John Greathouse and Catharina Haack Family Ira Coleman Shelby

Neil A. Shelby
(-)

Nancy Laundess
(-)

Ira Coleman Shelby
(1831-Between 1880)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Frances "Fanny" Jane Greathouse

2. Ellen Greathouse

Ira Coleman Shelby

Born: 1831, , , Illinois
Marriage (1): Frances "Fanny" Jane Greathouse on 24 Dec 1871 ¹
Marriage (2): Ellen Greathouse on 26 Apr 1856
Died: Between 1880 and 1900 ²

bullet Notes:

I have an 1860 census, Edwards County IL:
Ira Shelby age 29
Female: Ellen 26
Female: Olive 3
Neal Shelby 2

And 1870 census , Edwards County IL,
Ira Shelby M 3? farmer
Ellen 35 F keeping house
Neil M 11
Anna F 7
William M 5
Emma F 2
Jersey M 1

1880 census Edwards county IL
Ira 49
Fannie 36 wife
Nile M 21 son
William M 16 son
Jersey 12 daughter
Eunice 8 daughter
Shelby, Rebecca 3 daughter
Carrie 11/12 daughter

Ira married Frances "Fanny" Jane Greathouse, daughter of William Greathouse and Mary Jane Gardner, on 24 Dec 1871.¹ (Frances "Fanny" Jane Greathouse was born on 25 Aug 1843 in , Richland County, Illinois ¹ ³ ⁴ and died on 13 Dec 1909 in West Salem, Edwards County, Illinois ¹.)

Ira next married Ellen Greathouse, daughter of Isaac Greathouse and Martha Emmerson, on 26 Apr 1856. (Ellen Greathouse was born in 1837 in , Edwards County, Illinois.)

Sources

2 United States Federal Census,1900, State of Illinois (United States National Archives, Washington D. C.), supervisors dist. 14, enumeration dist. 21, sheet 6, household 11, family 115.

4 United States Federal Census 1900 (United States National Archives, Washington D. C.), Illinois -supervisors dist. 14, enumeration dist. 21, sheet 6, household 11, family 115.