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1(x).
William Shirley
born Aug 4, 1772 Culpeper Co. VA.
He died March 24, 1854 Ky, His will is in Oldham Co. KY and copy
in Madison Co. VA.
1854 April Term. Court. Oldham
Co KY WB 4 pg 20; Dated 18 Sep 1849; LW& T of William
Shirley of Oldham Co KY; To my bloved wife Elizabeth Shirley
tract of land which I now reside 150 acres also as much house
furniture and stock of any kind as she may choose to have and
two negroes of her own choosing to wait upon her during her life
time and at death my son Joseph Shirley is to have the 150 acres
of land for $2000 but if she lives to age of 80 he is to have
it for nothing for taking care of his mother and at her death
the property except the land to be divided equally among the
six children hereafter named. To my son Lawrence Shirley $1500
in money, negroes and other property which he already in possession
of; To my daughter Margaret Field $1500 in money negres and other
property which she is already in possession of; To my son William
Shirley dec'd $1500 in money negroes and other property which
he is already in possession. To my daughter Nancy Gill $1500
in money negroes and other property which she is already in possession
of; To my daughter Lucy Garrett $1500 in money negroes and other
property which she is already in possession of; To my son Joseph
Shirley $1500 in money negroes and other property which he is
already in possession of; and remainder to my six children [list
again, except William appears to be Waller Shirley, deceased].
Appoint Lawrence Shirley and Joseph Shirley my sons executors.
18 Sept 1849 <s> William Shirley; Wit: Robert Mason, Isaac
R. Smith. Proven April Term 1854.
married Elizabeth Clore Jan 1,
1796 in Madison Co.
children:
2(i). John
E. Shirley
Nov 7, 1800 Madison Co VA; He died Sep 1831 in Jefferson Co Kentucky
Shirleys
of Jefferson Co KY
1831 Jefferson
Co KY WB 2 page 456 - Dated Sept 9 1831, recorded Nov 8 1831.
Will of John Shirley To wife Jane B. Shirley during widow-hood
possession of all the ballance of my real and personal estate
during natural life. To support and educate my three children
to wit: William Lewis, Andrew Elias, and Arthur Wallace, and
in case of my wife Jane being now pregnant then child has an
interest. Should wife marry she is to have only one third property.
Executors: appoint my Brother Lawrence Shirley and Francis Snowden.
Wit: Alfred Luckett, Will M. Taylor. Codicil. To the widow of
Jacob Zearing $2. To wife Jane Shirley for life in case of remarriage,
two slaves Milly and Caroline and their increase over and above
her third. Wife to act with above executors. Jane Shirley and
Lawrence Shirley qualified with John Scott and Lewis Shirley
as securities.
married Jane
B. Sherley,
(daughter
of Lewis Sherley and Eliz. Harris Broaddus), June 7, 1825 in
Jefferson Co. KY; She was born 10 Jun 1809 in Madison, Virginia,
3(i). William
Lewis Shirley - named in his father's 1831 will; untraced
3(i). Rev.
Andrew Elias Shirley born
May 4 1829 at Oldham KY. Died June 10, 1912 at Harrods Creek,
Jefferson Co KY. Named in his father's 1831 will
married Nannie B. Whitlock on 24 Jun 1862 in Oldham Co, Kentucky;
She was born 17 Nov 1839 in Jefferson Co, Kentucky
children
4(i) Jane Barsheba Shirley
4(ii) William Force Shirley born about 1865 KY; living
with parents in 1900 census, age 32, clerk
4(iii) Mary Whitlocke Shirley born about 1867 KY
4(iv). Jenny B. Shirley born about 1869/74 KY; living
with parents in 1900 census, age 26
3(iii). Arthur Wallace Shirley - named in his father's
1831 will; untraced
2(ii). Lawrence
Shirley born
June 17, 1804 d. Jan 2, 1891 Shirleys of Oldham Co KY
Kentucky: A History of the
State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Oldham Co.
LAWRENCE SHIRLEY was
born in Oldham County, Ky., June 17, 1804, a son of William and
Elizabeth (Close) Shirley, natives of Virginia, the former coming
to Kentucky in 1800. Lawrence was reared on a farm, has always
been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and now has a farm of
256 acres in LaGrange Precinct. He married, in 1826, Laura M.
Overstreet, of Oldham County, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Hawkins) Overstreet. Mrs. Shirley died in 1868, the mother of
the following children: William S., John T., living, and Albert
and Zachary, deceased. Politically Mr. Shirley is a Democrat.
He has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church for ten
years.
married Laurinda
Montreville Overstreet Nov 9, 1826 in Oldham Co. KY.
children:
3(i). Albert Gallatin
Shirley born Dec 29, 1829 Oldham
Co. KY d. July 12, 1879,
married Rebecca Shirley Jan 23,
1856 Oldham Co. KY. born Feb 22, 1837 Oldham, KY
children
4(i). Margaret Shirley
born Oct 24, 1856
4(ii). Andrew Lewis
Shirley born June 19, 1858
4(iii). Benjamin Lawrence
Shirley born April 23, 1860
d. Feb 8, 1922 Metcalf Co. KY
4(iv). William Meredith
Shirley born Jan 5, 1866
4(v). Matilda Shirley
born June 27, 1868 m. Joseph
Clark Watts Mar 2, 1887 Collin Co. Texas born May 12, 1862
children
5(i) Edith Watts Shirley
born Dec 4, 1887
5(ii). Alma Watts Shirley
born Aug 12, 1890
4(vi). Fred Henderson
Shirley born July 8, 1871
4(vii). Anna Louise
Shirley born Sept 15, 1875
4(viii). Laura Pauline
Shirley born Sept 15, 1875 (twins?)
4(ix). Anna Belle Shirley
born Oct 15, 1878
3(ii). Mary Eliza Shirley
3(iii). Margaret Catherine
Shirley
3(iv). William Samuel Shirley He was born September 6, 1836 in Oldham
Co KY. Moved to Morgan Co Indiana where he practiced as an attorney.
Shirleys
of Morgan Co IN
Pioneers of Morgan Co Indiana - William
Sherley was elected joint representative in 1872. Always taking
part in elections, and often giving much time to campaigning,
and while an earnest and conservative Democrat, through all the
ups and downs of that party he has not been much of an office-
seeker, preferring the remunerative certainty of the law practice
to the whimsical nature of politics. He is self-respecting and
dignified, whether in court or the Legislature, and commands
the respect of those whom he addresses. As an attorney he is
diligent and painstaking as well as successful. He is a safe
counselor, often saving his client much cost and vexation when
he sees he has no case, by advising him to compromise. He has
been more or less engaged in farming and stock feeding for several
years, but has made the practice of law a specialty, and is still
a prominent member of the Martinsville bar. Mr. Sherley was born
on a farm in Oldham county, Kentucky, September 6, 1836. He worked
on the farm and attended the country schools as was the custom
in those days, completing his education at Lagrange College in
Lagrange, the county seat of Oldham. After his college course
he attended the law school at Louisville, Kentucky, where he
graduated in March, 1858. He was county surveyor of Oldham for
two years. Being now well equipped for his life's work, he determined
to try his fortune among live Hoosiers, and selected Martinsville
as the beginning point. He arrived here in November, 1858, finding
about seven hundred inhabitants. He soon found plenty of lawsuits,
present and prospective. In time he formed a law partnership
with G. M. Overstreet, a good lawyer of our neighboring city,
Franklin, and thus glided smoothly into a permanent practice.
His next partner was W. R. Harrison, of our city. This firm began
in 1862 and continued until 1874, doing a very large per cent,
of the practice of Morgan and adjoining counties. Succeeding
Attorney Harrison as partner was Judge John C. Robinson, of Spencer,
from 1874 to 1876. From this date until the fall of 1895 he was
practically alone. At that time he and our present judge, M.
H. Parks, formed a partnership which continued until Judge Parks
took the bench, November, 1900. Mr. Sherley has been twice married.
His first wife was Miss Martha J. Meginnis, of Bloomington, Indiana,
to whom he was married November 28, 1861. She was a daughter
of Rev. William Meginnis, a prominent minister in the M. E. church
and a member of the Indiana conference. Mrs. Sherley died November
20, 1867, leaving two daughters, Anna (Mrs. Howard Prewitt),
and Margaret. January 14, 1869, he wedded Miss Sarah N. Conduitt,
daughter of Hon. A. B. Conduitt, of Indianapolis. To them were
born four children — Mabel (Mrs. J. W. Rose), Bernice, Georgia
(Mrs. Ed Kriner), and Richard. Mr. and Mrs. Sherley have been
fortunate and reasonably successful in the affairs of life, but
in nothing more so than the training and education of their children.
The Sherley home is a model of parental training and filial devotion
— a home that will never be forgotten by those who first
saw the light therein. Mr. and Mrs. Sherley have a valuable farm
joining our city border and a handsome residence on North Jefferson
street, where the "old folks," in all probability,
will be at home to their many friends until life's labors are
over. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and
highly esteemed citizens.
married 1) Martha J. Meginnis, of Bloomington,
Indiana, on November 28, 1861. She was a daughter of Rev. William
Meginnis; She died November 20, 1867,
children:
4(i) Anna Shirley m. Howard Prewitt
4(ii) Margaret Shirley
married 2) Sarah N. Conduitt on January
14, 1869, daughter of Hon. A. B. Conduitt, of Indianapolis.
children:
4(iii) Mabel Shirley m. J. W. Rose
4(iv) Bernice Shirley
4(v) Georgia Shirley m. Ed Kriner
4(vi) Richard Shirley
3(v). John Thomas (Doc) Shirley
born July 1843 in Oldham
Co KY (source: Pension record); served in the KY 10th
confederate infantry during the Civil War. He was captured and
paroled from Camp Douglas, Chicago IL in May 1865; Applied for
a pension for his war service in the 1913 (his wife was dead).
Lived in Morgan Co IN in 1880; Lived Buckner, Oldham Co in 1913;
He moved to Idaho to live with his son in 1913 until 1916 when
he returned to KY.
married Elizabeth ______ born
about 1852
children
4(i). William Shirley born about 1872 IN; in 1880 census
4(ii). Dudley Shirley born about 1875
4(iii). Arthur Shirley born about 1877
4(iv). "babe" Shirley born about 1880
3(vi). Laura Alice Shirley
born about 1849 KY;
living in parent's household in 1870 census
3(vii). Zackry Shirley
- untraced
2(iii). Nancy Shirley born Apr 7, 1808 d. Apr 1, 1882
m. James Gill in Oldham Co. KY
2(iv). Margaret Shirley born Sept 9, 1815 d. Mar 19, 1833,
m. John Fields Mary 19, 1833
2(v). George Waller Shirley born Mar 26, 1817 Madison Co. VA
d. Aug 9, 1849
married Elizabeth Herrington
Jan 21, 1838 in Shelby Co. KY, born Feb 20, 1819 Shelby co. KY
children
3(i). Alfred Elias
Shirley born Nov 30, 1838 Jefferson
Co. KY d. Feb 13, 1885,
married Annie M. Tieth Taylor
July 20, 1859 St. Louis, MO, born Jan 13, 1837 AR
children
4(i). James Bly Shirley
born May 13, 1860. He died Sept
15, 1916 Harrods Creek, Jefferson Co. KY,
married 1st Mary Jane Harrahan
June 6, 1889 Clark Co. IN, born Mar 16, 1870,
married 2nd Sarah Eunice Feb
7, 1897 Louisville, Jefferson Co. KY d. May 25, 1970 Louisville
KY
4(ii). Lillie Shirley
born Dec 15, 1868
4(iii). Henry Elias
Shirley born Nov 30, 1870
4(iv). Florence Leigh
Shirley born Aug 7, 1875
4(v). Alfred Pete Shirley
born Jan 1, 1878
4(vi). Lettie Ammie
Shirley born April 21, 1881
3(ii). Sarah Elizabeth
Shirley born May 23, 1840 Shelby
Co. KY d. ca 1880, m. John Lewis Gill Nov 24, 1859 Oldham Co.
KY born June 20, 1836 Oldham did 1880 Bedford, Trimble Co. KY
3(iii). Joseph William
Shirley born Aug 7, 1843 Shelby
Co. KY d. May 30, 1876 Watford, Canada
married Mary Elizabeth Hamilton
Aug 28, 1865 Jackson, IN. She was born Jan 25, 1847
children
4(i). Hamilton J. Shirley
born Sept 8, 1867 d. 1920
married Nettie Burrell
4(ii). Esther Elizabeth
Shirley born Dec 6, 1869 m.
Hugh A. Burrell June 27, 1907 Jackson, IN
3(iv). Henrietta Barber
Shirley born Jan 13, 1846 Shelby
Co. KY m. John McDonald Oct 14, 1868 Oldham Co. KY, born Aug
18, 1845
3(v). George Shirley born 1847
2(vi). Lucy Shirley
born June 20, 1819 m. Evan Garriott
Oct 10, 1837 in Oldham Co. KY
2(vii). Joseph Shirley
born Nov 2, 1821 in Oldham Co KY;
living in Brownsboro Oldham Co KY in 1880. Shirleys of Oldham Co KY
married Lucy A. Austin Aug 1,
1846 in Oldham Co. KY
children:
3(i). Jane E. Shirley born about 1847 KY; living with parents
in 1870 cenus, age 21
3(ii). Martha Shirley born about 1849 KY; 1860 Oldham Co census
3(iii). Florence Shirley born about 1853 KY; 1860 Oldham Co census
3(iv). Lewis Shirley born about 1856 KY; living with parents
in 1880 census, age 24.
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James Shirley (cont.)
