAL NOTICES FROM ALABAMA
NEWSPAPERS, 1819-1893, P. 104; 1830 & 1840 CENSUS LAUDERDALE COUNTY, AL;
1850 & 1860 CENSUS PONTOTOC COUNTY, MS; 1870 MORTALITY CENSUS SUMTER
COUNTY, AL; ALABAMA RECORDS, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, AL vol. 213, p. 8 by
Jones & Gandrud marriage for Robert Roan Shelton; Rock Island Barracks,
IL Military Prison, Register of Deaths, M598, roll, 132, for death or
Robert Roan Shelton, Jr.; Service Record of James Shelton on Mississippi
Service Records CSA M427, roll 299; Winter P. Shelton, Mississippi
Service Records CSA