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Edda Shelby

Edda Shelby

Female Abt 1848 - Aft 1860  (> 12 years)


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  • Name Edda Shelby 
    Nickname Eddy 
    Birth Abt 1848  Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft Jul 1860  Dallas Co, AL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1850  MyTree
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2011 

    Father John Rufus Shelby,   b. Abt 1808, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1878, Dallas Co., AL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Deaton,   b. Abt 1817   d. Between 1860 and 1870, close to Selma, Dallas Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1835  Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2997  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "John Rufus Shelby and Mary Ann Deaton had a daughter named Eddy who
      sickened and died when twelve years old. Just before her death a
      flock of mourning doves came to the window of her room. Eddy asked
      that they be let in. The birds fanned her with their wings -- cooed
      and kissed her and stayed with her until death shooed them away--.
      Grandmother Shelby said she would have never believed it had she not
      seen it with her own eyes." (Source: "The Shelby Legends and Folk
      Stories" by Ernest Perry Bell)