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1. Ambrose Sheppard
SHIRLEY Dec 12, 1798 KY, died
Nov 5, 1877 Le Claire, Iowa. Ambrose was a carpenter, a farmer
and later became a Justice of the Peace for almost 50 years.
married 1st.
Philena Perrin June 24, 1819 in Fayette Co. Indiana. She was
born July 23, 1801 d. Jan 19, 1848 Cedar Co. and
was the daughter of John Perrin and his wife, Hephzibah Williams.
John Perrin was a native of Rehoboth MA. and the 7th generation
to have lived there. He and his family moved to Scott Co. Iowa
about 1840.
married 2nd Elizabeth
Lamer May 9, 1849 Scott Co. Iowa.
Known children:
(1). Dosha
Ann SHIRLEY
1820 Fayette Co. IN . Irving Jewel June 1, 1837 in Hancock Co.
IN
(2). daughter
SHIRLEY 1822
alive in 1830
(3). daughter
SHIRLEY 1824
alive in 1830
(4). Elizabeth
SHIRLEY
1826 Fayette Co. IN m. Ezekiel Condit Dec 24, 1845
(5). Philemon
Perrin SHIRLEY
Dec 16, 1827 Hancock Co. IN, d. Kearney, Nebraska Oct 23, 1880
m. Maria Louisa Hayes
(6). Mary
SHIRLEY
May 17, 1830 Sugar Creek Twp., Hancock Co. IN, d. June 21, 1907
Kenesaw, Nebraska, buried Nodaway, Iowa., m. 1st Ira Courtwright
Sept 1, 1846 Cedar Co. Iowa, m. 2nd Silas Garrison Simpson Jan
2, 1870 Cedar Co. Iowa.
(7). Hannah
SHIRLEY
ca. 1833 Warren, Marion Co. IN m. Abraham Courtright Sept 16,
1851 Scott Co Iowa; children: born Oxford Mills, Jones
Co. Iowa
(8). daughter
SHIRLEY
1835 Hancock Co. IN
(9). Sarah
M. SHIRLEY 1837
m. Thomas Goodin Aug 23, 1857
(10). Julia
Etta SHIRLEY 1838
Warren, Marion Co. IN m. Levi Igou Feb 22, 1859 Le Claire,
Iowa.
(11). John
Franklin SHIRLEY
Nov 10, 1840 Warren Twp, Marion Co. IN, d. May 21, 1894 Ord Valley,
Nebraska,
married Mary
Hannah Lancaster, Sept 9, 1861 Le Claire, Iowa. She was born
Feb 21, 1844 Delaware Co. Ohio. Her parents were Thomas Lancaster
and Cynthia Smith. They were married by Philemon, brother
of John Franklin, who was the minister at the Baptist Church.
Children:
A. Ambrose
Perrin Jefferson SHIRLEY
Aug 3, 1862 Scott Co. Iowa, d. April 1959
m. Ina Ogden
B. Maud SHIRLEY
May Nov.
10, 1863 Scott Co. Iowa, d. Jan 1956,
m. 1st. John
Sewell,
m. 2nd Cornelious
Anderson
C. Thomas
Franklin SHIRLEY
May 1, 1865 Scott Co. Iowa d. Aug 19, 1929
m. 1st. Vina
Buel,
m. 2nd Bertha
Braun
D. Orville
Vinton SHIRLEY
(Orville Eugene another source says) Aug 24, 1868 Scott Co. Iowa
d. April 1928,
m. Laura Davis
E. Frank SHIRLEY Aug 5, 1871 Fillmore
Co Nebraska, d. Sept 8, 1872
F. Rose E
SHIRLEY
Oct 2, 1873 Fillmore Co Nebraska, d. May 1874
G. Rutherford
B. SHIRLEY
July 6th Scott Co. Iowa,
m. Pearl Lane
H. Lottie
Pearl SHIRLEY
April 4, 1884 Valley Co. Nebraska,
m. Walter Burdette
Weare Aug 3, 1905
(12). Samuel
Jefferson SHIRLEY
Feb 21, 1843 Tipton, Cedar Co. Iowa, d. Feb 4, 1911 Denver Colorado,
He ran away from
home in the company of Buffalo Bill at age 14 years. He served
in the Civil War as Sergeant in Co. C 83rd Illinois. He moved
to Denver Colorado and was in the real estate and loan
agent business. It was named S. J. Shirley & Company. The
company was involved in homesteads, timber claims, pre-emption
locations and business before the U. S. Land Office opened.
married Abbie
Taylor Carr 1867 Benton Co. Iowa. Buried Riverside Cemetery in
Denver Colorado.
children:
A. Hattie Philena 'Lena'
SHIRLEY
B. Adelbert J.
SHIRLEY
C. Abbie Louise
SHIRLEY
D. Edith Elizabeth
SHIRLEY
E. Lillian May SHIRLEY
F. William Perrin
SHIRLEY
(13). Francis
Marion SHIRLEY
1845 Cedar Co. Iowa d. May 27, 1899 Denver, Colorado
He was in the
Union Army of the Civil War in company C of the 8th Regiment,
Iowa Calvary Volunteers, mustered out on Aug 13, 1865 at Macon,
Georgia. After his move to Denver Colorado, he worked in
real estate. He is buried Riverside Cemetery in Denver,
Colorado. More info on next page. Go to top of this page to find
link to more info).
