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VALENTINE
SHIRLEY was
born in Pennsylvania in 1740-1750's and died in Augusta Co. Virginia
in 1811.. He married Catherine Baer and they were the parents
of eight children.
Valentine Shirley
appears to be of German descent and Catherine was a member of
a Swiss-German family that also lived in Virginia. He was a successful
farmer.
Aug 10, 1777
Felty Shirly recommended for Ensign. Felty was a nickname for
Valentine. Feb. 17, 1778 Valentine was commissioned Ensign in
the militia. This reference and the Oath of Qualification have
been the basis for membership of his descendants in the DAR.
Aug 18, 1778 Vaentine Shirly and Jacob Barrier (Baer) appointed
road surveyors. Nov 16, 1779 Grand Jury presentments against
Valentine Shirley and forty three others for retailing liquors
without a license.
On June 8, 1811 Valentine sold his land in Augusta Co. VA
and on July 8th, 1811 he entered 480 acres in Orange Co. Indiana.
It is not known if he made the trip to Orange co. Indiana or
not as he made his will Sept 3, 1811 in Augusta Co. VA and was
in low health. His will was probated Sept 23,
1811.
children:
1. Mary
Barbara April
12, 1772 VA, died 1831 IN, married Samuel Baker Sept 24, 1791.
He was born May 1770 PA and died April 1842 IN. He was the son of: Phillip
Peter Baker Dec 23,1723 Germany, died Mar 1, 1801-1801 and Barbara
Schubic. Phillip was the son of Johann Nicholas Backer (Baker)
who married Anna Marie Schawnee Jan 1723. Johann is said to have
farmed in Frederick Co. VA before 1755. His will is written in
German and probated in 1762.
Their early married
life was spent in Rockingham Co. VA and most of their children
were born there. Their farm bordered on Augusta Co. VA and was
near the home of her father, Valentine. On March 16, 1807 they
sold 240 acres near the North and Middle Rivers to John Craig
for 540 pounds. Shortly afterwards the family migrated to Kentucky.
A descendant said they traveled by way of the Cumberland Gap
and the Wilderness Road to the Lexington KY area. They worked
for Henry Clay and boarded with the slaves on pickled pig's feet
and corn bread. Not liking the country or the habits of the people,
they loaded up again and started for the Indiana Territory about
1808. They settled in section 28 of Pierce Township in
Washington Co. where they obtained title to 240 acres.
Children
(1). Barbara Baker Aug
28, 1792 VA d. 1858 unmarried. Buried Baker Cemetery,
Washington Co. IN
(2). Catherine Baker Aug 28,
1792 (twin) died Aug 20, 1866 or 1868. She married John
Bush, Jr. They were the
parents of ten children.
(3). Valentine Baker June
1793 VA died Aug 7, 1859. He married 1st. Nancy Overton.
They were the parents
of five children. He married 2nd Mary Mahala Hamilton
and they were the parents of seven children.
(4). Elizabeth Baker 1795
VA died Jan 8, 1885, married Frederick Wyman. They were the parents of six children.
(5). Anna Baker 1796 VA died
1834, married Nathaniel B. Wilson. They
were the parents of six children.
(6). Mary Baker 1801 VA died
1867, married Joseph Wilson, Jr. , brother of Nathaniel. They were the parents of seven children.
(7). Jane Baker about 1804
died 1829, married Leonard Wyman, brother of Frederick. They had four children.
(8). son who died young.
(9). Zachariah Baker April
2, 1815 IN died May 3, 1861. He married 1st, Elizabeth Bixler,
no issue, married
2nd Sophia Green. They were the parents of eight children.
There may have been another
daughter who died at age 18. Her name was Sarah Baker
2. Jacob
Feb 9, 1774 VA,
died Dec 2, 1859 IN married Sally Cook Nov 22, 1810 Rockingham
Co. VA. She was born Jan 9, 1791 VA and died Mar 30, 1861 IN.
About 1814, Jacob and Sally made
the long journey to Indiana, bringing with them their infant
daughter born in 1814. Jacob first purchased land in Orange
County Indiana on Feb 11, 1815. He and his wife made their
home on this land, which was adjacent to lands entered by his
brother Henry and by Thomas Sewell, husband of his sister, Anna
Shirley. After the death of Anna and Thomas Sewell, Jacob
Shirley was named guardian of their children.
In 1816, the first school in
Orangeville Township was established at the Shirley place. In
1837 Jacob and Sally deeded 3 acres of their land to the school
district of Congressional Township for $1.00.
