Stephen SHELTON
SOURCES: 1. Ancestral File 2. Main Archive Record with Nancy Brown (UGC) 3. 1994 IGI NOTES: Stephen worked on the Nauvoo Temple. He was also a herdsman. His three sons with wife, Nancy Brown, did not wish to accompany them to Utah, so they ran away. The family knew nothing of their whereabouts. There were some relatives in Quincy, Ill, whom Stephen Shelton believed hid his sons.
NOTES: 1. Family Records 2. Main Archive Record (UGC)
Line 325 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Charley Edward /FAUSETT (FOSIT OR FAUCET)/
He married Abigail Harris 1838 at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois . Abigail Harris was born at Knoxville, Green, Tennessee 6 May 1818 daughter of John Harris and Abigail Cragg .
They were the parents of 8
children:
John Shelton
born 4 Dec 1839.
Elizabeth Shelton
born Jun 1842.
Martha Jane Shelton
born 22 Jun 1844.
Joseph Shelton
born 1846.
Hyrum Shelton
born 10 Mar 1849.
Stephen Shelton
born 5 Aug 1851.
Abigail Shelton
born 5 Jan 1854.
Charley Edward Fausett (Fosit o
born 10 Dec 1856.
Stephen Shelton died Aug 1855 at Provo, Utah, Utah .
Abigail Harris died 20 Feb 1889 at Vernal, Uintah, Utah .