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Personal data Abraham Shelly 

• He was born on July 15, 1750 in Rapho Twp., Lancater Co., Pa.Sources 1, 2
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1750 in Pennsylvania.Source 3
• Alternative: He was born on July 15, 1750 in Rapho, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Source 4
• Alternative: He was born on July 15, 1750 in Switzerland.Source 5
• Resident:
• in the year 1830: Rapho, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.Source 4
• in the year 1783: Lancaster, Pennsylvania.Source 4
• in the year 1830: Rapho, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.Source 5
• in the year 1790: Rapho, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.Source 5
• (Arrival) in the year 1743 in Pennsylvania.Source 5
• (Arrival) in the year 1743 in Pennsylvania.Source 5
• (Arrival) between 1703 and 1880 in America.Source 5
• (Military Service) .Source 1
• He died on October 20, 1844 in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States, he was 94 years old.Sources 2, 5
• Alternative: He died on September 8, 1844 in York, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 94 years old.Source 4
• Alternative: He died on September 8, 1844, he was 94 years old.Source 1
• He is buried October 1844 in Rapho Township, Lancaster Co, PA.Source 2
• A child of Christian Shelly and Magdalena Peelman

Household of Abraham Shelly

He is married to Katharine Graff.

They got married in the year 1770 at Newberry Township, York Co., PA, he was 19 years old.Sources 2, 4

Child(ren):

1. Christian Shelly  1771-1857 
2. Anna Shelly  1773-1767 
3. Abraham Shelly  1774-1867 

Notes about Abraham Shelly

NOTES: 1 Descendants of Abraham Shelly Generation No. 1 1. ABRAHAM1 SHELLY was born July 15, 1750, and died September 08, 1844. He married CATHERINA SHELLY WFT Est. 1781-1811. More About ABRAHAM SHELLY: Comment 1: SERVED IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR Child of ABRAHAM SHELLY and CATHERINA SHELLY is: 2. i. ABRAHAM2 SHELLY, b. September 10, 1774; d. January 02, 1867. Generation No. 2 2. ABRAHAM2 SHELLY (ABRAHAM1) was born September 10, 1774, and died January 02, 1867. He married ELIZABETH BRANDT WFT Est. 1807-1841. Child of ABRAHAM SHELLY and ELIZABETH BRANDT is: 3. i. DAVID B.3 SHELLY, b. November 18, 1813; d. September 13, 1880, MT. JOY, PA., CROSSROADS CEMETERY. Generation No. 3 3. DAVID B.3 SHELLY (ABRAHAM2, ABRAHAM1) was born November 18, 18131, and died September 13, 1880 in MT. JOY, PA., CROSSROADS CEMETERY1. He married SUSANNAH ENGLE WFT Est. 1844-1848. Child of DAVID SHELLY and SUSANNAH ENGLE is: 4. i. HENRY ENGLE4 SHELLY, b. July 18, 1839, RAPHO TWP, LANCASTER CO., PA.; d. July 06, 1905, MT. JOY, PA., CROSSROADS CEMETERY. Generation No. 4 4. HENRY ENGLE4 SHELLY (DAVID B.3, ABRAHAM2, ABRAHAM1) was born July 18, 1839 in RAPHO TWP, LANCASTER CO., PA.2, and died