Sometime between 1815 and 1820,
a log mill was built by Jacob Shirley at the rise of Lost River,
which was also known as the Big Spring. This mill was run by
an undershot wheel which had one set of burrs on which corn was
ground. The top of the burr of this mill was
one solid stone taken from the vicinity of Cave Spring. It is
of flinty limestone. This was the first mill on lower Lost Rive,
and it was greatly needed to grind the corn to make meal for
the first settlers in this vicinity.
Jacob died in 1859...nearly 7
years later and Sarah in 1861. They are buried in a cemetery
on the property in Section 7 that they once owned and which Valentine
Shirley had entered in 1811. Jacob's brother Henry had been buried
there in 1847. Jacob's Bible was printed in 1833 and is
now located in the Museum of the Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell
Indiana. It records the dates of births, marriages, and deaths
of members of Jacob's family and also dates for the family of
his sister, Anna Shirley Sewell.
It is said that Jacob did not
care to live in a log house. He built a house which was pronounced
by travelers as the best house in the Ohio River Valley at that
time. A large part of the house was still standing and
in use in 1920. It is also said that Jacob's personality was
sometime arrogant and overbearing. One winder when the wheat
crop had failed and the people were really suffering for want
of flour, Jacob Shirley has a large quantity stored in his mill,
but he refused either to grind or sell it except at an exorbitant
price. He hoarded the grain for two or three years, until
it deteriorated and the crops were again plentiful and the prices
consequently lowered.
Jacob Shirley was a horse fancier.
In his later days he went to Virginia and came back with a span
of trotters, equipped with fine brass studded harnesses and hitched
to a splendid carriage. The horses were a bit too much for the
old gentleman to manage, however, and he sent back to Virginia
for a Negro coachman. Since he could not hold the man as a slave
in Indiana, he freed him and built a cabin for him and his wife,
and allowed them a tract of land to cultivate as long as they
lived.
Children
(1). Mary Ann May 11, 1814
VA died 1879 married Robert Higgins Aug 16, 1839.
Mary was about a year old when
her parents moved to Orange Co. IN. At the age of 25 she married
Robert Higgins, a farmer, living not far from her family. On
Feb 25, 1853 Robert and Mary Ann bought 400 acres from her parents.
Mary Ann died in 1879 In the 1880 census Robert Higgins is listed
as a liveryman living in the home of his daughter, Sarah Jane
Pipher at Shoals in Martin Co. IN. Both Mary Ann and Robert are
buried in the Higgins cemetery located on the land they had owned.
In 1978 the property was owned by Carl and Mildred Gromer.
Children: HIGGINS
A. Peyton Higgins Jan 7, 1840
m. Matilda Hammer Mar 20, 1862. Peyton
is not listed in the 1880 or 1900 IN census nor in the Orange
Co. IN cemetery records.
B. William T. Higgins Aug
19, 1844 d. 1869 buried Higgins cemetery
C. Alonzo Higgins May 19,
1847 d. 1925 m. Lydia A. Porter Dec 24, 1874. Both are buried
in Ames cemetery, Paoli.
D. Sarah Jane Higgins May
11, 1849 m. Levi Pipher April 13, 1871. He was the son of Hiram
Pipher born in NY. and his wife Rachel.
Levi Pipher was listed as a liveryman at Shoals in Martin Co.
in the 1880 census.
E. James H. or W. Higgins
Dec 12, 1851 (no info)
(2). Felix July 11, 1815 IN
died April 25, 1818
(3). Jane Sept 7, 1817 IN
died Nov 27, 1878, married 1st James Robert Hudelson who was
born Jan 17, 1816 and died Aug 16, 1843. They
had four children. She married 2nd Daniel Harrison Higgins
June 14, 1846. He was born Mar 19, 1823 TN and d. 1894 IN. He
was the son of William and Nancy Harrison Higgins. Jane and
Daniel had one daughter.
Children:
A. Frances Marion Hudelson
Feb 15m 1838 m. Luchina Ham June 31, 1859 who was the daughter
of Michael and Eliz. Mathers Ham.
B. Sarah Jane Hudelson July
1840 m. Zachariah Wilson Aug 16, 1860, a cousin, son of
Joseph and Mary Baker Wilson.
C. Samuel Hudelson Oct 3,
1842 He is probably the person who married Mary E. Pipher Dec
18, 1867.
D. James Harvey Hudelson April
1, 1844 (posthumous) d. Oct 27, 1924. Served in the 112th Reg.
