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Leonard William Shelton was born January 10, 1882. His parents were John Shelton and Isabelle Solinger. According to Bryan Smith "Leonard Shelton [was] nicknamed 'Crip" [and he] was the black sheep of the family." On August 1, 1895 the Chariton, Iowa newspaper carried a story that a horse fell on Leonard Fox Shelton.
In 1918 when he registered for the draft he was working at the Model Stove and Furnace Company. At the time of the 1900 census, he was living with John and Isabelle Fox.
In 1920, he was living with his brother's family in Memphis, Tennessee and was a broom maker.
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