July 06, 1905 in MT. JOY, PA., CROSSROADS CEMETERY3. He married FANNIE BECKER KULP February 16, 1871 in MOUNT JOY, PA.4, daughter of JACOB KULP and MARY BAKER. Notes for HENRY ENGLE SHELLY: HENRY SHELLY WAS A WELL ESTABLISHED PENNSYLVANIA-DUTCH FARMER RESPECED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR HIS HARD WORK AND INDUSTRY IN MANAGING HIS LARGE FARM. HE WAS FUN LOVING AND EASY GOING AS REMEMBERED BY HIS GRANDAUGHTER, ETHEL SHELLEY STEINMETZ, DAUGHTER OF HIS SON, WALTER. Notes for FANNIE BECKER KULP: FANNIE AS REMEMBERED BY HER GRANDAUGHTER, ETHEL SHELLEY STEINMETZ: FANNIE BAKER KOLP WAS RENOUNED IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD FOR HER BEAUTY. SHE WAS INDEED A VERY STRIKING-LOOKING WOMAN EVEN WHEN I KNEW HER IN HER LATER YEARS. HER COAL-BLACK HAIR WAS PARTED IN THE MIDDLE AND DRAWN BACK NEATLY UNDER HER SNOWY-WHITE PRAYER CAP. SHE WAS ALWAYS DRESSED IN IMMACULATE PLAIN CLOTHES, BEAUTIFULLY MADE TO FIT HER TRIM BODY. SHE CARRIED HERSELF WITH A CONSCIOUS PRIDE IN HER APPEARANCE. SHE DELIGHTED IN HAVING HER HUSBAND TELL ABOUT THE TIME A TRAVELING "DOCTOR", WHO HAD COME TO TOWN WITH HIS MEDICINE SHOW, PICKED HER TO ASSIST HIM IN HIS MAGIC ACT BECAUSE, HE SAID, SHE WAS "THE PRETTIEST WOMAN IN THE CROWD. IN SPITE OF THEIR CHURCH'S PREACHING THAT PRIDE IS A SIN, IT WAS A DOMINANT PART OF FANNIE SHELLY'S PERSONALITY. BESIDES HAVING A DEEP PERSONAL PRIDE IN HER APPEARANCE, SHE ALSO TOOK PRIDE IN HER HOME, HER FAMILY, HER BEAUTIFUL HAND WORK AND HER STATUS IN THE COMMUNITY. FANNIE, WHO WAS HENRY'S SECOND WIFE, WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER NOT ONLY THE MANAGEMENT OF A LARGE FARM HOUSE BUT ALSO THE REARING SEVERAL CHILDREN FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SHE ASSUMED ALL HER RESPONSIBILITIES WITH HER CHARACTERISTIC CONFIDENCE IN HER ABILITY TO COPE WITH ANY PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT ARISE. ON MAY 17, 1873, MY FATHER, WALTER, A FIRST-BORN SON WAS WELCOMED INTO THIS HOUSEHOLD. AS FIRST-BORN HE WAS FAVORED OVER ABOVE ALL THE REST. HE WAS CATERED TO AND, AS WAS THE CUSTOM IN THE PENNSUYLVANIA-DUTCH CULTURE, WAS REARED TO TAKE HIS PLACE AS THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY AND HEIR TO THE PROPEROUS FARM. I NEVER HEARD WHY ONE OF HIS STEP-BROTHERS WAS NOT NAMED TO SUCCEED HIS FATHER, BUT I HAD A FEELING THAT THERE WAS FRICTION BETWEEN THE CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY AND THEIR STEP-MOTHER. NEVER-THE-LESS THEIRS WAS A HAPPY HOME. WHEN THE ASSIGNED CHORES OF THE DAY WERE COMPLETED THE FAMILY RELAXED OVER A LIGHT SUPPER. MANY OF THE STORIES I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE LIGHT HEARTED BANTER AND LAUGHTER SEEM TO HAVE ORIGINATED AT THE SUPPER TABLE. FANNIE RAN THE HOUSEHOLD AND WAS NOT PLEASED WHEN HER WALTER TOOK UP WITH A PERT YOUNG LADY FROM 12 MILES OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SHE