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W. Curtiss Gordon

Male Abt 1893 - Aft 1927  (~ 35 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  W. Curtiss Gordon was born about 1893 (son of William Brown Gordon, (son of who?) and Mary Lura Shelton); died after 1927.

    Notes:

    Living in Houston, Texas in 1927.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Brown Gordon, (son of who?) was born about 1870; died after 1927.

    William married Mary Lura Shelton on 31 Mar 1884 in Liberty Co, Texas. Mary (daughter of Thomas W. Shelton and Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, (half Cherokee)) was born about 1871; died about 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Lura Shelton was born about 1871 (daughter of Thomas W. Shelton and Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, (half Cherokee)); died about 1897.
    Children:
    1. Ross Gordon was born about 1891; died after 1927.
    2. 1. W. Curtiss Gordon was born about 1893; died after 1927.
    3. R.M. Gordon was born about 1895; died after 1921.
    4. A.G. Gordon was born about 1897; died after 1927.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Thomas W. Shelton was born in 1837 in Maury Co, Tennessee (son of George Washington Shelton, Jr. and Jane Fitzgerald); died before 1880 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 28 Aug 1850, Liberty Co, Texas
    • Census: 1859, Chambers Co, Texas; tax roll
    • Census: 17 Jul 1860, Chambers Co, Texas
    • Census: 17 Jul 1870, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Born in Tennessee, possibly Maury Co.
    1850 Chambers Co, Census -- living w Martha - age 16.
    1860 Census, Chambers Co. Thomas W, farmer age 23, Tennessee; Elizabeth 23,, Tx., Thos H 2/12 TX, and John Shelton, 19 (1841) TN.
    1870 Census, Chambers Co. Thomas listed as merchant & farmer. Also living in the household (171/191) were Robert White, age 26, Merchant, born in Texas; and George Shelton, age 29 (1841), farmer, born in Texas. Oliver, Thomas, Martha & Robt listed. Remaining children listed in "Chambers Co, War between States," which did not list Martha or Robert.
    He appears to be the J. W. Shelton who enlisted in Company F of DeBray's 26th Texas Calvary on Oct 13, 1861. Shelton's date of death is not known, although his wife had remarried by the time of the 1880 census.


    Census:
    T. Hartwell 47 1803 MA farmer 400
    Martha W. Hartwell 34 1816 TN
    William K. Gibbons 10 1850 TX
    Francis M. Wallis 6 1844 TX
    Hansell R. Wallis 4 1846 TX
    Albert H Hartwell 1 1849 TX
    Shelton Hartwell 0 1850 TX

    Amos Shelton 25 1825 farmer 320 TN
    Caroline Shelton 19 1831 Louisiana
    Winfield Shelton 1/12 Jul 1850 Texas
    George W. Shelton 45 1805 farmer 320 TN
    Cordelia Shelton 18 1832 TN
    Thomas Shelton 18 farmer 1832 TN
    Maria Shelton 18 1832 Texas
    Amos Shelton 6 1844 Texas


    next door:
    C.M. Carraway 27 TN
    Thomas J. Carraway 6 TX
    Patrick H. Carraway 4 TX
    Martha J.L. Carraway 2 TX
    John W. Shelton 10 TX

    Census:
    Shelton, Thos W 23 1837 TN
    Elizabeth 18 1842 TX
    Thomas H. 2/12 1860 TX
    Shelton John 19 1841 TN


    Census:
    resident 171/191
    Shelton, Thos 36 1834 TN merchant & farmer 6,000 4800
    Lizzie 28 1842 TX
    Thomas 10 1860 TX
    Monroe 8 1862 TX
    Martha 6 1864 TX
    Robert 1 1869 TX
    White, Robert 26 1844 TX merchant
    Shelton, George 29 1841 TX farmer

    Thomas married Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, (half Cherokee) about 1860 in Chambers Co, Texas, and was divorced before 1910 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of John Booth White, (DNA Circle-g) and Martha Wallis, (DNA Circle-g)) was born in Jul 1842 in Chambers Co, Texas; died about 1917. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, (half Cherokee)Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, (half Cherokee) was born in Jul 1842 in Chambers Co, Texas (daughter of John Booth White, (DNA Circle-g) and Martha Wallis, (DNA Circle-g)); died about 1917.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 17 Jul 1870, Chambers (Subdivision 17) Co, Texas

    Notes:

    State of Texas
    County of Chambers
    Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared W.B. Gordon, who after being by me first duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says:
    That he knew Elizabeth White, daughter of Martha White and John White. That Elizabeth White was first married to Thomas J. Shelton, to this wedlock were born the following children:
    1. Thomas Haywood Shelton, who lives in Wisconsin.
    2. O.M. Shelton, lives at Beaumont, Texas.
    3. John Shelton who lives in Louisiana.
    4. Mattie Shelton who married George Dick, both of whom are dead, they had one child John Dick.
    5. Mary Lura Shelton, who married W.B. Gordon, Anahuac, Texas.
    Mary Lura Gordon died about the year 1897 and left surviving her, her husband and the following children:
    a. Ross Gordon, Devers, Texas
    b. W. Curtiss Gordon, Houston, Texas
    c. R.M. Gordon, Anahuac, Texas
    d. A.G. Gordon, Beaumont, Texas
    6. Annie Shelton Barrow, wife of Martin Barrow, they live in Beaumont, Texas

