Profile Text
10/06/2012 – Shelton – WordTheatre Presents “Storytales” – Arrivals – Ford Ampitheatre – Hollywood, CA – Photo Credit: Joshua Tousey / PR Photos
Birth Name: Uriah Justus Shelton
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 10, 1997
Ethnicity: English, German, Danish, Swiss-German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, possibly distant Melungeon
Uriah Shelton is an American actor and singer. He is known for his roles in the films Alabama Moon , Lifted (2010), The Warriors Gate , Freaky , and Unhuman ; on the series Little Monk , Trust Me , The Glades , R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour , Blue , Girl Meets World , 13 Reasons Why , NCIS: Los Angeles , Looking for Alaska , and Motorheads ; and in the made-for-tv movies Ring of Death and The Nanny Express .
He was partly raised in Magnolia Springs, Alabama.
Uriah’s maternal grandfather was Homer Edward Massey (the son of Crimm Sanders Massey and Maude Lee Mathis). Crimm was the son of Homer Rodolphus Massey and Anna Lee Huey. Maude was the daughter of Henry E. Mathis and Alice.
Uriah’s maternal grandmother was Helen Emogene “Jean” Nelson (the daughter of Lawrence Emile Nelson and Helen Emogene Wenzel). Helen was born in Bon Secour, Alabama. Lawrence was the son of Frank Edward Nelson, who was Danish, from Copenhagen, and of Annie/Anna Laura Plash, whose father was German, and whose mother was the daughter of a German father and a Swiss-German mother. Helen was the daughter of Joseph Edward Wenzel, whose father was the son of German parents, and of Hela Tabitha Donaldson.
Uriah’s five-times great-grandmother was named Frances Jane Cumbaa. Cumbaa is usually a Melungeon or Lumbee name.
Sources: Obituary of Uriah’s maternal grandfather, Homer Edward Massey – https://www.pinerestfuneralhome.com
Genealogy and obituary of Uriah’s maternal grandmother, Helen Emogene “Jean” (Nelson) Massey – https://sv.findagrave.com
Uriah’s maternal great-grandfather, Lawrence Emile Nelson, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Uriah’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Annie/Anna Laura Plash, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org