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Info from Geneal Black
Eli E. Shirley Sept 1, 1798 Laurens Co. South Carolina.
d. 1874-1880. Buried in Northport, Tuscaloosa Co. Alabama.
(date of Eli's birth is from Perry Shirley who has family
Bible)
His estate settlement lists:
Robert, Little Berry, B.L. (Benjamin), S.V. (Biard's son), Davis,
James E. Glenn, John Lewis --all surnamed... Shirley, and...
Sarah E. Hocut (daughter of Biard Shirley), and William W. Watson....
all signers of the estate settlement.
married Elizabeth Watson Jan.
3, 1819. She was born Feb 23, 1796.
children:
1(i). female Shirley
born 1819 Laurens Co.
SC
1(ii). Little Berry Shirley
born Aug 13, 1820 Laurens
Co. SC; farmer; He is enumerated as "Lee B." in 1850
Tuscaloosa AL census and "Lewis B." in the 1860 Tuscaloosa
census; He died Feb 6, 1891 Tuscaloosa Co. AL
married Martha Savage Aug 21,
1845 in Tuscaloosa Co AL
married Sophrona ______ (named
in 1880 census household)
children:
2(i). Nancy A. Shirley born about 1848 in Tuscaloosa Co AL (1850
census)
2(ii). Catherine Shirley born about 1847/9 in Tuscaloosa Co AL;
married Marion Riley; She died 17 Jul 1934 at South Holt Tuscaloosa,
age 87 (dau of Berry Shirley in death cert.); Buried Peterson
Cem.
2(iii). William Shirley born about 1856 in AL (1870 Tuscaloosa
Co census)
2(iv). Julia E Shirley born about 1860 in AL; She died 19
Oct 1937 in Northport, Tuscaloosa Co AL, age 76; widow of ____
Gay; buried at Macedonia, Lowndes Co AL; married
2(v). John T Shirley born about 1866 in AL (named "Joel"
in 1880 census)
1(iii). Young Shirley born Aug 17, 1822 Laurens Co. SC d. Oct
25, 1864, (He is living with Lewis B. Shirley - aka Little
Berry Shirley in the 1860 Tuscaloosa Co AL census; Not sure of
the authority of his parentage since he was not named in Eli
Shirley's estate. Young died prior to Eli's death. However, Benjamin,
the son of Young may be the same named in the estate. A Descendant
of this Young Shirley has a
DNA haplotype of I, not E1b1)
married 1st Rebecca Jane Jordan
April 8, 1847,
married 2nd Nancy South Dec 29,
1860
1(iv). Davis (Ezra)
Ezekiel Shirley born
Aug 9, 1825 Laurens Co. South Carolina, died Dec 2, 1898 Bryan,
Brazos Co. Texas.
married 1st Elizabeth J. Anders
born Dec 29, 1826 AL d. June 10, 1879 Brazos Co. Texas,
married 2nd Emily Cassendra Slaughter
Riley (widow) Sept 4, 1884. She was born Aug 21, 1852 Shelby
Co Texas. She had 4 of her own children from previous marriage
(Cassie, Will, Linnie and John J.)
See letter
below...
children:
2(i). Martha Elizabeth Shirley
born Sept 21, 1849 Tusc.
Co. AL d. May 11, 1896 Brazos Co. Texas
2(ii). Nancy Margaret Shirley born Feb 4, 1851 d. young
2(iii). Henry Milton
Shirley Dec 29, 1852
Jones Co. Texas d. Jan 31, 1922 Brazos Co. Texas
married ________
children:
3(i). Robert Lee Shirley
2(iv). Eli Anders Shirley born Feb 3, 1855 Jones Co. Texas d.
Mar 15, 1929 Carlton, Texas
married Elizabeth Harp
children:
3(i). Winnie Shirley m Joseph Alonzo Allison
3(ii). Luther Eli Shirley born May 24, 1884
3(iii). Ida Mae Shirley m. Jim L. Parrish
3(iv). William Davis Shirley born April 15, 1889 d. April 4, 1974
Ft. Worth Texas
married Minnie ___
3(v). Nannie Elizabeth Shirley m. James J. Emerson
2(v). James Wilson Shirley born May 23, 1857 d. Feb 27, 1926 Las
Cruces, New Mexico
married Mary E. Hutto July 25,
1880 Texas
children:
3(i). Willie Lee Shirley born Aug 6, 1881 Fairland, Texas
m. Eliva Trension Underwood Nov 15, 1899 Valley Spring, Texas
3(ii). Barney Franklin Shirley born Mar 20, 1887 m. Ida Mae Russell
3(iii). James D. "Pop" Shirley born Jan 23,
1892 d. Feb 1976
married Pearlie ___ born April 1, 1894 Texas d. Oct 1964.
They are buried Ft. Sumner, New Mexico.
children:
4(i). Printess Lenon Shirley m. Gladys Lee
4(ii). James Chesley "Tex" Shirley. Tex was
a musician, played piano in clubs around New Mexico and surrounding
states. He was blind since age of 2 years.
m. 1st Othine Hill, (parents of Delbert Shirley), divorced,
m. 2nd Jerry ____, had 2 children,divorced,
m. 3rd Lorraine Wright had 3 children
4(iii). Garland Ray Shirley. He is in the house moving
business with his sons. He also had polio and has a crippled
arm because of it..
m. Chris Joiner
4(iv). Kenneth Herman Shirley d. Dec 5, 1923 of
polio and is buried in California
3(iv). Sadie Adeline Shirley born Oct 30, 1892 Burnett
Co. Texas d. Dec 1978 m. Rufus Wesley Hamilton April 26, 1906
McColock Co. Texas
3(v). Mary Frances Shirley born June 21, 1885 m. Robert
Hamilton
3(vi). Dora Edna Shirley born July 23, 1894 d. 1929
Brownwood Texas m. Litton Willis
3(vii). Wiley John Shirley born Feb 15, 1898 d. Mar 18, 1980
3(viii). Duel Herman Shirley born Oct 15, 1899 Field Creek, Texas
m. Ollao Inez Gaulden April 3, 1926
3(ix). Archie Pop Shirley born Jan 1902 Field Creek, Texas m.
Annie Hazel Morgan
3(x). Antonette "Annie"
Shirley born Feb 21,
1861 d. 1934 Ft. Worth, Texas
2(vi). Fannie "Annie"
Shirley born 1859 Jones
Co. Texas d. May 25, 1927 Sudan, Texas m. Cecil Columbus Parker
2(vii). Sophronice Analoet
"Annie" Shirley born
Feb 21, 1861
2(viii). Ezekiel Davis Shirley
born Nov 9, 1860 d. Jan
1, 1930
married Sarah "Sally"
Rosalee Hutto Aug 16, 1890 Burtram, Texas. She died July
19, 1947 Brownwood, Texas
children:
3(i). James Allison Shirley born Sept 14, 1891 d. Feb 2, 1895 Marble
Falls, Texas
3(ii). Milton Davis Shirley born Feb 1, 1896 Marble Falls, Texas
d. Jan 28, 1975 Brownwood Texas,
m. Tessa Oma Staton July 7, 1928
Ft. Worth Texas
children:
4(i). Milton Davis Shirley
Jr born, April 1929 Portales,
New Mexico
4(ii). Shirlee Oma Shirley
3(iii). Carl Wilson Shirley born Feb 21, 1898
children:
4(i). Carl Wilson Shirley
4(ii). Robert Baker Shirley
3(iv). Benjamin Shirley born April 24, 1876 d. young ?
2(ix). Florence Etta Shirley born June 17, 1885
2(x). Cloanna Shirley born Aug 2, 1887 Brazos Co Texas
d. April 18, 1932 Bryan Texas m. J.C. Mathis
2(xi). Rutha Mae Shirley born Jan 27, 1891 d. 1978 m. Thurman
Smith
2(xii). Ida Bell Shirley born April 18, 1892 Texas
2(xiii). Lewis Shirley born Jan 14, 1894
1(v). Biard
Shirley born 1827 Laurens
Co. SC. died Tusc. Co. AL, married Mary ___
1(vi). Robert Lee Shirley born Aug 20, 1829 Laurens Co. SC, died
Oct 13, 1907 Tusc. Co. AL. buried Campground Cemetery,
Robert enlisted as a private
in Captain S. C. Freeman's Company, B.C. S. Prisons Guards, Tuscaloosa
Alabama. Captain Freeman's Company was organized in Tuscaloosa
Aug 16, 1862 to replace Captain Powell's Company of Prison Guards,
which had been disbanded when the Federal prisoners were removed
from Tuscaloosa. Captain Freeman had been the first sergeant
in Captain Powell's Company. They were soon ordered to duty at
the large prison camp in Salisbury, North Carolina. From the
records on file in Washington, this command must have served
its entire war service in the Salisbury Prison area, as most
of its members were captured on April 12, 1865 at Salisbury.
married 1st Nellie Caroline Chism
Nov 3, 1852 Tusc. Co. AL. She was born Aug 17, 1836 died Dec
17, 1891 Tusc. Co. AL, daughter of Lewis David Chism and Marilla
Freeman,
married 2nd Mary J. ___ after
1891 as they are listed on the 1900 census of Tusc. Co. AL
children: born Tuscaloosa Co. Alabama (info
from Bettie Simpson)
2(i). Marion Francis Shirley
born Sept 1853 d. 1926,
m. 1st Anna Harkey Dec 23, 1873 m. 2nd Belle L. Hall Dec 31,
1893, m. 3rd Lillie Corbin
2(ii). Young Neely Shirley
born Oct 24, 1854 d.
May 20, 1914 m. Martha M. Kyzer Dec 16, 1875 Tusc. Co. AL
2(iii). John Mitchell Shirley born June 27, 1856 d. June 9, 1915 m.
1st Mary Ellen Shirley Aug 14, 1877 Tusc Co. AL, m. 2nd Sarah
L. __ in Fayette AL
2(iv). George W. Shirley born Mar 6, 1858 d. Mar 26, 1882
2(v). Thomas O. Shirley born Dec 10, 1859 New Lexington,
Tusc. Co. AL, d. July 11, 1911
m. 1st Martha Jane Cain Nov 27,
1883, daughter of Daniel P. Cain and Mary Jane Gray,
m. 2nd Queen Victoria Cain Sept
3, 1899 Tusc. Co. AL,
m. 3rd Savannah Christian ca.
1908 Tuscaloosa Co. AL,
children: born in Tuscaloosa Co. Alabama
3(i). Vernon L. Shirley born Sept 14, 1884 d. Feb 15, 1966,
m. William Samuel Hysaw Nov 17, 1901 Tusc. Co. AL
3(ii). Sampson Davis Shirley
born Dec 1885
3(iii). Kenneth Webster Shirley born Dec 14, 1887 d. June 9, 1968 m.
Genie Lois Sparks July 23, 1921 Tusc. Co. AL
3(iv). Dora Ann Shirley born Feb 21, 1890 d. April 29, 1975,
m. John Richard Cox Nov 13, 1910 Tusc. Co. AL
3(v). Lonnie Cleveland Shirley born Oct 8, 1892 d. Nov 15, 1966, m.
Essie Viola Thompson Aug 19, 1917 Tusc. Co. AL
3(vi). Robert Lee Shirley born Jan 16, 1895 d. Sept 25, 1962,
m. 1st Lillie Bigham Aug 12, 1915 Tusc Co. AL, m. 2nd Lucille
___.
3(vii). Thomas Oliver Shirley born April 11, 1897 d. Mar 17, 1899
Tusc. Co. AL
3(viii). Virgil Hawkins Shirley born Sept 10, 1900 d. July 14, 1947
children by 2nd marriage to
Queen
3(ix). Leonard Cain Shirley born May 16, 1903 m. Emily Mae Bennett
3(x). Vera Victoria Shirley
born Nov 5, 1905 d. July
7, 1907
children by 3rd marriage to
Savannah,
3(xi). Clyde Shirley born ca 1909
2(vi). America Josephine Shirley born April 1861 m. John Hill Jones
2(vii). Robert D Shirley born. ca. 1863
2(viii). Alexander Cameron
Shirley born ca. 1866
d. ca. 1910 Washita Co. OK,
married Rachel C. Cannon Dec
5, 1889
2(ix). Mindora A. Shirley born Nov 1, 1868
2(x) Bolden L. Shirley born Nov 3, 1870 d. Mar 1, 1937
married Brazzie E. Pennington
Jan 28, 1896
2(xi) Lucious L. Shirley born Sept 15, 1873 d. June 7, 1887
2(xii) Emma Shirley born ca. 1875
2(xiii) Edward Marvin Shirley
born April 14,
1879 d. Aug 20, 1965 Calera, Shelby Co. AL
married Ophelia Davis Dec 22,
1901
2(xiv) Samuel Benjamin Shirley born April 1880 d. July 22, 1922
Tusc. Co. AL,
married Nettie Avery
1(vii). Sarah Elizabeth Shirley born 1830 Laurens Co. SC d. ca. 1851
m. Wiley Berry Shirley Feb 13, 1846
1(viii). James Ester Glenn
Shirley born Jan 5, 1832
Laurens Co. SC, died Jan 6, 1917,
James Ester Glenn Shirley
married Sarah Ann Sykes Nov 28,
1863.