IN Volunteers. m. 1st Cordelia Pinnick Sept 1, 1870, m
2nd Emeline Pinnick Oct 10, 1871, m. 3rd Nancy Ellen Bruner
Mar 4, 1881.
E. Eliza A. Higgins (child
by 2nd marriage) Sept 4, 1848 d. 1884 buried Higgins cemetery,
m. Marion Critchfield Dec 13, 1877.
(4). Peyton Aug 2, 1819 died
June 26, 1837
(5). Thomas S. Mar
2, 1821, died Feb 26, 1899, married Mary Jane Lafferty April
14, 1844. She was born
July 5, 1829 NC d. Dec 31, 1880.
Children:
A. Sarah E. Sept 3, 1845 d.
1866 buried Higgins cemetery, m. Francis M. Able Sept 3, 1865
son of William and Mildred Link Able.
B. Jacob P. April 20, 1847 m.
?
children:
(a). Wilfred T. 1871
(b). Thomas 1873
(c) Wesley 1875
(d). Ally 1878
C. George W. Aug 13, 1849
IN d. April 9, 1917 Osage Co. KS, m. Margaret M. Denny Nov 26,
1869
After George W. Shirleys death,
his widow married Mr. White.
children:
(a). Flora 1872
(b). Robert Allen 1874 d.
1916
children:
1. Harry John Dec 25, 1898
Was a barber in Hollywood,
CA. (Betty
Shirley talked to him by phone in the '80's. He was a very likable
person)
2. Edward Victor July 2, 1902
m. 1st. Frances Duane Hunt m. 2nd Bessie Ruth Jones.
After the death of his father,
he were adopted out. He took back the Shirley name when he became
of age.
3. Gilbert Glen
4. John Wayne
After the death of his
father, he were adopted out. He kept the surname name of his
adopted family. Name not known.
5. Lucile Lilly
6. Bessie Sadie
7. Robert Allen, Jr.
(c). Lydia A. 1876
(d). James F. 1878
(e). Harry
(f). George lived Pittsburg, Kansas
(g). Charles
(h). Fred lived Kansas City, Missouri
(i). William
(j). Sadie
D. Hester Ann May 12, 1852
E. John C. Nov 5, 1854
F. Eliza Ann Feb 21, 1856
G. Margaret E. April 27, 1859
m. Frank Burns, an undertaker in Lebo Kansas
H. Mary (Molly) May 6, 1862
m. Nina Griggs
I. Thomas Wilbur Aug 4, 1867
d. Dec 19, 1935 m. Maggie Mae Keller Sept 1898. They lived Osage City KS
children:
(a). Arley Calvin Oct 22,
1898 d. April 30, 1970 m. Winona Mae Branning
(b). Lillian Victoria Oct
29, 1902 m. 1st. Ralph L. Baxter Feb 17, 1920, m. 2nd Emery Sunday,
m. 3rd Carl R. Bruner
(6). Eliza Ann Oct 16, 1824
died Oct 3, 1905 married Zimri Henson Mar 19, 1840. He was born
1818 Ohio and died April 15, 1873.
Zimri Henson was a farmer in
Orangeville. He died in 1873 at age 55. Eliza Ann was living
with her daughter and son in law in the 1880 and 1900 census.
Child:
A. Margaret J. Hansen May
1, 1842 d. June 6, 1917 m. Samuel A. Davis April 16, 1863. He
was born Feb 1843 d. Mary 30, 1919.
3. John
Aug 2, 1776 VA,
married Ann Scott Oct 1, 1801 Rockingham Co. VA. His will
dated Oct 3, 1835 and recorded Dec 25, 1835 Lincoln Co. MO. He
bequeaths to John Foster all my right and interest in the following
named negroes (8) and all personal property.... and he is to
pay my brothers, Henry and Charles Shearly. Wit: William
Highsmith and F.K. Duncan.
Soon after their marriage,
John and Ann Shirley moved to Grainger Co. TN. There a number
of deeds in his name from 1809 to 1828. They
show he owned considerable land including some lots in Rutledge.
One property of 30 acres was called the "John Shirley sawmill
tract".
He is listed in the 1810 census with his wife, age 26-45
and with one boy and one girl, both under 10 years of age. Unfortunately,
there is no 1820 census as they were destroyed in a fire.
They do not appear in the 1830 census of TN.
In Nov 1811 John was in Augusta Co. VA participating
at the auction of his deceased father, Valentine. He purchased
a bed and furniture for $12.50, a money scale $1.75, a coffee
mill $1.12, some vials and bottles $5.25.
In August 1814 John and Ann
signed an affidavit in Grainger Co. TN relating to Valentine's
estate.
