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and influential farmer of that locality. These were
the parents of Nathan George Shelley-one English- I
Irish, the other of German extraction. He was I
born in Hankins county, Tennessee, on the 20th 1
day of February, 1825, where his parents then I
resided. His father, who was a master mechanic, i
with a view of obtaining more remunerative i
employment in his occupation, removed in 1837 to
Talladega county, Alabama, where he lived to an
extreme old age, dying in 1874. Mr. Shelley was
thirteen years of age when his father settled in
Alabama; He was afforded educational facilities
at Emory and Henry College, Virginia, at which
institution he received liberal literary culture. In
1845 lie began reading law at Talladega, Alabama,
under the direct supervision of Chilton therel
was not so much as. a shadow of it, albeit the
substance. was entirely wanting. General Shelley
was not a neutral. In 1861 he was elected to theState
Senate of Texas, where lie participated in the
legislation incident to those excited times. In
1862 he was elected Attorney Genera] of Texas,
F. R. Lubbock being Governor. The war was now
becoming furious, and the General for about six
months performed active military duty in the Confederate
army, as a soldier in the campaigns of General
Hood around Atlanta.
He had several brothers in the Confederate'
arnmy of the East, who were each, and all of them,
noted for gallantry.
During the war he was Brigadier General of
Texas State troops, and rendered important services
in -the organization and supervision of thle,
same. Upon the cessation of hostilities lie resumed'
his professional calling, and in 1866 was elected
State Senator from Austin, and again in 1872.
General Shelley's father was a known and recognized
Whig, but the General himself has always
been a firm and consistent Democrat. He wasnot
a public professor of any particular church
religion, although belonging to a family remarkablefor
Methodistic proclivities. He is a man of firm
and courteous demeanor, devoid of all ostentation.
In the State of Texas he has the reputation of
being a sagacious and reliable lawyer, and a man
of sterling integrity and probity of character.
In 1853 he was married to Sarah F. Shelley,.
daughter of Jacob D. Shelley, who for twenty-five
years officiated as Clerk of the Circuit Court of
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Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas, book, 1880; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5827/m1/94/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.