Biographical Sketch of A. L. Shelton, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** A. L. Shelton, of the firm of Schwartz Bros. & Shelton, grain dealers at New Haven, is a native of New Haven, born in 1853, and is the son of John and Philenia (Maupin) Shelton, natives of Franklin County, where they spent their entire lives. The father was of English des- cent, a farmer, and was a soldier in the Mexican War. A. L. Shelton was but a boy when his father died, and he was reared by his grand- father and secured a common country school education. He was reared on a farm, and worked on the same until 1879, when he and his uncle, B. L. Maupin, engaged in the grain trade. In 1880 Mr. Maupin died, leaving our subject alone. In 1882 the present company was establish- ed with Mr. Shelton as manager, at New Haven, and Messrs. Schwartz, at St. Louis. Mr. Shelton is a Republican in politics, and his first presidential vote was for R. B. Hayes, in 1876. He is entirely a self-made man, and is one of the promising young men of the county. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================