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Aaron Shirley born about 1810 SC; died during the
Civil War. Buried in Holly Springs, Marshall Co. Mississippi.
married Anna Cleveland June 6,
1832 Tuscaloosa Co. Alabama. She was born in Georgia about 1816
and died about 1884 in Pope or Newton Co. AR.
children
1(i). Jane Shirley born about 1834 AL m. Daniel Brown
1(ii). George Washington Shirley born Dec 22, 1836 in Alabama
George Washington
Shirley and wife Sultana Holt,
and their youngest daughter, Mary Sultana Eveline Shirley.
Photo was taken August
20, 1891 at Wynnewood, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, OK
(photo from Julia Cross)
married Sultana Holt, She was
born Feb. 8, 1838 Carroll County, AR; She died Apr. 5, 1905 at
Gore, Sequoyah Co OK, dau of James Simpson Holt and Elizabeth
Fortner of South Carolina. Buried Old Campbell Cem, Sequoyah
Co.
children
2(i). Nancy A. Elizabeth Shirley born about 1861 TX m. 1st. Wm Alexander
Atteberry, m. 2nd Wilburn Craven Taylor
2(ii). Doctor George Washington
Shirley born Feb 26,
1863 Dallas, Dallas Co. TX, He died Dec 11, 1945 Altus, Jackson
Co. OK
married 1) Aiih Turner
married 2) Harriet Barnes.
2(iii). Cornelia "Nealie"
Lousie E. Shirley
born Dec 1866 m. 1) Dudley J. McGinnis, m. 2) ___Hancock
2(iv). Joseph A. Shirley born Mar 1868 AR,
married Mary Cox Nov 8, 1908
Oktaha, Muskogee Co. OK
children:
3(i). Elmer Shirley
married Marie Jones and had two
daughters
3(ii). Clara Shirley born Feb 1910
3(iii). Clyde Shirley
2(v). John Monroe Shirley born Jan 1, 1870, He died July 31, 1940
Hulbert, Cherokee Co. OK.
married Emma Lee Davis Oct 16,
1898 Vien, Cherokee Nation Indian Territory. She was born July
2, 1879 AR d. Jan 15, 1955 Waggner, OK.
2(vi). Andrew Jackson Shirley
born July 31, 1872 TX,
Juda Pharlen Rogers Jan 27, 1901
Vian, Cherokee Nation
2(vii). Robert E. Lee
"Lee" Shirley
born about 1874 TX,
married Lizzie Risenhouser 1897
Los Angeles CA
2(viii). James Aaron Shirley born Dec 8, 1876 Red River Co. TX, d.
Jan 13, 1955 Altus, Jackson Co. OK,
married 1) Adeline Malinda Davis
Apr 30, 1899 Campbell, Cherokee Nation,
married 2) Iva Faught
2(ix). Mary Sultana Eveline
Shirley born May 21,
1880 Polk Co. AR, d. July 9, 1930 Muskogee Co. OK, m. Dan Rogers.
1(iii). Mary A. Shirley born about 1840 m. 1st ____ Holt,
m. 2nd _____ Fulton
1(iv). Joseph Shirley born about 1842 Tuscaloosa
Co. AL, d. Mar 19, 1885 Mt. Ida, Montgomery Co. AR. Buried
Amerson Cemetery. Joseph became a Baptist minister and moved
back south across the Arkansas River to Montgomery County AR
with his uncle Lewis and family.

Joseph Shirley, born Dec. 14, 1841; Died Mar. 19, 1885
Amerson Cemetery, Montgomery Arkansas
married Martha Jane Shirley Dec
30, 1860 Jasper, Newton Co. Arkansas. She was his 1st cousin,
daughter of Lewis F. Shirley
and Mary Ann (Polly) Patterson.
children
2(i). John Milton Shirley
born Jun. 8, 1864; The
family lived at Antioch and Mill Townships, Garland Co AR in
1900 census; died Nov. 2, 1946; buried at Fourche Loupe Cemetery,
Hot Spring Garland County, AR
married Attie Rowe on 22 Jul
1886 at Montgomery Co AR. She was born Jan. 10, 1869; She is
buried in Fourche Loupe Cem.
children:
3(i). Lily A. Shirley born about Aug 1887
3(ii). Robert J. Shirley born Oct. 1, 1889 d. Feb. 22, 1953;
He and his family are buried at Fourche Loupe Cem. at Hot Spring
AR.
3(iii). Roy C. Shirley born about Mar 1891
3(iv). Bessie M. Shirley born about Sep 1894
3(v). Algie S. Shirley born about Dec 1897
2(ii). Joseph A. Shirley
2(iii). Andrew J. Shirley born about 1868 AR; living at Sims Montgomery
Co AR at time of marriage (age 30)
married Susie Z Johnson of Sims
AR on 24 Dec 1899
2(iv). Annie Jane Shirley
born about 1874 Living
Sims, Montgomery Co AR at time of her 1st marriage (age 18);
She married
1) Albert Rowe of Garland Co AR on 17 Jul 1892 by Rev David
L. Shirley. Albert died Nov 7 1893 and buried at Fourche Loupe
Cem in Garland Co AR; She married
2) John S. Mitchell
2(v). Robert Shirley 1878 AR
1(v). James Shirley died during the Civil War
1(vi). Robert Shirley born Nov 9, 1846 Tuscaloosa Co. AL;
Private in Company E, 57th Infantry Regiment Alabama; died July
9, 1908 in Pontotoc Co.OK after suffering a stroke. He was a
Baptist minister and established the New Bethel Church in Pontotoc
Co. Oklahoma.. The church is no longer in existence. They are
buried in New Bethel Cemetery, Pontotoc Co. OK.

