Elenor Selina Shelby
1817 - 1900 (82 years)-
Name Elenor Selina Shelby Birth 27 Nov 1817 Mecklenburg Co., NC 
Gender Female Baptism 8 Jun 1834 Bethel Presbyterian Church, Cornelius, Mecklenburg Co, NC Death 8 Oct 1900 Smith Co., TX Person ID I768 MyTree Last Modified 11 Jun 2011
Father Moses Shelby, b. Abt 1775, Mecklenburg Co., NC d. Abt 1826, Mecklenburg Co., N.C. (Age 51 years) Mother Mary Ann Knox, b. 28 May 1785, Mecklenburg Co, NC d. 27 May 1855, Selma, Dallas County, AL (Age 69 years) Marriage Abt 1803 2nd Philadelphia Presbyterian Church, Mecklenburg Co, NC Family ID F2760 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William Lee Henderson, b. 4 Jan 1808, Mecklenburg Co, NC d. 10 Dec 1888, Smith Co., TX (Age 80 years) Marriage 26 Apr 1838 Mecklenburg Co, NC Children + 1. Mary Amanda Henderson, b. 1 May 1841, Mecklenburg Co, NC d. 11 Apr 1911, Wynnewood, OK (Age 69 years)+ 2. Martha Elizabeth Henderson, b. 8 Mar 1842, Mecklenburg Co, NC d. 3 Oct 1896, Smith Co, TX (Age 54 years)+ 3. Margaret Isabell Henderson, b. 18 Jul 1845, Mecklenburg Co., NC d. 1 Dec 1919, Gause, TX (Age 74 years)+ 4. Joseph Asmon Henderson, b. 25 Mar 1847, Mecklenburg Co., N.C. d. 25 Oct 1885, Smith Co., TX (Age 38 years)+ 5. Harriet Caroline Henderson, b. 10 Nov 1850, Mecklenburg Co, NC d. 4 Dec 1929, Smith Co., TX (Age 79 years)+ 6. Sarah Jane Henderson, b. 12 Jan 1853, Perry Co., AL d. 2 Mar 1941, Smith Co, TX (Age 88 years)+ 7. John Madison Henderson, b. 10 Jul 1855, Perry Co., AL d. 27 Jan 1939, Palestine, TX (Age 83 years)+ 8. William Dan Henderson, b. 21 Jan 1858, Perry Co., AL d. 5 Feb 1929, Smith Co, TX (Age 71 years)9. Franklin Smith Henderson, b. 8 Mar 1860, Perry Co., AL d. 15 Oct 1881, Smith Co, TX (Age 21 years)Family ID F4424 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jul 2017
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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.
- 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.