Background
Shelbourne, Roy Mahlon was born on November 12, 1890 in Bardwell, Kentucky, United States. Son of Moreau Thomas and Jenny Lind (Dennis) Shelbourne.
Shelbourne, Roy Mahlon was born on November 12, 1890 in Bardwell, Kentucky, United States. Son of Moreau Thomas and Jenny Lind (Dennis) Shelbourne.
Educational public schools, Bardwell. Bachelor of Arts, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, 1912. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, 1913.
Doctor of Laws, Catherine Spalding College, Louisville, 1964.
Born in Bardwell, Kentucky, Shelbourne received an Bachelor of Arts from Union University, Tennessee in 1912 and an Bachelor of Laws from Cumberland University in 1913. He was in private practice in Bardwell, Kentucky from 1913 to 1927. He was a County attorney of Carlisle County, Kentucky from 1918 to 1926.
He was a President, Bardwell Deposit Bank from 1926 to 1936.
He was in private practice in Paducah, Kentucky from 1936 to 1946. Shelbourne was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Shelbourne was nominated by President Harry South. Truman on January 17, 1946, to a seat vacated by Shackelford Miller. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 5, 1946, and received his commission on February 8, 1946.
He served as chief judge from 1948-1960.
He assumed senior status on November 1, 1964. Shelbourne served in that capacity until his death, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Member Kentucky Highway Commission, 1930-1932. President Four Rivers council Boy Scouts American, 1939-1941. Member Kentucky Board Bar Examiners, 1940-1946.
Member McCracken County Bar.
Association (president 1941), Kappa Sigma. Rotarian (president Paducah chapter 1938-1939).
Married Edith Richardson, October 8, 1914. Children: Mahlon R., Jane, Nancy.