Robert Shirley and wife Saphrona Ross
(source: posted to findagrave.com)
married Safrona Ross on Aug 16,
1866 in Pope Co. Arkansas. She was born Apr. 17, 1850 at Pope
County, Arkansas; She died Jul. 28, 1903; Buried New Bethel
Cem, Pontotoc Co OK
children
2(i). Joseph Aaron Shirley
born July 1, 1867 Newton
Co. AR.
married Ida Alene Fleet
children
3(i). Effie Shirley
3(ii). Forest Shirley
3(iii). Alpha Shirley b. Nov 16, 1897 Pontotoc Co. OK. m.
Dudley Edward Young, 4 children
3(iv). May Shirley
3(v). baby girl Shirley
3(vi). Verna Shirley
3(vii). Robert T. Shirley
3(viii). Frank C. Shirley
3(ix). Alice Juanita Shirley
2(ii). James Benjamin Shirley
Sept 29, 1869 AR d.
Jan 26, 1938 Garvin Co. OK
children
3(i). Arthur M. Shirley born Oct. 24, 1896 died Oct. 19, 1906;
buried New Bethel Pontotoc OK
3(ii). Esther May Shirley
born Nov. 28, 1905 died
Jun. 19, 1906 buried New Bethel Pontotoc OK
3(iii). Robert L Shirley m. Essie
3(iv). Arthur Lee Shirley m. Sally Spence
3(v). Ann Shirley m. Archie Tate
3(vi). Virginia Shirley m. Stephanore
3(vii). Jay Shirley
m. Dorothy
3(viii). Ruth Shirley
2(iii). Martha "Mattie"
Ann Shirley Dec 17, 1871
AR died 1923 Wynnewood, OK m. Robert Jones
2(iv). Mary Shirley m. Sid McGinnis
2(v). Robert Shirley Jan 29, 1877 AR, d. Mar 5, 1891 Walla
Walla, Washington
2(vi). John Milton Shirley Feb 15, 1879 Pope Co. AR died 1948 Oklahoma
City, OK
m. Docia Conn
2(vii). George Frank Shirley July 11, 1880 Pope Co AR, died Hereford
TX,
married Nora Zellie Wright
children
3(i). Emily Shirley d. Wewoka, OK of Cancer, m. Clarence
Lolis
3(ii). George Lewis Shirley
d. Hereford Co.
TX, Stomach Cancer, m. Sadie Barnes, 4 children
3(iii). Jim Shirley d. Sulpher OK, Stomach Cancer, m. Betty
___. 5 children
3(iv). Jewel Shirley d. Amarillo, TX, Cancer, m. Marion O'Neal,
1 child
3(v). Edd Shirley m. Bonnie ___.
3(vi). Hester May Shirley
b. 1913 Ada, OK,
m. 1st. Elmer Davis, m. 2nd Jasper Less Thompson
3(vii). Rhoda Shirley m. Clarence Stevens, 2 children
3(viii). Thelma Shirley m. Malloy
3(ix). Ralph Shirley m. Stella Gogomose
3(x). Nadine Shirley d. Chicago, IL, Cancer, m. George Woodrow
Lutz, 6 children
2(viii). Kate Shirley born Feb 25, 1884 Pope Co. AR d. Ucumcora,
NM, buried OK, m. John W. Romine
2(ix). Rhoda Shirley born Mar 1887 Indian Territory m. T.
A. Ingram
2(x). Grover Cleveland Shirley born Mar 5, 1889 d. 1966 Seminole OK
children
3(i). Vernon Shirley
3(ii). Aaron Shirley
3(iii). Kate Shirley
m. Holly
3(iv). Ida Shirley m. Jackson
3(v). Stella Shirley m. Riggs
3(vi). LaVerne Shirley m. Neavitt
3(vii). Leroy Shirley
1(vii). Elizabeth Shirley 1849 AL m. ___Davis
1(viii). Anna Shirley 1851 AL m. ___Ellison
1(ix). Rhoda Shirley born Aug 17, 1854 d. July 11,
1908 m. 1st. Pleasant O'Neal Mar 31, 1831, m 2nd Albert Gattlain
Jones Aug 11, 1872. He was born Jan 24, 1854 d. Feb 15, 1917
(info from Kim White 1/12/06)
1(x). Doctor Aaron Shirley Jan 16, 1856 Mt. Ada, Montgomery
Co. Arkansas d. Aug 31, 1942 Konawa, Seminole Co. Oklahoma.
married Arkansas "Cancy"
Bolin Oct 1, 1874. She was born Nov 10, 1858 AR, died May 6,
1889 OK.
children
2(i). John Shirley born about 1875 Pope Co. AR
2(ii). Lewis Shirley born about 1877 AR
2(iii). James Wright Shirley
born about 1879
AR
2(iv). Anna Shirley born Feb 12, 1881 AR (lived in
Ada OK)
2(v). Aaron Jackson Shirley born Jan 13, 1883 Pope Co. AR, m. Bernie
Forte McDowell
2(vi). Minnie Shirley born about 1884 AR
2(vii). Georgia Bell Shirley Sept 17, 1888 Indian Territory. Georgia
Belle was not raised by the Shirleys. Her mother, Cancy, died
when Georgia Belle was 16 months old. Her father did not remarry.
He raised the other children.
1(xi). Andrew Jackson Shirley
July 3, 1861. died Jun
11, 1939; buried Maysville Cemetery, Garvin Co OK; Andrew was
the ancestor of professional baseball player, Bob Shirley.
married 1) Martha A. Nobles Sept
20, 1879 Montgomery Co. AR
married 2) Lucinda Fulton Aug
12, 1886
children
(1). Joseph Andrew Shirley (by wife Martha)
(2). Rhoda Shirley m. Ashley
(3). Tom Shirley
(4). Nora Shirley
(5). Lola Shirley
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