"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZV-F58 : 9 November 2014), Stephen T Shelton in household of Ezekiel Shelton, Dodge county, Dodge, Missouri, United States; citing family 171, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Missouri, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FFBH-Y7N : 4 December 2014), Stephen F Shelton, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Eighteenth Infantry, Sh-Sw, NARA microfilm publication M405 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1964), roll 528.
"Died of pneumonia." p. 2. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri. https://www.fold3.com/image/272/231567098
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
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 Stephen:
~1.56% ~1.56%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