Does anyone know anything about Elizabeth CHESHIRE the 2nd wife of Rutherford SHELTON married abt 1840 Fayette Co, IL? I have a direct CHESHIRE ancestry line who came from Hampshire Co, WVA to Shelby & Fayette Co, IL. My line is in the HIMES line link of our homepage. http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Beverly (HIMES) BARGER ----- Original Message ----- From: <EdEMills@aol.com> To: <ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 3:41 PM Subject: [ILFAYETT-L] Sheltons of Fayette County > Several books have been written about the Shelton family, including - The > Sheltons, by Kathryn Morris Brown, tracing the family back to about 1100 in > England. The Thomas Shelton Family in Early Virginia, by Frank H. Shelton, > and A History of the Shelton Family in England and America, by Mildred > Campbell Whitaker are all very useful in compiling the Shelton Family data. > > Mildred Campbell Whitaker traces the Shelton family from Virginia to Bermuda > and back to England. According to her, the Sheltons were prominent in early > English affairs, back to the time of the Barrons who forced King John to sign > the Magna Carta, King William, the Conqueror, and beyond to one of the early > Sheltons, Ralph Shelton of Norfolk, the Crusader. The Sheltons were > definitely of English descent. > > My GtGrandmother was Sarah Angeline Shelton, daughter of Daniel Shelton and > his 2nd of 4 wives, Mary Elizabeth Haislip. Sarah Angeline Shelton married > William Allen Mills in 1869 in Fayette County and during 63 years of > marriage, reared a family of 12 and two additional orphans. William Allen > Mills, Sarah Mills, and Daniel Shelton, her father, are all buried in > Wilberton Cemetery, Wilberton Twp., Fayette County. > > Daniel Shelton was the son of Rutherford Shelton and Elizabeth Mulliken, who > married 1817, Gallatin County, KY. Rutherford Shelton married 3 times; his > second wife was Elizabeth Cheshire whom he married in 1840, Fayette County, > IL. There is a small long forgotten cemetery in Wilberton Township about a > mile from the old Frogtown School... it sets out along the edge of a field... > the Cheshire Cemetery. It probably holds about 20-25 stones still standing. > It may have already been catalogued by the FCGS and published in earlier > editions of Fayette Facts. > > When researching William Henry Harrison Shelton in Fayette... there were two. > First, W.H.H. 1820-1898, son of Rutherford and Elizabeth Mulliken. This first > W.H.H. married 1. Isabel Martin in 1843 in Fayette County, married 2. E.L. > Matilda Sproull in 1877, Fayette County, IL, and he also had a brother... > Daniel Shelton... noted above. > > The second W.H.H. Shelton 1859-1940, was a son of the Daniel Shelton noted > above... and his 3rd of 4 wives... Catherine Elizabeth Shupe. This second > W.H.H. married in 1882, Margaret Montgomery and was a 1/2 brother to my > GtGrandmother, Sarah Angeline. This second W.H.H. Shelton died in Woods > County, OK. > > This particular line of the Shelton Family probably came from England in the > late 1600's and may be connected with further research with the > aforementioned books. However, this Shelton direct line was first noted in > Middlesex County, VA, then south into Pittsylvania County, VA, east to > Gallatin County, KY, and then into Fayette County, IL. One connection of > generations in VA/KY is lacking sufficient documentation to validate that > Rutherford Shelton was the son of Daniel Shelton, Jr. and his wife, Martha > Keatts, however, several of us researching this line over the years have come > to the conclusion that he was the son of Daniel, Jr. > > Daniel Shelton Jr. 1764-1816 was the son of Daniel, Sr. and his wive Lettia > Young, who married 1750 in Middlesex County, VA. Daniel, Sr. 1729-1809 was > the son of Ralph Shelton 1685-1733 and Mary Crispen, who married > approximately 1706, Middlesex County, VA. Ralph Shelton was the son of Peter > Shelton 1664-1718 and his wife Susannah Jaxon (Jackson). The book The History > of Pittsylvania County, VA holds a lot of data on this Shelton Family Line in > the 1800's. > > Obviously, many of these generations of Sheltons had large families, multiple > wives, etc... and named successive sons after themselves in later > generations. Sorting out my own direct line of my GtGtGrandfather Daniel > Shelton and his 4 wives in Fayette County took several months of effort and > research. Anyone desiring additional info on these Fayette County, IL, > Sheltons, cemetery directions, or some limited digital photos in Wilberton > Township, can contact me via direct e-mail and I will provide a text file of > the family in IL. Edward E. Mills, A Vandalia native now in Westford, MA. > edemills@aol.com >