HAD ALREADY CHOSEN FOR HER SON A NEIGHHBORING FARM GIRL WHO WAS WELL-TRAINED IN THE SKILLS NEEDED TO RUN A LARGE HOUSEHOLD AND WAS ALSO A FELLOW-MEMBER IN THE DUNKARD CHURCH. MY MOTHER, WHO HAD NEITHER OF THESE ATTRIBUTES, COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A SUITABLE WIFE FOR HER BELOVED SON WHO WOULD NEED A STRONG HARD-WORKING WOMAN TO HELP HIM RUN THE FARM. TO MY GRANDMOTHER'S CREDIT, WHEN IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT MY FATHER WOULD MARRY THIS UNSUITABLE GIRL, SHE ACCEPTED THE FACT MORE OR LESS GRACIOUSLY AND SET ABOUT MANAGING THE SITUATION. FIRST SHE ARRANGED A DOUBLE-WEDDING FOR HER SON AND HIS LILLIE, WITH HER DAUGHTER ALICE AND A NEIGHBOR BOY SOMUEL MECKLEY. MY MOTHER REFUSING TO GO ALONG WITH THESE PLANS, ARRANGED HER OWN PRIVATE WEDDING WITH ONLY WALTER'S BEST FRIEND, PETE GUINTER, AND HIS GIRL AS WITNESSES. AGAIN FANNIE MADE THE BEST OF WHAT SHE COULD NOT CHANGE AND MADE ROOM FOR THE YOUNG COUPLE IN HER HOUSEHOLD. I BELIEVE HER ACQUIESENCE WAS PARTLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT LILLIE HAD CHARMED HER FATHER-IN-LAW AND WALTER'S YOUNG BROTHERS WHO WERE DELIGHTED WITH THE WAY SHE JOINED IN THE FUN AT THE SUPPER TABLE. BUT FANNIE DIDN'T GIVE UP. SINCE WALTER HADN'T MARRRIED THE SUITABLE WIFE SHE HAD CHOSEN FOR HIM, SHE WOULD MAKE A SUITABLE WIFE OUT OF THE GIRL HE HAD MARRIED. TO BE ABSOLUTELY FAIR, MY MOTHER ADMITTED THAT FANNIE WAS NO HARDER ON HER THAN ON HER OWN DAUGHTERS, BUT THE DIFFERENCE WAS THAT THEY WERE USED TO THE ROUTINE OF HARD WORK AND KNEW HOW TO PERFORM THEIR ASSIGHNED JOBS, WHILE SHE HAD TO BE TAUGHT EVEN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF HOUSEKEEPING AND FREQUENTLY MADE MISTAKES. AS THE SITUATION BECAME MORE AND MORE FRUSTRATING LILLIE ASKED HER HUSBAND TO TAKE HER AWAY FROM THE FARM AND RETURN TO BACHMANVILLE WHERE THEY COULD LIVE ABOVE THE STORE AND WORK FOR HER FATHER. WALTER DID JUST THAT AND BY DOING SO GAVE UP HIS INHERITANCE. ------------------------------------------------------- AN ADDED NOTE FROM FRANCES PAULINE CURRY BEINBRECH GREAT GRANDAUGHTER OF FANNIE: MY FIRST NAME, FRANCES, WAS PICKED AS NAMESAKE OF FANNIE. MY MOTHER WAS MYRL VICTORIA SHELLY CURRY. Children of HENRY SHELLY and FANNIE KULP are: i. WALTER KOLP5 SHELLY, b. May 17, 1873, MT. JOY, LANCASTER CO., PA.5; d. October 31, 1938, COLUMBUS, OHIO5; m. LYDIA LILLIE (LIL) EBY, October 18, 1897, PALMYRA, PA5. Notes for WALTER KOLP SHELLY: AMOS SHELLY WAS A 1ST COUSIN. ------------------------ IMPRESSIONS OF GRANDAUGHTER, PAULINE CURRY BEINBRECH AS SHE READ "ALL ABOUT MY FATHER AND ME," BY HIS DAUGHTER ETHEL SHELLEY STEINMETZ: WALTER KOLP SHELLY WAS THE 1ST BORN SON OF THE SECOND WIFE (FANNIE) OF HENRY ENGLE SHELLY. AS SUCH HE WAS FAVORED ABOVE ALL THE REST OF THE CHILDREN. HE WAS CATERED TO AND AS WAS THE CUSTOM IN THE PENNSYLVANIA-DUTCH CULTURE WAS REARED