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Jacob Shirley b.
ca 1810-1820 probably Lenoir or Greene County NC, d. unknown,
m. 1st Sophia, date and location unknown. He
m. 2nd Lucinda Brooks ca 1846 MO who was b. ca
1819 NC d. ca 1850s, daughter of John and Nancy Brooks.
Nancy b. ca 1784 NC.
Assumed to be brother of Thomas Jefferson Shirley, b.
ca 1810, NC. (See Family # 74). Possible sister is Elizabeth,
b. ca 1801, NC, d. July 12 1877, Dent County, MO, m. John Brooks.
Possible mother is Mary, age 50-60 in 1840 Federal Census for
Crawford County, MO. First known location of Jacob is Warren
County, TN, 1830. Departs TN ca 1838 and relocates to Crawford
County, MO. (The area becomes Dent County in 1851). Jacob not
listed in 1850 Census, d. unknown, however he applied to purchase
federal land in October 1849. Did he depart in early 1850
for the CA gold rush?
children by first marriage:
1. Elizabeth January 31, 1835
TN.
2. William Kelly February
18, 1837 TN.
3. Charles Calvin or Carroll
September 24, 1839, TN (?) d. February 21, 1906 Butte County,
CA
4. Mary Jane March 29,
1842 Crawford County, MO d. August 25, 1910 San Benito County,
CA. m. James Isaac Hodges November 28, 1860 CA who was James b. September 30,
1830, Wilson County, TN (?)
5. Margaret December
2, 1845 Crawford County, MO.
Note: In the 1850 U.S. Census
for Crawford County, MO, the above children are found in the
family of Thomas Jefferson Shirley. This mergered family then
relocates to CA ca 1852; see Family # 74. Other names associated
with these Shirleys are David and Tryphena (Shirley) Williams,
John Lemon, John L. Spear, and Jotham Clark.
children by 2nd marriage:
6. Alexander December 6, 1847
Crawford or Shannon County, MO d. July 17, 1926, Dent County,
MO m. Sarah Jane Wells March 4, 1869 Dent County, MO who was b. September 2,
1847 MO d. November 29, 1923 Dent County, MO, daughter of Thomas
H. Wells and Mary Elizabeth Jarvis.
SEE FAMILY
PICTURE BELOW
children:
A. Thomas Jefferson b. October 30, 1871 Dent County, MO d.
September 9, 1945 Dent County, MO m. Caroline Miller February
22, 1893 Dent County, MO who was b. April 9, 1865 OH d. January
14, 1942 Dent Co. MO, daughter of John Miller and Maria.
children:
(a) Etta F. m. 1st James
W. Eads m. 2nd Arthur Hodges
(b) Clarence B. April
18, 1894 Dent County, MO d. July 15, 1952 Dent County, MO
m. Mae Bridget Maledy
(c) Inez Blanch November 29,
1895 Dent County, MO d. January 6, 1985 Dent County, MO
m. Victor Gilbert Ball September 10, 1919
(d) Ella Virena May 20, 1898
Dent County, MO d. December 24, 1898
(e) Wilma Jane July 27, 1905
Dent County, MO d. July 16, 1917
B. William Franklin June 9,
1876 (another source has
1873) Dent County, MO d. January 9, 1962 Marysville, Yuba
County, CA m. Dora Elizabeth Sherrell March 23, 1899 Dent
County, MO who was b. November 22, 1881 d. August 12,
1956 Great Falls, Cascade County, MT daughter of Silas Washington
Sherrell and Mary Matilda Gill.
SEE FAMILY
PICTURE BELOW
children:
(a) Mabel Dean
(b) Delbert F. September 18,
1899 Dent County, MO m. Anna Alvina Sarzin, June 16, Year?
in Stockett, Cascade County, MT who
was the daughter of Joseph Sarzin and ?
(c) Addison Lemuel
August 4, 1905 Belt, Cascade County, MT d. June 16, 1969 Seattle,
King County, WA m. Margaret Milda Connell May 11, 1932
Butte, Silver Bow County, MT who
was born February 22, 1911 Lewistown, Fergus County, MT d. June
2, 1975 Bellevue, King County, WA daughter of Timothy
Henry Connell and Agnes Loretta Murphy.
C. Mary Alby April 9, 1878
Dent County, MO d. February 21, 1953 Dent County, MO m. Marion
Russell Mowery February 23, 1899 Dent County, MO. He was
born February 6, 1871, Iron County, MO d. July 3, 1948 Dent County,
MO.
D. Elizabeth June 1881, m. ? Hill and moved to MT.
E. George b. ca April 1885 m. Bertha ? moved to Yucca Valley,
CA
7. Sarah Jane January
15, 1849 Crawford or Shannon County, MO d. February 19, 1917
Dent County, MO m. William Sparks November 4, 1875 Dent County,
MO who was born
October 10, 1846 Wilkes County, NC d. February 11, 1917 Dent
County, MO son of Rubin Sparks and Belindah Gray
Alexander Shirley's family, ca.
1899
Front row: Sarah Jane (Wells) Shirley and Alexander Shirley.
Second row left to right: George Shirley, Elizabeth
Shirley, Mary Alby Shirley and William Franklin Shirley.
William Franklin Shirley's family,
ca 1912
Left to right: Delbert F. Shirley, William Franklin
Shirley, Dora Elizabeth (Sherrell) Shirley, Addison Lemuel Shirley
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