Samuel spent
his early boyhood in and around the territory now known as Columbia
Township in Fayette Co. Indiana. In 1827 the family moved on
west, settling in the area surrounding the future town of Cumberland
Indiana, on the county line between Hancock and Marion Counties
of Indiana. John Shirley located on the Hancock County
side.
Samuel grew to
adulthood in this area and made his first purchase of land in
1834 when he bought the NW1/4 of the SW1/4 Section 36 (16N-5E)
in Buck Creek Township of Hancock Co. He 
was
the original purchaser of this 40 acre tract from the government.
He also acquired the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 36, as he
used these two parcels of land for security for a loan from his
brother, Philemon. This mortgage transaction was witnessed by
their brother, Ambrose Shirley, Justice of the Peace, Hancock
Co. IN dated Dec 1836. This land was located about a mile east
of the county line and a half mile north of Highway 40. The land
is now a residential area within the metropolitan area of
Indianapolis.
The mortgage
on this land was paid off in May 1840, which is probably when
the land was sold. By the time of taking the 1840 census, Samuel
was living with his father in Marshall Co. Indiana. It is believed
that while in Marshall Co, Samuel farmed the land of his elderly
parents. John Shirley died in 1843, and Samuel's mother is said
to have lived with him until her death.
married Elizabeth
White on December 24, 1845 in Marshall Co. Indiana. Eliz. is
probably the daughter of Isaac White who was a neighbor
of the Shirley family. Eliz. was born in Ohio. Her father was
a native of Pennsylvania and her mother of Massachusetts. Hannah
White, wife of Isaac White in 1850, was a native of New Jersey.
Children
of Samuel and Eliz. Shirley:
(1).
Caroline SHIRLEY
1848 IN m. Thomas Hall
(2). Mahlon
SHIRLEY
1849 IN must have died young...
(3). Samantha
Jane SHIRLEY
1852 MO m. Joseph Philips Dec 27, 1870 Johnson Co. MO.
(4). Ambrose
SHIRLEY
1854 MO m. Gertrude Prather Jan 6, 1878 Johnson Co. MO.
(5). Rachel SHIRLEY 1856 MO d. about 1844,
Tuberculosis, unmarried
(6). Isaac Newton SHIRLEY May 7, 1857 MO. Died
April 22, 1939 Albuquerque New Mexico.
In 1886 Isaac
and Anna moved to Kansas, settling in Udall, Cowley Co. KS. In
1892 they moved to Oklahoma, settling near Agra in Lincoln Co..
In 1908, Isaac went to New Mexico and purchases a farm
in the Estancia Valley of Torrance Co. In April of that year,
the entire family, including the families of Jesse and Ellis
moved to New Mexico by rail in an emigrant car. They all dry
farmed except son John who went into the sheep and cattle ranching
business. Isaac and Anna, his 1st wife, are buried side by side
in the family plot in the Estancia Cemetery. He continued to
farm as long as he was able. He and 2nd wife Florence moved into
the town of Estancia and lived the house of his grandson, Donald
and Donald moved to Isaac's farm and took over the farming operation.
married Anna
Mariah Filler Feb 3, 1878 Johnson Co. MO.Anna Filler Shirley
died April 6, 1925.
married 2nd Florence
Todd
children:
A. Samuel
Newton SHIRLEY
Nov 2, 1878 MO d. Nov 2, 1878 Estancia, Torrance Co. New Mexico.
married Mary
Ethel Boxley Feb 17, 1907, No children.
B. Ellis Deane
SHIRLEY
Sept 24, 1880 MO, died Fen 1964 Stillwater, OK.
married Effie
Knorr
Known children:
(a). Ray SHIRLEY
(b). Pearl
SHIRLEY
(c). Glenn
SHIRLEY
(d). Hazel
SHIRLEY
(e). Francis
Lee SHIRLEY
C. Jesse Earl
SHIRLEY
Jan 25, 1883 MO, died June 17, 1968 Winfield, KS. In 1908,
Jesse and Jessie
joined the movement of the Isaac Newton family to Estancia Valley
of Torrance Co. NM. Isaac and sons, Ellis, Jesse, and John and
their families made the move from Agra to Estancia in an emigrant
rail car. Jesse became a dry farmer in the valley.
married Jessie
Eugenia Brady Nov 17, 1902 Agra, Lincoln Co. OK.
children:
(a). Emery
Arnold SHIRLEY
(b). Donald
Isaac SHIRLEY
(c). Ruby
Belle SHIRLEY
(d). James
Earl SHIRLEY Jr.
(e). Austin
Desmond SHIRLEY
(f). Margie
Mae SHIRLEY
D. Dana SHIRLEY Sept
1, 1895 OK d. same day
E. John Edgar
SHIRLEY
Nov 9, 1897 Flynn, OK. Died Mar 13, 1958 Albuquerque, NM.
married Augusta
Julia Maxwell Sept 27, 1919 at Estancia, NM.
children:
(a). Robert
Wayne SHIRLEY
(b). John
Maxwell SHIRLEY
(c). Margarite
Virginia SHIRLEY
(7). Jasper
Hunt SHIRLEY
Oct 30, 1858 MO.
Jasper Hunt and Lucy Shirley and children Minnie,
Pearl and Jasper
Married Lucy
Jane Allen in 1879 MO.
children:
A. Minnie
SHIRLEY
B. Pearl SHIRLEY
C. Jasper
SHIRLEY
(8). Elizabeth
SHIRLEY
1860 MO
(9). Squire
P. SHIRLEY
1861 MO
(10) John
Sherman SHIRLEY
1864 KS
(11) Abraham
Lincoln SHIRLEY
KS
(12) Tabitha
M. SHIRLEY 1869
MO
(13) Stella
May SHIRLEY 1872
MO
John Ambrose Shirley