William died
April 1887 from smoke and fire inhalation, and burns suffered
during a fire that swept the prairie near Norcatur Kansas. He
lived only 6 miles away.
His profession
was that of a minister. He lived several places. ..Marshall Co.
IN, Maclean Co. and Richland Co. Illinois, then to Decatur Co.
Kansas in 1881. He also was called upon for doctoring such things
as arthritis, setting bones, coughs and fevers.
married 1st Eleanor
Blakely 1837 in Marshall Co. IN
married 2nd Rose
Ann Gray Dec 14, 1847.
Children:
(1). Margaret
E. SHIRLEY
July 19, 1839 m. Samuel Fry
(2). John
W. SHIRLEY Mar
4, 1841
(3). Sarah
Hane SHIRLEY
Sept 10, 1843, d. Sept 24, 1863
(4). Alvina
SHIRLEY
May 19, 1846, d. Sept 19, 1846
(5). infant
girl SHIRLEY
May 11, 184_
(6). Infant
boy SHIRLEY
Aug 15, 1847, d. at birth with his mother
(7). Martha
Allen SHIRLEY
Dec 4, 184_ Monroe Co. IN, m. William Jackson Bell. Parents
of 13 children
(8). David
Ambrose SHIRLEY
May 9, 1850 m. Sarah A. Vanasdall Feb 8, 1873 Marshall
Co. IN
(9). Nancy
Deborah SHIRLEY
Jan 21, 1853, d. April 25, 1855
(10) James
Franklin SHIRLEY
Sept 28, 1855, d. 1939 KS, unmarried
(11) Thomas
Jefferson SHIRLEY
Feb 24, 1857 IN. d Nov 28, 1924
(12) Mary
Florence SHIRLEY
Feb 26, 1859 McLean Co. IL, d. June 6, 1943 Norcatur KS, m. William
Jasper Mayes
(13).
Augustus Linken SHIRLEY
1860, d. 1861
(14) Henry
Vangorden SHIRLEY 1862,
d. 1862
(15) Shirley
SHIRLEY 1863,
d. 1863
(16) Ira Emerson
SHIRLEY
1865, d. 1865
(17) Willis
L SHIRLEY.
Feb 6, 1869. Starke Co. IN, lived Norcatur KS, m. Ida May New
Aug 25, 1895. Parents of 5 children.
from: Donald
G. Shirley, Sr. ...Received a newspaper obit from Norton, KS.
Genealogy society that reads in part: Lora S. Near July
9, 1901 ~ June 7, 1999 daughter of Willis and May New Shirley
John Ambrose Shirley
7.
William Braxton SHIRLEY
Mar 10, 1816 Lewis Co. KY.