    That after the death of Thos. J. Shelton, Elizabeth Shelton, his wife, was married to A.J. Barrow, who now resides at Hankamer, Texas. Elizabeth Shelton Barrow died about the year 1917 and left the above named children by her first husband the following named children by her second husband, A.J. Barrow, surviving her:
    7. Josephine Barrow, wife of Foutz Wallace, Hankamer, Texas.
    8. Claude Barrow, single, Hankamer, Texas

    That the above named children are all the children and heirs of the said Elizabeth White Shelton Barrow.
    Witness my hand this 8th day of November, A.D. 1927.
    (signed) W.B. Gordon
    Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 8th day of November, A.D. 1927.
    (signed ? Long)
    Notary Public, in and for
    Chambers County, Texas


    Census:
    resident 171/191
    Shelton, Thos 36 1834 TN merchant & farmer 6,000 4800
    Lizzie (White) 28 1842 TX
    Thomas 10 1860 TX
    Monroe 8 1862 TX
    Martha 6 1864 TX
    Robert 1 1869 TX
    White, Robert 26 1844 TX merchant
    Shelton, George 29 1841 TX farmer

    Children:
    1. Thomas Haywood Shelton was born in May 1860 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1927.
    2. Oliver Monroe Shelton was born on 25 Dec 1861 in Chambers Co, Texas; died on 06 Jun 1937 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 07 Jun 1937 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    3. Martha Shelton was born in 1864 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1870.
    4. Robert Shelton was born on 29 Sep 1868 in Chambers Co, Texas; died on 4 Jul 1964 in Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Taylor White Cem, Chambers Co, Texas.
    5. 3. Mary Lura Shelton was born about 1871; died about 1897.
    6. John Shelton was born in 1872 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1880 in of, Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas.
    7. Mattie Shelton was born about 1873; died before 1927.
    8. Annie Shelton was born in Jan 1874 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1927.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  George Washington Shelton, Jr. was born in 1805 in Tennessee (son of George Washington* Shelton, (son??) and Annie* Payne); died after 1850 in of, Chambers Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1830, Maury Co, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1846, Liberty Co, Texas; tax list
    • Census: 28 Aug 1850, Liberty Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Traveled to Texas with family. Other children besides the ones named.

    Census:
    Name: George W Sholton
    [George W Shelton]
    Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Maury, Tennessee
    Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (1801-1810)
    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (1816-1820)
    Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 (1811-1815)
    Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 (1801-1810)
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 4
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4

    These two females must be sisters rather than daughters. Only 5-10 yrs difference to the older girl and 11 to 16 yrs to the younger.

    1805




    Residence:
    Name: G.W. Shelton
    State: TX
    County: Liberty County
    Township: No Township Listed
    Year: 1846
    Record Type: Tax list
    Page: NPN
    Database: TX Tax List Index, 1840-1849


    Census:
    T. Hartwell 47 1803 MA farmer 400
    Martha W. Hartwell 34 1816 TN
    William K. Gibbons 10 1850 TX
    Francis M. Wallis 6 1844 TX
    Hansell R. Wallis 4 1846 TX
    Albert H Hartwell 1 1849 TX
    Shelton Hartwell 0 1850 TX

    Amos Shelton 25 1825 farmer 320 TN
    Caroline Shelton 19 1831 Louisiana
    Winfield Shelton 1/12 Jul 1850 Texas
    George W. Shelton 45 1805 farmer 320 TN
    Cordelia Shelton 18 1832 TN
    Thomas Shelton 18 farmer 1834 TN
    Maria Shelton 18 1832 Texas
    Amos Shelton 6 1844 Texas


    next door:
    C.M. (Candice) Carraway 27 TN
    Thomas J. Carraway 6 TX
    Patrick H. Carraway 4 TX
    Martha J.L. Carraway 2 TX
    John W. Shelton 10 TX

    George married Jane Fitzgerald on 1 Jun 1829 in Maury Co, Tennessee. Jane was born between 1801 and 1810 in of, Maury Co, Tennessee; died before 1850 in Liberty Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Jane Fitzgerald was born between 1801 and 1810 in of, Maury Co, Tennessee; died before 1850 in Liberty Co, Texas.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    per 1830 census Maury Co, Tennessee

    Children:
    1. Cordelia Frances (Cornelia) Shelton was born in 1832 in Tennessee; died after 1900 in of, Mangum, Greer Co, Oklahoma.
    2. Maria Shelton was born in 1832 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1900 in of, Stephenville, Erath Co, Texas.
    3. 6. Thomas W. Shelton was born in 1837 in Maury Co, Tennessee; died before 1880 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas.
    4. John W. Shelton was born in 1840 in Texas; died after 1860 in of, Liberty Co, Texas.
    5. George W. Shelton was born in 1841 in Texas; died after 1870 in of Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas.
    6. Amos Shelton was born in 1844 in Texas; died after 1860 in of Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas.

