David
Alexander Preston
Shults
[uncertain]
aka Shultz
Born in Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Pleasant Wear Witt Shultz Sr.
and Ann Duggan
Brother of
Sarah Catherine Shults and Pleasant Wear Shults
Husband of
Phobe Jane (Williams) Shults
— married
17 Nov 1882 in Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Isaac Newton Shults and Mitchell Dewey Shults
Died
at age 73
in Ashton, Fremont, Idaho, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jan 2015
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Biography
David Alexander Preston Shultz was born December 16, 1851, in Sevier County, Tennessee, a son of Pleasant Wear Shultz and Ann (Duggan) Shultz. David was named for his paternal uncles, David Shults and Alexander Preston Shultz. In 1882, David married Phoebe Jane Williams, a daughter of Reuben Alexander Williams and Mary Ann Lidsey. Children of David and Phoebe are:
- Andrew Jackson Shults (1883–1962), married Augusta D. Hoffman
- Rachel A Shults (1885–1917) married 1) Ackillis Sellers and 2) James Arthur Atchley
- Roscoe Conklin Shults (1886–1978) married Sadie J. Tipton
- Sherman Thomas Taylor Shults (1888–1975), married 1) Lillie Reneau, 2) Amer Eva Chasteen, 3) Eunice I Morgan, and 4) Pearl E. Warren
- Virgie Lee Shults (1889–1972) married Charles Calvin Carlton
- Dicey Magnolia Shults (1891–1989), married Clarence Benjamine Ackley
- Burton Fillmore Shults (1893–1981) married 1) Lillie Fox and 2) Hattie (?nee)
- Isaac Newton Shults (1895–1979) married 1) Alice E. Porritt and 2) Lydia Hunsaker
- Joseph L. Shults (1897–1897)
- Mitchel Dewey Shults (1898–1965)
- Bruce LaVada Shults (1900–1977) married Nellie Mae Barker
- Dora Ann Clarica Shults (1902–1902)
David died September 11, 1925, at the age of 73 years, in Ashton, Fremont county, Idaho and is buried in the Shults Cemetery. According to his Find A Grave memorial, David was the first generation of his family to change his name from Shultz to Shults, when he moved from Tennessee to Idaho. There is a copy of his death certificate on his F.A.G. memorial, as well as a headstone with the inscription, "Asleep in Jesus David Shultz " [1]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
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~1.56%
Vicky (Trublood) Parrott
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JW8191613 [compare], yourDNAportal VIC0f10b019, Ancestry member vparrott1
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~1.56%
Mary Dayle Shults :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A437292 [compare], Ancestry member Sallie192752
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~0.78%
Rebecca (Rabb) Allen :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Andrea Postier :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Don Bradley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WM8652794 [compare], Ancestry member dbradley154
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #174285
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