Harriet C. Shelby

Abt 1790 - Aft 1856  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Harriet C. Shelby
  Born	Abt 1790	Mecklenburg Co., NC
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft Apr 1856	Cabarrus Co., NC
  Buried	Rocky River Church Cemetery, Cabarrus Co., NC
  Person ID	I491	MyTree
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Dr. Evan Shelby, MD,   b. Abt 1748, Hunt's Cabin, Hagerstown, Frederick County, MD. ,   d. Apr 1825, Cabarrus Co., NC  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Susannah Polk Alexander,   b. Abt 1752, Bucks Co., PA ,   d. 1 Mar 1837, Mecklenburg Co, NC  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Married	1774	Anson Co., N.C.
  Family ID	F2829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alanson Dionysius Alexander,   b. 15 Dec 1798, Mecklenburg Co., NC ,   d. 9 Oct 1839, Cabarrus Co., NC  (Age 40 years)
  Married	17 Dec 1823	Mecklenburg Co., NC
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F5526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Harriet Shelby and Alanson Alexander had no children. They lived and died at Rocky River, North Carolina. Mr. Alexander was noted for his long prayers at service. He was deliberate and quiet in manner. Mrs. Alexander visited her relatives in Tennessee before her death. Harriet Shelby (with her husband and other members of the Shelby and Alexander families) is buried in Sugar Creek Cemetery, near Charlotte, North Carolina." (Source:"Lineage and Tradition of the Family of John Springs III" by Caroline Isabel Poole Jones) Also from the same book: "A daguerreotype of Harriet Shelby Alexander and her husband are valued treasures of Mrs. John Rawls Jones of Tupelo, MS. Mrs. Jones also has a daguerreotype of her great grandparents, William Taylor and Mary Shelby Alexander."