Iowa County WI Archives Photo Tombstone.....SHELTON, John And Johanna 
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Cemetery:           St. Malachy's Cemetery, Clyde, Iowa Co., WI.
Name:               John And Johanna SHELTON
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SHELTON, John 
Died 16Jan1868 
"Aged 28 yrs"
"Son of T. & J. SHELTON."

SHELTON, Johanna 
Died 11Nov1862 
"Aged 35 yrs"
"Dau of T. & J. SHELTON."

From the Dodgeville Chronicle, Dodgeville, Iowa Co., Wi.
24 Jan 1868
The front page.

Frozen to death-On wednesday of last week, a young man by the name
of John Shelton, aged 28 years, who resided in the town of Clyde,
was in Dodgeville. he started for his home in the team of a friend
who was going within four miles of where he lived, between four and
five o'clock in the evening. THe weather was very cold, and he got
out of the sleigh several times and walked to keep from getting
chilled/ When he arrived within four miles of his house, his friend
took another road, and he got out to walk the balance of the way. He
had with him a pail containing groceries &c., and appeared perfectly
well. Nothing more was seen or heard of him until the next morning
when he was found within one mile of his home, and within a quarter
of a mile of a neighbor's, almost frozen to death. From the tracks
in the snow it was plain to be seen that he had fallen several
times, and finally been unable to walk at all, and had crawled on
his hands and knees, dragging the pail after him for quite a
distance. He was taken to a house and recieved every attention, but
to no purpose. He died at seven o'clock in the evening, without
having been restored to consciousness. When he was found, his watch
was missing,(it is advertised elsewhere in this paper.) He was a
steady, industrious man, and much respected by those who knew him.
 
 

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