George M. 'Brooksie' Shultz

b 13 Aug 1848,
d 17 Apr 1915,			Johan Velten 'Valentine' Shultz
bur Cosby, Sevier, Tennessee		Johan Martin 'Martin' Shults	Maria Eva Stocker	>
	Martin S. E. Shults, Jr.	b 1740	Heinrich Stentz	>
	\| b 1773	Juliana Stentz	Maria Dorethea Bosserth
John R. Shultz	d 11 Nov 1846	b 1741	Johan Philip Emert
\|b 30 Mar 1817	\|	Frederick Emert	Maria Catharina Kamm	>
\|d 09 Jun 1889	Barbara Ann Emert	b 11 Oct 1754	Daniel Neidig
\|	b 27 Dec 1778	Barbara Ann Neidig	Margaretha
George M. 'Brooksie' Shultz	d 23 Sep 1875	b 06 May 1755
\|R. C. 'Priscilla' Williams-2 +
\|m 17 Apr 1875
\|, Sevier, Tennessee	\|
Delilah Williams
b 01 Jan 1821	\|
d 06 May 1904

Children

1		David Harrison 'Harris' Shultz
2	<	Lewis W. Shultz
3		John R. Shultz
4		Noah L. Shultz
5		Edward Preston Shultz
6	<	Isaac Bradley Shultz
7	<	Martha I. Shultz
8		George W. C. Shultz
9		Victoria Shultz

Notes

Mary doesn't appear in the 1870 census with George.

Apparently despondent over marital problems with Ursilla, George committed suicide (shot himself). Family tradition says the gun he used was buried with him.

Buried in Shults Grove Methodist Church Cemetery.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 40, 44. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 558, 30s. 'Shields Family', Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 101. James Shults GEDCOM, Jamesshults@@worldnet.att.net, July 1996.

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