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Cora Ellen Shelton 1893 - 1970

Cora Ellen Shelton was born on May 5, 1893 in Mark, Davis County, Iowa United States, and died at age 77 years old on November 8, 1970 in Miller, Hand County, SD. Cora Shelton was buried at Highmore Cemetery in Highmore, Hyde County.
Cora Ellen Shelton
Cora Ellen Parker
May 5, 1893
Mark, Davis County, Iowa, United States
November 8, 1970
Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, 57362, United States
Female
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  • Introduction

    Cora Ellen Shelton was born to Oscar Morris Shelton (1854 - 1921) and Mary Frances White (1855 - 1925). She had seven siblings: Mary Louisa (1890 - 1966), Bessie I. (1892 - 1933), Sandy Sandford (1894 - 1949), Ira E. (born 1896), Rily Roy (born 1898), Basil Fox (1900 - 1971), and Florence E. Shelton (born 1901). she also had 13 half siblings: Oscar (1872 - 1941), Frances (1876 - 1925), Charles (1876 - 1960), Jurritta (1878 - 1955), John (1879 - 1950), William (1880 - 1882), Isaac (1881 - 1961), Abraham (1882 - 1885), William (1883 - 1949), Lilly (1884 - 1901), Edwin (1885 - 1939), John Henry (1886 - 1938), and Frederick Morris Shelton (1887 - 1944). Cora Shelton married Charles R. Parker (1885 - 1944) on May 26, 1910 in North Yakima, Yakima County, Washington. They had children Frances Elizabeth (1911 - 2000), Dorothy Mae (1912 - 1983), Gordon Leroy (1913 - 1965), Leslie (1919 - 1995), and Raymond Lloyd Parker (1921 - 1921). Note: Official records state that Cora was born in 1893, her headstone says that she was born in 1892.
  • 05/5
    1893

    Birthday

    May 5, 1893
    Birthdate
    Mark, Davis County, Iowa United States
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Cora was Caucasian. Both of her parents were born in the United States.
  • Nationality & Locations

    Cora was born and raised in Iowa and later married in Yakima, Washington. Both of her parents died in Yakima. She later moved to South Dakota and she is buried in South Dakota.
  • Early Life & Education

    When she was almost 50 years old, Cora said that she had completed the eighth grade.
  • Professional Career

    Cora was a housewife.
  • Personal Life & Family

    Cora came from a large birth family, according to her family she had seven full siblings and thirteen half-siblings. When she married Charles Parker, they had five children, four of whom lived to adulthood.
  • 11/8
    1970

    Death

    November 8, 1970
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Miller, Hand County, South Dakota 57362, United States
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Highmore Cemetery in Highmore, Hyde County, South Dakota
    Burial location
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Uncle Tal & nieces
Uncle Tal & nieces
Photo of Bessie Inez Shelton Waples, Mary Louise Shelton, and Cora Ellen Shelton and their favorite Uncle Deletassie 'Tal'
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