Birth Date: May 1, 1834, in New York City.

Date of Death: February 21, 1906.

Enlistment Date: April 18, 1861, at Brooklyn, to serve 3 years.

Mustered in: as Sergeant, May 23, 1861

Company: E

Description:
5 Feet 8 Inches
Brown Hair
Fair Skin
Blue Eyes

Promoted: First sergeant, August 4, 1861

Discharged: For disability, July26, 1862, at Alexandria, Va. #3

Marriage Date and Place: May 28, 1856 at the York street Methodist-Episcopal Church, Brooklyn NY, by the Rev. George Washington Woodruff.

Wife's Name: Anna Marie Woodward

Wife's Father's Name: Unknown

Wife's Mother's Maiden Name:

Father's Name: Nicholas Shelton, born in Germany

Mother's Maiden Name: Unknown

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Fraternal Organizations:
1) Fourteenth Regiment Veterans Association
2) Long Island Lodge No. 382 F. and A.M.
3) Knights and Ladies of Honor

G.A.R. Post: The George C. Strong Post No. 534

Known Addresses: 1) 1906 162 Hart Street Brooklyn.

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