Benjamin Shirley (continued)
b. ca 1760 Virginia. Family to South Carolina

 

MISC INFORMATION FOR THIS BRANCH
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1(vii). John Riley Shirley born Mar 25, 1798. John and Mary lived in Franklin Co. GA and went to Fulton Co. GA after 1852.  He was mentioned as out of state with wife, Polly, in the Trussell estate of March 29, 1854. He died June 14, 1873 Fulton Co. Georgia. He is buried in the Bethlehem Cemetery in Alpharetta, Fulton Co Ga.

married 1) Acenith Kay Nov 30, 1817 and they had 7 children. She was the daughter of John and Rosannah Kay.

married 2) Mary Eliz. Kay before 1850.  She was born Jan 12, 1806 SC and died July 18, 1887. She was the daughter of Rev. William and Catherine Trussell Kay (widow of Asa Kay). 

children: 

 

2(i). Reuben N. Shirley Aug 28, 1820  Abbeville SC d. 1870 Walker Co. GA, 

married Isabelle Lindsey

children

3(i). Mary Jane Shirley Sept 30, 1843 SC d. Mar 10, 1918 Floyd Co. GA, m. 1st David Cooper in Milton Co. GA Marion Holbrook in Forsyth Co. GA ca 1877 

3(ii). Senia Ann Shirley 1847 m. __ Holbrook (brother of General Marion Holbrook)

3(iii). Thursey Shirley m. __ Holbrook (brother of General Marion Holbrook)

3(iv). John Shirley

3(v). Margaret Shirley

2(ii). Grace Essie Shirley born about 1821 Abbeville Co. SC

2(iii). Benjamin Thaddeus Shirley  Aug 23, 1826, died Mar 1891,

married Mary Ann Brock in 1845. She was born Feb 11, 1826 Abbeville Co. SC. and died May 1898 in Franklin Co. GA.

children

3(i). Messena (Missouri) Cordelia Shirley Nov 10, 1846, m. Oct 12, 1865 to Levi Branson Fisher

3(ii). Lucinda E. Shirley May 26, 1848, m. Benj. M. Isobell Sept  14, 1875

3(iii). Mary Elvira Shirley Aug 2, 1851 m. John T. Branyon Oct 17, 1879

3(iv). Thurza Ann Shirley Feb 28, 1854

married Jasper W. Shirley Oct 26, 1873

3(v). Lawrence Preston Shirley  May 23, 1856, died July 30, 1947,

married Georgia A. Pace in 1862. They settled in Franklin Co. GA

children:

4(i). W. E. Shirley (female) Jan 1880

3(vi). Florence Electa May Shirley 15, 1868, m. John D. Potts

2(iv). John Kay C. Shirley born Sept 19, 1831 Abbeville Co. SC; he was Tax Collector and later a mail carrier in Alpharetta Milton Co GA; He died 1907 in Milton Co. GA,

married Geney Johnson 9 Mar 1856 in Forsyth Georgia (this is the same date given in some pedigrees as the marriage date to Acenith McDade)

married 1) Acenith W. McDade born about 1840 in GA; She is listed as the wife in the 1880 census household.

married 2) Sarah J. Bailey on 16 Sep 1881 in Fulton Co GA

children:

3(i). James Knox Polk Shirley born 30 Jun 1868 GA; He died 15 Mar1938 buried at Union Hill Cemetery in Alpharetta, GA

married Nancy Savannah Wilburn Thompson

"My great grandmother, Nancy Savannah Wilburn Thompson, wife of James K P Shirley, was born while her father, Wilburn Thompson, was off fighting in the Civil War. Nancy's mother, Charlotte "Segars" Thompson drew a Widow's Pension of $50/yr until she died in 1914. Charlotte "Lottie" stated in her widow's pension that her husband was captured at Dalton, GA, and never heard from again. Nobody knew what happened to him. Several years ago I was researching at the Georgia Archives, and was browsing through the many shelves of books when I saw a book titled "Confederate Soldiers buried in Northern Cemeteries". I looked in the index, and there was "Wilbur" Thompson, Co. G 59th GA Inf., died Aug 24, 1864, Camp Morton, Ind., Buried: Confederate Section, Greenlawn Cemetery. What a find. Unfortunately, Nancy never knew her father, and Wilburn Thompson never made it home to see his baby girl. Nancy married James K P Shirley in 1888 in Alpharetta, GA." - Russell Fields

