Armstrong-Shelton-Shrader-Ezell Bible Records

Armstrong – Shelton –Shrader – Ezell families
Of Trigg Co., Kentucky and Stewart Co., Tennessee
Family Bible, Bible Pages and Family Dates

An Armstrong-Shelton family Bible was donated in July 2025 to the Stewart County Archives by Tara Hodges Wallace of Clarksville, TN, who had received it from a cousin. Shout out to Randy Rubel for arranging the donation.

The Bible includes family pages of the Armstrong and Shelton families, but also the family pages from an Ezell family Bible, as well as family notes from the Shrader family. These families lived around Roaring Springs in Trigg County and Bumpus Mills in Stewart County.

The four generations represented in the Bible pages are:

• Michael W. Shrader (1796) and wives Elizabeth Ross (1794) and Mary Jane Hardie
• Caroline A. Shrader (1837) and husband John E. Armstrong (1840)
• Nora E. Armstrong (1864) and husband Thomas C. Shelton (1859)
• Vida V. Shelton (1893) and husband Green Ezell (1889)

Item 1 - Armstrong-Shelton Bible (1873)
(page 1)
Marriages
J. E. Armstrong and C. A. Shrader was younited in the holy bonds of wed lock on Jan the 10 1861.
Thomas C. Shelton and Nora E. Armstrong was united in the holy bonds of wedlock on December the 31 1885.
Alva H. Armstrong and Alice James was united in the holy bonds of wedlock on Oct. 6 1898.
Manson Armstrong and Jennie B. Joiner was united in the holy bonds of wedlock on November the 16 1899.
Minus L. Armstrong and Evie E. Skinner was united in the holy bonds of wedlock Feb. the 28 1904.
Atha V. Shelton and Annie Ezell was united in the holy bonds of wedlock Aug. 29 1909.
(page 2)
Births
Thomas Shelton was born Aug. 29, 1859
John E. Armstrong was born in the year of our lord May the 3 1840
Caroline A. Armstrong, the wife of John Armstrong, was born June the 16 1837
Micheral Calvin Armstrong, the son of John and C. A. Armstrong, was born in the year of our lord Oct. the 26 1861
Mary E. Armstrong, the daughter of John and C. Armstrong, was born Aug. the 23 1863
Norah E. Armstrong was born in the year of our lord Sept. the 8 1864
William E. Armstrong was born in the year of our lord March the 14 1867
Alva Houston Armstrong was born in the year of our lord May the 18 1869
Manson Armstrong was born in the year of our lord Oct the 2 1873
Minus Linn Armstrong was born in the year of our lord July the 27 1876
(page 3)
Births
Henry Herman Shelton, the son of Thomas C. and Nora E. Shelton, was born in the year of our lord February the 14th 1887
Atha Vernon Shelton, son of Thom. C. and Nora E. Shelton, was born Oct. 23 1888
Vida Valeria Shelton, daughter of Thom. C. and Nora E. Shelton, was born Feb 19, 1893
Alva Henry Armstrong, the son of Alva H. and Alice Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord Jan the 10 1900
Harvey Chester Armstrong, the son of Alva H. and Alice Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord April the 24, 1901
Ethel Lilian Armstrong, the daughter of Manson and Jennie Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord Sept the 17 1900
(page 4)
Deaths
Mrs. Nora E. Shelton died May 3, 1940, Fri. 4:30 pm
Maggie Shelton, wife of Herman Shelton, died Feb. 24, 1927
Mary Elizabeth Armstrong, the daughter of John and Caroline Armstrong, was born Aug the 23 1863 and died the date
William Edward Armstrong, the son of John and C. Armstrong was born March the 14 1867 and Died August the 17 1875
Michael Calvin Armstrong, the son of John and C. Armstrong, was born the 26 of Oct. 1861 and died August the 12 1877
John E. Armstrong departed this life January the 20 1877 aged 36 years and 8 month
Alva Henry Armstrong died Jan the 12 1900
Ruel Morris Died Dec. 10, 1918 aged 22 years 8 months 28 days.
Ethel Lillian Armstrong died Aug 1922, 22 years 11 months
Ema Ellen Ezzell Died Oct. 17, 1920
Thomas C. Shelton died June 29, 1938
Another page from the same Bible has two entries in pencil:
Eller J. White departed this life November the 24 1896, aged 21 years
Edna Armstrong, daughter of Minus L. and Evie E. Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord Dec the 28, 1904 and dyed the date

