His birth at Helena, Texas, May 27, 1858. His parents were Benjamin and Louisa (Vaught) Shelden. His father was of Pennsylvania-Dutch descent. He was a man of Union sentiments in a district of slave holders, and because of his independence of views he was shot and killed in his own dooryard by a Southern sympathizer. That tragedy came to the family when John was about a year old. The mother, Louisa Vaught, was born in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, November 13, 1820, of Holland Dutch descent. She died in 1908. Leaving her with five children, Mrs. Olive Mantor, of Arkansas City; Marion Shelden, of Topeka; John G. Shelden, of El Dorado; Mrs. Mary Farnsworth, of El Dorado; and the late Alvah Shelden.
On September 21, 1880, at El Dorado, John married Martha C. Calvert. Mrs. Shelden was born in Iowa, and her father, Charles Calvert. Five children: Gladys, the wife of W. J. Robinson, of Winfield. James T. B., Wildey C., Olive Abigail, usually known as Gail, is the wife of D. A. Reed, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Martha Eugenia,
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On September 21, 1880, at El Dorado, John married Martha C. Calvert. Mrs. Shelden was born in Iowa, and her father, Charles Calvert. Five children: Gladys, the wife of W. J. Robinson, of Winfield. James T. B., Wildey C., Olive Abigail, usually known as Gail, is the wife of D. A. Reed, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Martha Eugenia,
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His birth at Helena, Texas, May 27, 1858. His parents were Benjamin and Louisa (Vaught) Shelden. His father was of Pennsylvania-Dutch descent. He was a man of Union sentiments in a district of slave holders, and because of his independence of views he was shot and killed in his own dooryard by a Southern sympathizer. That tragedy came to the family when John was about a year old. The mother, Louisa Vaught, was born in Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, November 13, 1820, of Holland Dutch descent. She died in 1908. Leaving her with five children, Mrs. Olive Mantor, of Arkansas City; Marion Shelden, of Topeka; John G. Shelden, of El Dorado; Mrs. Mary Farnsworth, of El Dorado; and the late Alvah Shelden.
On September 21, 1880, at El Dorado, John married Martha C. Calvert. Mrs. Shelden was born in Iowa, and her father, Charles Calvert. Five children: Gladys, the wife of W. J. Robinson, of Winfield. James T. B., Wildey C., Olive Abigail, usually known as Gail, is the wife of D. A. Reed, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Martha Eugenia,
Note: Bio info provided by TJ Cochran
On September 21, 1880, at El Dorado, John married Martha C. Calvert. Mrs. Shelden was born in Iowa, and her father, Charles Calvert. Five children: Gladys, the wife of W. J. Robinson, of Winfield. James T. B., Wildey C., Olive Abigail, usually known as Gail, is the wife of D. A. Reed, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Martha Eugenia,
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