James Knox Polk Shirley Family
Front, L to R: Lucy Thompson McCune (sitting), Alta Jane Shirley (by dog), Louilla "Ila" Shirley, Buren Shirley, Cleve Shirley, Ira Shirley.
Back, L to R: James H McCune, Arthur Shirley, James K P Shirley, Nancy S Thompson Shirley.

Thanks to Russell Fields for submitting this picture

3(ii). Claude E. Shirley born 10 Sep 1878 GA (SS death index); He lived at Newtown, Milton Co GA and then at Norcross Gwinnett GA; He died 24 Aug 1971 in DeKalb Co GA (GA death cert)

married Amanda Janie ______; she was born about 1880 in GA

children:

4(i). Jonnie Shirley born about 1902 in GA

4(ii). Marven Shirley born about 1909 in GA

4(iii). Otis Shirley born about 1913 in GA

4(iv). Florence Shirley born about 1916 in GA

4(v). Katherine Shirley born about 1923 in GA

4(vi). Vera J. Shirley born about 1929 in GA

2(v). Rosannah Elizabeth Shirley July 4,1834 Abbeville Co. SC d. Feb 21, 1907 Clarkton GA,  m. Francis M. Branyon

2(vi). Thurza Ann Shirley May 29, 1837  m. George W. Thompson

2(vii). Joel Milton Shirley Mar 31, 1839 died 1857 Yell Co. Arkansas 

2(viii). James A. Shirley born Dec 5, 1843 died May 19, 1919 Milton Co. Georgia,

m. Martha ___

2(ix). Mary Catherine Shirley born Feb 12, 1846 Abbeville Co. SC d. Jan 10, 1915 Milton Co. GA

married John Franklin Shirley (son of Benjamin 1811 who is son of John and Eliz Fields branch #5) 

2(x). Riley M. Shirley born Feb 24, 1849 Abbeville Co. SC

married Dicy Rebecca Douglas May 18, 1867, born Sept 22, 1847 GA,  died Dec 29, 1925. Her parents were Stephen R. Douglass and Elizabeth Moore they moved from VA to Forsyth County GA in 1844 and joined the M E Church and their they stayed members.

Note: Elizabeth Moore was the daughter of Abram Moore b 29 Jul 1799 SC  and Rebecca Haley b 04 Dec 1797 d Bef. 1842 ( Rebecca Haley Died in Childbirth) Elizabeth was the oldest child living, and the family of Abram Moore lived right next door to Stephen R Douglass's Family. Notes from Grace for every trial written by Lucretia J Douglass, sister of Stephen R Douglass and he was the Husband of Elizabeth Moore. But when our good neighbor Mrs. Abram Moore died, I learned something about real heart-grief. Some of the children were at school, and sister and I were with them when a lady told them their good mother was dead. Oh, what a dreadful shock. We all jerked off our bonnets and ran every step, crying as we went. When we got their dear little Bettie, the eldest child, who is now the wife of brother Stephen, was in the yard crying. My mother met her and embraced her in her arms. Bettie said from that moment on she seemed like a mother to her. After a while they let us all go in to see the dear dead mother and pretty little dead baby. Oh that scene was too painful. I shall not attempt to discribe it, but I learned something about the power of kindness and the worth of good parents. We lived with those children and though our distress was about equal to theirs, but it was not true. Their's was real home and heart-grief: ours only sympathy.

children:

3(i). Mary Elizabeth Shirley  b. Aug. 12, 1868  d. Aug 18, 1895 buried at Westview Cemetery  (Don't think she ever married)

3(ii). Russell M Shirley  b. Oct 27, 1870 d Aug 6, 1953

married Lula Willie Landrum Jan 2, 1894

children:

4(i). Irene Nancy Shirley b. Mar 2, 1895 in GA

4(ii). Charles Landrum Shirley b. Dec 1, 1897 GA d. Feb 4, 1964 in Fulton, GA.

