Biography of Charles M. Shelley, MD, Mobile, Alabama

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CHARLES M. SHELLEY, OF ALABAMA

     Charles M. Shelley, of Selma, who represents the Fourth Congressional 
     District of Alabama in the Congress of the United States, was born in 
     Sullivan County, Tennessee, December 28, 1833.  Three years later his 
     father removed to Alabama, and the family have since resided in that 
     State.  His opportunities for securing an education were limited, having 
     early become an apprentice to the trade of an architect and builder, which 
     is still his occupation.

     At the commencement of the Civil War he entered the Confederate service, 
     enlisting in February, 1861.  He was made Lieutenant, and stationed at Fort 
     Morgan; but was afterwards attached to the Fifth Alabama Regiment.  His bravery 
     was rewarded with a Brigadier-General's commission, and he served under General 
     Joseph E. Johnston, and also under General Hood.  The fact that General Shelley 
     received his promotion when about thirty years of age, proved his natural aptitude 
     for the profession of arms.  When hostilities ceased, General Shelley resumed his 
     old business, taking up his permanent residence at Selma.  He was elected to the 
     Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses, and was re-elected to the Forty-seventh 
     Congress as a Democrat, by a vote of 9,301, against 6,650 for the Republican candidate.

Ref:  Headley, P. C., PUBLIC MEN OF TO-DAY, 1882, S. S. Scranton & Company, 1882, Hartford, p. 563.