He shows up in at least one family tree at Ancestry. Harriet Weatherford is the author of the tree, which has no parents for James, born in Shelby Co KY in 1828. He left there with a young wife, Mary Ann McClain, during the Civil War. That may have been an interesting story. He came to Parke County, went to Sullivan County, then came back to Parke, living in Union Twp. A son Jesse S Shelburne has no further information, but daughter Mary E Shelburne married unknown person and had Catherine Carter. Catherine outlived her spouse Fred Otis Payton, dying in 1968. Yes, James Shelburne deserved a better obit. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/847513/person/-1805003234 ----- Original Message ----- From: "jeff" <jeff@ibssg.org> To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 2:11:54 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Odd obit Just take it as they are..... Sent from: Lenovo B6000-F Karen Zach <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >I think this is one odd obit - anyone see the same as I did ?? > >Source: Waveland Independent March 22, 1901 -- James Shelburne, the old >man who carried the mail between Rockville and Hollandsburg for the last >10 years died very suddenly, Monday night. He was a cousin of Dr. >Shelburne of Zionsville. Dr. Shelburne was in town Monday looking >cheerful, but much thinner. Traveling is training (sic) him down, but he >can stand it. He is now dispensing pills by wholesale, whereas ordinary >doctors do a retail business only. Suffering humanity puts up with a lot. > >http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ > >List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://indianagenweb.com/inmontgomery/ List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh, thanks, thanks -- now, I can add quite a bit to his information with a note under his obit :) Added quite a bit for him - thanks all especially Sharon On 3/28/2014 3:51 PM, s.m.mills@comcast.net wrote: > He shows up in at least one family tree at Ancestry. Harriet Weatherford is the author of the tree, which has no parents for James, born in Shelby Co KY in 1828. He left there with a young wife, Mary Ann McClain, during the Civil War. That may have been an interesting story. He came to Parke County, went to Sullivan County, then came back to Parke, living in Union Twp. A son Jesse S Shelburne has no further information, but daughter Mary E Shelburne married unknown person and had Catherine Carter. Catherine outlived her spouse Fred Otis Payton, dying in 1968. Yes, James Shelburne deserved a better obit.