This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton-Read/Reed/Reid Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/3004 Message Board Post: I am trying to figure out the parents of Robert Shelton. He was born ca 1856 and died in May 1895 in Lynchburg. His obituary appeared in the Lynchburg News page 3 on May 21, 1895. His address was 408 Pine St. I got a good bit of information on him but I can't find him in any census records. According to the marriage record, he married Emma Read 18 July 1883. He was listed as being from Amherst County, VA while Emma was listed as being from Bedford County, VA. I can find Emma with her mother Jinnie but not Robert. The additional information I found indicates his father is also Robert Shelton but the reader couldn't make out the mother's name (Oney?). I received this information from another source and cannot verify any of this myself. I would really like to find out the mother's name. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.