An American Family History

On  August 1, 1895 the Chariton, Iowa newspaper carried a story that a horse fell on Leonard Fox Shelton. 

Leonard Shelton, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fox, met with a very serious accident Sunday evening. While horseback riding his horse stumbled and he was thrown to the ground. the horse falling on him. He was picked up in an unconscious state and is now laying in a very precarious condition.

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. 

April 11, 1912
Patriot
Mrs. John Fox left Friday evening for Des Moines in response to a message announcing the death of her daughter-in-law Mrs. Leonard Shelton who passed away that morning following an operation for the removal of a tumor.

In 1920, he was living with his brother's family in Memphis, Tennessee and was a broom maker.

Children of: John Newton Fox and Sarah Jane Ricketts Clara Fox Wood Eliza Fox Smith Bonham Fox Merrit Fox Orpha Fox Etta Fox O'Dea Mae Fox McKelvey Isabelle Solinger and R. Groves Edward Groves Isabelle Solinger and John Shelton Clyde D. Sheldon Leonard William Shelton Maud May Shelton Netherow Thomas Del Shelton John Fox and Isabelle Solinger Earl Fox