  3. 14.  John Booth White, (DNA Circle-g) was born about 1817 in Louisiana (son of James Taylor White and Sarah Cade); died on 15 Feb 1859 in Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in White's Cem, Chambers Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 24 Sep 1850, Liberty Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Census:
    White, J. (James) Taylor 65 1785 Louisiana
    Sarah 55 1795 North Carolina
    Robert 27 1823 Louisiana farmer
    Joseph 24 1826 Louisiana farmer
    James 21 1829 Texas farmer
    Brashear, Norvelle, 21 1829 Louisiana Teacher

    next door: James' son
    White John 33 1817 Louisiana farmer
    Martha (Willis) 30 1820 Louisiana
    Sarah 10 140 Texas
    John 9 1841 Texas
    Elizabeth 8 1842 Texas
    Robert 6 1844 Texas
    James 4 1846 Texas
    Joseph 2 1848 Texas
    Mary Ann 0 1850 Texas

    John married Martha Wallis, (DNA Circle-g) in 1835 in Liberty Co (Chambers), Texas. Martha (daughter of Elisha Henry Roberts "E.H.R." Wallis and Sarah "Sally" Barrow) was born on 22 Nov 1817 in Louisiana; died on 27 Dec 1863 in White Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Martha Wallis, (DNA Circle-g) was born on 22 Nov 1817 in Louisiana (daughter of Elisha Henry Roberts "E.H.R." Wallis and Sarah "Sally" Barrow); died on 27 Dec 1863 in White Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 17 Jul 1860, Chambers Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Her parents were Elisha Henry Roberts Wallis, born 1781 in Georgia and died July 3, 1846 in Wallisville; and Sarah "Sally" Barron, born 1795 in Louisiana, died November 15, 1841. Elisha's parents were Frederick Wallis and Gilleny Roberts. Sah's parents ere Reuben Barrow, Sr., and Mary Jane Johnson.

    Census:
    residence 385 (widow of John White, bro of James Robert & Parmelia)
    White, Martha 43 head 1817 Louisiana 10,000 41,000
    John O. 19 1841 Texas farmer
    Robert D. 16 1844 Texas farmer
    James C. 14 1856 Texas Farmer
    Joseph C. 12 1858 Texas
    Mary Ann 10 1850
    Martha W. 8 1852 Texas

    next door:
    (Assuming David is her brother - not verified he is child of Elisha.)
    residence 386:
    Wallis, David 38 1822 LA
    Susannah Wallis 37 1823 Ireland
    David 18 1842 LA
    Caroline Wallis 16 1844 LA
    Francis 14 1846 female LA
    Emily 11 1849 LA
    Altha 8 1852 LA
    William 7 1853 LA
    Anna 8/12 1859 TX
    Henry 3 1857 TX
    Ann M. Barrow 61 1799 Ireland

    residence: 387 vacant

    next door:
    Residence 388
    White Jas T. 31 1829 farmer 3,000 20,000 Texas
    Amanda 33 1827 Mississippi
    Jas T. 6 1854 Texas
    Robert M. 3 1857 Texas
    Amanda 2 1858 Texas

    Residence 389
    Robert White 36 1824 Louisiana farmer 3,000 19,000

    Residence: 390
    Barrow John S. 24 1836 farmer 3,000 600 Texas

    Residence: 391
    Barrow, Benjamin (Ben Franklin,
    "Ben the Bearhunter" 52 1808
    farmer 11,290 26,000 Louisiana
    Pamila (Permelia Jane White) 40 1820 Texas
    Benjamin F. 21 1839 Texas
    Sarah 17 1833 Texas
    Mary Ann 15 1835 Texas
    Josephine 12 1838 TX
    Solomon 10 1850 TX
    Robert C. 7 1853 TX
    Pamila J. (Permelia Jane) 4 1856 TX
    LaGrange, Z 21 1839 Laborer Louisiana

    Children:
    1. Sarah White was born in 1840 in Texas; died after 1850 in of, Liberty Co, Texas.
    2. John O White was born in 1841 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1874 in of Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas.
    3. 7. Elizabeth "Lizzy" White, (half Cherokee) was born in Jul 1842 in Chambers Co, Texas; died about 1917.
    4. Robert D White was born in 1844 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1900 in Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas.
    5. James O White was born in 1846 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1860.
    6. Joseph Cade White was born in Jan 1849 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas; died in 1919 in of Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas.
    7. Mary Ann White was born on 24 Jan 1850 in Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas; died on 20 Dec 1867 in Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas; was buried in White's Cem, White's Ranch, Anahuac, Chambers Co,Texas.
    8. Martha Willemina White was born in 1852 in Chambers Co, Texas; died in 1937 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    9. Robin M White was born in Dec 1856 in Chambers Co, Texas; died after 1900 in of, Turtle Bayou, Chambers Co, Texas.


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