Shelton Acorns

Wilson Albert Shelton, born 1827, was the seventh child of Josiah Shelton and Nancy Ross. He was born in Henderson County KY but later settled in Wayne County IL with his wife Pauline Johnson, after an earlier marriage to Margaret Troutman.

Wilson Albert and Pauline Johnson Shelton's children were:

1. Joseph Alexander Shelton - Postmaster at Orchardville IL
2. William Lewis (Bud) Shelton
3. Elizabeth Pauline Shelton
4. Thomas Shelton
5. Benjamin March Shelton - Father of the Shelton Gang
6. Marion Shelton
7. Albert H Shelton
8. Leander (Lee) Shelton
9. Abner Shelton

Benjamin Marsh Shelton, 1861-1944, married Agnes Fantroy Gaither, 1862-1957. Their children were:

Roy Shelton, 1885-1949
Carl Ray Shelton, 1888-1947
Earl Robert Shelton, 1890-1984
Dalton Shelton, 1893-1960 Bernard Benjamin Shelton, 1899-1948
Hazel Catherine, 1904-1966
Lulu Shelton, 1909-1980
Nora M Shelton

Links to material about the Shelton Gang of Southern Illinois:
The Sheltons, Downstate Gangsters by Bill Monson
War in Illinois, Charlie Birger, the Shelton Gang and the Prohibition War of Soutnern Illinois , Ghosts of the Prairie web site
The Shelton Gang by Todd Shelton
The Birger Gang by Curt Westra