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8.
Mastin Shirley
1800 Abbeville Co. SC m. Rachel McAdam. She was born
Nov 22, 1801 Abbeville Co. SC, daughter of John McAdams. He may
have married again after Rachel's death. If so, her name must
have also been Rachel. He is said to have moved to Guntown, Lee
Co. MS
children:
(1). Benjamin Hershel 1823 Abbeville, Co. SC, m. Lucinda
Brock Dec 22, 1846 Anderson Co. SC. On Jan 8, 1841 Mastin Shirley
was made guardian of his oldest son, Benjamin H. Shirley, in
the estate of his father in law, John McAdams, dec'd.
Benjamin
Hershel Shirley and wife Lucinda Brock
(source: Glynn_Shaffer on ancestry.com)
children
A. Benjamin
B. Elbert Lee
Sept 28, 1850 Abbeville Co. SC d. June 8, 1928 Van Zandt
Co. TX, m. Margaret Hughes Oct 13, 1870 Hart Co. GA. (She
was born Mar 8, 1853, daughter of Hezekiah and Sarah Delilah
(Mitchell) Hughes). They went to Texas with the Hughes family
in 1874 and settled on a farm in Smith Co. TX.
children:
(a). Robert N.
Oct 5, 1871 d. Nov 12, 1908 Van Zandt Co. TX m. Sallie Lauperdale
Jan 8, 1895
(b). Nannie
Lou April 24, 1873 Smith Co. TX d. July 28, 1908 Van Zandt Co.
TX m. G.L. Berry 1897
(c). Mary Florence
Jan 24, 1876 Smith Co. TX d. Sept 8, 1879 ditto
(e). Eugenia
Plaestine Dec 18, 1877 Shelby Co. TX d. Sept 24, 1931 ditto
m. W. P. Rucker
(f). James Dec
21, 1879 Van Zandt Co. TX d. Aug 27, 1884 Van Zandt Co. TX
(g). Della Sept
24, 1882 Van Zandt Co. TX d. April 13, 1971 m. J. A. Hollis
Nov 9, 1910
(h). John Bunyan
Aug 18, 1884 Van Zandt Co. TX d. Aug 28, 1964 m. Minnie Davidson
Nov 1906
(i). William
Hayden April 29, 1887 Van Zandt Co. TX m. Blanche Constable Sept
19, 1921
(j). Henry Grady
Oct 2, 1895 Van Zandt Co. TX d. Dec 18, 1969 m. Emma Kingston
July 16, 1913
(k). Sallie Reba
Oct 2, 1898 Van Zandt Co. TX d. Jan 1, 1966 m. W. O. Berry Dec
25, 1919
C. Jordon 1856
D. William D.
1863 GA
(2). Elizabeth F. 1825
(3). Sarah C. 1827
(4). John Franklin 1829
(5). Margaret J. 1830 Married Abner Branyon.
They settled in Guntown, Mississippi
(6). Mary Ann 1832
(7). Nancy Catherine 1834
(8). Nathaniel Newton 1836
(9). Arminda Letitia Feb 3, 1840 died Apr 14, 1914
Married 1st Armstrong Billingsby, married 2nd Welden Chesley
Pearman Jan 24, 1868
(10).
George W. 1842
(11).
William F. 1844
(12).
Marianna J. 1845 m. Weldon Pearman Armstrong
(13. James
Watson April 1, 1847 Abbeville Co. SC, d. April 16, 1920 Ft.
Worth, Tarrant Co. TX, m. Mourning Christobel Darter. She
was born June 19, 1855 Randolph Co. AL, d. Jan 9, 1930 Tarrant
Co. TX.
children (born Roanoke,
Denton Co. TX or Fort Worth, Texas)
A. Emma Christobel
Nov 9, 1877 d. May 21, 1880
B. Valira Lottie
Sept 5, 1880 d. May 10, 1906 unmarried
C. Fred
July 22, 1882 Denton Co. TX d. Sept 19, 1958 Denton Co.
TX, m. Frankie Burke Nov 23, 1912
children
(a). Fred B.
m. Esther Seid
(b). Marvin m.
Ruby Scott
D. Etta Dec 1884,
d. June 19, 1939 spinster
E. James Bob
June 20, 1886 d. Jan 3, 1951, m. Ruth Wise Oct 28, 1920
F. Mark June
7, 1888 m. Grace Alexander Feb 8, 1922. (12 children)
G. Mittie Bell
June 26, 1890, m. Lorenzo Dow Morgan Aug 9, 1910 (1 son)
H. Violet Dec
1892, m. Jimmie Graham Nov 9, 1919
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Benjamin Shirley (continued)