Before the death of his mother
in 1834, he had borrowed substantially from her. In the final
settlement of her estate in 1844-6 the Orange County IN court
papers mention "the unknown heirs of John Shirley".
The court also determined that John Shirley "was and is
entirely insolvent, "and that his unknown heirs would not
receive any share of the estate.
The last record for him was a sale on Feb 8, 1828 of two
adjoining parcels of 100 acres each, one being land he bought
in 1810.
(from Betty Shirley... Several years ago, I found him in Lincoln
Co MO in the 1830 census and I found the will as mentioned above).
Names of Children not Known....
4. Henry
March 26, 1779
VA, died Dec 22, 1847, married Catherine Wyman Dec 19,
1812 as recorded in Corydon in Harrison Co. IN . She was
born May 29, 1790 NC and died Oct 8, 1872. (She lived with her son George
after Henry died).
Henry came to Indiana about 1809
according to his grandson, William C. Shirley. He located in
Jackson Twp. in Washington Co. northwest of New Albany where
his sister, Barbara and her husband Samuel Baker had settled.
It was probably here that he met his wife, Catherine Wyman. She
was the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Kern) Wyman who had
come to Jackson Twp in 1807 from KY.
Henry volunteered in the War
of 1812. He served as a private in Capt. Hiram C. Boone's Company,
Fifth Regiment Indiana Militia from Aug 21, 1812 to Sept 28,
1812. He was paid $8.59. Any other details of his service
are unknown.
Henry and Jacob lived together
for a time on land bought by their father, Valentine, who had
died in 1811. These two brothers with families arrived too late
to clear ground and put in crops.
Henry built a double log house
with chimney between and fireplaces to face each room. There
were two large rooms. This was one and a half stories high with
porch running the full length of the house.
Henry was active in the Methodist
Church. In the history of Orange Co. it is stated that the society
now known as Wesley Chapel was called at its organization, Bruner's
Chapel, organized before 1830 probably at the home of Henry Shirley.
The first meeting was held at the Henry Shirley schoolhouse,
and afterward at the home of A. Bruner...... Among the early
members of this church were Henry Shirley, his wife, mother and
family, Nathaniel B. Wilson... and others. In 1837 Henry Shirley
was a trustee of the Methodist church of Paoli.
In the late 1830's, Henry Shirley,
his wife and all of his children, except George, moved to Richland
Co. IL. Her he owned 480 acres upon which he farmed until
1846, when his health failed. He then returned with his wife
and daughters, Harriet and Susan, to his farm in Orange Co. IN
near his son George. Henry did not execute a will until the day
he died. The will was probated Jan 4, 1848 with bond of $4000
provided by his son George Shirley and son-in-law, Andrew Wilson,
executors.
children
(1). George Oct 5, 1813 Washington
Co. IN, died Sept 21, 1895, married Elizabeth Wilson Sept 13,
1838 Orange Co. IN. She was born Feb 6, 1822, died May 5, 1891.
They were the parents
of five children. [Catherine, George's mother,
lived with them until she died in 1872].
children
A. William Crawford Aug 31,
1839, died Aug 14, 1832, married Mary Ellen Hicks March 19, 1867.
She was born May 1847 d. 1907
children:
(a). Charles Hicks Dec 29,
1867 d. Feb 12, 1918 m. Maud Hardy May 20, 1896. She was born Dec 20, 1866 d. Aug 8, 1949
children:
1. Mary Margaret Feb 7, 1899
d. June 11, 1946 Graduated
from Indiana University in 1922. She received her PHD in psychology
from the University of Minnesota in 1927. She taught schools
at various places.
2. Hardy Lomax Nov 20, 1900
m. Mary Hayward Connard April 22, 1930 He graduated from Indiana University,
was Dean of New York Forestry at Syracuse, retiring as
Emeritus Dean in 1967
3. Samuel Crawford April 26,
1902 m. Mayree Ballantine Dec 2, 1929 He
received the a. B. and A. M. degrees in chemistry from Indiana
University in 1924. He retired in 1960 after a long career with
the American Can Company in Illinois and New York City, followed
by research for U. S. Steel until 1967.
(b). Fred Lee Oct 13, 1870
m. Rebecca Pearl Millis May 18, 1897. She was born Dec 26, 1873
d. Mar 23, 1953. There were the parents of 5 children.
children:
1. Millis George Mar 25, 1898
d. June 12, 1946
2. Harold James Mar 29, 1900
d. Sept 18, 1965 m. Ruby Daugherty Allen (widow with children
and grandchildren) NO CHILDREN
3. John William Mar 1902 d.
Nov 17, 1974 m. Dorothy Carmaechal July 4, 1942. Divorced.
