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Thomas Shirley
born March 21, 1761 Spotsylvania County VA, died April 17, 1820
Adair County KY He married Mollie Yates April 8, 1788,
Caroline County VA..
She died July 16, 1839. (See
will below)
Children:
1. Martha "Patsey" born Jan 26, 1789 Spotsylvania Co.
VA Married Samuel Hodges Nov 17, 1807 Barren Co. KY.
2. Paul born Aug 30, 1790 Spotsylvania Co. VA Married Sarah
Caperton Gibson Dec 6, 1814. He died April 16, 1825. (Their
son was Admiral Paul Shirley, commander of the Constitution "Old
Ironsides". He was in charge of laying the first trans-Atlantic
cable during the Civil War. He also commanded the battleship
"Shenandoah").
3. William A. born May
29, 1792 Spotsylvania Co. VA Married H. H. Logan Sept 26,
1822
4. Thomas W. born Feb 9, 1794 Spotsylvania Co. VA Married
Patsey Montgomery Nov 28, 1819. (He
was known for the 7 day clock that he manufactured)
5. Frances G. born Oct 6, 1796 Culpeper Co. VA d. 1877 buried
Marysville, Cooke Co. Texas. Married Josiah Chaplin Culp
Nov 26, 1817. He was born Aug 25, 1776 Martinsburg, Berkeley
Co. West Virginia. He died Sept 9, 1857 Cooper Co. Missouri (son of Euriah Culp).
Children:
(1). Lucy Ann Culp Sept
30, 1818 m. _____ Howard.
(2). George Culp
Dec 15, 1819
(3). James M. Culp
July 14, 1821
(4). Thomas Henry Culp
April 2, 1823, d.
bachelor
(5). Josiah Chaplin Culp,
Jr. May 19, 1825 m. Mildred Field Coy
(6). John M. Culp March
2, 1827 d.
bachelor
(7). Albert S. Culp Aug
18, 1829
(8). William McKendree
Culp Dec 5, 1831, m. Elizabeth M. Woods Nov 17, 1861
(9). Paul Shirley Culp
Feb 13, 1834 m. Margaret Creel
(10) Martha Jane Culp
Aug 9, 1836 m. John Hemphill
(11) Sarah Ward Culp
Feb 18, 1839, a
spinster, traveled to San Francisco California around the horn,
voyage took months. She joined her brother Henry, John and Paul
Culp. She was the bell of San Francisco.
6. Richard Warner born
April 25, 1798 Culpeper Co. VA Married Polly Yates Nov.
25, 1817. Richard
was a man of humor and integrity. A humorous story of his nature
is told that one day he came in to the room where his wife was
working and said, "Polly, what is Eliza Jane doing?"
She replied, "Why, Mr. Shirley she is making an apron."
He said, "Good Lord Polly, I could take a three quarter
inch auger and a grapevine and make better stitches."
Late in life he was converted
and joined the Big Creek Baptist church where he taught in the
Sunday School doing all that he could for the uplift of the community
church. After his death in 1850, he was buried on their home
place just above Gradyville, Adair Co. Kentucky.
(This family info from Becky
Colston)
Children:
(1). Ann unmarried
(2). Betsey m. John Bell
(3). John 1826 d. 1886
m. Eliza Jane Bailey Sept 21, 1838 Adair Co. KY. She was the daughter of Hiram S. Bailey
and his wife, Martha Hardaway Gill.
Children:
A. Charlie W. m.
Hannah _____
B. Nancy Eliz. "Betty"
Aug 31, 1875 d. Apr 28, 1928 m. Silas Burks Sexton
C. Melinda Ermine June
27, 1868 Adair Co. KY d. Nov 4, 1954 Henrietta, Clay Co. TX m.
James Grant Sexton
D. George
E. Martha m. James
Wesley Sexton, Jr.
F. J. Hiram 1860
Adair Co. KY d. 1894 m. Laura Susan Stapp
G. Frank Wolford Oct
1862 Adair Co. KY d. Apr 3, 1929 TX., m. Mary (Ausley) Ann Moore,
daughter of John Moore and Martha. She was born January 01, 1864
in Kentucky, and died September 30, 1933. Both are buried in
Old Perry Cemetery -McLennan Co., Texas.
FRANK AND MARY ANN SHIRLEY
(photo from Becky Colston
At top of this page, click "More
info" for this branch. See info from Becky Colston on that
page.
Obit for Frank W Shirley
Frank W Shirley, age 66, died at the home of his sister, Mrs
J W Sexton, near McGregor Wednesday. Burial was in Old
Perry Cemetery. He was born in Kentucky but lived for the
past 20 years in McLennan County, TX. Mr Shirley is survived
by his children: L.C. Shirley of Oglesby, J.G. Shirley
of Mound, OK., Mrs. R.B. Keltner of McGregor, Mrs. Jim McKinney
of Oglesby, Mrs. H.H. Stewart of McGregor, Mrs Sam Barron of
Oglesby; two brothers, J.C. Shirley of Oglesby and C.W. Shirley
of Berkley, CA.; and two sisters, Mrs J.W. Sexton of McGregor
and Mrs. J.G. Sexton of
Shannon, Texas. Pallbearers were H.H. Stewart, Jim McKinney,
Sam Barron, R.B. Keltner, Hubert Keltner, and Jodie Shirley.
McGregor Mirror; April 5 (8-3) 1929
Children
(a). child b. 1884, Kentucky; d. 1886, Kentucky
(b). John Granville b. October 1886, Kentucky
(c). Ellen May (Ella May), b. December 1888, Kentucky;
d. 1978
(d). C. b. 1890, Kentucky; d. 1892, Kentucky.(died
of whooping cough)
(e). Hellen N. b. June 07, 1893, Kentucky; d. July 10,
1964, Texas
(f). Luther C. b. February 14, 1895, Kentucky; d. July
19, 1986, Sacramento, California
(g). Crita Lee b. December 1896, Kentucky; m. Harry Stuart.
Information from Cindy O'Hara:
My dad tells me that his brothers and sisters called or
heard Aunt Lee "Shirley" Stewart called Crita Lee.
Crita Lee and Harry had no children. Harry had 2
girls from a previous marriage. As per Euna Dee (Keltner) Fletcher.
(h).Mary M. (Millie) b. September 25, 1899, Kentucky;
d. November 1935, Whitson, Texas.
(i). Nettie Pearl b. 1902, Kentucky.
H. John Cager Oct 1,
1880 Adair Co. KY d. May 5, 1934 TX m. Sara Ella
Gadberry
(4). Lizzie m.
____McDonald
(5). Mary
m. ____ Yates
(6). Mary Jane
m. ____ Sexton
(7). George Thompson
Apr 12, 1825
7. James Albert Shirley b 1 Jun 1800 in
Culpepper county VA
married 1st. Frances
(Fanny) Giddings on 20 Apr 1826 in Barren county KY. T
(1) Paul Shirley was
born 1828.
Paul Shirley (67) born
1828 in KY. He fought in the Mexican War (1846-48) under General
George Stoneman (who later became Governor of California). He
came to California in 1849 (age 21) seeking gold. He was four
times elected Sheriff of Solano county, being elected in 1851
and serving until 1857. While sheriff he married W1 Mary E. Gift
(from TN and daughter of Robert Lee Gift) in May 1857; they had
a son (Albert) Guy Shirley born 1859. Mary E.died Sept 1860.
Paul then married her sister, Leonora (Nora) Edmona Gift (b.
1843 TN and bapt. 25 Aug 1867 in St. Pauls Episcopal Church in
Benicia). Their daughter, my g-grandmother, Maud Shirley was
born 1863.
For more than 40 years
Paul was a business associate of Lansing B. Mizner, another early
pioneer in Contra Costa county, California. Their business was
chiefly the construction and operation of wharfs along the Carquinez
Straits. He also owned the ferry between Martinez and Benicia,
and lands and wharf property on both sides of the straits of
Carquinez. He was one of the outstanding Democratic politicians
of the state and served from 6 Dec 1875 to 5 Jan 1880, elected
State Senator for Contra Costa and Marin Counties, coming 3 votes
short of being nominated for State Treasurer. On 13 Oct 1883,
a page 1 article in the San Francisco Daily Morning Call proclaims
"Paul Shirley Elected Warden of the San Quentin Prison."
He served as warden from 1884-1888. An article written the day
after his appointment to Warden says that he "is an old
Californian, who has accumulated a fortune by his intelligence
and business abilty." He died in Martinez from general debility,
and is lsted as a capitalist in his obituary.
He and his wife Nora
[and his daughter Maud] are buried in the Alhambra Cemetary at
Martinez, a privately owned cemetary with some prominent Californian
pioneers. Paul died intestate, so there is no will. Probate records
from 1895-1897 of about 100 pages, however, have every conceivable
type of probate-related document.
There is one small mystery
in those records....Paul had owned a distillery in Bergin, Mercer
County KY that was wholly destroyed by fire 6 Apr 1893. He received
insurance in the amount of $1826.
married 2nd Martha J.
Hayden, a Yankee,
at least 5 children:
(1850 census in Howard county MO:
(2) John Shirley
(3) Martha A Shirley
(4) Mary E Shirley
(5) Ibena S. Shirley
(6) James A Shirley
(7) Charles H. Shirley
8. John Mason Shirley
born Feb 19, 1802 Culpeper Co. VA Married Mary C. Poole,
Sept 16, 1824 Barren Co. KY
9. George Yates Shirley
born March 12, 1804 Culpeper Co. VA Married 1st Evaline
Garvin Sept 17, 1827 Barren Co. KY. ( moved to Illinois in 1859), and he m. 2nd Emily Brown
10 Mary Ann Shirley born Dec 18, 1805 Adair Co. KY Married
1st John Snoddy, and 2nd Edward Turner
11 Charles Michael Shirley born March 15, 1808 Adair Co. KY
Married Sarah Ann Henderson May 5, 1809. (he moved to Illinois
in 1859). Charles d. Oct 29, 1872 Wilson Co. Kansas.
Their son, Samuel
R., is listed as being a windmill manufacturer in the 1880's,
in Buffalo Kansas.
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