Harriett Greenlee married Granville W. Shelton, 12-28-1843 in Mason Co. Va.,(now West Virginia)-- contributed by James Shelton

11/18/1928 DEATHS & FUNERALS (Sunday)
Mrs. Harriet Shelton, 1204 W. 29th, died at her home at 10 o'clock Saturday night. Born Oct. 17, 1826, she leaves a daughter, Miss Virginia Shelton, and foster daughter, Mrs. Ada Baxter.
11/19/1928 Oldest City Woman, 102, Dies After Brief Illness (Monday)
[photo] Mrs. Harriett Shelton, 102 years old, died in the home of her foster daughter, Mrs. Ada A. Baxter, 1204 W. 29th, Saturday night after a brief illness.
Born five years before the first train was drawn in the United States by steam locomotive, and four years prior to the French revolution, Mrs. Shelton has seen almost every step in the progress of the nation.
John Quincy Adams was president of the United States when Mrs. Shelton was born. The Erie canal had been open about a year. The first trade union had been organized slightly more than a year.
Mrs. Shelton had been in comparatively good health until two weeks ago, when she fell in her room. Her hip was fractured and she never left her bed. She lived with her foster daughter, Mrs. Shelton, and her daughter Miss Virginia Shelton, at 1204 W. 29th street.
She survived her husband by 39 years. He died Dec. 29, 1880, in Croydon, Iowa.
Funeral services will be conducted at the residence at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. Frank S. Porter, pastor of the Trinity Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Fairlawn cemetery, under direction of the Hahns.
Born on a Virginia plantation Oct. 17,1826, Mrs. Shelton learned early the lessons of life. The plantation long since divided into several farms, was located 13 miles from the junction of the Ohio river. Through it ran the Kanawha river.
One of Mrs. Shelton's pleasant memories of that stream was the fine fishing it afforded.
With her brother, she roamed through the hills, regarding him as her only "pal". She attended a tiny schoolhouse, where she was the only girl in a class of more than 50.
Her familiarity with political questions of her day was shown during conversation recently when she recounted with much merriment events during the "hard cider" campaign.
She was familiar with events of politics dating before Zachary Taylor's administration as president.
While attending school, she enjoyed the study of spelling and grammar, which were incidentals to the fundamental subjects, reading, writing and arithmetic. She never had a woman teacher, and the desks were long tables, with hard, wooden benches as chairs.
She married when she was 17 years old, and until middle life was not physically strong. She had to be careful of diet, but rarely consulted a doctor.
In 1850, the family consisting of herself, her husband and one daughter, moved to Indiana, where they lived ten years. They moved to Iowa in 1860, and came to Oklahoma in ___
Mrs. Shelton's daughter, Miss Virginia Shelton, 73 years old, is the centenarian's only child. Miss Virginia often read to her mother during the later years when Mrs. Shelton's sight became bad.
Last October 17, Mrs. Shelton celebrated her one and second birthday. It was then she declared that she would live another 102 years if the Lord would sustain her.
She cut her huge birthday cake as the young people came to see her.
With a fresh, strong voice and a mind still active and witty, Mrs. Shelton talked of her girlhood in Mason County, now West Virginia, before Virginia was divided. She described the big schoolhouse which had greased paper for window panes and baked goose quills for pens.
She described her wedding dress, with full skirt and puffed sleeves, and announced in no uncertain terms her opposition to short skirts when the topic was mentioned. She was also opposed to bobbed hair.
11/20/1928 Rites Conducted For Centenarian (Tuesday)
Funeral rites for Mrs. Harriett Shelton, 102 years old, who died Saturday night at the home of her foster daughter, Mrs. Ada A. Baxter, 1204 W. 29th street, were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Frank S. Porter, pastor of Trinity Baptist church, officiated. Burial was in Fairlawn cemetery, under direction of The Hahns.
Mrs. Shelton's death followed injuries inflicted in a fall two weeks ago. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Virginia Shelton, 73 years old.(THE OKLAHOMAN)