William Cooper Shelton and Eunice Green Becraft
Husband William Cooper Shelton [4300] 1
Born: 22 Feb 1888 - Wythe, Virginia, United States 1 Christened:![]()
Died: 21 Feb 1961 - Pulaski, Pulaski, Virginia, United States 1![]()
Buried: - East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States 2 FamilySearch ID: KZ1W-JZS Find A Grave ID: 96398234
Father: Daniel Tarter Shelton [13278] (1845-1902) 2 Mother: Rhoda Caroline Cline [13279] (1851-1940) 2
Marriage: 24 Nov 1912 - Sullivan, Tennessee, United States 1
Wife Eunice Green Becraft [4299] 1
Born: 29 Oct 1896 - Wythe, Virginia, United States 1 3 Christened: Died: 10 Aug 1936 1![]()
Buried: 1936 - East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States 2 4 5 FamilySearch ID: KHZ2-5WB Find A Grave ID: 96398184
Father: Robert Lee Becraft [2434] (1865-1938) Mother: Lettitia Harkrader [4298] (1870-1910)
Events
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States. Lettie B Becraft, b May 1870, age 30y, born VA, married 10 years, (5 children, 5 living), born VA; son Robt A, b Oct 1894, age 5y, born VA; son Harry L, b July 1890, age 9y, born VA; dau Lillian A, Oct 1892, age 7y, born VA; dau Eunice, Oct 1896, age 3y, born VA; son Ralph B, Apr 1900, 1/12y, born VA.
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1910 in Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States. Ward 2
Robert L Becroft, age 44y, born VA; wife Lillie, age 40y, born VA; son Harry L, age 19y, born VA; dau Lillian A, age 17y, born VA; son Robert H, age 15y, born VA; dau Eunice C, age 13y, born VA; son Ralph V, age 11y, born VA; son Oscar C, age 8y, born VA; dau Elizabeth P, age 5y, born VA; dau Mildred C, age 3y, born VA.• Her obituary was published in the Enterprise newspaper on 29 May 1999 in Wythe, Virginia, United States. William Cooper SHELTON Sr died before 27 May 1999. He married Eunice Green BECRAFT.
Enterprise newspaper Wythe County VA 29 May 1999
Eunice Green BECRAFT died before 27 May 1999. She married William Cooper SHELTON Sr.
Enterprise newspaper Wythe County VA 29 May 1999
They had the following children:
F iBernice Letitia SHELTON <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~umbergerwythe/all/allg1176.htm> was born about 1917. She died on 27 May 1999. M iiRalph Graham SHELTON died before 27 May 1999. Enterprise newspaper Wythe County VA 29 May 1999 Nickname Happy M iiiHoward Randolph SHELTON died before 27 May 1999. Enterprise newspaper Wythe County VA 29 May 1999 F ivMildred Pauline SHELTON died before 27 May 1999. Enterprise newspaper Wythe County VA 29 May 1999 Mildred Pauline Shelton.
Children
1 LDS.
2 Findagrave.com.
3 Leonard A Becraft, Research done by Leonard.
4 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Eunice Green Becraft, person ID KHZ2-5WB.
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Billion Graves (billiongraves.com).
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