[PW] disparate need for finding soldier!

[Bill Davis]

Sherrill S. Shelton, at 6 months, appears on the 1920 census of  Taloka 
township, Haskell County, Oklahoma (page 279, SD 2, ED 37, Sheet 11A)   as 
the son of schoolteacher George T. Shelton, 26,  (born Arkansas) and Rosa 
L. Shelton, 24, (born Oklahoma), with an older sister, Georgia L. Shelton, 
3, who was also in the orphanage with Sherrill in 1930.

George appears at 17 in the household of William Shelton, 52, and Tabitha 
Shelton, 57, in the 1910 Census of San Bois, Haskell County, Oklahoma (page 
208, SD 4, ED 94, Sheet 9A), with a sister Flossie Shelton, 14.  William 
was born in Arkansas, and Tabitha in Illinois, which matches the 
information from the 1920 census for George's parents.

In the 1900 census George appears in Township 10, Choctaw Nation, Indian 
Territory (page 120 A, SD 78, ED 75, Sheet 25):  William S Shelton 42 (born 
Feb 1858 in Arkansas), Cynthia T Shelton 46 (born Aug 1853 in 
Illinois),  Maggie Shelton 17 (born Oct 1882),  Binnie/Bernie Shelton 14 
(born June 1885), Willie Shelton 12  (born Sept 1887), George Shelton 7 
(born Mar 1893), Flosie Shelton 4 (born April 1896).  All children born in 
Arkansas except Flosie, who was born in Indian Territory.

Bill Davis



At 11:00 AM 11/23/2007, MTURVEY at aol.com wrote:

>Dear Madam or Sir:
>I was given this email address with the hope of receiving help in finding
>the family of US Army Soldier Sherril T. Shelton.  On his WWII enlistment  he
>states he was born l9l9 in Oklahoma, but his native residence is Harris Co,
>Texas. In 1942 , Sherril plus 11 other soldiers drown at Charlie Lake, 
>British
>Columbia. The bodies were sent back, so there should be an obit somewhere 
>in a
>Harris Co newspaper shortly after the drowning and then maybe a week or so
>later  when the body arrived for burial.
>
>The reason I want to find an obit of Sherril is to advise his family that a
>Memorial Dedication will be held in Fort St. John, B.C. next spring and his
>family is invited to attend. Also, the Memorial museum would like a 
>picture of
>him and any other info that would be appropriate for his pillar on the
>monument.
>
>Thank you for any help you can give.
>Mary
>
>The l930 census of Alfalpha Co, Ok finds Sherril and his siblings at a Odd
>Fellows Orphanage. Alfalpha Co veterans have not been able to help. Library
>needed exact dates.