TO TAKE HIS PLACE AS THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY AND HEIR TO THE PROSPEROUS FARM. HE SEEMED TO HAVE INHERITIED HIS FATHER'S LAID BACK, FUN-LOVING NATURE AS OPPOSED TO HIS MOTHER'S IN CHARGE, MANAGING PERSONALITY. WHEN HE BROUGHT HIS NON-DUNKARD, INDEPENDENT, STORE CLERK WIFE HOME TO LIVE WITH THE FAMILY, THERE WAS NO WAY THE 2 WOMEN COULD ADJUST TO THE SITUATION. AS A RESULT, WALTER GAVE UP HIS INHERITANCE AND THE COUPLE MOVED IN OVER HER FATHER'S STORE AND WORKED FOR HIM. SOON WALTER WAS OUT ON HIS OWN PROGRESSING THROUGH SEVERAL JOBS EVENTUALLY BECOMING A VERY SUCCESSFUL SHOE SALESMAN. A PROMOTION GAVE HIM ALL OF THE OHIO TERRITORY AND HE MOVED HIS FAMILY TO WESTERVILLE, OHIO A SUBURB OF COLUMBUS. HE PICKED WESTERVILLE BECAUSE OF A SMALL CHURCH COLLEGE, OTTERBEIN, WHICH WAS LOCATED THERE. THIS DUNKARD BOY WHO WAS TAUGHT ONLY THE 3 RS IN HIS YOUTH THIRSTED FOR KNOWLEDGE FOR HIMSELF AND HIS CHILDREN. HIS DREAM WAS FOR THEM ALL TO RECEIVE A HIGHER EDUCATION AND THEY ALL DID. HIS OWN EDUCATION WAS ENHANCED THROUGH READING AND INVESTIGATION. HE WAS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND THE ECONOMICS OF VARIOUS AREAS AND INDUSTRIES. AS HE LEARNED HE PASSED THIS INFORMATION ON TO HIS CHILDREN. HE TOOK THEM ON MANY TRIPS TEACHING THEM ALL THE WAY. HIS DAUGHTER, ETHEL, SAYS THAT HIS "ENTHUSIASM AND ZEAL FOR GATHERING AND DISPENSING KNOWLEDGE WOULD HAVE MADE HIM AND INSPIRING TEACHER." BUT HE HAD FOUND HIS NICHE. HE WAS A PEOPLE PERSON, LOVED HIS JOB, AND MADE A GOOD LIVING. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY, AS WELL, AND TOOK EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THEM. EVEN THOUGH HIS WORK KEPT HIM "ON THE ROAD" A GREAT PART OF THE TIME, HE STILL FOUND TIME FOR ANNUAL OUTINGS TO THE OHIO STATE FAIR, THE SHRINE CIRCUS, AND OF COURSE THOSE MANY EXPLORATORY TRIPS. AT HOME HE WAS INVOLVED IN TEACHING THE LIFE SKILLS OF RESPONSIBLE LIVING. ADDITIONAL MEMORIES OF MY OWN (PAULINE CURRY BEINBRECH) HE WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. THOUGH HIS UPBRINGING KEPT HIM FROM JOINING AN ORGANIZED CHURCH, HE REGULARILY ATTENDED THE UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH IN WESTERVILLE AND ACTED AS GREETER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE YORK RITE MASON, BELONGING TO BLUE LODGE, CHAPTER, COUNCIL AND EASTERN STAR IN WESTERVILLE, AND MT. VERNON COMMANDERY AND SHRINE IN COLUMBUS. THE GOOD LIFE CAME TO AN END WITH A BAD REAL ESTATE DEAL AND THE DEPRESSION. HE LOST EVERYTHING. THE HOUSE WAS SAVED AS HIS DAUGHTERS, ETHEL AND MARTHA, HELPED WITH MORGAGE PAYMENTS. TO PROVIDE INCOME HE TOOK PART-TIME RETAIL SALES JOBS AND HE AND HIS WIFE TOOK COUNTY KIDS INTO THEIR HOME. WHEN HIS DOCTOR SAID SAID HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIMSELF EATING, HIS RESPONSE THAT ENJOYED EATING AND WOULD TAKE HIS CHANCES. HE DIED OCTOBER 31, 1938 AT