Lewis Shelton (1820 - 1895)

Born 1820 in New York

Descendants

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Lewis Shelton was married to a descendant of the immigrants William Beardsley and Mary Harvie.

Biography

Lewis was born in 1820. He is the son of Lemuel and Anah Shelton. He passed away in 1895.^[1]

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Sources

• Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie Beardsley Holt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Lewis is the husband of Ruby Beardsley, the daughter of Zachariah Clark Beardsley, Holt Record #236, Pg. 115.
• History of the Town of Catharine, Schuyler County, NY, and Rutland, VT, by Mrs. Mary L. ( Caitlin) Cleaver, Tuttle Publishing, 1945, Pg. 423^[2]
• 1850 US Census: Catharine, Chemung County, NY, 12 Sep 1850^[3]
• 1860 US Census: Catharine, Chemung County, NY, 7 Aug 1860, Pg. 47^[4]
• 1870 US Census: Montour, Schuyler County, NY, 25 Jul 1870, Pg. 1^[5]
• Find A Grave Memorial # 122023361; Laurel Hill Cemetery, Odessa NY (no g.s. photo)

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 25 Sep 2016.
2. ↑ Referencing the Beardsley family of Catharine, New York, compiled from a genealogy from Lena Cooper Morgan, great grand daughter of Zachariah Beardsley, pp. 419 - 436.
3. ↑ Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: M432_486; Page: 77B; Image: 159
4. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.; Roll: M653_859; Page: 953; Image: 449; FHL microfilm: 803859
5. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.; M593_1092; Page: 577A; Image: 337588; FHL microfilm: 552591