Individual Details

Simeon Shelly

(26 Dec 1839 - 8 Dec 1896)

Simeon Shelly was born in Guilford county, North Carolina Dec. 26, 1839 and died Dec. 8, 1896, 56 years 11 months and eight days. On Dec. 15, 1864 he was married to Sarah Lemmon and to them were born 6 children, three sons and three daughters. In 1886 he came with his family to Dawson county, Nebr., and located on a farm near Gothenburg which has been their home for the past 9 years. Funeral services were held at the Grand View church. Gothenburg Independent, Dec. 12, 1896. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska. Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.

Contributor, Ralph Brown, #48194949, to findagrave.com had me add this:

The Gothenburg, Nebraska, Times of the 18th inst. records the death of a former resident of Jefferson County in this manner:

Simeon Shelly was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, December 26th, 1839; died December 8th, 1896, aged fifty-six years, eleven months, and eight days. He lived in Indiana from May, 1861, to April, 1863, and then moved to Jefferson County, Iowa, where he resided near Fairfield for twenty-two years.

On December 15th, 1864, he was married to Miss Sarah Lemmon. To them were born six children - three sons and three daughters - who were all with him at the time of his death except one daughter, Mrs. W.C. Hallowell, who lives near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

In 1886, with his family, he came to Dawson County, Nebraska, and located on a farm near Gothenburg, which has been their family home for the past nine years. Mr. Shelly was a kind, loving husband, an affectionate neighbor, always in sympathy with the sick and suffering. He had the confidence and esteem of those who knew him.

His early religious training was according to the Quaker faith. He was a member of the M.E. Church at Gothenburg, being received and baptized by the writer. For the past four years he was a great sufferer from paralysis, but uncomplaining and patient.

-- The Fairfield (Iowa) Ledger, December 30, 1896, page 3.

The children of Simeon and Sarah (Lemmon) Shelly were: Franklin Robert Shelly (1866-1936); Elizabeth Florence (Shelly) Hallowell (1870-1958); Millie Elnora (Shelly) Whaley (1872-1965); James Simeon Shelly (1877-1956); Margaret Ethel (Shelly) Dietz (1881-1943); and Harry Arthur Shelly (1884-1925).

Events

Birth26 Dec 1839Guilford Co., North Carolina
Marriage15 Dec 1864Jefferson Co., Iowa - Sarah "Sade" Lemmon
Death8 Dec 1896Gothenburg, Dawson Co., Nebraska
BurialGrand View Cemetery, Gothenburg, Dawson Co., Nebraska

Families

SpouseSarah "Sade" Lemmon (1844 - 1912)
ChildFrank Robert Shelley (1866 - 1936)
ChildElizabeth Florence Shelly (1870 - )
ChildMillie Elenora Shelly (1872 - )
ChildJames S. Shelly (1877 - )
ChildMargaret Ethel Shelly (1881 - )
ChildHarry A. Shelly (1884 - )

Endnotes

1. Nebraska Gen-Web Site.

2. 1880 Census Jefferson Co., Iowa, Page 355D.

3. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska, Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.

4. Research of Mary F. Tryon.

5. U. S. Gen Web Site.

6. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska, Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.

7. Nebraska Gen-Web Site.

8. Research of Mary F. Tryon.

9. U. S. Gen Web Site.

10. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska, Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.

11. Nebraska Gen-Web Site.

12. Grand View Cemetery Gothenburg Nebraska, Book, Compiled by Patricia A. Flatten, May 2003; Updated by Harold E. Clark, June 2012.