This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beaver, Haywood, Shelby Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/1769 Message Board Post: Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Illustrated, pp. 863-864 B.F. Bowen & Company, Publishers, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1909 GEORGE B. SHELBY The family of this name in Tippecanoe County originated in Ohio, where its earlier members were identified with the state during its formative period. In 1828, ISAAC SHELBY migrated to the vicinity of Terre Haute, Indiana, and soon afterward located at Covington, Fountain County, and spent eight years in that section of the state as a farmer. He then removed to Tippecanoe County, secured land in Jackson Township and became quite prominent in politics as a Whig. He was for some time a member of the lower house of the legislature, and in 1856 was a candidate for state senator. His son, JOHN B. SHELBY, who was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, was only a year old when the family came to this state. He married MARGARET A. BEAVER, a native of Pennsylvania, but later a resident of Pickaway County, Ohio, and with her settled on a farm in Jackson Township, Tippecanoe County. Their son, GEORGE B. SHELBY, was born on this farm May 3, 1864, grew up like millions of other farm boys, ! working during the summer and attending the district schools during the winters. When qualified for higher studies, he entered Purdue University and spent two years in that institution, after which he resumed his work on the farm. MR. SHELBY has a turn for politics and has long been active as one of the local leaders of the Republican party. He was trustee of Jackson Township from 1900 to 1904, and administered the affairs of this important office in such a way as to gain the commendation of his constituents. In November, 1909, he was elected to the important office of county commissioner for the term beginning January 1, 1909, and is now serving a three year term with entire acceptability to the taxpayers of the county. He is prominent in Masonry, in which order he has taken the various degrees up to that of Knight Templar. He is a member also of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and attends services at the Methodist Church. MR. SHELBY has not let politics ! divert him from the business of his life, which is farming, and in this line he has kept abreast with the progress that has marked Indiana agriculture during the last two decades. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in the northeast corner of Jackson Township, which is well cultivated and well cared for. In September, 1890, MR. SHELBY married MATTIE L., daughter of E. F. HAYWOOD, and has two sons, GEORGE E. and FRANCIS H. The family if highly respected and MR. SHELBY is one of the popular men of the county, both in business and politics.