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Thomas Jefferson “Tom or Jeptha” Shelton Sr.

Birth	:	25 Jul 1840 Brown County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	21 May 1929
Burial	:	Saint Joseph Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5493813, -72.0536728
Description	:	Husband of Susan Mary (nee Dragoo) Shelton. Father of Samuel, William, Cora, Grace, Ernest, Thomas Jr., Hanson, Richard, Amanda, Chase, Robert and Betsey. Son of William and Betsey (nee Cochran) Shelton. Thomas S. Shelton was born July 25, 1840, on Eagle Creek, in Brown County, where Spencer Spears now resides. He is a son of William and Betsy (Cochran) Shelton. His mother was a daughter of Gen. John Cochran, whose sketch appears elsewhere. Thomas Shelton, his grandfather, was a native of Maryland, and when a young man. eloped with a neighbor girl, Sarah Kline, whom he married and brought to Charleston Bottom, Kentucky, where... Read More	Husband of Susan Mary (nee Dragoo) Shelton. Father of Samuel, William, Cora, Grace, Ernest, Thomas Jr., Hanson, Richard, Amanda, Chase, Robert and Betsey. Son of William and Betsey (nee Cochran) Shelton. Thomas S. Shelton was born July 25, 1840, on Eagle Creek, in Brown County, where Spencer Spears now resides. He is a son of William and Betsy (Cochran) Shelton. His mother was a daughter of Gen. John Cochran, whose sketch appears elsewhere. Thomas Shelton, his grandfather, was a native of Maryland, and when a young man. eloped with a neighbor girl, Sarah Kline, whom he married and brought to Charleston Bottom, Kentucky, where there was already a settlement of Maryland people. The entire journey was made on horseback. After remaining in Kentucky a few years, they removed just across the river into Ohio, in Adams County. William, their only son and father of our subject, was but five years of age at this time, and as he grew to manhood, he began to develop at once the successful business man he became. He engaged in flatboating on the Ohio River, and in this way getting a start in business and saved enough money to provide his parents a home, buying the Ben Sowers farm above Ripley, and afterward the Spears farm on Eagle Creek, and in 1845, he purchased the farm in Sprigg Township, where our subject now resides. He died in 1888, at the age of seventy-three. The children of William and Betsy (Cochran) Shelton are Tamer, wife of Samuel Brookover. of Eureka, Kansas; Thomas J., our subject; William J., of Bradyville, Ohio; Sarah E., wife of George Dragoo, of Philipsay, Mo.; Margaret, wife of Samuel Evans, of Hiett, Ohio; Joseph W., of Catlin, Ill.; Lillie. wife of Charles Griffith, of Paola, Kansas, and Hettie, wife of Samuel Glaso, of Manchester. Ohio. Thomas J. Shelton, our subject, was reared on the farm and obtained a common school education. He married Mary S. Dragoo, daughter of Samuel Dragoo. Their children are Samuel, married to Fannie Gilbert ; William; Cora, wife of Robert Roush; Grace, wife of Asbury Mains; Ernst, married Mary Lang; Thomas J., married Icy Gray; Hanson P., married Mary Powers; Amenda, married Charles Lang; Richard, Chase, Robert and Fay. The last four are at home. Our subject, like his father, has been a successful business man. He is engaged extensively in farming and gives considerable attention to political and public affairs. He is a Republican and has served as Commissioner of Adams County for two terms, from 1885 to 1888, and from 1891 to 1894. He was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in 1892. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Manchester, and also a member of the Masonic order at the same place. From: Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers, A History of Adams County, Ohio, (E.B. Stivers, West Union, OH, 1900). Pages 866-867 ********************************************************* Thomas J. Shelton - The ancestors of Thomas J. Shelton were Irish. The maternal great- grandfather, William Cochran, with two brothers, came over to America with the British Army during the revolutionary war, soon became attached to the country and its people; remained and became citizens. William Cochran married in Pennsylvania and settled, where he remained until 1797 or 98, then moved to Washington, Ky., where he stayed through the winter, during which time he came over to Sprigg township, and built a three-faced cabin on the farm now owned by Robert S. Daily. This house stood about forty rods south of Mr. Daily’s barn. In the spring he moved into his little cabin in the wilderness. Mr. Cochran was fond of hunting, and the lonely wilderness was his paradise. He lived the usual backwoodsman’s life, and finally died at the house of his son in Brown county, O. What became of his brothers who came over with him we don’t know. Mr. Cochran reared a family of four children, two sons and two daughters. His second son, John C. Cochran, became a prominent man in his day; he served in the war of 1812, and was everywhere known as Gen. Cochran; he twice represented Brown county in the State Legislature, once beating the Hon. Thomas L. Hamer for that position. He married Miss Tamar Howard, by which marriage he reared a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters; Joseph, John, Elizabeth, William, Tamar, James, Jefferson, Sarah, Malinda and Lydia. They all grew to years of maturity and married, all of whom, except one, still survive. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth, married William Shelton. They are the parents of ten children. Tamar, Thomas J., Jeptha, Sarah, Margaret, Joseph, Ann, Chase, Lillie and Hattie Shelton. The second of these children, Thomas J. Shelton, is the subject of our sketch. He was born in 1840, and married Miss Susan Dragoo, Feb. 22, 1865. They are the parents of nine children, Samuel, William, Cora, Grace, Earnest. Thomas, Hanson, Richard and Amanda. They are all unmarried. Thomas Shelton, the paternal grandfather Thomas J. Shelton, was a native of Virginia. He removed from there to Kentucky, where he remained a few years, then came to Brown countv, O., and settled at an early day. Here he lived and died. Thomas J. Shelton owns a beautifully located farm of 212 acres of land, in Surveys 1,688 and 1,690, with nice surroundings. He is a prominent, active citizen, well and favorably known throughout the county. FROM: Caldwell's Illustrated Historical Atlas of Adams County, Ohio; By J A Caldwell, County Commissioners, Adams County (Ohio); Published 1880

