John Shellhorn

Parents

• Henry Shellhorn
• Anna Lore

Siblings

• Rose Kerrick
• Jacob Shellhorn
• Louisa Bartlett
• Lydia Grubb
• Ellen Colony
• Gerhome Shellhorn
• Peter Shellhorn
• Oliver Shellhorn
• Edmund Shellhorn
• Mary Cromwell
• Anna Whaley

Spouse(s)

• Lucinda Miner
• Mary Lyda

Children

• Sarah Shellhorn
• Marcus Shellhorn
• Flora DeWitt
• Willis Shellhorn
• Lyda Jane Shellhorn
• Charles Shellhorn
• Robert Shellhorn
• John Shellhorn

John Shellhorn was born in Knox Co, OH, on March 13, 1830.

He was listed as a household member living with Marcus B. Miner on the 1850 Census in Nodaway Township, Andrew Co, MO.

He married Lucinda Miner in Nodaway Co, MO, in 1851. (A FamilySearch family group sheet says married in NE.)

John was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Pawnee Co, NE. John was a farmer, with $1,500 in real estate and $450 in personal property.

He married Mary Francis Lyda in Richardson Co, NE, on June 19, 1864.

He and Mary Francis Lyda appeared on the census of September 5, 1870 in Pawnee Co, NE. John was a farmer, with real estate worth $5,000 and personal property worth $1,911. Sarah, Marcus, and Flora were in school. (Also resident: Samuel Prose, 23, a grocer from Ohio)

John was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Grant Co, New Mexico Territory. John and Willis were laborers.

John died on January 25, 1893 in Silver City, Grant Co, NM, at age 62. His body was interred in Cooney, Catron Co, NM.