Item 2 – Armstrong-Shelton Family Notes
Written on lined note paper; not part of a Bible
(page 1)
Births
John Thomas Armstrong, the son of Manson and Jennie Armstrong, was born in the year of our lord June the 28 1902.
Annie Caroline Shelton, the daughter of Tom and Nora Shelton, was born in the year of our Lord Aug. the 7, 1901
Clara Myrtle Armstrong, the daughter of Minus L. and Evie E. Armstrong, was born in the year of our lord May 16, 1907.
Mamie Beatress Shelton, the daughter of Atha V. and Annie L. Shelton, was born in the year of our lord Aug. 29, 1910.
Linard Huston Armstrong, the son of Manson and Jennie Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord Feb. the 11, 1905.
Edison Wilford Armstrong, the son of Manson and Jennie Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord Jan the 2 1908
Ira Edmonson Armstrong, the son of Manson and Jennie Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord Dec the 25 19[--]
(page 2)
Births
Edna Armstrong, the daughter of Minus L. and Evie E. Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord December the 28, 1904
Minus Desmond Armstrong, the son of Minus L. and Evie E. Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord December the 7, 1905
Clara Myrtle Armstrong, the daughter of Minus and Evie Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord May the 16 1908.
Lowry Dallas Armstrong, the son of Minus and Evie Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord Dec the 4, 1910.
Manie Pearl Shelton, wife of H. H. Shelton, was borned June 15, 1892.
Offie Irean Armstrong, the daughter of Alva and Alice Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord Nov the 26, 1909
Clarence Ray Ezell, son of Green and Vida Ezell, was born in the year of our lord May the 23, 1911.
Bracy Woodrow Shelton, son of Herman and Maggie Shelton, was born in the year of our lord August 23, 1911.
Herbert Loid Armstrong, the son of Alva and Alice Armstrong, was born in the year of our Lord Aug 24, 1911
(page 3)
Marriages
Herman H. Shelton and Maggie Wallace was united in the holy bonds of wedlock Dec 31, 1909
Green Ezell and Vida V. Shelton was united in the holy bonds of wedlock May 29, 1910.
Annie Shelton and Ruel Morris was united in the holy bonds of wedlock Aug. 17, 1917.
Manie Cunningham and Herman Shelton was united in the holy bonds of wedlock Aug. 6, 1929
Atha V. Shelton and Annie L. Ezell was united in the holy bonds of wedlock August 29, 1909.
Emma Ellin Ezell died Oct 17, 1920
{Births}
Henry Shelton, son of Atha and Annie Shelton, was born Jun 9, 1920.
Verna Shelton, son of Atha and Annie Shelton, was born Nov 3, 1917.
(page 4)
Sadie Marie Ezell, the daughter of Green and Vida Ezell, was born March 28, 1913
Lillie May Shelton, daughter of Herman and Maggie Shelton, was born Jan 6 1913
Lewis Thomas Shelton, son of Atha [and] Annie Shelton, was [born] 27 Aug 1915
Emma Ellin, daughter of Green and Vida Ezell, was born 18 Sep 1915
Dorothy Shelton born 15 of Aug 1920.
Alda Ruth [Shelton] born May 18 1923
Shellie Shelton daughter of Herman and Maggie Shelton born 18 Dec. 1915, died date
Sarah Ellin, daughter of Herman and Maggie Shelton, born 14 March 1918, died date
Walter Jacon, son of Green and Vida Ezell, born June 1 1917
Earl Vernon, son of Atha and Annie Shelton, was born Nov. 3, 1917.
Mary Aline Shelton was borned Aug 18, 19[--]

Item 3 – Green Ezell family Bible pages
The front and back of a Bible page, with names/dates written, attached to a black page that was apparently an endpaper from a small family Bible.
(page 1)
Virgie Mae Ezell was born Aug 13, 1925 Hutchison
Green Junior Ezell was born June 15, 1923
Margie Pauline Ezell was born April 12, 1921 Bogard
Carline Elizabeth Ezell was born May 23, 1919 Wallace
Walter Jason Ezell was born June 1, 1917
Sadie Marie Ezell was born March 28, 1913 Bogard
Clarence Ray Ezell was born May 23, 1911
Vida Velara Shelton Ezell was born Feb 19 1893
Nathan Green Ezell was born Dec 15 1889
(page 2)
Mrs. Nora Shelton
Mildred Thomas Knight Ezell was born April 24 1927
Carolyn Dale Ezell was born Jan 5 1952.
Mr. Green Junior Ezell was born June 15th 1923.

Item 4 – Shrader family record
Written on a sheet of lined note paper in blue ink; not part of a Bible. The entries all appear in the same 19th-century handwriting and all appear to have been written at the same time, sometime after 1864.
(page 1)
Elisabeth Ross was Born in the year of our lord December 26th 1794
Micheal W. Shrader was born in the year of our lord November 16th 1796
Carman Ross was born in the year of our lord February 18th 1814
Hulda Shrader was born in the year of our lord April 17th 1825
Nancy Shrader was born in the year of our lord September 10th 1827
Katherine Shrader was born in the year of our lord June 2nd 1829
Mary E. Shrader was born in the year of our lord September 14 1830
Martha Shrader was born in the year of our lord December 6th 1831
Zerelda Shrader was born in the year of our lord August 4th 1833
Caroline A. Shrader was born in the year of our lord June 16th 1837
Rutha Ellen Shrader was born in the year of our lord August 11th 1839
William Henry O. Shrader was born in the year of our lord July 25th 1855
Theodocia Ann Shrader was born in the year of our lord October 7th 1856
Rebeca Alice Shrader was born in the year of our lord March 5th 1858
(page 2)
James Micheal W. Shrader was born in the year of our lord November 12 1859
Charles Thomas Marion Shrader was born in the year of our lord April 16th 1861
John Acy Lewis Shrader was born in the year of our lord September 29th 1862
Nova Zembla Shrader was born in the year of our lord April 11th 1864
Micheal W. Shrader and Elisabeth Ross was married April the 9th 1823
Micheal W. Shrader and Mary Jane Hardie was married August the 9th 1854
(in pencil) The old bible was printed in 22
Huldah Shrader and John Peacher was married June the 29th 1843
Ruth E. Shrader and Henry Wilson was married January the 10th 1854
Rutha E. Wilson was married to William McGregor Oct the 8 1856
Caroline A. Shrader was married to John Armstrong January the 10 1861

The Stewart County Archives is always appreciative of being allowed to make copies from family Bibles, but especially honored to be the next caretaker of these family treasures.
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