Garland B. Shelledy
was a young lawyer in West Union in 1824, 1825, to 1828. He is said to have been a relative of John W. Campbell. His marriage is announced in the Village Register, of November 14, 1826, as having occurred on the thirty-first of November, to Miss Nancy Hutcheson, at Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, the Rev. Dr. Brown, President of Jefferson College, performing the ceremony.
On March 27, 1827, he was president of the council of West Union while Joseph Darlinton was recorder. At that time, the president of the council was the mayor. In 1827, he was a candidate for county treasurer, but as usual, Gen David Bradford was elected. No one had any show as against him. At the election for treasurer at that time, October 27, 1827, the vote stood as follows: David Bradford, 707; Joseph D. Darlinton, 191; John M. Hayslip, 170; Garland B. Shelledy, 97; William McColm, 35.
He was born in Kentucky. His mother's maiden name was Bradford. He was a graduate of Jefferson College of Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania. When he left Adams County he located in Edgar County, Illinois. He was known as a fine speaker at the bar. In his political views he was a Whig and in his religious views a Presbyterian. He reared a family and has one daughter, Mrs. S. H. Magner, aged 64 years, who resides at Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, where he died and is buried. He died of consumption, as did most of his family.
From History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900