This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HamptonRichardson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.shelton/3268.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You don't say what you think the connection to Samuel Shelton and Prudence(Prudy) Miller is. Your Lenora Elizabeth could not be their direct child because Prudence would have been 63 yrs old at her birth. Samuel and Prudence had 9 children that I have found: Robert Bruce, Eliza, Richard, George, Thomas, Mahala, Wade, Edward and Winchester L. But Samuel had 2 wives. He may have had children by his earlier wife. I found this bio on Winchester in "The History of Franklin, Jefferson and Washington Counties". It says Samuel had 22 children. Winchester L. Shelton, senior member of the firm fo W.L. Shelton & Co., dealers in all kinds of lumber, sash, doors, mouldings, etc., established the business in 1883. 'Mr. Shelton was born in 1857, and is the youngest child born to Samuel and Prudence (Miller) Shelton. The father was born in Virginia, in 1800 and when a young man came to Franklin Co., Mo., where he was twice married, his last wife being the mother of our subject. He was a life long and well to do farmer, a man of considerable ability and inteligence, and who did considerable law practice in connection with his other duties. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and also in the late Civil War. He was the father of twenty-two children. Ther mother died in 1876; she was a member of the christian Church. Winchester remained at home until grown, and received a limited education in the country schools. He began business for himself at the age of nineteen as a farmer, having purchased a farm, and this he continued until 1883, when he located at New Haven and entered the business as above stated. He is one of the live, thorough-going business men of the city, and his firm is one of the most substantial in the place, and is commanding an extensive trade. Mr Shelton was married in 1877 to Martha Yeates, formerly of Virginia. To Mr and Mrs Shelton were born five children: Prudence E., John L., Joannah M., Willis L., and an infant unnamed. Mr. Shelton is a Democrat in his political views, and cast his first presidential vote for S. J. Tilden, in 1876. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity.' Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.