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John Shirley born 1770 -1780 NC or TN.
He married Mahala Frost. John
moved from South Carolina to White Co. TN. About 1829 he moved
to Jackson Co. Alabama where he died in 1845. John raised a family
of eleven children.
children:
1. female
1804-1810 White Co. TN
2. Jesse March 18, 1808
White County Tennessee. He married 1st Miss Brandon, 2nd Sarah
Grayson July 27, 1834. He died Aug 24, 1894 Whitwell, Marion
county Tennessee. They
were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and are
buried at Red Hill cemetery in Marion Co. TN. Politically he
was a Democrat and for eighteen years was magistrate and also
served for some time as chairman of the county court.
child by 1st wife:
(1). Wilson Jan 6, 1831
Jackson Co. AL, m. Clarandy Coffelt. He served in Co. H. 26th
Mo Infantry as a Pvt. He died in 1887 Mint Hill Community, Osage
Co. Missouri and is buried in the Shirley Cemetery. Clarandy
was born Feb 3, 1827 and died Feb 6, 1900 Osage Co. MO.
Children
(1). Sarah 1854
(2). Martha J. 1855
(3). Ann A. C. 1857
(4). John W. B. Jan 20,
1860 Osage Co. MO, d. Jan 20, 1866 Osage Co. MO
(5). Nathaniel Lyon Jan
27, 1862 Osage Co. MO
children by 2nd wife:
(2). Martha Jane April
3, 1836 Marion Co. TN. died July 6, 1919 m. Josiah
Anderson Oct 29, 1868
(3). John Dec 23, 1837
Marion Co. TN, died Sept 11, 1870 m. Mary Ramsey
Note: In the 1870 census for
Marion Co. TN a John 7 years of age living in home of Jesse 1808
and 2nd wife Sarah.
(4). William Carroll
Feb 18, 1840 Marion Co. TN. d. 1924 Marion Co. TN m. Semiramis
Andes Sept 2, 1869
He was a well known and honored
citizen and member of the farming community of the 3rd District,
Marion Co. TN. He was the postmaster at the village of Shirleyton.
He was educated in public schools, after which he taught school
in Marion Co. TN and Jackson Co. Alabama. He enlisted in Rice's
command and Calvary in the Confederate Army at Shellmound June
3, 1862. He was wounded in the left arm, breast and shoulder
at the battle of Philadelphia, TN, and went to the home of a
friend on the Coosa River in Alabama and stayed five months until
he recovered from his wounds. He then rejoined the army at Dalton
GA and was all through the Atlanta campaign. He was wounded in
the left hand at Noonday church. He served until the close of
the war, surrendered with the army near Whiteside TN and was
paroled at Nashville May 27, 1865. He then returned to
teaching and married Semieramis Andes.
(5). Thomas L. Sept 4,
1842 Marion Co. TN d. Feb 3, 1863 Dover, Stewart Co. TN in a Civil War battle. He was unmarried.
(6). Sarah Elizabeth
July 18, 1845 Marion Co. TN d. July 23, 1845
(7). Francis Marion "Buck"
July 23, 1846 Marion Co. TN d. Feb 28, 1929. He married Emma
King Sept 14, 1871
children:
A. Sarah Eliz. June 12,
1872 TN m. James A. Roberts
B. Jesse T. July 30,
1874 TN
C. James Albert Feb 12,
1877 TN m. Ethel Smith
D. Lyda C. Feb 16, 1879
TN m. Minnie Bell Slatton
E. Ida J. m. James
Worley
F. Donia Feb 3, 1884
TN m. John F. Slatton
G. Claude William Aug
9, 1886 TN m. Ida White
H. Nannie Lena Jan 10,
1889 TN m. Charley Smith
I. John Heber May 24,
1895 TN m. Georgia A. Gann
(info from Lucille
Williams)
(8). Nancy D. Dec 14,
1848 Marion Co. TN d. 1928 m. James Smith.
(9). James W. May 31,
1851 Marion Co. TN d. Sept 15, 1865
(10) Christopher Columbus
Jan 11, 1854 Marion Co. TN d. Dec 21, 1921 Marion Co. TN m. Laura
Condra.
(11) Jesse Lee Feb 14,
1858 m. Sallie Thacker.
3. Jackson 1810
White Co. TN, died 1850-58 Jackson Co. AL. He married Mary
Huddleston. They
were living in Jackson Co. AL census in 1830.Mary also married a Jordan
Peacock. Her mother was Mahala Hough.
children:
(1).
Mary Elizabeth 1840 AL, married Jefferson West
(2).
Sarah 1841 AL
(3).
John Calvin Dec 12, 1843 Stevenson, Jackson Co. AL. died
July 24, 1881. He married Martha Ann Foshee Aug 12, 1865 in Jackson
Co. AL. Martha was born May 10, 1844 Trenton, Dade Co. GA, died
May 2, 1909 Stevenson, Jackson Co. AL. She was the daughter
of Alexander and Evaline (Merrill) Foshee).
John Calvin Shirley
children:
A. Emma
Luana Oct 20, 1867 Jackson Co. AL, died Sept 17, 1932 South
Pittsburg, Marion Co. TN . She married Robert Alexander McGraw
Aug 16, 1882 Jackson Co. AL.
B. Evaline
Louticia Oct 3, 1868Jackson Co. AL, died Feb 3, 1938 Chattanooga,
Hamilton Co. TN. She married Caleb Douglas St. Clair
Dec 24, 1888 Jackson Co. AL
C. Jackson
Alexander Dec 3, 1871 Stevenson, Jackson Co. AL., died Nov 28,
1930 Chattanooga, Hamilton Co. TN. He married Sarah Jane
Yates about 1899 Battle Creek, Marion Co. TN. Sarah was born
Aug 17, 1881 in MO, died Sept 23, 1947 Chattanooga, Hamilton
Co. TN. She
was the daughter of John B. and Cynthia (Champion) Yates.
children:
(a).
James Marion 1900 Tuscumbia, Colbert Co. AL., died 1900.
(b).
William Alexander March 27, 1902 Tuscambia, Colbert Co.
AL., died April 2, 1945 Tuscumbia. He married Katherine
Cloud Dec 31, 1923 Rocky Springs, Jackson Co. AL. (ancestor of Raymond
Shirley)
(c).
Clara 1904 died 1905 Tuscumbia, Colbert Co. AL.
(d).
Augusta Mae March 6, Tuscumbia, Colbert Co. AL., died July 24,
1993 Geraldine, De Kalb Co. AL. She married Horace Brooks and
Taylor Marvin Sparks.
(e).
Claude Thomas March 18, 1908 Tuscumbia, Colbert Co. AL., died
Jan 23, 1989 Whitwell, Marion Co. TN. He married Martha Jane
Green Nov 29, 1929 Bridgeport, Jackson Co. AL.
(f).
Lester Franklin July 5, 1910 Jackson Co. AL., died March 19,
1989 Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa Co. GA. He married Geneva Elizabeth
Bullard Oct 5, 1940 Rome, Floyd Co. GA.
(g).
Dow Yates Nov 4, 1912 Jackson Co. AL., died Oct 21, 1968 Stevenson,
Jackson Co. AL. He married Eula Jane Durham.
(h).
Cynthia Viola Jan 7, 1914 Jackson Co. AL
(i).
Clyde July 24, 1917 Jackson Co. AL, died July 15, 1974 Chattanooga,
Hamilton Co. TN. Married George Gentry Stiles, June 19,1947 Chattanooga.
(j).
Clara July 24, 1917 Jackson Co. Al., died Nov 3, 1971, Chickamauga,
Walker Co. GA. She married Mike Jarmon Plaster.
(k).
Lonnie Gilbert March 11, 1919, died May 14, 1973 Decatur, DeKalb
Co. GA. He married Clara Bell Wehunt March 13, 1943 Gainsville,
Hall Co. GA.
(l).
John Calvin Oct 28, 1923 Jackson Co. AL., died Aug 20, 1969 Atlanta,
Fulton Co. GA. He married Nell Humpries, Becky_____.
(m).
Fred Malcolm April 5, 1925 South Pittsburg, Marion Co. TN., died
May 5, 1968 Clearwater, FL. He married Johnnie Mae Mosley Dec
4, 1946 Rossville, Walker Co. GA.
D. John Brazleton
Nov 14, 1872 Jackson Co. AL. and died Nov. 20, 1900. He
married Ann St. Clair Jan 31, 1897 Meridian, Mississippi.
John Brazleton Shirley
children:
(a). Milton Edman
(b). Bertha Lee born
about 1899 Married Ernest E. Burke
(c). Johnnie Elizabeth
born about 1900. She married Albert Burk.
Johnnie Elizabeth Shirley Birk
E. Meggie Lucy Feb 22,
1875 Jackson
Co. AL, died Aug 17, 1878 Jackson Co. AL..
F. James
F. Sept 1, 1877, died Aug 4, 1878 Jackson Co. AL
G. Minnie
E. June 20, 1879 Jackson Co. AL., died Oct 13, 1908. She married James Cassell
(4). Lydia Jane
born about 1845 AL
married July 12, 1886 Jackson Co. AL. She was married to A.J.
Maddox, Peter Shook, John J. Scarbrough.
(5).
Mahala Jane born about 1847 Jackson Co. AL, married John Barrier
Sept 15, 1865 Jackson Co. AL.
(6).
Lucinda born about 1849 AL, married Daniel Turney Crownover
Sept 1, 1868 Jackson Co. AL.
4. Paul 1812
m. Sarah ___.
5. female
6. female
7. female
8. Alexander 1824
White Co. TN d. April 7, 1881 Jackson Co. AL, buried Gray Cemetery,
m. Samantha Jane Cameron
Children
(1). Niagara 1856
Jackson Co. AL
(2). John Dec 1,
1858 Jackson Co. AL d. June 3, 1901 Jackson Co. AL
(3). William April
_, 1867 Jackson Co. AL
9. John Malden
1827 White Co. TN d. Jackson Co. AL, m. Mary Emmaline Malone
in Jackson Co. AL
Children
(1). William Houston
1851 Jackson Co. AL
(2). James M. Aug 1853
Jackson Co. AL; living Bass, Jackson Co AL
(1880 census)
married Ellen______ b abt 1857
A.i John Shirley b abt 1877
B.ii others?
C.iii Lee Shirley (f) b abt 1885
D.iv James (Tom) Shirley b abt 1887
E.v William L Shirley b abt 1889
married Edith Hazel Griffin
(a).i Kate J. Shirley b abt 1912
(b).ii Perry J. Shirley b abt 1913
(c).iii John P. Shirley b abt 1915
Barbara Darnell <bgdarnell41@yahoo.com is a researcher
of this lineage
F.vi Houston Shirley b abt 1892
G.vii Jessie Shirley (f) b abt 1894
H.viii Eliza (Lizzie) Shirley b abt 1898
I.ix George Shirley b abt 1900
(3). Sarah E. 1856 Jackson
Co. AL
(4). John Wilson Mar
18, 1859 Jackson Co. AL
(5). Jane 1862 Jackson
Co. AL
(6). Martha 1864 Jackson
Co. AL
(7). Marion 1868 Jackson
Co. AL
(8). Florence 1872 Jackson
Co. AL
(9). Jesse Calloway Dec
19, 1874 Jackson Co. AL d. Sept 24, 1921 Talley Cemetery, Jackson
Co. AL
(10). J. H. Mar 25, 1876
Jack
10. Houston I.
1832 d. 1871 m. Letitia Celia Elizabeth Peacock March 15,
1855 Jackson Co. AL
Children
(1). William S. Dec 1856
Jackson Co. AL
(2). Sarah J. 1857 Jackson
Co. AL
(3). Mary A. 1858 Jackson
Co. AL
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