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Elenor Selina Shelby

Female 1817 - 1900  (82 years)


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  • Name Elenor Selina Shelby 
    Born 27 Nov 1817  Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 8 Jun 1834  Bethel Presbyterian Church, Cornelius, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 8 Oct 1900  Smith Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I768  MyTree
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2011 

    Father Moses Shelby,   b. Abt 1775, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1826, Mecklenburg Co., N.C. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Knox,   b. 28 May 1785, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1855, Selma, Dallas County, AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married Abt 1803  2nd Philadelphia Presbyterian Church, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Lee Henderson,   b. 4 Jan 1808, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1888, Smith Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 26 Apr 1838  Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Amanda Henderson,   b. 1 May 1841, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1911, Wynnewood, OK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +2. Martha Elizabeth Henderson,   b. 8 Mar 1842, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1896, Smith Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +3. Margaret Isabell Henderson,   b. 18 Jul 1845, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1919, Gause, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +4. Joseph Asmon Henderson,   b. 25 Mar 1847, Mecklenburg Co., N.C. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1885, Smith Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
    +5. Harriet Caroline Henderson,   b. 10 Nov 1850, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1929, Smith Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +6. Sarah Jane Henderson,   b. 12 Jan 1853, Perry Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1941, Smith Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +7. John Madison Henderson,   b. 10 Jul 1855, Perry Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1939, Palestine, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +8. William Dan Henderson,   b. 21 Jan 1858, Perry Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1929, Smith Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     9. Franklin Smith Henderson,   b. 8 Mar 1860, Perry Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1881, Smith Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F4424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Eleanor Selina Shelby was born 27 Nov 1817 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and died 08 Oct 1900 in Lindale, Smith County, Texas. She married William Lee Henderson 26 Apr 1838 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He was the son of John Henderson and Ann Sample and the brother of Amanda Ann Henderson who married Eleanor’s brother James Madison Shelby. William Lee Henderson was born 04 Jan 1808 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and died 10 Dec 1888 in Lindale, Smith County, Texas. Both Eleanor and William Lee Henderson are buried in Bethesda Cemetery in Lindale.

      It is unknown when William Lee and Eleanor Selina Henderson made the trip from Charlotte to Perry County, Alabama. Perhaps they traveled with the Shelby brothers in about 1847 or, perhaps they arrived with William Lee’s brother, John Elam, who also lived in Perry County. However, is known that they were part of the wagon train that left Perry County after the Civil War, in 1869. They traveled with James Madison Shelby and his family to Smith County, Texas to escape the ravages of Reconstruction in Alabama. William Lee kept a diary of the family's journey that has been included in this history under John James Simons.

      William Henderson and Eleanor Shelby had eight children: Lorena Isabella, Mary, Joseph Asamon, Sally, John M., William D., Franklin Smith and Rebecca A. Lorena was the first wife of Thomas Dunklin, the second husband of Jane Eliza Shelby, James Madison Shelby’s daughter.