Shelton M. Harding
Shelton M. Harding was born around 1839 in Indiana to Israel and Nancy Harding. He grew up and attended school in Wayne, Indiana, and his father died in July 1842. By 1860, he was working as a farm laborer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 7, 1862, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company F of the 79th Indiana Infantry on September 1. The regiment took part in the Battle of Perryville and the Battle of Stones River. He died at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on March 5, 1863.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(2936)Harding, Shelton M.18391863-03-05
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 16

  • (8025) [associated with] ~ William J. Carter to Gabriella Conaroe, 15 April 1863
  • (8026) [associated with] ~ Shelton M. Harding Memorial, 15 April 1863
  • (8027) [associated with] ~ Mary J. Campbell to Gabriella Conaroe, 19 April 1863
  • (8041) [associated with] ~ George Campbell to Gabriella Conaroe, 4 May 1863
  • (8109) [writer] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Israel Harding Jr., 4 September 1862
  • (8135) [writer] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Gabriella Conaroe, 10 September 1862
  • (8136) [writer] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Israel Harding Jr., 21 September 1862
  • (8138) [writer] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Sarah J. Harding, 23 September 1862
  • (8141) [writer] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Israel Harding Jr., 10 December 1862
  • (8147) [writer] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Nancy A. Harding, 16 December 1862
  • (8150) [writer] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Gabriella Conaroe, 20 December 1862
  • (8156) [writer] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Israel Harding Jr., 22 December 1862
  • (8178) [writer] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Sarah J. Harding, 13 January 1863
  • (8179) [writer] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Gabriella Conaroe and Israel J. Conaroe, 23 January 1863
  • (8791) [recipient] ~ Robert N. Harding to Shelton M. Harding, 4 May 1862
  • (8792) [recipient] ~ Robert N. Harding to Shelton M. Harding, 9 January 1862

People - Records: 10

  • (2936) Harding, Shelton M. is the [sibling of] (2912) Conaroe, Gabriella
  • (2936) Harding, Shelton M. is the [cousin of] (2915) Stout, Elizabeth
  • (2936) Harding, Shelton M. is the [aunt/uncle of] (3000) Conaroe, Israel John
  • (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane is the [sibling of] (2936) Harding, Shelton M.
  • (2968) Harding, Israel Jr. is the [sibling of] (2936) Harding, Shelton M.
  • (2979) Harding, Nancy Ann is the [parent of] (2936) Harding, Shelton M.
  • (3219) Harding, Lazarus R. is the [sibling of] (2936) Harding, Shelton M.
  • (3222) Harding, Laban Newton is the [cousin of] (2936) Harding, Shelton M.
  • (3225) Harding, Robert N. is the [cousin of] (2936) Harding, Shelton M.
  • (5379) Harding, Rebecca Jane is the [cousin of] (2936) Harding, Shelton M.

Places - Records: 2

  • (379) [birth] ~ Indiana
  • (224) [death] ~ Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (862) [enlisted] [F] ~ 79th Indiana Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Civil War Soldier Database Index, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com