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Olive Edna (Minerd) Shelton
(1891-1958)

Olive Edna (Minerd) Shelton was born in 1891 in Pittsburg, Crawford County, KS, the daughter of Azaniah "Melvin" and Harriet (Baldwin) Minerd.

Olive lived at home with her parents for many years. On Dec. 1, 1924, at the age of 33, Olive married 43-year-old John M. Shelton Sr. (1881- ? ). Rev. E.H. Given of Pittsburg officiated.

They had only one son, John M. Shelton Jr.

Little is known of their lives. The Sheltons made their home at 114 West Madison in Pittsburg. John was employed as a meter man by Kansas Gas and Electric, the same company for which his brother in law, Orville Baldwin Minerd, worked.

John Sr. passed away first, but the details are not yet known.

Olive died in mid-December 1958 at the age of 67. The Pittsburg Daily Headlight noted that the funeral was held at the chapel of the Ellsworth mortuary, with Rev. James Calhoun in charge, followed by interment at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg.

~ Son John M. Shelton Jr. ~

Son John M. Shelton Jr. (1925- ? ) owned a car lot in Pittsburg for many years.

He married Merdith Marie Hamilton (1934-2012), daughter of Walter Byron and Ruby Irene (Burke) Hamilton Sr. of Mulberry, Crawford County. They had one known child, James Shelton. Merdith was a cosmetologist. Sadly, the marriage ended at some point, and Merdith married again, to Marvin Becker, in 1986. Merdith passed away at the age of 77 on March 14, 2012, in Pittsburg.