Parlee Shelton

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Personal and Family Information

Parlee was born on 31 Aug 1866 in near Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Ira Ellis Shelton and Rachel A Taylor.

She died on 5 Mar 1947 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.

Her husband was Marion Francis Baldwin, who she married on 8 JUN 1887 in Lonoke County, Arkansas. Their seven known children were Effie Caroline (1888-1954), Essie Pearl (1890-1979), Lola Bell (1892-1975), Bertha Drusela (1895-1971), Ezra Francis (1897-1979), Zollie Hemp (1902-1972) and Ellis (1905-1949).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Parlee Shelton
(1866-1947)

 

Ira Ellis Shelton
(1812-1895)

 

Charles Coleman Shelton
(1775-1855)

 

Beverly B Shelton
(1744-1825)

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Ann B Coleman
(1749-1803)

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Elizabeth Shelton
(1770-1850)

 

Gabriel Shelton
(1739-1803)

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Elizabeth Shepherd
(1745-1794)

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Rachel A Taylor
(1838-1900)

 

William Sturgis Taylor
(1792-1847)

 

William Taylor
(c1760-c1810)

 
   

Mary Evans
(c1760-?)

 
   

Hester Ann Unknown
(1798-?)

   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth31 AUG 1866
Place: near Springfield, Missouri
Death5 MAR 1947
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 80y, 6m, 4d
Address: Lola's home near Wattensaw Church
Cause: stroke
Census4 SEP 1870
Place: Clay County, Missouri
Age: 4 born Missouri
Address: Fishing River Twp, dwelling 237 family 237 with Parents, bother John L and 3 half siblings Sarah A, Wm, & Roxana Lamb, Parlee is listed as Perry L , male rather than female
Census 1870, Missouri, Clay County, Fishing River Township, Liberty Post Office
Source: Census 1870, Missouri, Clay County, Fishing River Township, Liberty Post Office
Authors: US Federal Census
Date: 2 SEP 1870
Publisher: ancestry.com

Census-ClayMissouri 1870 D237
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Census14 JUN 1880
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 13 born Missouri
Address: Shelton, Ira E wm age 67 married, farmer born S? Virginia f&m S? Virginia __ Racheal A, wf age 41 wife, married , keeping house, born Indiana, f&m Delaware __ John G wm age 15 son single Labor, born Missouri f E Virginia, m Indiana __ ParaLee, wf age 13, daughter single, born Missouri f E Virginia, m Indiana __ Malinda wf age 10 daughter single, born Missouri f E Virginia, m Indiana __ Jesse B wm age 5 son single, born Missourif E Virginia, m Indiana __ Oliver M , wm age 2 son single born Arkanasas, f E Virginia, m Indiana Lamb, William J wm age 21 step son single, born Missouri, f Kentucky, m Ind __ Rose Ann, wf age 18 stepdaughter, single, born Missouri, f Kentucky, m Ind
Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
Source: Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
Date: JUN 1880
Publisher: ancestry.com

Census27 APR 1910
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 44 born Missouri
Address: Dwelling 37, familiy 37, Cleveland Twp, Lonoke Cty, Ark ED 138. page 11A
Agency: US Census 1910
Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County
Source: Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County
Publisher: Department of Commerence and Labor

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Census4 FEB 1920
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 53
Address: dwelling 294 family 297 with husband, two sons and brother in law
Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland twp
Source: Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland twp
Publisher: Dept of Commerence

Census7 APR 1930
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 64
Address: Lonoke Town, ED 43-26, sheet 6B, line 54 Front Street, dwelling 132, family 145 servant, divorced
See Note 2
Census1940
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 73
Address: Lonoke Town, house 400 N Front Street Baldwin, Pearl, housekeeper, fw age 73, widow born Missouri, same house 1935 6 other people/lodgers, not related
Burial1947
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 80y, 6m, 4d
Type: Headstone
Address: Wattensaw Cemetery, Highway 31, between Lonoke and Beebe N34° 53.141' W 091° 52.581’ http://arkansasgravestones.org/ Find A Grave Memorial# 69751636
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Cemeteries -Lonoke County
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See Note 3
Residence
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Address: Hotel in Lonoke Ark

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Notes

Note 1

sometime between 1920 and 1930, Parlee left Marion because of his heavy drinking. She walked from their home on Smyrna Road into Lonoke. She lived and worked in a Lonoke hotel on front street. Emma remember “grandma Baldwin” living with Lola and Bill Deese extended family for a while. dates not known.

Note 2

Baldwin, Parlee, servant, fw, 64, divorced, no school, reads & writes, born Missouri, father born Kentucky, mother born Tennessee, housekeeper in Hotel.

she is listed in family of Clements, Malvina and her mother, sister, and two boarders. maybe more of the family on previous page. another nearby dwelling has multiple boarders.

Note 3

Husband and all seven children also buried at Wattensaw

Sources

  1. Census 1870, Missouri, Clay County, Fishing River Township, Liberty Post Office
    Source: Census 1870, Missouri, Clay County, Fishing River Township, Liberty Post Office
    Authors: US Federal Census
    Date: 2 SEP 1870
    Publisher: ancestry.com
  2. Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
    Source: Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
    Date: JUN 1880
    Publisher: ancestry.com
  3. Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County
    Source: Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County
    Publisher: Department of Commerence and Labor
  4. Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland twp
    Source: Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland twp
    Publisher: Dept of Commerence