Francis M. Shirley
Francis Marion Shirley and wife Sarah
married Sarah
Cynthia Lancaster Dec 6, 1866 Le Claire, Iowa (Sarah
is the sister of Hannah Lancaster who married John Franklin Shirley).
Sarah was born Oct 8, 1849 in Illinois daughter of Thomas Lancaster
who was born in Connecticut and Cynthia Smith born in PA.
Thomas Lancaster was a steam boat captain on the Mississippi
River and resided at Le Claire, Iowa.
children:
A. Minnie Myrtle
SHIRLEY 1869 Iowa d. Mar 30, 1936 m. 1st. Jesse
Bert Macarey, a dentist in Denver, CO who died June 13, 1931
and she m. 2nd Arthur Ling Mar 5, 1936 and they moved to Downey
CA. She was the Grand Matron of the Rebecca Lodge
of the State of Colorado.
B. George Ambrose
SHIRLEY Feb 4, 1872 Exeter, Nebraska
George was a printer and also sold Electrostatic suppressors
for printing presses. He was also a photographer and worked in
Denver as a linotype operator.. Before 1906 the family went to
Boonville Missouri where he worked on the local newspaper. From
Boonville he went to Warrensburg and worked for the same publisher.
He became the editor of the Warrensburg newspaper until 1918.
Later George decided to be a geologist and taught himself. About
1920 the family moved to a cotton field near Rosenberg, Texas.
George drilled and brought in an oil well. During this time the
family lived in tents.
married Louella May Grant in 1894 in Denver CO.
children:
(a). unknown child SHIRLEY
(b). Aura Duane SHIRLEY Nov 26, 1900 Denver CO m. Buda
Hanson
(c). Edward Grant SHIRLEY Dec 3, 1903 Terlton, OK
(d). Marion Winston SHIRLEY Aug 4, 1906 Boonville,
MO
(e). Georgia Olive 'Dottie' SHIRLEY 1909 Warrensburg,
MO
(f). Robert Rowland SHIRLEY May 26, 1912 Warrensburg,
MO
(g). John Beverly SHIRLEY Aug 14, 1914 Warrensburg,
MO
He enlisted in the U. S. Navy as an Apprentice Seaman 1931.
He made the Navy his career attending the Naval Academy at Annapolis
Maryland. He graduated and became an officer, attended Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in Cambridge earning a Master degree
in both Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. John became
a Professional Engineer, registered in Washington DC. He retired
from the Navy as a Captain after 32 years of service in 1963.
He and his wife, Evelyn, were married June 22, 1940. They
have attended many Shirley Conventions and traveled with me three
times to England and once to Australia and New Zealand
when we held a series of meetings in those countries. They have
visited me in our home a few times and I was a guest in their
home. Because our Shirley Conventions were usually in June near
or on their anniversary, we would learn of John's gift he just
gave to Evelyn the night before or on the day of, etc. Usually
it was a nice piece of jewlery. Everyone would congratulate them
and we'd sing Happy Anniversary to them. They loved it. It was
great fun. John passed away a few years ago. We really miss him.
The cause of death and a picture of John and Evelyn are on
the next page. Go to top of this page and click on the link 'More
info for this branch' to go to next page.
C. Nellie Irene SHIRLEY 1876 d. in March 1932 Venice,
California m. 1st James Hacket m. 2nd Louis Bamberger
D. Mabel Gertrude SHIRLEY 1882 m. 1st Mr. Christtoff,
m. 2nd Ray Thornton Hymer Jan 29, 1908. They lived San Diego,
California
E. Clifford Vernon SHIRLEY b. 11 Nov 1884, Exeter ,
Fillmore , NE; d. abt 1918 in Missouri (flu epidemic)
married to Emogene Mayse (Lowry) Slater on 13 Mar 1916, Warrensburg,
Johnson , MO; she was born 18 Mar 1881, Rockville , Bates, MO,
d. 01 Nov 1964 Kansas City, Jackson , MO
Children:
(a) Bert Clifford SHIRLEY b. 01 Mar 1918, Carterville,
Jasper, MO; d. 22 Oct 1996, Kansas City , Jackson , MO
married to Mary Blanche Allen 14 Oct 1937, Olathe , Johnson,
KS; she b. 08 Feb 1919, Amoret, Bates, MO, d. 19 Dec 1988, Osceola,
St Claire , MO)
F. Olive Alice SHIRLEY 1886 d. Oct 19, 1864 m. Ray
Camomile and they lived in Redondo Beach, California.
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John Ambrose Shirley