David Booth SHELTON

Birth:
19 Jan 1787
Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut
Death:
28 Jan 1861
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Burial:
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Marriage:
17 Oct 1819
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources:
Ancestral File (TM)
Notes:
                   Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115
"The Shelton Memorial"
Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.
"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.
Dixon, "The Family of Shelton," 1857.
Heitman, "Officers of the Continental Army," 1814

He was a physician
Also baptized Sep 1874 and endowed 10 Feb 1886
Bethia SLASON
Birth:
6 Apr 1802
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
31 Aug 1845
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Burial:
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources:
Ancestral File (TM)
Notes:
                   Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115

"The Shelton Memorial"

Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record

Entries in Slason Family Bible sent by Lillie R. McGuire, Eugene, Oregon. This states she was 43 years at time of death.

Research notes from library of New Brunswick from Afton Speakman, Salt Lake
City, UT
Children
Marriage
1
Ann SHELTON
Birth:
19 Sep 1820
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
24 Jun 1860
Jesse Wentworth CROSBY 
Marr:
10 Oct 1854
 
Notes:
                   Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115

"The Shelton Memorial"
Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.

"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.

Dixon, The Family of Shelton, 1857.
2
James SHELTON
Birth:
1 Aug 1822
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
1843
Lost at Sea
Notes:
                   Journal of Eliza Shelton, "Three Pioneer Women Speak" published in "OUR PIONEER
HERITAGE" Vol 5, pp 285-304.

MT record liv and dead verified

Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115

"The Shelton Memorial"

Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.

"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.

Dixon, The Family of Shelton, 1857.

James was lost at sea 1843.
3
Charles SHELTON
Birth:
25 Sep 1824
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
10 Jan 1885
Heber City, Wasatch, Utah Usa
Susan Jane WILKINS 
Marr:
7 Feb 1857
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
Notes:
                   Journal of Eliza Shelton, "Three Pioneer Women Speak" published in "OUR PIONEER HERITAGE" Vol 5, pp 285-304.
MT record liv and dead verified
Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115
"The Shelton Memorial"
Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.
"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.
Dixon, The Family of Shelton, 1857.
Marriage - 16 Nov 1844 New Brunswick Courier (Newspaper) Southampton, (York Co.) 31st ult. by Rev. J. Harris Charles Shelton/Miss Rebecca Dow.
4
David Booth SHELTON, JR.
Birth:
6 Oct 1826
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
25 Sep 1844
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Journal of Eliza Shelton, "Three Pioneer Women Speak" published in "OUR PIONEER
HERITAGE" Vol 5, pp 285-304.
MT record liv and dead verified

Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115

"The Shelton Memorial"
Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.

"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.

Dixon, The Family of Shelton, 1857.
5
Lucy SHELTON
Birth:
3 Sep 1828
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
10 Mar 1909
John M. HARTLEY 
Marr:
25 Jun 1846
Southhampton, York, New Brunsw 
Notes:
                   Journal of Eliza Shelton, "Three Pioneer Women Speak" published in "OUR PIONEER
HERITAGE" Vol 5, pp 285-304.
MT record liv and dead verified

Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115

"The Shelton Memorial"

Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.

"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.

Dixon, The Family of Shelton, 1857.

Stayed in Canada to care for aged father.  Other familty members joined LDS
Church and migrated to Utah.
6
Martha SHELTON
Birth:
2 Oct 1830
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
24 May 1887
Paradise, Cache, Utah
Thomas Lorenzo OBRAY 
Marr:
17 Oct 1854
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
Notes:
                   Journal of Eliza Shelton, "Three Pioneer Women Speak" published in "OUR PIONEER
HERITAGE" Vol 5, pp 285-304.
MT record liv and dead verified

Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115

"The Shelton Memorial"
Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.

"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.

Dixon, The Family of Shelton, 1857.
7
William SHELTON
Birth:
3 Jul 1833
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
Feb 1867
 
Marr:
 
8
Arthur SHELTON
Birth:
5 Oct 1834
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
20 Jul 1836
 
Marr:
 
9
Louisa SHELTON
Birth:
22 Aug 1837
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
28 Jun 1854
Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
Thomas Lorenzo OBRAY 
Marr:
24 Jun 1854
Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas 
Notes:
                   Journal of Eliza Shelton, "Three Pioneer Women Speak" published in "OUR PIONEER
HERITAGE" Vol 5, pp 285-304.

MT record liv and dead verified

Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115

"The Shelton Memorial"

Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.

"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.

Dixon, The Family of Shelton, 1857.

Louise died 3 weeks after marriage at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Invalid seal-to-parents temple code: S.
10
Eliza SHELTON
Birth:
7 Aug 1840
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
4 Nov 1909
Manti, Sanpete, Utah
James KEELER 
Marr:
3 Mar 1856
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
Notes:
                   Journal of Eliza Shelton, "Three Pioneer Women Speak" published in "OUR PIONEER HERITAGE" Vol 5, pp 285-304.
Manti Temple record living and dead verified
Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115
"The Shelton Memorial"
Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.
"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.
Dixon, "The Family of Shelton," 1857.
Obituary stated: her death was the result of general debility superinduced by asthma from which she had suffered for many years.
11
Emily SHELTON
Birth:
21 Jul 1842
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Death:
22 Apr 1888
Pima, Graham, Arizona
James KEELER 
Marr:
22 Apr 1857
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
Notes:
                   Journal of Eliza Shelton, "Three Pioneer Women Speak" published in "OUR PIONEER
HERITAGE" Vol 5, pp 285-304.
MT record liv and dead verified

Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36
R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115

"The Shelton Memorial"
Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.

"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.

Dixon, The Family of Shelton, 1857.
Invalid seal-to-parents temple code: S.
12
Albert SHELTON
Birth:
31 Aug 1845
Southhampton, York, New Brunswick
Death:
Bef 1888
Alice Phillips LAW 
Marr:
1878
Paradise, Cache, Utah 
Notes:
                   Journal of Eliza Shelton, "Three Pioneer Women Speak" published in "OUR PIONEER HERITAGE" Vol 5, pp 285-304.
MT record liv and dead verified

Received by correspondence from D. L. Jacobus, A340 pp. 27, 28, 31, 33 to 36 R*Bl p. 212, B11F13, pp. 112, 114, 115

"The Shelton Memorial"
Eliza Shelton Keeler Journal and Family Record.

"The Compendium of American Genealogy," Virkus, Vol VII, 1942, pp 185-6.
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David Booth Shelton - Bethia Slason

David Booth Shelton was born at Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut 19 Jan 1787. His parents were Gideon Shelton and Joanna Booth.

He married Bethia Slason 17 Oct 1819 at Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada . Bethia Slason was born at Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada 6 Apr 1802 daughter of Jedediah Slason and Ann Rydor (Ryder) .

They were the parents of 12 children:
Ann Shelton born 19 Sep 1820.
James Shelton born 1 Aug 1822.
Charles Shelton born 25 Sep 1824.
David Booth Shelton, Jr. born 6 Oct 1826.
Lucy Shelton born 3 Sep 1828.
Martha Shelton born 2 Oct 1830.
William Shelton born 3 Jul 1833.
Arthur Shelton born 5 Oct 1834.
Louisa Shelton born 22 Aug 1837.
Eliza Shelton born 7 Aug 1840.
Emily Shelton born 21 Jul 1842.
Albert Shelton born 31 Aug 1845.

David Booth Shelton died 28 Jan 1861 at Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada .

Bethia Slason died 31 Aug 1845 at Southhampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada .