Jacob Camplin Shirley
d 1850 Shannon Co MO (merged with Branch #74)

 

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Kelly Shirley
born probably Lenoir or Greene County NC; The first sighting of Kelly Shirley as an adult is found in Stokes Co NC where he was taxed on his personal property in 1808. Kelly was residing in Capt Shafer's District, and was taxed on 100 acres, 1 white poll and 0 black polls, 0 horses; He appeared in subsequent tax years in Stokes Co NC, in 1809 and in 1810, owning the same 100 acres as before. In 1810, his residence was further clarified as lying in the Beaver Island District; Kelly was enumerated in the 1810 federal census for Stokes Co NC, age 26-45 with two females in the household age 16-26, and 1 young daughter age 0-10. He was also enumerated in the census owning 4 slaves; Kelly Shirley served as a private in the 5th Regiment, also known as Atkinson's Regiment, in the North Carolina Militia during the War of 1812; Kelly was taxed on 225 acres lying in the Beaver Island District of Stokes County in 1814, 1 white poll and 1 black poll; Kelly Shirley died on 19 Feb 1815 according to his military service record; His Estate was probated in 1815 in Stokes Co NC in 1815. Kelly Shirley's wife Tryphenia was taxed for his 225 acres of land in 1815 and again in 1816. She remarried in 1816. She was granted a pension in 1818 of $4 per month for the war service of her deceased husband

1815-1823 Estate File of Kelly Shirley of Stokes Co NC (pdf)

married Triphenia _________ ; She was administrator of the 1815 estate of Kelly Shirley in Stokes Co NC; She married 2) David Williams on 1 September 1816 in Stokes Co NC; Triphenia Williams died 27 Feb 1855 likely in San Joaquin County CA "Tryphena Williams departed this life on Tuesday February the 27th 1855" (See James Madison Williams bible record)

children:

(Proven by 1815 estate records in Stokes Co NC, Another possible sister is Elizabeth, b. ca 1801, NC, d. July 12 1877, Dent County, MO, m. John Brooks.)

1(i). Thomas Jefferson Shirley (previously Branch #74) born about 1810-11 in Stokes Co NC; a minor child of Kelly Shirley in Sept 1817; died Nov 13, 1859 probably in Tuolumne Co. or possibly San Joaquin Co. California

View 1817 Guardianship papers for Thomas Jefferson Shirley,
minor child of Kelly Shirley of Stokes Co NC (thanks to Gary)

1(ii). Mary Hill Shirley a minor child of Kelly Shirley in Sept 1817; She may be Mary Shirley, age 50-60 enumerated in 1840 Federal Census for Crawford County, MO.

View 1817 Guardianship papers for Mary Hill Shirley,
minor child of Kelly Shirley of Stokes Co NC (thanks to Gary)

1(iii). Jacob Camplin Shirley born about 1810-1811 probably Stokes County NC, a minor child of Kelly Shirley as noted in Sept 1817 guardianship records of Stokes Co NC; Jacob Shirley first appears in records as an adult in Warren County, TN. In 1834 Jacob was shown owing $8.25 to Enos Holbert deceased in his estate inventory. In 1834, Jacob purchased various horses, livestock and a slave girl named Mary from his brother Thomas J Shirley. They are both enumerated in the 1836 Tax List for Warren County. Jacob was taxed on 144 acres and no slaves in that year. He was once again taxed in Warren County in 1838, but without land. He was taxed for 1 slave in that year. His brother Thomas had already moved to Missouri by that date. In 1838, Jacob flips 198 acres, purchasing the land in May, but then selling it in October - for the same price. Both Jacob and Thomas were enumerated in the 1840 census of Crawford County Missouri. Jacob's household consisted of himself and 2 young sons under the age of 5, as welll as one elder female age 50-60, his wife Sophia and 1 young daughter also under age 5. Note: This area of Crawford County Missouri later became Dent County in 1851. He and his wife Sophia 80 acres in Crawford Co to his brother Thomas J Shirley which had been entered by Jacob in 1838 while still residing in Warren Co Tennessee. Jacob's wife Sophia died in 1845 and he remarried sometime shortly thereafter to Lucinda Brooks. Jacob died of fever in Shannon County MO on 2 March 1850 (according to the bible of James Madison Williams of Butte Co Calif), and was enumerated in the 1850 Shannon Co MO Census mortality schedule, age 40;