4. Robert Hicks Aug 3, 1906 d. April 3, 1979 m. Ruth Ann
Beatty June 28, 1941
NO CHILDREN
5. Franck Lewis July 12, 1912 m. Ruth Eleanor Martin
(c). Nelle Sept 1877 d. 1965
m. Arthur Lewis
B. Henry Wilson May 15, 1842,
died Jan 28, 1919, married Nancy Emily McKnight May 18, 1870.
children:
(a). Oscar Harry Sept 25,
1871 d. Mar 10, 1936 m. 1st. Clara A. __ born 1869 d. 1923 m.
2nd Dolly Packwood.
(b). Arthur Clare Jan 12,
1875 d. July 13, 1876
(c). Helena Grace Sept 11,
1878 m. David Andrew Rothrock May 25, 1948 (Henry
Rothrock's ancestor)
(d). Wayne McKnight Dec 3,
1880 d. Mar 18, 1938 m. 1st. Clara__, m. 2nd Hazel Nockels
C. LeRoy O'Blenis Sept 20,
1845 died Nov 9, 1926, married Mary Emily Campbell April 7, 1870. She
was born Mar 24, 1849 d. Aug 18, 1914.
children:
(a). Edward C. Dec 1870 died
in the 1950's unmarried
(b). Maude L. Oct 1872 d.
before 1943 unmarried
(c). Lena Pearl 1873
(d). Herbert W. Aug 1879 d.
Mar 17, 1944 (?), m. 1st Nellie E. Wires Dec 10, 1907, m. 2nd
Etta Innes
He became a missionary of the
Nazarene Church in South Africa.
(e). Ethel Feb 1884 d. Feb
22, 1933 m. Corwin A. Pierson Mar 10, 1908
(f). Ralph Campbell April
11, 1890 d. Nov 1947 m. Lelan Mae Trinkle June 16, 1916
D. Samuel Albert April 22,
1849, died Mar 15, 1854
E. Maria Lavinia Eliz. July
5, 1857, died Aug 1931, married Nathan McPherson Feb 13, 1879.
children: McPHERSON
(a). Harry George Nov 1879
(b). Hattie Nov 1881 m. E.
N. "Ted" Jones
(c). Roy April 1884 m. 1st.
Geneva McKinney, m. 2nd Florence __
(d). David July 1888 m. Pearl
Walker
(2). Garrett Aug 20, 1815, died Jan 14, 1873,
married Mary Cropper Aug 29, 1844. She was born April 19, 1824
and died Dec 2, 1898. They were the parents of eight children.
children (all born in IL)
A. Nancy Catherine June 1,
1846, died Jun 1921, m. Jefferson Jackson Oct 16, 1872.
children:
(a). Edna JACKSON Feb 22,
1879 d. Jun 1921
B. Martha Jane Jan 9, 1849,
died Dec 23, 1889, married Reuben Ard Sept 17, 1878. (no children
surviving 1900)
C. Margaret Lucy June 4, 1851,
died may 8, 1924, m. 1st Lot Basden, (9 children), m. 2nd John
Strouse, no issue.
children: BASDEN
(a). Harry M. Aug 30, 1871
d. Jan 20, 1941
(b). Addied M. Oct 3, 1873
m. Dell McAlister
(c). Albert G. July 6, 1876
(d). Andrew L. Feb 27, 1879
Twin
(e). Henry C. Feb 27, 1879
Twin
(f). Charles A. Nov 9, 1882
(g). M. Catherine April 20,
1885 m. George Abbott
(h). Martha J. Nov 29, 1887
(i). Roy Lot Feb 3, 1891 d.
Oct 14, 1891
D. George Washington Feb 9,
1854, died Nov 28, 1929, m 1st Sarah Lucinda Landis June
2, 1878 (5 children), m. 2nd Mrs. Carrie Donaghue. They lived
in Chicago in 1919.
children:
(a). Sarah Elizabeth Feb 8,
1880 m. Mr. Thorsen
(b). William Ellsworth Oct
17, 1884
(c). Mary Etta Dec 5, 1885
m. Anton Hansen
(d). Gilbert Elmer Nov 24,
1888
(e). Nellie Elsie Dec 12,
1890 m. Clinton Thomas
E. Dora Ann Sept 19, 1856,
died Jan 8, 1919 KS, m. 1st Hiram Cochran Nov 16, 1876 (7 children),
m. 2nd Russell Carter. No issue
F. Frances Leanna July 15,
1859, died after 1940, m. Thomas Martin Wilshire Oct 3, 1883
children: WILSHIRE
(a). William Aug 14, 1884
d. June 29, 1926
He injured his spine in a fall in 1924, leading to his death.
(b). Mary Ethel Nov 7, 1885
m. Edward Joseph Schutter
(c). Dell June 21, 1889 m.
Gordon Elmer Corey June 14, 1922
G. Henry Grant Mar 4, 1862,
died Aug 5, 1926, m. 1st Emma Jane Malone Mar 25, 1897 m. 2nd
Lida Richardson-Fritchey. He lived in Caspar Wyoming in 1919.
NO ISSUE KNOWN
H. Mary Della Sept 21, 1865,
died July 15, 1921, m. Frank Stoops, June 26, 1904. They lived
Denver, CO.
NO ISSUE
(3). Annie June
12, 1818, died Mar 4, 1838, married William Bracey. She died at the birth of her first child.,
Henry Bracey, who was cared for by the Henry and Catherine Shirley
(grandparents).
child:
A.. Henry Bracey, cared for by the Henry and Catherine
Shirley (grandparents). He married and had two sons. Henry
was killed in the Civil War at Stones River, Murfreesboro, TN.
The two boys went west and nothing is know of them.
(4). Margaret July 18, 1820,
m. 1st Eli Heartsell, m. 2nd Isaac Boggs.
Children:
A. Elizabeth Hartzell ca.
1847 m. John Boggs
B. Matilda Hertsell
C. Garrett Hertsell ca 1851
IL m. Mattie Davis
D. Isaac Boggs, Jr. m. 1nst
Alpha Jenkins, 2nd ____ Galespie
E. Mary Jane Boggs twin of
Isaac, m. Shannon McConnell
F. Jacob Boggs
G. Joseph Boggs (twin of Jacob)
H. Newton Boggs
I. Idalette Boggs m. ____
Galespie
(5). Catherine March 29, 1822,
died before 1860. She married William Young Christy June 4, 1844.
In 1850 they were living
in Lawrence Co. IL.
Children:
A. Harried L. Christy m. John
Sheridan
B. Joseph Christy m. Harriet
Rose
(6). John Wesley Oct 22, 1825,
d. __, m. Catherine McManis b. ca. 1826 IL and
they were the parents of at least five children. They
lived in Richland Co. IL in 1850 and in Lawrence Co. IL in 1860.
In 1869 a John W. Shirley m. Barbara Theobolt
William C. Shirley said... John
was not as industrious as other members of Henry Shirley's family.
He could fish a little and hunt a little and drink a little whiskey.
He married a Catholic woman. Several children were born of
whom all trace is lost.
Known children:
A.. Elizabeth b. ca. 1847
IL
B. Charles B. b. ca.
1848 IL
C. Ann b. ca. 1852 IL
D. Catherine b. ca. 1854 IL
E. John b. ca. 1858 IL
(7). Susan Feb 17, 1828, died
May 2, 1915, married Enos Halbert Jan 16, 1848.
Children:
A. Mary Frances Catherine
Halbert Mar 25, 1849 d. May 24, 1940 m. John A. Wilson (Lived Mitchell Co. KS and later in Sacramento
CA)
B. Sarah Elizabeth Halbert
Oct 18, 1854 d. 1874 buried Wesley Chapel in Orange Co. IN
C. Seth Henry Halbert
Mar 16, 1857 d. April 11, 1931 m. Emma Campbell. (no children)
D. Cynthia Harried Halbert
Oct 8, 1859 d. Dec 27, 1931 m. Jacob P. Jones
E. Emma Susan Halbert Nov
22, 1863 d. June 26, 1941 m. Hubert H. Briggs
F. Lucy Ann Halbert Dec 7,
1866 d. Aug 15, 1957 m. Frank W. Briggs
G. Maggie Ellen Halbert Mar
17, 1869 d. Oct 20, 1948 m. Horace Hasting Hand July 6, 1894.
(8). Mary Ann Oct 28, 28,
1831, died 1833/1836?
(9). Harriet July 15, 1834,
died ca. 1914, m. Harley Kingsbury.
Children:
A. Catherine Maria Kingsbury
1851 m. James McNeal
B. Frances "Frank"
Kingsbury 1853 m. Hanson Saxon
C. Clara Kingsbury 1855 m.
Samuel Craig
D. Jennie Kingsbury 1858 Levi
Stout
5. Charles
April 2, 1782
married
Sarah Ingledore ca. 1807. By 1809 they had left Augusta
Co. VA and were living in Kentucky.
(Please see email
request at bottom of page)
Charles had borrowed
substantially from his mother, so did not participate in the
distribution of her property in 1845. In 1850 Charles is listed
in the 1850 census of Clay Co. IL.
It is said by
an old family historian of long ago that Charles was killed by
pirates on the Mississippi River while taking staves to New Orleans.
No will or administration has been found for Charles.
William C. Shirley
(b.1839) said: Charles gave up his holdings in Indiana and moved
to Illinois at the same time or before Henry Shirley went there.
I recollect going for a a visit to Charles and to my Grandfather
Henry Shirley's house in about 1842. Charles lived in a brick
house out there on the edge of the plains. In those days most
of the houses were log cabins, and a brick house indicated real
prosperity. It took us about a day to drive from Grandfather
Henry's to Uncle Charles' place. Uncle Charles was a great hunter.
He was not at home when we drove up that evening, but he soon
came in wagging a deer on his back. I was only a little chap
of four or five, so I do not remember much about the visit. I
do recall that there were two wheelbarrows in the yard, the first
I had ever seen. He also had several stands of bees, and I recollect
that Jackson, Adam Shirley's son, and another boy wheeled the
barrows among those bees and got badly stung. There were
two or three women around the house. There was no timber close
to the house. He just lived on the edge of a prairie. Uncle
Charles had formerly lived on the old Hamm place in Orange Co.,
and had built a log house and barn there before he moved to IL.
Known
children
(1).
Indiana b. ca. 1809 KY, m. John A. McCauley Dec 11,
1838 Orange Co. IN. (4 children)
Children:
A. Sarah J.
McCauley 1840 IL
B. William
S. McCauley 1842 IL
C. Harriet
McCauley 1845 IL
D. Margaret
C. McCauley 1852 IL
(2). Jennings 1820
IN (no info)
(3).
Huron b. ca. 1825 IN, m. 1st Susan ___, (1 son),
m. 2nd Cynthia (4 children listed in 1880 census)
Children:
A. William
F. (1st marriage) b. May 1850
B. George
W. 1858 IL
C. Mary E.
1865 IL
D. Clementine
1869 IL
E. Roseann
1876 IL
(4).
Catherine 1825 IN
(5).
Alexander 1826 IN (no info)
(6).
Samuel 1828 IN (no
info)
(7).
Demanda (Amanda) 1830 IN
(8).
Mary 1832 IN
IN THE 1850 CENSUS IT LISTS MISSOURI
SHIRLEY BORN 1839 MS. LIVING IN THIS HOUSEHOLD.
1860 Census Jennings, Alexander,
Samuel and Amanda are listed in the one household in Clay Co.
IL
6. Adam
July 17, 1786,
died 1842-43, m. Elleander ___.
Adam appears to have gone to
Orange Co. IN in 1815 along with the others of the family. Land
had been entered for him there in 1813. The history of Orange
Co. states that he was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1817
and that he voted in Northwest Twp in 1819. In 1819 he officiated
at a marriage.
Adam appears to have gone to Orange Co. IN in 1815 along with
the others of the family. Land had been entered for him there
in 1813. The history of Orange Co. states that he was appointed
a Justice of the Peace in 1817 and that he voted in Northwest
Twp in 1819. In 1819 he officiated at a marriage.
Adam owned 80 acres and about
1820 the county authorized him to build a toll bridge over Lost
River on his land. The bridge was never built. In 1830 he transferred
the land to his brother Charles. It appears that Adam lived for
a short time in Martin Co. which adjoins Orange Co. On Aug 12,
1819 he entered 320 acres but later relinquished the claim. In
1820 he ran for sheriff of Martin Co. IN and won, receiving 68
votes versus 60 for his opponent. His election was disallowed
because he had not qualified as a resident of Martin Co for 12
months. He is not listed in the 1820 Indiana census index.
An Orange Co. IN Court record shows he was unmarried in Feb 1818.
In 1830 Adam appears on the census for Washington Co.
Mississippi. His wife was 20-29, 3 females 10-14, 1 female 5-9
and 1 female under 5 with no slaves.
In 1840 he was 50-59, with a male 30-39, a female 30-39,
a male 5-9, 2 girls under 5, and 2 slaves.
On May 14, 1839, Adam executed a deed of trust naming his
wife Elleander and children Andrew, Martha and Missouri, also
eight slaves. By this deed Adam mortgaged a plantation of 671.5
acres in Washington Co. Mississippi, Book 1` page 279.
