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John Shelby was born October 12, 1865 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio.
His father, David Shelby, was a native of Ohio. His mother, Margaret Mason, was a native of West Virgina. He had two brothers.
John graduated from No. Indiana Normal School in Valparasio, Indiana.
He married in Ohio to Laura Jane Young March 6, 1888.
After leaving Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Shelby lived ten years in Arkansas and ten years in Kansas. They moved to Oklahoma, settling on a farm two miles northeast of Alex. In 1924, the moved to Alex.
He had fours sons: Maxwell, Joe Roy, E. Booth, and James Mason.
Information above found in an old Allen County, Kansas Record Book.
1865 |
October 12, 1865
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Circleville, Pickway, Ohio, United States
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1892 |
April 13, 1892
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Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
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1960 |
1960
Age 94
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Lindsay, OK, United States
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