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Michael Shirley 1740, killed by Indians in July 24,
1784 near Fort Boon, Lincoln Co. Kentucky. He married Catherine
"Katy Franz. Will dated Jan 23, 1825 Madison Co. KY. She was born of emigrants who came to
America from France. Her mother died and her father returned
to the old country.
Michael Shirley is mentioned
in 1764 Records of Augusta Co. VA page 317.
Michael Shirley enlisted Dec
1, 1777 in Capt. William Bentley's company, 3rd Virginia regiment
commanded by Colonel John Neville, formerly known at times as
Captain Reubin Bisco's company, and Charles West's company, commanded
by Colonel William Heth, in the Revolutionary War. His name appears
on the company rolls until Nov 1779.
As a young colonial soldier,
he was stationed at Fort Washington. Here he met and married
Katy Franz. When his stint at the Army Fort was finished, they
returned to Pennsylvania. From there they migrated to Augusta
County Virginia where he was a surveyor. They moved to Kentucky
about 1780. On list of deeds: Deed dated Jan 30, 1782 for Michael
Shirley in Fayette Co. KY.
In 1784, Michael was killed by
Indians while surveying in old Lincoln Co., now known as
Madison County KY. His will was probated in 1785, but his land
was not disposed of until his son, Charles, was of age.
children
1. Mary Feb 17, 1762
d. 1845 Bedford Co. TN, married William McGuire Feb 23,
1778 Rockingham Co. VA, born Mar 12, 1748 VA d. 1834 Bedford
Co. TN buried Horse Mountain Cemetery.
children: McQUIRE
1. Michael 1779
d. Mar 1781 Canada (froze to death)
2. Thomas Aug 1, 1781
Quebec, Canada d. July 23, 1861 Charleston, Delta Co. TX buried
Charleston Cemetery, m. Ann Lee Oct 7, 1805 Madison Co.
KY
3. Polly Dec 4, 1783
m. Soloman West July 25, 1801 Madison Co. KY
4. Katie 1789 m. Peter
Lee 1806 Madison Co. KY
5. William Nov 15, 1794
Shelby Co. TN d. Oct 17, 1837 Natchez, MS of yellow fever. m.
Mary Fabra Ditto April 26, 1825
6. Cornelius "Neely"
Oct 5, 1798 KY d. Mar 3, 1883 Daville, Milam Co. TX, m. 2nd Jane
__
7. John June 29, 1801
d. 1866 Springfield, Limestone Co. TX, m. Molly Yell
8. Elizabeth "Bettie"
July 22, 1803 d. June 15, 1887 Bedfor Co. TN buried Holt
Cemetery, m. Henry Holt
9. Sallie, m. Joseph
West
2. Katherine "Katie"
1764 m. John Baughman June 1, 1778
3. Susan 1769 d.
May 1859 Benton Co. MO, married Mr. Benjamin Proctor Mar 8, 1787
The Proctor's were early adventurers
in KY and associates of Daniel Boone according to Elwood Shirley
who has studied the history of KY.
4. George 1770
m. Betsey Lee Dec 20, 1797 in Lincoln Co. KY
Known child
(1). Charles David 1806
KY married Susan C. Thomas Oct 10, 1826 Madison Co. KY.
He was an early
pioneer in Cooper Co. Missouri, settling on Clarks Fork sometime
in 1820s. His son William A.J. was born on the Shirley homestead.
children
A. George A. T. Aug 25,
1828 KY married Cornelia Ann Baer Oct 23, 1853. (She was the niece of the wife of Valentine
Shirley (branch #20), Catherine Baer).
children
(a). Samira J. Aug 6,
1855 d. 1922
(b). Virginia C. May
7, 1859 d/ 1926
(c). Charles Henry April
29, 1861 d. 1926 m. Mary Ann Davis Dec 15, 1886
Children
1. Harry Lee Nov 27,
1887
2. Avis Mae Sept 13,
1889
3. Clarance Everette
Sept 25, 1893
4. Una Sept 21, 1895
5. Henry Wilbur Aug 3,
1897
6. Nelle Beatrice Jan
13, 1900
7. Mary V. Catherine
Jan 9, 1904
(d). Annie Laura Aug
23, 1863
(e). Arthusa May 15,
1865 d. 1957
(f). John W. May 10,
1867 d. 1958 was
a bachelor and lived with his brother Emmet in Sedalia, Missouri.
(g). Emmet Lee March
4, 1869 d. 1947
children
1. Irwin
2. Kenneth Sept 15, 1906
d. Jan 20, 1964 m. Evelyn__. No children.
3. Norbert ca.
1911 d. ca. 1920 (?)
(h). Andrew Cole Jan
11, 1872 d. 1920 m. Pearl White
children
1. Alma ca. 1904 d. ca.
1982 m. Frank Hilton. No Children.
2. Frances ca. 1919 d.
ca. 1989 m. Herman Noles. No children.
(i). Elmer Oct 17, 1873
d. May 11, 1922 m. Margaret White Jan 1, 1900. She was
born Mar 10, 1883 d. April 27, 1956
children
1. Francis Paul May 31,
1906 d. May 4, 1973 m. Nellie
2. Walter Elmer
B. Charles 1832 MO
C. Syrles, married Matty
Scott
children
(a). Leslie died young
(b). Edward lived Boonville, MO
(c). Augustus
lived Chicago, IL
D. Symyra
died young
E. William A. J. ca.
1835 on the old family homestead. He married Harriet
Melvina Eller in 1872. She
was born Dec 24, 1850 on a farm near Boonville. She was the daughter
of David and Martha (Oglesby) Eller, David was born in
Missouri in 1822 and was killed by the bushwhackers during the
Civil War. He was the son of Jacob Eller who was one of the first
pioneers to settle in Cooper County Missouri. Jacob was a native
of North Carolina.
William Andrew Jackson Shirley
and his wife, Harriett Eller, lived on the Shirley homeplace
for a few years and then sold it, moving to the Eller place,
finally settling on the homestead of 120 acres in Palestine Twp.
children
(a). Charles David
Mar 2, 1872 d. May 5, 1945 m. Grance Chamberlin Sept 25, 1912.
Charles attended the Stony Point
School and also the Concord School. After his district school
days he studied at Hooper Institute in Clarks Fork Twp. He always
followed farming. He purchased his first tract of 116 acres in
the fall of 1900 and placed all of the needed improvements on
the place. He rented his next farm for two years prior to its
purchase in 1905. It was the oldest settled place in Cooper County,
known as the Oglesby farm. This tract was entered as Government
land by his grandfather Oglesby who gave the farm to Thomas Oglesby,
an uncle of Charles David Shirley and from who Charles purchased
it. Charles David Shirley was a democrat and a Baptist as was
his forefathers.
children
1. Charles David
2. Harriett Elizabeth
(b). Florence May 7,
1874 d. Jan 29, 1958 m. Albert Chamberlin Nov 27, 1895
child
1. Mildred
(c). William Aubrey July
22, 1876 m. Nell Harness Dec 10, 1919
child
1. George William
(d). Harry Lee Sept 27,
1878 m. Myrtle Alee Dec 16, 1903
children
1. Le Allee
2. Clyde Nicholas
(e). Susan Martha Mar
28, 1881 d. April 23, 1968
5. Elizabeth "Lizzie"
1776 m . Thomas McGuire
6. Charles 1771 Augusta
Co. VA died 1817 in MO, m. Rebecca Collier Nov 15, 1795 Madison
Co. KY, born April 21, 1778. They lived Clark Co. IN and MO.
She was was the
daughter of John Collier and Millie Vaughn.
children
(1). Nancy Aug
1797 m. Robert Alcorn in 1812 Clay Co. KY
(2). Mary A. Nov 1798
m. David Wise Daily Aug 29, 1818 Clark Co. IN born Aug 16, 1798
d. Aug 22, 1873
(3). Lucy June
1800 m. William F. Foster - A prominent member of
the bar of Edwards County, was born in Clark
county, Indiana, May
3, 1840 . His
father, William Foster, was a native of Yorkshire,
England.
He was educated at Ackworth in an institution under the
asupices of the Quakers, or Friends.
child:
A. Mary Ann FOSTER died July
07, 1869 m. Adam Quincy Baird, son of John Baird and Rebecca
Stewart. He was
born January 10, 1836, and died August 1914.
children:
(a). Clinton Foster
BAIRD, b. December 31, 1866; d. July 11, 1952; m. Luella Erwin
b. October 15, 1868; d. September 01, 1907.
(b). John William
BAIRD, b. August 05, 1868; d. March 17, 1948; m. (1) Alma Spry
b. 1873; d. November 1907; m. (2) Bertha Saunders
b. October 29, 1877.
(info from Anita Hartnagel.
Mary Ann Foster was her great grandmother)
(4). Rebecca Nov 1801
m. Aaron Johnson Mar 24, 1828 Clark Co. IN
(5). George June 1804
He never married
(6). Jincey Lydia June 1808,
d. Nov 11, 1932 m. James Huckleberry May 12, 1828 Clark Co. IN
(7). Silas George Dec
11, 1806 Boones Fort, Kentucky. He died Dec 30, 1895 Bandera
Co. Texas, m. 1st. Mary Mott, m. 2nd Catharine Green who was
born Jan 26, 1822 and d. Oct 3, 1893.
Silas George Shirley
Charles died when his son, Silas.,
was 10 years old. In court records of Howard Co. Missouri, Silas
was apprenticed to Joseph Tolly to learn a trade by his guardian,
Nicholas Proctor, who was a cousin.
Children:
A. George Franklin Jan
10, 1841 TX d. Nov 16, 1916, m. Ann Olivis McElroy Sept 1880.
She was born Mar 29, 1846 Meridan, Lauderdale Co. MS d. Dec 9,
1916. She was married first to John White. Ann was the daughter
of John M. McElroy and Martha Gains.
children:
(a). John Bladen Sept
20, 1881 TX, d. Oct 12, 1941, m. Etta Marie McVey
(b). Kate Maud May 4,
1883 TX m. S. G. Price July 12, 1905
(c). Edgar Warick Nov
10, 1887 TX
(d). Joe Willie Dec 24,
1889 TX, d. Mar 8, 1943, m. Bessie Kelley June 5, 1912
B. Oliver Silas Jan 24,
1844 Jasper Co. TX d. Oct 4, 1928 Austin, Travis Co. TX, m. 1st.
Emslee Andress in 1862, born Aug 31, 1846 Pipe Creek, TX died
May 3, 1872, m. 2nd Mary Simpson in 1873, m. 3rd Lavina
Dunlap April 30, 1879, born Oct 26, 1853 Harrison, Cass Co. TX
died Aug 3, 1935 St. David, Cochise, AZ.
Oliver Silas Shirley
children:
(a). George Franklin
Jan 16, 1863 Bandera Co. TX, m. Francis ___.
(b). Oliver Silas April
4, 1865, d. Mar 9, 1909 unmarried
(c). Kathryn Theresa
Maria Aug 18, 1868 Bandera Co. TX, d. June 5, 1949, m. M.T. or
Bill Sapp
(d). Effie Jane May 7,
1870 Bandera Co. TX, d. April 12, 1944, m. William Irby Mar 20,
1886
(e). John William May
24, 1872 Bandera Co. TX, d. April 1956, m. Martha Campbell
(f). Edward (son of 2nd wife, Mary Simpson)
(g). Silas Archibald
May 4, 1882 Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX, d. Sept 30, 1956 South
Springs, TX, m. Elizabeth Fairchild who was born Feb 4, 1889
Gillespie Co. TX She died May 7, 1948. (child of Lavina Dunlap)
children:
1. Leslie Feb 23, 1907
Gillespie Co. TX, m. Martha ___
2. Lorena Feb 19, 1908
Gillespie Co. TX, m. Vernon Sanders
3. Sadie July 13, 1909
Gillespie Co. TX, m. 1st. Jack Rickey
4. Linnie Mar 1, 1911
Gillespie Co. TX, m. Eugene Williams
5. Velma Mar 3, 1913
Bandera Co. TX, m. John Smiley
6. Gerald May 16, 1922
Bandera Co. TX, m. Esther Smith
7. Gladys Feb 10, 1924
Johnston City, TX, m. Laurence Moritz
8. Homer Ishmael May
14, 1927 d. May 10, 1931
(h). Albert Elias Dec
26, 1884 Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX
(i). Henry Nov 3, 1885
Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX
(j). Wiley Oct 30, 1888
Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX
(k). Lillie Mar 3, 1892
Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX
(l). Rosae Mar 3, 1892
Vanderpool, Bandera Co. TX (twins) (Louise Tilton's mom)
C. Felix G. 1848
D. Lydia Oct 25,
1863 (dau of Catharine, 2nd marriage), d. Feb 10, 1953, m. Gay
Buell Feb 26, 1877
(8). Felix Cabron Sept 1811
m. Lavonia Yaden
children:
A. James Johnson Dec 17, 1843
B. William July 9, 1845 m.
Mary Sheffner
C. Rebecca Indiana 1848
D. Mary Jane 1854 m. George
Cox
E. Emily Ann June 25, 1856
m. Nathaniel M. Neely June 10, 1912
(9). Charles June
1813
(10) Seth 1815
7. Nancy Aug 1797
married Frank Travis Nov 7, 1797
8. Sallie - Will
dated Sept 8, 1828, married Phillip Phelps Mar 22, 1804
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From Sandi Gorin
Taken from old clippings dealing
with Kentucky family history, newspaper unknown. These clippings
are about 100 years old (1997). Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer,
Volume 11, Number 9 - March, 1997. pp. 80-81. Madison County.
Shirley Family. My grandmother daily gives me our family
history, but being ninety-seven years of age, her once fine memory
is somewhat impaired. I write the following hoping some member
of the family may confirm its accuracy.
The name Shirley was spelled
by our ancestors "Shawnee." My great-great-grandfather
as a native of Spain and his wife, Katie Franz or Frants or France,
was a native of Paris, France. They saw each other whilst he
was marching; fell in love and were married at Washington City,
when it was a fort. He was a lieutenant in the Continental army.
He had been sent for supplies at the time of Gen. Wayne's defeat
or possibly would have been captured with the rest of that army.
He was killed by the Indians at Station Camp, Kentucky. They
lived at Boonesboro [sic].
Michael Shirley's children were:
Mary McGuire, Katie Bullock, Lizzie McGuire, Susie Proctor, Nancy
Travis, Sallie Phelps, and
George Shirley. My great-grandfather,
Charles Shirley (1771), and his wife, Rebecca Collier (1778),
were married November 17, 1796. Their children were: Nancy Shirley,
1797; Polly Shirley, 1798; Lucy Shirley, 1800; Rebecca Shirley,
1801; George, 1804; Lydia, 1805; Silas, 1806; Jenny, 1808; Felix,1811,
and Charles, 1813. My great-grandfather, Charles Shirley, spent
his best days in fighting the Indians.
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Standing
left to right: Adell
(and husband), Nellie B., Harry,Everett, Virginai, Lenna (wife
of Everette). Avis
Sitting
left to right:
Charles Henry
holding Lewis (son
of Adell), wife of Harry, holding child, Mary Ann holding
child of Everett's.
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