Mahalia "Mahaley" Shelton, (resident w/ Yates 1870): Our Family History

Generation: 1

Mahalia "Mahaley" Shelton, (resident w/ Yates 1870) was born in Mar 1839 in Union Co, Kentucky; died on 4 Jul 1904 in Mt. Erie, Wayne Co, Illinois.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1870, Dixon, Webster Co, Kentucky
Census: 1880, Carrsville, Livingston Co, Kentucky

Notes:

Census:
1870 District 2, Webster Co, Kentucky, PO Dixon
John M Yates 46
Sarah M Yates 30
Manerva J Yates 20
Mary S Yates 17
George W Yates 15
William B Yates 11
Ellis U Yates 7
Elizabeth A Yates 4
Alexander Stone 13
Mahaley (Shelton) Payne 32
James R Payne 14
Elizabeth Payne 10

Census:
1880, Carrsville, Livingston Co, Kentucky

residence 247
Paine, Mahaley 38
Paine, John 6

residence 248
M. John Yates 57 1823 NC NC NC
M. Sarah Yates 40 1840 KY NC NC
E. Alice Hill 14 1866 Daughter widowed KY NC KY
H. Joseph Demsey 20 1860 son
B. William Yates 21 1859 son
A. Mary Yates 22 1858 TN dau-in-law
H. John Yates 2 1878 grandson IL

Mahalia married Fielding A. "Felix" Payne on 6 Jul 1855 in Union Co, Kentucky. Fielding (son of Dennis Payne and Nancy Combs) was born in 1818 in Hopkins Co, Kentucky; died between 1860 and 1870 in of, Webster Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. James R. Payne was born in 1856; died after 1870 in of, Webster Co, Kentucky.
3. Mary Payne was born in 1859 in Webster Co, Kentucky; died after 1860 in of, Webster Co, Kentucky.
4. John Payne was born in 1874 in Kentucky; died after 1880 in of, Carrsville, Livingston Co, Kentucky.

Generation: 2

2. James R. Payne (1.Mahalia¹) was born in 1856; died after 1870 in of, Webster Co, Kentucky.
3. Mary Payne (1.Mahalia¹) was born in 1859 in Webster Co, Kentucky; died after 1860 in of, Webster Co, Kentucky.

John Payne

(1.Mahalia¹) was born in 1874 in Kentucky; died after 1880 in of, Carrsville, Livingston Co, Kentucky.

Notes:

Mahalia lists him as "son" in 1880, age 6 (1874), but she listed herself as a widow in 1870 census.
Scenario 1: age is off
scenario 2: she was separated and not widowed
scenario 3: John's father was someone else other than Fielding.