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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 Shirley b 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.
Goodspeed's Biography of Marion
County - Jesse Shirley
was educated in the common schools of the valley and was twice
married. His first wife bore the maiden name of Brandon, and
one child, Wilson, was born to them. He died in Osage, Mo., at
the age of fifty-six years. The mother died in Tennessee, and
the father subsequently married Sarah Grayson, who was born in
Buncombe county, N. C., and died in 1880. They were both members
of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and are buried at Red
Hill. Politically he was a Democrat and for eighteen years was
magistrate and also served for some time as chairman of the county
court. To this union were born ten children, of whom we have
the following record: Jane, wife of Joseph Anderson, a farmer
of the Third district, Marion county; John, deceased; William
Carroll, the subject of this sketch; Thomas was a Confederate
soldier under Forrest, and was killed at Fort Donelson; Elizabeth
died in infancy; Francis M., married Miss Emma King; Henry died
at the age of fifteen years; Nancy, wife of James Smith, of Sequatchie
county, Tenn.; Christopher C., married Miss Laura Condra, and
is living in Whitwell; and Jesse L., married Miss Sallie Thacker,
and is making his home in Graysville, Ga., where he is engaged
in the practice of medicine.
child by 1st wife:
(1). Wilson Shirley b 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 Shirley b 1854
(2). Martha J. Shirley b 1855
(3). Ann A. C. Shirley b 1857
(4). John W. B. Shirley b Jan 20, 1860 Osage Co. MO, d. Jan 20, 1866 Osage
Co. MO
(5). Nathaniel Lyon Shirley b Jan 27, 1862 Osage Co. MO
children by 2nd wife:
(2). Martha Jane Shirley b April 3, 1836 Marion Co. TN. died
July 6, 1919 m. Josiah Anderson Oct 29, 1868
(3). John Shirley b 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
Shirley b Feb 18, 1840 Marion Co. TN. d. 1924 Marion
Co. TN m. Semiramis Andes Sept 2, 1869
Goodspead's Biographies of
Marion County (1886) WILLIAM
CARROLL SHIRLEY is a well-known and honored citizen and member
of the farming community of the Third district, Marion county,
and is also the postmaster at the village of Shirleyton. He was
born February 18, 1840, in the Third district, Marion county,
a son of Jesse and Sarah (Grayson) Shirley. The father was born
in White county, Tenn., March 18, 1808, and died August 24, 1894.
Jesse Shirley was a son of John Shirley, who was born in South
Carolina and married a Miss Frost. John Shirley migrated from
his native state to White county, Tenn., and in 1818, moved from
thence to the Sequatchie valley. His brother, Thomas, went to
White county at the same time and moved with him to the Sequatchie
valley in 1818. He, Thomas, and his son, William, sold goods
to the Indians where Whitwell now stands, and the house they
built and occupied as a residence is still standing and in use
as such.
William Carroll Shirley, the
subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools at
Cheekville, and Red Hill, after which he taught school fourteen
sessions in Marion county, Tenn., and Jackson county, Ala., both
before and after the war. He enlisted in Rice’s command
of cavalry in the Confederate army, at Shellmound, June 3, 1862,
and was sent first to New Albany. From there he went to Athens,
Tenn., and from thence he went to Bridgeport, Ala., and at the
battle of Chickamauga he was wounded in the right arm. At the
battle of Philadelphia, Tenn., he was wounded in the left arm,
breast and shoulder and went to the home of a friend on the Coosa
river, Ala, and stayed five months until he recovered from his
wounds. He then rejoined the army at Dalton, Ga., and was all
though 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, Tenn., and was paroled at Nashville,
May 27, 1865. He then returned to his home and resumed his teaching.
September 2, 1869, Mr. Shirley
was united in marriage with Miss Semiramis Andes, who was born
in Marion county, Tenn., in 1836, a daughter of Alexander and
Sarah (Lewis) Andes. Mrs. Shirley was educated in the public
school at Red Hill. After their marriage they first settled on
a farm not far from their present home and lived there eight
years, and then moved to where they now live. In 1879 Mr. Shirley
began selling goods at his home, and later moved to Whitwell,
following that occupation there until 1892, but since then has
devoted more of his attention to farming. In 1883 he secured
the establishment of the post office of Shirleyton at his home
and has been its postmaster ever since. Mr. And Mrs. Shirley
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
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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. Shirley b 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 Shirley b July 18, 1845 Marion Co. TN d. July 23, 1845
(7). Francis Marion "Buck" Shirley b July 23, 1846 Marion Co. TN d. Feb 28, 1929. He
married Emma King Sept 14, 1871
children:
A. Sarah Eliz. Shirley b June 12, 1872 TN m. James A. Roberts
B. Jesse T. Shirley b July 30, 1874 TN
C. James Albert Shirley b Feb 12, 1877 TN m. Ethel Smith
D. Lyda C. Shirley b Feb 16, 1879 TN m. Minnie Bell Slatton
E. Ida J. m. James
Worley
F. Donia Shirley b Feb 3, 1884 TN m. John F. Slatton
G. Claude William Shirley b Aug 9, 1886 TN m. Ida White
H. Nannie Lena Shirley b Jan 10, 1889 TN m. Charley Smith
I. John Heber Shirley b May 24, 1895 TN m. Georgia A. Gann
(info from Lucille
Williams)
(8). Nancy D. Shirley b Dec 14, 1848 Marion Co. TN d. 1928 m. James Smith.
(9). James W. Shirley b May 31, 1851 Marion Co. TN d. Sept 15, 1865
(10) Christopher Columbus Shirley b Jan 11, 1854 Marion Co. TN d. Dec 21, 1921 Marion
Co. TN m. Laura Condra.
(11) Jesse Lee Shirley b Feb 14, 1858 m. Sallie Thacker.
3. Jackson Shirley b 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
Shirley b
1840 AL, married Jefferson West
(2).
Sarah Shirley
b
1841 AL
(3).
John Calvin Shirley
b 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 Shirley
b
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 Shirley
b 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 Shirley
b
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
Shirley b
1900 Tuscumbia, Colbert Co. AL., died 1900.
(b).
William Alexander
Shirley b
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 Shirley
b
1904 died 1905 Tuscumbia, Colbert Co. AL.
(d).
Augusta Mae Shirley
b
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
Shirley b
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 Shirley
b 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 Shirley
b
Nov 4, 1912 Jackson Co. AL., died Oct 21, 1968 Stevenson, Jackson
Co. AL. He married Eula Jane Durham.
(h).
Cynthia Viola
Shirley b
Jan 7, 1914 Jackson Co. AL
(i).
Clyde Shirley
b
July 24, 1917 Jackson Co. AL, died July 15, 1974 Chattanooga,
Hamilton Co. TN. Married George Gentry Stiles, June 19,1947 Chattanooga.
(j).
Clara Shirley
b
July 24, 1917 Jackson Co. Al., died Nov 3, 1971, Chickamauga,
Walker Co. GA. She married Mike Jarmon Plaster.
(k).
Lonnie Gilbert
Shirley b
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 Shirley
b
Oct 28, 1923 Jackson Co. AL., died Aug 20, 1969 Atlanta, Fulton
Co. GA. He married Nell Humpries, Becky_____.
(m).
Fred Malcolm
Shirley b
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 Shirley b 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 Shirley
(b). Bertha Lee Shirley b about 1899 Married Ernest E. Burke
(c). Johnnie Elizabeth Shirley b about 1900. She married Albert Burk.
Johnnie Elizabeth
Shirley Birk
E. Meggie Lucy Shirley b Feb 22, 1875 Jackson Co. AL, died Aug 17, 1878 Jackson Co.
AL..
F. James
F. Shirley
b
Sept 1, 1877, died Aug 4, 1878 Jackson Co. AL
G. Minnie
E. Shirley b June 20, 1879 Jackson
Co. AL., died Oct 13, 1908. She
married James Cassell
(4). Lydia Jane Shirley b 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 Shirley
b
about 1847 Jackson Co. AL, married John Barrier Sept 15, 1865
Jackson Co. AL.
(6).
Lucinda Shirley
b
about 1849 AL, married Daniel Turney Crownover Sept 1, 1868
Jackson Co. AL.
4. Paul Shirley
b 1812 m. Sarah ___.
5. female
6. female
7. female
8. Alexander Shirley
b 1824 White Co. TN d. April 7, 1881 Jackson Co. AL, buried Gray
Cemetery, m. Samantha Jane Cameron
Children
(1). Niagara Shirley
b 1856 Jackson Co. AL
(2). John Shirley
b Dec 1, 1858 Jackson Co. AL d. June 3, 1901 Jackson Co. AL
(3). William Shirley
b April _, 1867 Jackson Co. AL
9. John Malden Shirley b 1827 White
Co. TN d. Jackson Co. AL, m. Mary Emmaline Malone in Jackson
Co. AL
Children
(1). William Houston
Shirley b 1851 Jackson Co. AL
married Mary Ann McKinney 9 August
1874 in Jackson County, AL (Marriage Book B page 387)
(2). James M. Shirley
b 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. Shirley b 1856 Jackson Co. AL
(4). John Wilson Shirley b Mar 18, 1859 Jackson Co. AL
(5). Jane Shirley b 1862 Jackson Co. AL
(6). Martha Shirley b 1864 Jackson Co. AL
(7). Marion Shirley b 1868 Jackson Co. AL
(8). Florence Shirley b 1872 Jackson Co. AL
(9). Jesse Calloway Shirley b Dec 19, 1874 Jackson Co. AL d. Sept 24, 1921 Talley
Cemetery, Jackson Co. AL
(10). J. H. Shirley b Mar 25, 1876 Jack
10. Houston I. Shirley b 1832 d. 1871 m. Letitia Celia Elizabeth
Peacock March 15, 1855 Jackson Co. AL
Children
(1). William S. Shirley b Dec 1856 Jackson Co. AL
(2). Sarah J. Shirley b 1857 Jackson Co. AL
(3). Mary A. Shirley b 1858 Jackson Co. AL
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