Colusa County Biographies

JAMES A. SHELTON

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            Mr. Shelton is a native of Adams County, Ohio, born December 9, 
1833.  He lived in Adams and Brown Counties till the age of thirteen, when he 
went to Des Moines, Iowa, where he labored on a farm and attended school when it 
was possible, in that then new country.  In 1850 he crossed the plains by way of 
Sublett�s Cut-off, and reached Sacramento City in the following August.  He 
thought there was untold wealth for him in the mines, and hence followed that 
pursuit in Jackson County for one year, with fair success.  He tried the stock 
business for nearly eight years and prospered.  Mr. Shelton came to Newville, in 
Colusa County, in 1859, and settled there permanently, turning his attention to 
the breeding and training of fast-blooded horses, in which he acquired 
reputation for judgment and skill.  Five years later he engaged in farming on an 
extensive scale and still continues to conduct that industry.  In 1880 he 
engaged in merchandising at Paskenta, carrying it on for four years.  Mr. 
Shelton has made life a success, and is entitled to the contentment and comforts 
which make his hospitable home a model of domestic happiness.  He was married, 
June 28, 1860, to Miss Jennie James, and is the father of four children, all of 
whom are living.
 
�Colusa County� � by Justus H. Rogers � Orland, CA � 1891 � pp 429-430