married ________ un-named in
war pension record, but stated she died in 1813 with children
alive.
children: it is assumed Moses
and James are children because they appear in Warren Co records
(a). Moses Benjamin SHIRLEY
1795 d. July 3, 1840. Found in
1830 Warren Co PA census. He was listed as a single man on the
tax rolls in Warren Co. PA. He married Sarah Cogswell in 1826
b. Aug 2, 1809 d. Feb 18, 1885 Warren Co. PA. They lived
for a time in Chautauqua Co. NY
children:
1. Benjamin 1827 NY d. April
4, 1907 m. Hannah H. Shirley They are both buried in Warren Co.
PA
children:
(1). Moses B. 1849 PA m. Phoebe
children: 1880 census
A. Desdmonia 1873
B. Melvin 1875 PA
(2). Emory R. 1851 PA
(3). James F. 1853 PA
(4). Albert 1855 PA m. Etta
children:
A. Albert A. 1886 PA
(5). Cynthia T. 1857 PA
(6). Richard 1861 PA
(7). George Oct 18, 1865 PA
m. Ada Harvey in NY and lived in Warren Co. PA
children:
A. Ruth
B. Lela m. Ralph Thurston
(8). Lillie 1868 PA
(9). Aletha 1871 PA (in 1870
the name is Adelphia)
(10) Livingston 1872 PA
(11) Harry 1876 PA
(12) Alice 1877 PA
2. Stephen W. Shirley b Mar 12,
1832 Warren Co. PA d. Jan 27, 1895 Chicago, IL. He was living
in Porter Co. IN 1850 census with John and Martha Wolfe.
married Mary Allen on 4 Dec
1853; she was born on 24 Mar 1835; she died on 8 Oct 1913 at
Lowell IN
children: 1880 census of Lake
Co. Indiana
(1). Eva 1863 IN
(2). Liza 1866 IN
(3). Anna 1868 IN
(4). Wilson 1870 IN
(5). Elsie 1872
(6). Eunice 1874 IN
(7). Vinnie Carrie Mar 6,
1877 Lowell, IN d. June 6,1977 Lowell, IN m. John Mayhurst Feb
16, 1898
(8). Minnie 1880 IN
3. Elizabeth Jane Dec 24,
1833 Warren Co. PA d. Dec 12, 1880 Hebron, Indiana m. William
Henry Starring Dec 24, 1853
children:
(1). Lillian STARRING
April 8, 1868 Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin
(b). James SHIRLEY b 1796 NH ; found in 1830 Warren Co PA
census
m. Sarah ____
children:
1. Hiram C. SHIRLEY b 1832 PA, (age 30 at time of 1862 Warren
Co Militia Census, living Glade Twp.) Served in Co D, the 10th
PA Infantry during the Civil War. He was a carpenter and a lumberman. d.
Sept 20, 1878; He was killed in a steamboat "Shirley Bell"
when the boiler exploded. Buried Oakland Cem. (Thanks to Corrine
for sending info on this family)
m. Esther Carter, daughter of
Zoar Carter
children:
(1). Anson H. SHIRLEY 1855 PA m. Sadie 1900 census and Susan
in 1910 census. Lived Warren Co. PA
children: In 1900 & 1910
census
A. Andrew C. SHIRLEY 1890 PA
(2). Edwin W. SHIRLEY 1858 PA
(3). Fred M. SHIRLEY 1860 PA; moved to Des Moines Iowa
m. Mary Elizabeth Hoskins;
children in 1910 census of Warren
Co. PA
A. Ray SHIRLEY 1893 PA
B. Joe SHIRLEY 1894 PA
C. Etta SHIRLEY 1907 PA
D. Esther SHIRLEY 1908 PA
(4). Dora E. SHIRLEY 1862 PA m. A.J. Rowley; lived Youngstown
OH
(5). Grant SHIRLEY 1864 PA
(6). Minnie SHIRLEY 1867 PA m. ____ Morse
(7). Carrie Bell SHIRLEY 1869 (says Clara in 1870 census, Carrie
B. in 1880)
(8). Herbert G. SHIRLEY 1879 PA d. 1946 Warren Co. PA
m. Myrtle __
children in 1910 census
A. Dorice SHIRLEY 1901
B. Louis SHIRLEY 1905
C. Roumaine SHIRLEY 1907
4. Francis (Franklin) SHIRLEY 1832 PA m. Charlotte in 1860 and
in the 1880 census it is Rosabel and they were living in Glade,
Warren Co. PA In 1900 wife is Josephine
children:
(1). Rose May SHIRLEY 1859 PA m. a Miller
(2). Clarence SHIRLEY 1864 PA m. Cynthia
children in 1900 census
A. De Forest SHIRLEY 1886 PA
B. Hattie SHIRLEY 1892 PA
C. Nellie SHIRLEY 1893 PA
(3). Minnie SHIRLEY 1865 PA
(4). Elmer E. SHIRLEY 1872 PA
m. Cora Parker, dau of Henry
Parker of Farmington Twp. Warren Co PA
children (according to the Warren
Co PA Gen. Soc Card File)
A. Harry SHIRLEY
B. Herman SHIRLEY m. Florence Jean Walter
(5). Franklin SHIRLEY 1875 PA m. Melvina
children:
A. Henry B. SHIRLEY 1903 PA
B. Daisy Pearl SHIRLEY 1904 PA
(6). Amanda SHIRLEY1878 PA
(7). Stella M. SHIRLEY 1883 PA
(8). Daisy P. SHIRLEY 1887 PA
5. Mary SHIRLEY 1834 PA m. Isaac Culbertson and they
were living in Glade Co. Warren Co. PA in 1878
6. Samuel Huston SHIRLEY 1838 PA (1860
census the neighbors of James and Sarah are Robert Huston 58
years of age born in England and wife Catherine with son Solomon
18 born in England).
m. Rebecca Elliot, died in child birth with Lillian.
Samuel
m 2nd Hannah and they are living in Conewango, Warren Co.
PA
children:
(1). Emily Jane SHIRLEY 1859 PA d. 1922 m. Thomas S. Farrell
(11 children).
(2). Eugene SHIRLEY 1860 PA He died age 4 years
trying to get a pumpkin out of the pond and fell in and drowned.
(3). Charles S. SHIRLEY 1860 PA d. age 16 of poison ivy that
went internal
(4). Jerome Bonepart (John)
SHIRLEY 1863 PA m. Sarah
Elizabeth Dern. In 1900 living Wood Co. Ohio and in 1910 census
they are living in Nowata Co. OK (8 children) In
1898 Jerome and his wife Sarah of Prairie Depot, Ohio deeded
undivided 1/2 interest in Lot #30 originally deeded to the children
of Samuel H. Shirley.
children:
A. Della Rebecca SHIRLEY d. at birth
B. Robert Elliott SHIRLEY 1905
C. Joan Delilah SHIRLEY (Byers)
D. Jennie May Margaret SHIRLEY (Cox)
E. Georgia Frances SHIRLEY (Devasher)
F. Kitty Helen SHIRLEY (Lamberson)
G. Janet Alice SHIRLEY (Sullivan)
H. Anna Sarah Kansas SHIRLEY (Hill)
I. Umatilla Virginia SHIRLEY (Smith)
J. John Nickle SHIRLEY
(5). Lillian SHIRLEY d. infant
7. Hannah SHIRLEY1839 PA m. John Grawbadger and were living
in Glade, Warren Co. PA in 1878
8. Nancy SHIRLEY m. David Loucks and were living in Glade
(c). Mary SHIRLEY
ca 1800 Chester, Rockingham Co NH
d. 1877 Warren Co. PA, m. Francis Hook and in 1826 went to Warren
Co. PA. On a deed dated Sept 15, 1873 (Warren Co.
DB41 page 90) Francis and Mary Hook deeded lot #30 of their farm
in Glade Twp Warren Co. PA to Emma J., Charles M. and Jerome
B. minor children of Samuel H. Shirley.
According to Warren Co PA probate records, Mary Shirley
Hook refers to Samuel H. Shirley and his wife Hannah. Names her
brothers as Benjamin Shirley and wife Hannah, Hiram Shirley and
wife Esther, Francis Shirley and wife Rose, and names her sisters
as Mary Shirley and husband Isaac Culbertson, Hannah Shirley
and husband John Grawbadger and Nancy Shirley and husband Daid
Loucks. She also names nephews and neices Stephen Shirley and
wife mary a of Lake Co Indiana, Nancy Shirley widow of Truman
Peck of Wabaska Co MN, maria Shirley and husband John Elkins
of Racine Co WI, Emily Shirley and husband Henry H. Elkins of
Dodge Co WI, Betsey Shirley and husband William Sterling of Browd
MN and Mary Shirley and husband G.M.H Verbeck of Glade, Warren
Co PA
(d). Hannah SHIRLEY
m. John (James) Nesmith
they went to Warren Co. PA
Note: Mary Shirley Hook refers
to the children of Hannah Nesmith as her nephews and neices