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Thomas Jefferson “Tom or Jeptha” Shelton Sr.'s memorial is located at: Saint Joseph Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, USA.
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Thomas Jefferson “Tom or Jeptha” Shelton Sr. death on 21 May 1929 in
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Latitude: 41.5493813
Longitude: -72.0536728

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Susannah “Susan” Dragoo Shelton

(1846 - 1923)

Siblings

Tamer Shelton Brookover

(1838 - 1914)

William Jepthy Shelton

(1842 - 1921)

Children

William Winters Shelton

(1867 - 1942)

Cora Dove Shelton Roush

(1868 - 1948)

Grace Shelton Mains

(1869 - 1968)

Ernest Dunlap Shelton

(1871 - 1936)

Thomas Jefferson Shelton Jr.

(1872 - 1960)

Amanda S. Shelton Lang

(1877 - 1959)

Dr Robert Ellison Shelton

(1883 - 1934)

Faye Shelton Buchanan

(1886 - 1962)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Norwich, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5493813, -72.0536728

2. Saint Marys Cemetery
Norwich, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5483017, -72.0539017

3. Miantonomo Monument
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Coordinate: 41.5493420, -72.0514723

4. Chief Miantinoi Gravesite
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Coordinate: 41.5494660, -72.0514260

5. Norwich Jewish Fraternal Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5456696, -72.0519028

6. IOBA Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5454990, -72.0521200

7. Brothers of Joseph Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5453100, -72.0512900

8. Sacred Heart Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5577583, -72.0750427

9. Hickory Street Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5317001, -72.0607986

10. Hamilton Avenue Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5309906, -72.0490723

11. Long Society Congregational Burying Ground
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Coordinate: 41.5343420, -72.0353730

12. Guiles Cemetery
Preston, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5399361, -72.0222473

13. Norwich City Cemetery
Norwich, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5273018, -72.0717621

14. Royal Mohegan Burial Ground
Norwich, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5350920, -72.0847540

15. Yantic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5402985, -72.0907974

16. Old Norwichtown Cemetery
Norwich, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5483818, -72.0930862

17. Ray-Yerrington Cemetery
Norwich, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5791359, -72.0628891

18. Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery (Defunct)
Norwich, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5268480, -72.0823630

19. Norwich Alms House Cemetery
Norwich, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5301700, -72.0915020

20. Ames Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5796585, -72.0274124

21. Palmer Cemetery
Preston, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5524310, -72.0034540

22. Bentley-Sholes Cemetery
Preston, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5107613, -72.0581284

23. Founders Cemetery
Norwich, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5512800, -72.1056210

24. Norwich Hebrew Benevolent Association Cemetery #4
Preston, New London County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4966672, -72.0482458