1(ix). John Lewis Shirley born Oct 2, 1835 Tusc. AL, d. Dec 13,
1905, buried in the Shirley Cemetery near Northport AL, John
Lewis fought in the Civil War.
John Lewis Shirley
married 1st Anna Key Chism Nov
1, 1860. She was born Feb 9, 1842 Tusc. Co. AL and died March
25, 1889, buried along side of her husband, John.
married 2nd Sarah Jane Watson
June 4, 1891 Tusc. Co. AL. She was born Feb 24, 1854 died April
17, 1937, buried at the Winders Cemetery near Samantha AL.
children:
2(i). Jefferson Davis Shirley born Sept 7, 1861, died Sept 1864
2(ii). Emma Alabama Shirley
born Nov10, 1864, died
Nov 19, 1919
2(iii). Tennesse Shirley born Dec 9, 1866, died Jan 24,
1931
2(iv). Virginia Shirley born Dec 17, 1868, died May 6,
1900
2(v). Ida (Idaho) Shirley born Feb 1, 1871
2(vi). William A Shirley born. Dec 30, 1872, died April 10, 1886
2(vii). Jonny A. Shirley born Oct 19, 1874, died July 4, 1889
2(viii). Annie Lee Shirley born Oct 31, 1876
2(ix). Cherry Key Shirley
born Jan 3, 1879,
died Sept 9, 1930
2(x). Bird Franklin Shirley born Mar 17, 1880, died Nov 17, 1932
Bird Franklin Shirley
2(xi). Virgil Festus Shirley born Dec 22, 1882, died Nov 17,
1959
2(xii). Pearlie Elizabeth
Shirley born Feb 22,
18892
2(xiii). Phebe Leurella Shirley
born Oct 12, 1893
2(xiv). James Marvin Shirley born Oct 23,1898
1(x). Eli W. Shirley born 1840 d. June 6, 1863 in the
Civil War,
married Martha Elmore Dec 19,
1860
This
letter was written by Davis Shirley's 2nd wife, Emily, to Robert
Lee Shirley, brother of Davis.
Jan 2nd, 1899 Bryan,
Brazos Co. Texas
Our Robert Shirley,
I will write you a few lines
to let you know we are all well at present, but sorry to tell
you about Mr. Shirleys death. He was taken sick on the 24th of
November and died the 2nd day of Dec at 12 P.M. He had pneumonia
(sic) and lagrippa. all his children was at his side except Annie
and Addie. Jim, Zeak and Melvina live in Bernes Co., Henry lives
in Bureson Co. Eli lives in Robertson Co. We sent a telegram
to them. They all came but Mr. Shirley did not know either of
them when they got here. He did not have his right mind for several
days before he died, but he prayed and talked about the Bible
all the time he was sick. He leaves 12 children and four step
children, two boys and two girls and four little girls and one
boy, the baby five years old. Mr. Shirley received your letter
and answered it while before he was taken sick but we got no
answer. Robert you write your brothers for I don't know their
post office.
It was hard to give him up
but I know he has gone home to rest to wear that shinning crown
that was waiting for him. He has paid his debt we have all got
to pay some time when ever our Master sees fit to call us home.
Let us all be prepared to meet Him when it comes time to go.
One of my sons is married
and lives on the place and the other one is going to live in
the house with me.
I will send a piece that was
written by one of his friends for you to read and you can send
it to your brothers if you want.
Well I will close. Write so
I will know wheather you got the letter or not. Write soon and
so good by.
Emily Cathy Shirley
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