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Sarah Ann (Morris) Shelton (1823 - 1844)

Sarah Ann Shelton formerly Morris
Born in North Carolina, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married about 1840 in Lincoln, North Carolina, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 21 in Gaston, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Adopted Profile

On 22 Jun 2015 Richard Hollenbeck found this orphaned profile and adopted it.

Biography

Sarah was born in September 1823 probably in Lincoln County, North Carolina. She is the daughter of Vincent Morris and Margaret Hunt. She passed away in November 1844 in Gaston County, North Carolina and is buried in Morris-Rankin Cemetery, Mount Holly, Gaston County.[1]

Sarah married Spencer Shelton about 1840 in North Carolina. A marriage record has not been located, however their oldest child William Wesley Shelton was born in 1841 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.[2] They had children:

  1. William Wesley Shelton, 1841, North Carolina
  2. Benjamin Franklin Shelton, 1844, North Carolina

After Sarah's death, her husband Spencer married her sister Catherine Morris.

Sources

  1. Find A Grave: Memorial #163898890
  2. 1860 census
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFP-KL6 : 12 December 2017), S Shelton, 1860, Beat 2, Cass, Texas; Roll: M653_1290; Page: 362; Family History Library Film: 805290.
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 July 2019), memorial page for Sarah Ann Morris Shelton (17 Sep 1823–15 Nov 1844), Find A Grave Memorial no. 163898890, citing Morris-Rankin Cemetery, Mount Holly, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Joe Spears (contributor 48012894) .
  • Source: S2154715033 Repository: #R3198678162 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5513553&pid=380228741
  • Repository: R3198678162 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
  • Source: S2163632221 Repository: #R3198678162 Title: Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early Am Note:

Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile Morris-1854 created through the import of Foster Family Tree.ged on May 27, 2011 by Ferrell Foster.




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