Samuel Levi Shelley, 83, farmer and one of the early settlers of Mountainville, died at the home of his son, Jesse Shelley, Friday of heart disease. Mr. Shelley had been in ill health for several years.
He was born in American Fork, December 2, 1852, a son of William Bowyer and Jane Dunn Shelley, early settlers of Utah county.
The family came to Sanpete county with the early colonizers, and in 1880 Mr. Shelley married Marian Burnside of Mountainville.
With the exception of ten years spent in Charleston, they had resided in Mountainville since.
Mrs. Shelley died in 1927.
Surviving are two daughters and five sons, Bishop William L. Shelley, David A. Shelley, Jesse Shelley and Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Coates, Mountainville; John M. Shelley and Mrs. Helen Coates, Richfield, Idaho, and George H. Shelley, Clear Creek; a brother and a sister, David Shelley and Mrs. Sarah Ann Barratt, American Fork; 43 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Salt Lake Tribune (UT) February 15, 1936
Samuel Levi Shelley, 83, farmer and one of the early settlers of Mountainville, died at the home of his son, Jesse Shelley, Friday of heart disease. Mr. Shelley had been in ill health for several years.
He was born in American Fork, December 2, 1852, a son of William Bowyer and Jane Dunn Shelley, early settlers of Utah county.
The family came to Sanpete county with the early colonizers, and in 1880 Mr. Shelley married Marian Burnside of Mountainville.
With the exception of ten years spent in Charleston, they had resided in Mountainville since.
Mrs. Shelley died in 1927.
Surviving are two daughters and five sons, Bishop William L. Shelley, David A. Shelley, Jesse Shelley and Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Coates, Mountainville; John M. Shelley and Mrs. Helen Coates, Richfield, Idaho, and George H. Shelley, Clear Creek; a brother and a sister, David Shelley and Mrs. Sarah Ann Barratt, American Fork; 43 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Salt Lake Tribune (UT) February 15, 1936
Family Members
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William Shelley
1846–1864
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Hannah Shelley Bate
1848–1914
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Stephen Shelley
1849–1921
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John Lyon Shelley
1850–1852
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George Heber Shelley
1854–1862
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Jane Elizabeth Shelley Bate
1856–1892
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Joseph Moroni Dunn Shelley
1858–1929
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Ellen Mary Shelley Barratt
1860–1926
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James Boyer Shelley
1861–1912
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Sarah Ann Shelley Wagstaff
1863–1939
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David Edward Shelley
1865–1940
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Emmaline Shelley
1868–1868
