Lula Cordelia Tilson^[1]

1891 - 1958  (66 years)

• Name	Lula Cordelia Tilson
  Born	14 May 1891	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	District 2, Cocke County, Tennessee   [2]
  Census	1940	District 1, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	29 Jan 1958	Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  	Cause: Ventricular Fibrillation
  Buried	1 Feb 1958	Faubian Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I182112	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	James M. Tilson,   b. 5 Apr 1858, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Nov 1939  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah A. Sams,   b. 9 Feb 1856, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Mar 1926, Unicoi County, Tennessee  (Age 70 years)
  Married	20 Jul 1882	Unicoi County, Tennessee   [6]
  Family ID	F127552	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John Abe Shelton,   b. 1885, North Carolina ,   d. 1965  (Age 80 years)
  Married	5 Jan 1916	Unicoi County, Tennessee   [7]
  Children	1. Theodore Haze Shelton,   b. Abt 1917, Tennessee  (Age ~ 107 years) + 2. Jeter P. Shelton,   b. 3 Sep 1919, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Sep 1997  (Age 78 years) + 3. Willard Quinton Shelton,   b. 3 Sep 1923, Tennessee  (Age 100 years)   4. Glenn Shelton,   b. Abt 1924, Tennessee  (Age ~ 100 years)   5. Rawleigh MMorgan Shelton,   b. 13 Jun 1927, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Nov 2003, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)   6. Maary Shelton,   b. Abt 1931, Tennessee  (Age ~ 93 years)
  Family ID	F68994	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 14 May 1891 - Tennessee Died - Cause: Ventricular Fibrillation - 29 Jan 1958 - Cocke County, Tennessee Buried - 1 Feb 1958 - Faubian Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 233. [S112] Census, 1930. Name John A Shelton Event Type Census Event Date 1930 Event Place District 02, Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Age 43 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head Birth Year (Estimated) 1887 Birthplace North Carolina Father's Birthplace North Carolina Mother's Birthplace Tennessee Sheet Letter B Sheet Number 8 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace John A Shelton Head M 43 North Carolina Delia Shelton Wife F 37 Tennessee Theodore H Shelton Son M 13 Tennessee J*Ter Shelton Son M 11 Tennessee James G Shelton Son M 6 Tennessee Henry ? Shelton Son M 6 Tennessee Roley M Shelton Son M 3 Tennessee "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R84-QPC?cc=1810731&wc=QZF4-ZC5%3A648806201%2C650275001%2C648808601%2C1589282363 : 8 December 2015), Tennessee > Cocke > District 02 > ED 5 > image 16 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002). [S112] Census, 1940. Name Delia Shelton Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Civil District 1, Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender Female Age 49 Marital Status Married Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife Relationship to Head of Household Wife Birthplace Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated) 1891 Last Place of Residence Same Place HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE John A Shelton Head M 52 North Carolina Delia Shelton Wife F 49 Tennessee Haze Shelton Son M 23 Tennessee Jeter Shelton Son M 20 Tennessee Glenn Shelton Son M 16 Tennessee Quinten Shelton Son M 16 Tennessee Riley Shelton Son M 12 Tennessee Maary Shelton Daughter F 9 Tennessee [S87] Death Certificate. Name Lula Cordelia Shelton Event Type Death Event Date 29 Jan 1958 Event Place Newport, Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender Female Age 66 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1892 Father's Name James Tilson Mother's Name Sarah Sams Spouse's Name John A Shelton Spouse's Gender Male "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-38421-2099-4?cc=1417505 : accessed 25 April 2016), 007552352 > image 1073 of 2511; State Library and Archives, Nashville. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 116181347). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: S A Sams Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 20 Jul 1882 Event Place: Unicoi, Tennessee, United States Gender: Female Spouse's Name: Jas M Tilson Page: 356 [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name John A Shelton Event Type Marriage Event Date 05 Jan 1916 Event Place Unicoi, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Cordelia Tilson Spouse's Gender Female