Joseph Orville Shelby
Birthplace: Lexington Kentucky
Father: Orville Shelby 1803 – 1835
Mother: Anna Maria Boswell 1808 – 1892
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery Lexington Kentucky)
Wife: Elizabeth M. Shelby 1841 – 1928
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery Kansas City Missouri)
Children:
Joseph Boswell Shelby 1864 – 1940
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery Kansas City Missouri)
John Morgan Shelby 1878 – 1951
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery Kansas City Missouri)
Education:
Attended Transylvania University
Occupation before War:
Rope Manufacturer in Lexington Kentucky
Steam Boating Businessman on the Missouri River
Owner of a Hemp Plantation in Missouri
Led a company on the pro slavery Side during bleeding Kansas
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of a Cavalry Company
1862 – 1863: Colonel of Confederate Army Cavalry
1863: Leader of Shelby's Great Raid in Missouri and back to Arkansas
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry
Distinguished himself during Sterling Price's Missouri Raid
1865: Unofficially a Major General of Confederate Army Cavalry
Occupation after War:
1865: Rode South to Mexico with a 1,000 men not surrendering
1865 – 1867: Lived in Veracruz Mexico
1867 – 1893: Farmer in Missouri
1893 – 1897: United States Marshal Western District of Missouri
Died: February 13, 1897
Place of Death: Adrian Missouri
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Burial Place: Forest Hill Cemetery Kansas City Missouri
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