Biographical Sketch of Winchester Shelton, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Winchester L. Shelton, senior member of the firm of W. L. Shelton & Co.
dealers in all kinds of lumber, sash, doors, mouldings, etc., estab-
lished the business in 1883.  Mr. Shelton was born in 1857, and is the
youngest child born to Samuel and Prudence (Miller) Shelton. The father
was born in Virginia, in 1800 and when a young man came to Franklin Co.,
Mo., where he was twice married, his last wife being the mother of our
subject.  He was a life long and well to do farmer, a man of consider-
able ability and intelligence, and who did considerable law practice in
connection with his other duties.  He was a soldier in the War of 1812,
and also in the late Civil War.  He was the father of twenty-two child-
ren.  The mother died in 1876; she was a member of the Christian Church.
Winchester remained at home until grown, and received a limited educa-
tion in the country schools.  He began business for himself at the age
of nineteen as a farmer, having purchased a farm, and this he continued
until 1883, when he located at New Haven and entered the business as
above stated.  He is one of the live, thorough-going business men of 
the city, and his firm is one of the most substantial in the place, and
is commanding an extensive trade.  Mr. Shelton was married in 1877 to
Martha Yeates, a native of Kentucky, and the daughter of John D. and
Elizabeth Yeates, formerly of Virginia.  To Mr. and Mrs. Shelton were
born five children: Prudence E., John L., Joannah M., Willis L., and an
infant unnamed.  Mr. Shelton is a Democrat in his political views, and
cast his first presidential vote for S. J. Tilden, in 1876.  He is a 
prominent member of the Masonic fraternity.

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