Individual Details

Shelby S. Bertram was born 14 Feb 1844 in Kentucky to Lorahama Emazetta (Blevins) and Rev. Ephraim Bertram. He married three times. He married 1st Martha Jane Flowers on 06 Apr 1865 in Barren Co., Kentucky; 2nd Rosetta Parker on 18 Apr 1898 in Ozark Co., Missouri; 3rd Mrs. Alice A.(Borders)Beard between 1900-1910. His third wife is buried beside him in Iowa and they share an impressive headstone. Shelby's middle initial, however, is incorrectly given as W on the stone. Shelby S. Bertram was a Union soldier in Company E, 9th Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War and was later in the Grand Army of the Republic or GAR. He was also an Odd Fellow. He and Alice were Baptists. During his life time he lived in Kentucky, Missouri and Iowa. 

Bio courtesy of Anna Bertram FAG @47006901.

Birth	14 Feb 1844	Wayne County, Kentucky
Marriage	6 Apr 1865	Barren County, Kentucky - Martha Jane Flowers
Death	15 Mar 1941
Burial		Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa

Spouse

Martha Jane Flowers (1846 - )

Father	Rev. Ephraim Bertram (1814 - 1886)
Mother	Lorahannah Emmazetta Blevins (1819 - 1887)
Sibling	Ozias Denton Bertram (1837 - 1927)
Sibling	Martha Bertram (1838 - 1921)
Sibling	Jasper Newton Bertram (1840 - 1928)
Sibling	Dennis Hopkins Bertram (1841 - )
Sibling	Lucetta Bertram (1846 - 1922)
Sibling	Perry Bertram (1847 - )
Sibling	Elvira Bertram (1849 - 1924)
Sibling	Noah L. Bertram (1851 - 1919)
Sibling	Arminta Bertram (1853 - 1928)
Sibling	Thursa Bertram (1855 - 1922)
Sibling	Andrew Broadus Bertram (1857 - 1937)
Sibling	Mary Agnes Bertram (1860 - 1926)