Susan W. Shelton
Susan W. Shelton was born around 1842 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to William and Christiana Shelton. Her father was a laborer and carpenter. She grew up in Pittsylvania County, and she married James C. Franklin in August 1861. They had at least five children: Stella, born around 1862; Elizabeth, born around 1867; Christina, born around 1869; Mary, born around 1871; and William, born around 1876. Her husband worked as a farmer and railroad worker in Pittsylvania Couty, and he died in the early 1900s. He applied for a Confederate pension from the Virginia state government in 1909. She died of pneumonia in Gretna, Virginia, on February 12, 1921.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4473) | Shelton, Susan W. ~ Franklin, Susan W. | 1842 | 1921-02-12 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (4109) [recipient] ~ James C. Franklin to Susan W. Shelton et al., 1 December 1862
People - Records: 3
- (4473) Shelton, Susan W. is the [wife of] (4472) Franklin, James Clinton
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of James C. Franklin, available from Ancestry.com; Alabama, Texas and Virginia Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, available from Ancestry.com