View 1817 Guardianship papers for Jacob Camplen Shirley,
minor child of Kelly Shirley of Stokes Co NC (thanks to Gary)

View 1822 Guardianship papers for Jacob C. Shirley,
minor child of Kelly Shirley of Stokes Co NC (thanks to Gary)

married 1) Sophia ________, She died 18 September 1845 (Williams bible). [see email at bottom of page regarding this date of death]

married 2) Lucinda Brooks about 1846 MO. She was widowed and enumerated with 2 small children in Shannon Co MO in 1850 census. She was age age 31, born about 1819 NC; She was daughter of John and Nancy Brooks. Lucinda Brooks Shirley died sometime in the 1850s.

children: by first marriage: [See a page from the Hodges Bible showing children's birthdates]

2(i). Elizabeth Shirley born 31 January 1835 TN, age 15 residing in uncle Thomas J Shirley's 1850 census household in Crawford Co MO

2(ii). William Kelly Shirley born 18 February 1837 TN, age 16 (sic) residing in uncle Thomas J Shirley's 1850 census household in Crawford Co MO; He was residing along with his brother and sister in the household of James and Lucinda Williams in Castoria San Joaquin Co California in 1860 census, age 22, born Tennessee; Enumerated in the California Great Register as William Kelley Shirley in 1867 residing at Castoria San Joaquin Co CA; He was enumerated in the household of his sister Mary and brother in law James Hodges in Hollister, San Benito Co CA in 1880 census, age 40, single; He was listed in the California Great Register on 18 May 1882 as still residing at Hollister San Benito Co CA; But then by 27 July 1888 he was residing at Lassen, Tehama Co CA, according to later registers; He was still residing in that county on 6 August 1892.

2(iii). Charles Calvin or Carroll Shirley born 24 September 1839, TN (sic), age 10 residing in uncle Thomas J Shirley's 1850 census household in Crawford Co MO; He was residing along with his brother and sister in the household of James and Lucinda Williams in Castoria San Joaquin Co California in 1860 census, age 20, born Tennessee; He was enumerated in the household of Daniel Sill in Vina Tehama Co CA, age 38 born Tennessee, single, occupation: Saloon keeper; He was clearly residing with his brother William throughout most of his adult life, in Lassen Tehama Co CA in 1888 (as Charles Calvin Shirley) and at Vina Tehama Co CA in 1892 (as Charles Carroll Shirley); He died on 21 February 1906 at Thermolito, Butte County, CA; His death certificate lists his date of birth, and age at death: age 66 years, 4 mos, 27 days; He died of Meningitis. He was single.

Posted by Dee Sardoc - Charles C. Shirley was the nephew of my gr-gr-grandfather, T.J. Shirley. T.J. and Mary Shirley helped raise their nieces and nephews, the children of Jacob Shirley, while living in MO and after they came to CA in 1852. Charles is listed in the San Joaquin Co census in 1860. He seems to have moved to Jamestown, Tuolumne Co. as there is a very interesting story in the Sonora newspaper in 1865, where it describes him being shot, though not fatally, after an argument between his brother-in-law, H.W. Williams and the man owning the next claim, there on Whisky Hill. This story is also told in the book, "The Saga of Old Tuolumne."

2(iv). Mary Jane Shirley born 29 March 1842 at Crawford County, MO, age 8 residing in uncle Thomas J Shirley's 1850 census household in Crawford Co MO; She was residing along with her two brothers Charles and William Shirley in the household of James and Lucinda Williams in Castoria San Joaquin Co California in the 1860 census, age 18, born Missouri; She married James Isaac Hodges on 28 November 1860 in San Joaquin Co California; James was born 30 September 1830 supposedly in Wilson County, TN; Mary Jane Shirley Hodges died on 25 August 1910 at San Benito County, CA. 


Mary Jane Shirley Hodges
Submitted by Lynn Hodges (May 2010)

2(v). Margaret Shirley born 2 December 1845 at Crawford County, MO, age 6 residing in uncle Thomas J Shirley's 1850 census household in Crawford Co MO. [see email at bottom of page regarding this date of birth]

Note: In the 1850 U.S. Census for Crawford County, MO, the above children are found in the family of Thomas Jefferson Shirley. This merged family then relocates to CA about 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: 

2(vi). Alexander Shirley born 6 December 1847 at either Crawford or Shannon County, MO, age 2 in widowed mother's 1850 census household; Enumerated in Dent Co MO in 1900 census, age 54, occupation farmer; He died on 17 July 1926 at Dent County, MO Shirleys of Dent Co Missouri

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.

married Sarah Jane Wells on 4 March 1869 in Dent County, MO; She was born on 2 September 1847 in MO daughter of Thomas H. Wells and Mary Elizabeth Jarvis; Sarah died on 29 November 1923 in Dent County, MO

children:

3(i). Thomas Jefferson Shirley born 30 October 1871 in Dent County, MO; He died on 9 September 1945 in Dent County, MO 

married Caroline Miller on 22 February 1893 in Dent County, MO; She was born on 9 April 1865 in Ohio, daughter of John and Maria Miller; She died on 14 January 1942 in Dent Co MO

children:

4(i) Etta F. Shirley She married 1) James W. Eads and 2) Arthur Hodges

4(ii) Clarence B. Shirley born 18 April 1894 in Dent County, MO; He died on 15 July 1952 in Dent County, MO 

married Mae Bridget Maledy  

4(iii) Inez Blanch Shirley born 29 November 1895 in Dent County, MO; She married Victor Gilbert Ball on 10 September 1919; Inez Shirley Ball died on 6 January 1985 in Dent County, MO

4(iv) Ella Virena Shirley born 20 May 1898 in Dent County, MO; She died 24 December 1898, died young

4(v) Wilma Jane Shirley born 27 July 1905 in Dent County, MO; She died on 16 July 1917, age 11

3(ii). William Franklin Shirley born 9 June 1876 (another source says 1873) in Dent County, MO; He died on 9 January 1962 at Marysville, Yuba County, CA 

William Franklin Shirley's family, ca 1912
Left to right: Delbert F. Shirley, William Franklin Shirley, Dora Elizabeth (Sherrell) Shirley, Addison Lemuel Shirley

married Dora Elizabeth Sherrell on 23 March 1899 at Dent County, MO; She was born on 22 November 1881 daughter of Silas Washington Sherrell and wife Mary Matilda Gill; Dora Shirley died on 12 August 1956 at Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

children:

4(i) Mabel Dean Shirley

4(ii) Delbert F. Shirley born 19 September 1899 at Dent County, MO

married Anna Alvina Sarzin on 16 June 1926 at Stockett, Cascade County, MT; She was the daughter of Joseph Sarzin and Alvina Louise Memke.

4(iii) Addison Lemuel Shirley born 4 August 1905 at Belt, Cascade County, MT; He died on 16 June 1969 at Seattle, King County, WA  

Ancestor of DNA Kit #8759

married Margaret Milda Connell on 11 May 1932 at Butte, Silver Bow County, MT; She was born born on 22 February 1911 at Lewistown, Fergus County, MT, daughter of Timothy Henry Connell and Agnes Loretta Murphy.; She died on 2 Juney 1975 at Bellevue, King County, WA

3(iii). Mary Alby Shirley born 9 April 1878 at Dent County, MO; She married Marion Russell Mowery on 23 February 1899 at Dent County, MO. He was born on 6 February 1871 in Iron County, MO and died on 3 July 1948 at Dent County, MO. Mary Shirley Mowery died on 21 February 1953 at Dent County, MO

3(iv). Elizabeth Shirley
born June 1881 MO according to 1900 census, age 18 in parent's household; She married a man named Hill and supposedly moved to Montana, nothing more known

3(v). George W. Shirley
born about April 1885 MO according to 1900 census, age 15 in parent's household; He married and was enumerated in Sinking Township Dent Co in 1910 census; Living in Detroit, Wayne Co MI in 1920 census, age 35 Supposedly moved to Yucca Valley, San Bernadino Co CA (supposedly wife Bertha)

married Jane ______  She was age 35, born Missouri in husband's 1920 census household (as Jennie)

children:

4(i). Hazel Shirley born about 1904 MO, age 6 in 1910 census, age 14 in parent's 1920 census household

2(vii).  Sarah Jane Shirley born 15 January 1849 in either Crawford or Shannon County, MO; She married William Sparks on 4 November 1875 in Dent County, MO; He was born 10 October 1846 in Wilkes County, NC son of Rubin Sparks and Belindah Gray; Sarah Shirley Sparks died on 19 February 1917 Dent County, MO

William Sparks, a wealthy agriculturist and stock raiser of Dent Co., Mo., has resided on his present fine farm of 440 acres since his marriage, which took place in 1875. He has 120 acres under cultivationand is now completing a large, two story frame residence at a cost of $1,500. He has a thrifty orchard of 700 trees, and is considered one of the successful farmers of the county. He was born in Wilkes County, N.C., in 1846, and when twenty-nine years of age was married to Miss Sarah J. Shirley, who was born in Dent County, Mo., January 15, 1849, a daughter of Jacob and Lucinda Shirley, both of whom died when Mrs. Sparks was quite young. She is the mother of six children, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Sparks has always been a Democrat in politics and is a son of Reuben and Blineld (Gray) Sparks, who were born in Wilkes County, N.C., about 1812 and 1829, respectively. The father was of German descent, a farmer by occupation, and in 1868 immigrated with his family to Dent County, Mo., where he died in 1881. He and wife became the parents of ten children, eight of whom are living. Six reside in Dent County, one in Douglas County, and one in Kansas. - "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889.


 


From an email thread with Gary Shirley in 2010:

"Jerald, we are very interested in your research, regarding Tryphena Shirley. There appears to be a very strong connection between her and my g g grandfather Jacob Shirley b. ca 1810 most likely NC and Thomas Jefferson Shirley, presumed to be his brother, b. ca 1810 NC. David Williams appears with them in Warren County, TN in the 1830s, in Crawford County, MO in 1840 and both David and Tryphena are in Shannon County, MO. with Lucinda Shirley, Jacob's second wife in 1850."

"We don't know what became of Jacob Shirley after 1849 but his children from his first marriage are with Thomas Jefferson "Sherley" in Crawford County, MO in 1850. Shortly thereafter this combined family leaves MO for CA. Thomas Jefferson Shirley is killed in 1859 probably in Tuolumne County, or maybe San Joaquin County, CA. His widow Mary Simmons Shirley is listed in the 1860 census in Castoria, San Joaquin County, CA. And living next door to her are James and Lucinda Williams along with some of Jacob Shirley's children!"

Ron Womack, a Butte Co California historian, sent this from the James Madison Williams family bible (Butte Co California) in 2010:

The death Date for Jacob Shirley is March 2, 1850

"Sopha Shirley departed this life on Thursday the 18th of September 1845".

"Tryphena Williams departed this life on Tuesday February the 27th 1855." (nee Shirley)

"Tryphena Williams emmigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee in 1817 from Tennessee to Missouri in 1837."

 

Email May 2010 from VOLTAGE888@aol.com

I am currently working on my husband's family tree. His Shirley family connection is from his great-great grandmother who was Mary Jane Shirley, daughter of Jacob (Branch #53) and Sophia Shirley. She was born 3/29/1842 in Crawford Co., MO and married James Isaac Hodges.

The question I have concerns the date of death of Mary Jane's mother Sophia. Until the 4/10/2010 posting of the Williams' family Bible, Sophia's date of death was unknown. I see that someone has read her date of death as September 18, 1845 from the Bible record. However, I am not sure if anyone has noticed that there is a problem with that date, since Sophia and Jacob's youngest daughter, Margaret, was born in December 1845. If Sophia died in Sep 1845, it would have been impossible for Margaret to have been born 3 months later.

It is my belief that Margaret's birthdate is correct and was December 1845 (as stated on the Branch #53 page) since I have a copy of the Hodges' family Bible in which someone (I am assuming that it was Mary Jane herself judging by the ink and style of handwriting used) has listed the birthdates of Jacob and Sophia's children and it shows that Margaret was born on December 2, 1845.

Additionally, I enlarged the photo that is on the website of the Williams' Bible and if you look closely, it looks like the left side of the number actually has ink completing the circle, which would make it a "6", not open as in a "5" and her date of death should be 1846, which would agree with Margaret's birth of Dec. 1845 (she would have been 9 mos old at the time of her mother's death).

Thank you for your help with this.

Best regards,
Lynne Hodges

   


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