John
Lawrence
Shelton
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Solomon Shelton
and Judith Cottrell Nichols
Brother of
Nancy Jane (Shelton) Brown, Martha Elisa (Shelton) Wilson, William Franklin Shelton, Melinda Catherine (Shelton) Prior, James Martin Shelton, Evan Lewis Shelton and Maria Shelton
Husband of
Naoma (Crowley) Shelton
— married
25 Oct 1880 in Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Donald Denny Shelton and Carl Lawrence Shelton
Died
at age 75
in Oregon, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Mar 2021
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Biography
John was born in 1842.
Obituary
John Lawrence Shelton-Obit J. L. Shelton, pioneer of 1844, died here last Thursday. Mr. Shelton was born in Missouri June 4, 1842. He crossed the plains in 1844 and in 1879 was married to Naoma Crowley, who died in 1894. He is survived by two children-Claude and Donald Shelton, who were present at the funeral. Mr. Shelton was a veteran of the Indian wars. His early life was spent in Polk County, the city of Dallas now occupying part of the donation claim taken up by his father. He came to Cottage in 1900.
Sources
- "Death Certificate for John Lawrence Shelton," December 27, 1917, Cottage Grove, Lane, Oregon U.S.A.,# 293,Oregon State Archives, Oregon, Photo copy in the files of Lonski-12
- "Oregon Pioneer is Dead", Oregonian, Jan. 6, 1918, p.15, https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2:11A73E5827618330@GB3NEWS-11C735385C3F1828@2421600-11C5E8E357319B58@14-12F2E9B0B43C3CF8
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Dennis Shelton
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #55716 - Eric Franklin :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup M-269, FTDNA kit #B253791
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~12.50%
Craig Foster :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A718902 [compare]
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~1.56%
Garry Shelton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A864037 [compare], Ancestry member GarrySShelton
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~0.78%
Janet (Brown) Jones :
23andMe
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