4(iii). James Alston Shirley b. Jun 1898 GA d. 1900

4(iv). George R. Shirley b.  1901 d. 1937

4(v). Mary Clyde Shirley b. 1903 GA d. 1905 Atlanta , GA

4(vi). James Riley Shirley b. Nov 25, 1905 Atlanta , Fulton , GA. 

4(vii). Homer L Shirley b. 1910 GA. 

3(iii). John Charles Shirley b. Feb 24, 1873

married Nettie Mae Cunningham  born 27 Mar 27, 1874 GA, d. Jan 1,1941 Fulton, GA

children:

4(i). Clifford R. Shirley b.Sept 3, 1898 GA

4(ii). Francis Shirley b. 1902 GA

4(iii). Nettie M. Shirley b. 1912 GA 

3(iv). Fannie Mae Shirley  b July 26, 1875 d. Jun 25, 1961 buried Westview Cemetery Atlanta GA. She married Marvin Pearce Roane b. July 26, 1875 d. Jun 25, 1961 

3(v). Joseph Rodgers Shirley b July 5, 1878 d April 1904 buried in Westview Cemetery Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA  close to where his parents are buried  

3(vi). William Clifford Shirley  b. Dec 12, 1886 GA, d Mar. 19, 1919 Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA

married Ella Parks April 24, 1905 Atlanta,  GA  b. Jun 1883 in Sandy Creek Clark Co. GA, d. Jan 1931 GA, daughter of Columbus Parks and Mary Tolbert.

children:

4(i). Marie Shirley b. 10 Nov 1913 GA d. Jul 28, 1956 in Contra Costa, California m. David E. Warner.

4(ii). Stephen Wilbur Shirley b. May 20, 1913 in Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA d. Oct 19, 1997 in Lakeland FL.

Note: In a note in bible records of Stephen W. Shirley he states...  We called daddy Tee Wee!

4(iii). Eugene Frederick Shirley born Apr 18, 1908 in GA d. Dec 1977 in Rex, Clayton Co. GA. He married Mattie Mae Mitchell born abt. 1908 in GA.

4(iv). Mary Dicey Shirley b. Dec 28, 1909 Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA  d. Dec 21, 1987 in Elkins Park, Montgomery Co.  PA,  m. Van Arnold Fuller on July  11, 1936  Fulton Co. GA.  Mary listed her place of Residence as East Pt. Georgia she also lists both parents W C Shirley & Ella Shirley as decd.

 

Mary Dicey Shirley

4(v). Annie Sue Shirley born 1916 Fulton Co. GA d. Feb 10,  1921 Fulton Co. GA cause of death burned as her dress caught fire at home in kitchen 

3(vii). Benjamin Franklin Shirley b Nov 25, 1883

3(viii). Walter Sterling Shirley b Mar 31, 1886

3(ix). Annie Pauline Shirley b June 16, 1891 d. May 1981 in Atlanta, Fulton Co. Georgia  m. Thomas Jones Hemperley b. Apr 1891 in Campbell , GA, d. Jan 17, 1925 in College Park , GA son of Adam Hemperley and Sarah Hughey.

2(xi). Andrew Pinkney Shirley born May 31, 1852 Abbeville Co. SC d. Dec 20, 1943 Milton Co. GA 

married Rebecca E. Kelly Dec 24, 1874 

children:

3(i). William Homer Shirley born about 1878 GA  living in Big Creek, Milton Co. GA in 1900

   


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