Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth SHELY 
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376Birth Date31 May 1827
Birth PlaceShely Farm, Jessamine County, Kentucky
Death Date12 Dec 1915 Age: 88
Death PlaceNicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky
Burial PlaceNicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, Maple Grove Cemetery
FatherWashington Franklin SHELY (1802-1841)
MotherKatherine Hughes WILLOUGHBY (1808-1895)
Spouses
Birth Date15 Aug 1815
Birth PlaceMercer County, Kentucky
Death Date16 Mar 1888 Age: 72
Death PlaceJessamine County, Kentucky
Burial PlaceNicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, Maple Grove Cemetery
OccupationMexican War Soldier, Lieutenant, Conferderate Soldier, Kentucky State Representative
Family ID5392
Notes for Elizabeth SHELY
Jessamine Journal, Friday, Dec. 17, 1915.
"MCAFEE - Mrs. Elizabeth McAfee, one of Jessamine's oldest citizens, died in Nicholasville, Sunday morning, Dec. 12, after a lingering illness. She has been confined to her bed for about two years, and last August suffered a stroke of paralysis, which gradually caused her death. Mrs. McAfee was born in this county May 31, 1827, at the Shely farm on the Danville pike, now owned by Judge E. B. Hoover, and was Mrs. Elizabeth Shely. She was married to Hon. A. L. McAfee, who was born in Jessamine county in 1815 and died in 1888. Mr. McAfee served as lieutenant in the Mexican war and was a colonel in the Confederate army during the civil war. He was a member of the State Senate from this district many years. Mrs. McAfee was a warm southern sympathizer and her bravery and courage in defense of the southern soldiers are remembered by many old residents. She was a conscientious christian woman and was an active church worker. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev. J. J. Rice, assisted by Bishop Burton of Lexington. Interment in family lot in Maple Grove Cemetery."
On Find A Grave.
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"MCAFEE - Mrs. Elizabeth McAfee, one of Jessamine's oldest citizens, died in Nicholasville, Sunday morning, Dec. 12, after a lingering illness. She has been confined to her bed for about two years, and last August suffered a stroke of paralysis, which gradually caused her death. Mrs. McAfee was born in this county May 31, 1827, at the Shely farm on the Danville pike, now owned by Judge E. B. Hoover, and was Mrs. Elizabeth Shely. She was married to Hon. A. L. McAfee, who was born in Jessamine county in 1815 and died in 1888. Mr. McAfee served as lieutenant in the Mexican war and was a colonel in the Confederate army during the civil war. He was a member of the State Senate from this district many years. Mrs. McAfee was a warm southern sympathizer and her bravery and courage in defense of the southern soldiers are remembered by many old residents. She was a conscientious christian woman and was an active church worker. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev. J. J. Rice, assisted by Bishop Burton of Lexington. Interment in family lot in Maple Grove Cemetery."
On Find A Grave.
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Notes for Allen Lawson (Spouse 1)
Jessamine Journal, Friday, Dec. 17, 1915.
"MCAFEE - Mrs. Elizabeth McAfee, one of Jessamine's oldest citizens, died in Nicholasville, Sunday morning, Dec. 12, after a lingering illness. She has been confined to her bed for about two years, and last August suffered a stroke of paralysis, which gradually caused her death. Mrs. McAfee was born in this county May 31, 1827, at the Shely farm on the Danville pike, now owned by Judge E. B. Hoover, and was Mrs. Elizabeth Shely. She was married to Hon. A. L. McAfee, who was born in Jessamine county in 1815 and died in 1888. Mr. McAfee served as lieutenant in the Mexican war and was a colonel in the Confederate army during the civil war. He was a member of the State Senate from this district many years. Mrs. McAfee was a warm southern sympathizer and her bravery and courage in defense of the southern soldiers are remembered by many old residents. She was a conscientious christian woman and was an active church worker. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev. J. J. Rice, assisted by Bishop Burton of Lexington. Interment in family lot in Maple Grove Cemetery."
On Find A Grave.
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"MCAFEE - Mrs. Elizabeth McAfee, one of Jessamine's oldest citizens, died in Nicholasville, Sunday morning, Dec. 12, after a lingering illness. She has been confined to her bed for about two years, and last August suffered a stroke of paralysis, which gradually caused her death. Mrs. McAfee was born in this county May 31, 1827, at the Shely farm on the Danville pike, now owned by Judge E. B. Hoover, and was Mrs. Elizabeth Shely. She was married to Hon. A. L. McAfee, who was born in Jessamine county in 1815 and died in 1888. Mr. McAfee served as lieutenant in the Mexican war and was a colonel in the Confederate army during the civil war. He was a member of the State Senate from this district many years. Mrs. McAfee was a warm southern sympathizer and her bravery and courage in defense of the southern soldiers are remembered by many old residents. She was a conscientious christian woman and was an active church worker. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev. J. J. Rice, assisted by Bishop Burton of Lexington. Interment in family lot in Maple Grove Cemetery."
On Find A Grave.
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