Children: James P. Stevenson, Shelton Jackson Stevenson Jr.
Marriages
Spouse: Victoria Green
Date: 13 Sep 1877
Location: Calhoun, Alabama, United States
Residence
1850: Union, Union, South Carolina, United States
1880: Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama, United States
Occupation
1861-1864: Infantryman in the Confederate Army
1880: Farmer
Military Service
Private Shelton Stevenson Sr. served in the United States Civil War. Enlisted: 4 Jun 1861 Mustered out: Aft. Dec 1864 Side: CSA Regiment(s): Co. D, 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
Notes: Reduced to ranks on 10 Jun 1861. Wounded severely at the Battle of Salem Church on 3 May 1863. Last record in file is from 4th Quarter 1864.
Miscellaneous
Founding Member of Camp Col. James B. Martin of the United Confederate Veterans in Jacksonville, Alabama.
Death
Age:
Cause of Death: Stroke
Death Date: 23 Jan 1900
Death Location: Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama, United States
Burial: Jacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama, United States
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QG-QHT : 23 December 2020), Shelton Stevenson in household of J A Stevenson, Union, Union, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
“Civil War Service Records, Confederate Records,” digital images, Fold3 (http://www.fold3.com : accessed 16 January 2023) Tenth Infantry, Stevenson, Shelton J; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.
“Civil War Service Records, Confederate Records,” digital images, Fold3 (http://www.fold3.com : accessed 16 January 2023) Tenth Infantry, Stevenson, S J; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm publication Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J3-BK6 : 13 January 2022), Shelton Stevenson, Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
“Camp J B Martin 292 U.C.V. has first meeting and enrolls original members", digital image, Newspapers.com (Online: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), [Originally published “Camp J. B. Martin", The Jacksonville Republican, Jacksonville, Alabama, USA, 03 Jun 1893, page 2], https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89072688/camp-j-b-martin-292-ucv-has-first/
“Shelton J Stevenson Obituary", digital image, Newspapers.com (Online: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), [Originally published “Mr. S. J. Stevenson Dropped Dead Today", The Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama, USA, 23 Jan 1900, page 1], https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116643260/shelton-j-stevenson-obituary/
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13861999/shelton-jackson-stevenson: accessed 16 January 2023), memorial page for Shelton Jackson Stevenson Sr. (7 Mar 1836–23 Jan 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13861999, citing Jacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Donnie Ruyle (contributor 46921690).
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