Pleasant Grove Review | 1936-02-21 | Page 5 | Former Resident Buried Here

j Former Resident Buried Here Funeral services for Samuel1 Leir Shelley, 83, a former resident of American Fork, were held Tuesday afternoon in Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Shelley was born December 2, 1852, a son of William Boyer and Jane Dunn Shelley. The family moved to Sanpete county in 1880 and were instrumental in building up that section of the state. Surviving are two daughters and five sons, Bishop William L. Shelley, David A. Shelley, Jesse Shelley and Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Coates, Mountain Moun-tain ville; John M. Shelley and Mrs. Ellen Coates, Richfield, Idaho, and George H. Shelley, Clear Creek; a brother and a sister, David Shelley and Mrs. Sarah A. Barratt, American Ameri-can Fork; 43 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Those of American Fork to attend the services were, Mr. and Mrs. David Da-vid Shelley, Milton Shelley, Mrs. Sarah Ann Shelley and Mrs. June Wright. Interment was made in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery.