Ira was born about 1781 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the son of Michael D Ellis but his mother is unknown.
He died in 1864 in Orange County, North Carolina.
His wife was Rachel Duty, who he married on 17 JAN 1806 in Person County, North Carolina. They had no known children.
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| Death | 1864 |
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| Census | 1850 |
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| Census | 1860 |
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Ira born in “east” Virginia per family notes. I assume that state of Virginia and not West Virginia
Mary Lou Lamb, Benton Arkansas first places Ira about 1845-1850 in Livingston County Kentucky,
I assume that Ira Ellis Shelton probably didn’t know or remember his year of birth and that his grave maker in Lonoke County, Arkansas is not correct, but his birth was instead about 1820 as he indicated in the 1860 Census in Lawrence County, Missouri. 1820 then fits second marriage of B.Smith Shelton with Sibby B Tucker in 1817 and with birth of their other six children from about 1824 to 1837.
A document dated May 1859 Todd County, Kentucky came to light November 1, 2024 that names Ira Ellis Shelton as the son of B.S. Shelton. That document, which I have filed as “Indenture-Shelton v Shelton transcribed.pdf”, also names the widow and nine other children of B.S Shelton and changes my assumption and hypothesis of parents and siblings of my great great grandfather Ira Ellis Shelton while it seems to confirm his grandparents as Beverly B Shelton 1744-1825 and Ann Coleman 1749-1803.
The marriage of Beverly Smith Shelton and Sibby B Tucker has two entries of the marriage bonds recorded in Pittsylvania, Va. One states March 1817 and the other 15 March 1819, The 1817 bond notes marriage by Ira Ellis, a Pastor of the Methodist Church, born about 1781 in North Carolina and died 1864 Orange County, North Carolina. Very likely our Ira Ellis Shelton was named for this Methodist Pastor.
Dec 1862 buried Wife and 2 children Lawrence County, Mo
Aug 1863 married widow Rachel Taylor Lamb in Lawrence County, Mo
1864-1875 in Lawrence County, Missouri, 1895 on Jacksonville railroad in Lonoke County, Ark
Census Sept 1870, he, Rachel and 5 children in Clay County, Missouri
Census June 1880, he, Rachel, 5 children, stepson &wife in Lonoke County, Ark.
“Ellis family records” (1698/1703 )are mentioned in Bio of Ralph Shelton who took mother’s maiden name instead of father’s surname
Bickley’s bond in King William Record Book 1, pp 207-208; Ellis Family Record filed at Institute of American Genealogy, Chicago, IL.
RALPH SHELTON OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS By Kenyon Stevenson, 1955
filed as “Bio-SheltonRalph1955.pdf”
