Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZJ-L87 : accessed 23 April 2015), Francis H Shetton in household of John W Shelton, Dodge county, Dodge, Missouri, United States; citing family 122, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZM-VHX : accessed 23 April 2015), Frances Shelton in household of J W Shelton, Elm Township, Putnam, Missouri, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 55, household ID 294, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,641. Very likely that baby Susan Shelton (less than a year old) was Susan Pittman, child of Frances' recently deceased sister
Will of father, William Mason. Wayne County, Kentucky wills, 1802-1850. Indianapolis, Ind : The Researchers, 1990. Includes alphabetical surname,date of will written and probated, plus any additional information. MASON, WILLIAM - WRITTEN 8 JAN 1836 ~ PROBATE MAR 1836 - WILL BOOK A, PAGE SB. WIFE: NANCY. SONS: THOMAS, JOHN, WILLIAM (DEC'D), AND JOEL. DAUGHTERS: SALLY, NNCY, SARAH, ELIZABETH SHELTON, FANNY SHELTON AND ANNE BARNES. WIT: SAMUEL SNOW AND JOHNSON MARTIN. Table of Contents, p. 7 <https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE8442658>
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frances by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Jo McCaleb :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H3aj, Ancestry member jcrockett, FTDNA kit #549851, MitoYDNA ID T10714[compare]
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Frances:
~3.12% ~3.12%Jo McCaleb :
23andMe, yourDNAportal JMCb4852946
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jcrockett
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T413897[compare], yourDNAportal JMCb4852946, FTDNA kit #549851