AGE 65 WHILE GUARDING THE ABSENTEE BALLOT BOXES IN COLUMBUS. HE HAD A COMMANDRY FUNERAL CONDUCTED FROM THE WESTERVILLE MASONIC TEMPLE. IT MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON ME AT 13 YEARS OF AGE. WITH FOND MEMORIES, POLLY More About WALTER KOLP SHELLY: Event 1: November 03, 1938, PIONEER CEMETERY, WESTERVILLE, OHIO Medical Information: Heart disease, High blood pressure, No Cancer, No Addictions, No Alzheimer's, No Mental illness, No Diabetes More About LYDIA LILLIE (LIL) EBY: Cause of Death: HEART ATTACK Comment 1: REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE WOMAN Comment 2: PAST MATRON ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR Comment 3: MEMBER DAUGHTERS OF AM. REV., #244498 Comment 4: FOSTER MOTHER FOR FRANKLIN CO., OH. Ethnicity/Relig.: SWISS/PLAIN PEOPLE, PROTESTANT Event 1: February 13, 1953, PIONEER CEMETERY, WESTERVILLE, OHIO Medical Information: Heart disease, High blood pressure, No Stroke, No Cancer, No Addictions, No Alzheimer's, No Mental illness, No Diabetes Occupation: WIFE, MOTHER, FOSTER MOTHER, HOMEMAKER Personality/Intrst: OUTGOING, LEADER/FRATERNAL ORG., POLITICS Residence: LANCASTER CO.,PA; FRANKLIN CO., OHIO ii. EMMA FRANCES SHELLY, b. February 26, 18725; d. August 15, 18725. iii. ALICE K. SHELLY, b. December 23, 18745; d. 1953, BURIED MT. PLEASANT CEM, MT. JOY, PA.6; m. SAMUEL N. MECKLEY, WFT Est. 1907-1940. iv. ELIZABETH K. SHELLY, b. November 02, 18767; d. January 16, 18827. v. KATIE K. SHELLY, b. March 03, 18867; d. October 22, 18867. vi. HARRY K. SHELLY, b. May 24, 18787; d. 19248; m. IDA M. ? SHELLY, WFT Est. 1909-1922. vii. EPHRAIM K. SHELLY, b. January 25, 18819; d. WFT Est. 1882-1971. viii. MINNIE K. SHELLY, b. December 27, 18879; d. WFT Est. 1888-1981. Endnotes 1. GRAVESTONE 2. FAMILY BIBLE/FAMILY BIBLE 3. FAMILY BIBLE/GRAVE STONE 4. FAMILY BIBLE/FAMILY BIBLE 5. FAMILY BIBLE 6. TOMBSTONE 7. FAMILY BIBLE 8. TOMBSTONE, CROSSROADS CEM., MT. JOY, PA 9. FAMILY BIBLE SOURCE: WFT CD VOL 1 PED 3823. ______________________________________________________________________ ____ ______________________________________________________________________ SOURCE: FamilySearch'c2'ae International Genealogical Index North America IGI Record ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------ Abraham SHELLY Sex: M Event(s): Born: 15 Jul 1750 Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Parents: Father: Christian SHELLY Mother: Magdalena PEELMAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------ Source Information: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------ Batch number: 5000601 Sheet: 29 Source: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------ 'c2'a9 1999 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. English approval: 3/1999 Use of this site constitutes your acceptance of these Conditions of Use. 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