William C. Shirley wrote about
1925 that... Adam Shirley went south, locating in Mississippi
and had a plantation and Negro slaves. He married and had two
children. His wife died and he was killed by his overseer. His
children, quite small, were brought north and raised by Jacob
and Henry Shirley (brothers of Adam). Their names were Jackson
and Missouri. Jackson Shirley learned the tinner's trade
at Paoli in Orange Co. IN under the system then in vogue, after
which he settled near Kokomo in Howard Co. IN. and married.
Known Children
(1). Martha m.
Parish Jenkins (no
info)
(2). Andrew Jackson Mar 12,
1832 MS, died June 13, 1916 Cass Co. IN, m. Mary Jane Walton
Feb 5, 1854. She was born July 15, 1835 TN and died Oct 9, 1911
Cass Co. IN. They were
the parents of 10 children.
children:
A. Morgan Adam Dec 3, 1854
Galveston, Indiana, died June 1, 1927 Oakland California, m.
1st Dora E. Stanley m. 2nd Jennie Putnam Briggs Crawford born
Aug 27, 1870 Marshalltown Iowa, died Aug 29, 1962 California.
He is recorded in the 1880
census Cass Co. Indiana as a tinner.
Morgan Shirley,
Morgan Jr., & Lola Marie
children: (by Jennie)
(a). Lola Marie April
1, 1903
(b). Morgan Adam, Jr.
May 12, 1905 Oregon, m. Vida Elizabeth Boehnck (Peg Coady's ancestor)
B. John Wesley May 3, 1856,
probably died young
C. Mary Ellen Dec 13, 1858,
m. George M. Bell in Cass Co. IN Dec 9, 1886. (son: Everett Bell)
D. Dora Rebecca Nov 17, 1860
d. __, buried Galveston, m William A. King April 29, 1883 Cass
Co. IN
F. Adolphus Dec 31, 1863,
probably died young
G. Franklin Benjamin Aug 11,
1865, m. Althea Jane Bowyer Sept 9, 1886. (2 children)
H. William Henry May 3, 1868
Plymouth IN d. June 26, 1950 CA m. Anne June Daggett April 7,
1892 Cass Co. IN
I. Grace June 19, 1872 d.
Jan 31, 1963 Logansport, IN m. Frederick Enoch May 18, 1892 Cass
Co. IN
J. Agnes Blanche Aug 16, 1880
d. Feb 28, 1974 Logansport, IN m. Jay Downs Sept 10, 1902
(3). Missouri b. ca. 1839
Mississippi, died Howard Co. IN, m. Samuel Benjamin Weddel Feb
28, 1857 in Howard Co. IN. (3
known children). Samuel Weddel died in Champaign Co. Ohio
July 1888.
Note: Samuel Weddel is listed
in the 1880 census of Champaign Co. Ohio with 3 children, also
Martha his 2nd wife, age 28, daughters Cora age 4 and Effa age
2, both born in Ohio.
children:
A. Benjamin Weddel ca. 1860
IN
B. Cora Belle Weddel Mar 1,
1861 Howard Co. IN, died Feb 29, 1960 m, James Wesley Bailey
Aug 11, 1881
C. Ina Weddel ca 1863 IN
7. Anna
Elizabeth (Betsey) Feb
19, 1790, died Jan 5, 1881, m. Andrew Wilson Dec 25, 1815. He
was born Aug 5, 1789 VA and died Oct 7, 1853. They were the parents of 7 children.
Anna Elizabeth was called Betsey and in her father's (Valentine)
will she was bequeathed a brown mare named Jin and her colt and
2 cows, or $124, also 1 good feather bed and furniture, as well
as her equal share of the estate. At the sale in 1811 she bought
a black filly for six pounds six shillings. The final settlement
of Valentine's estate shows that she chose the money instead
of the animals and that she also received $267.
Betsey with her mother and others of her family came to Indiana
in 1815. On July 7, 1815 she entered 160 acres in Paoli Twp,
Orange Co. IN. She was the first woman to enter land in the township
and the only woman among 121 persons who entered land there through
1819 according to the history of Orange Co IN.
children
(1). Amanda Jane Wilson Aug
6, 1818, died July 6, 1857, m. Michael Lindsey Jan 31, 1839.
He was born Feb 6, 1807 KY, d. Jan 31, 1881. They are buried
in the Green Hill cemetery, Orleans. They
were the parents of 6 children.
children:
A. Mary Elizabeth Lindsey
1842 (no info)
B. Eliza Oreon Lindsey Nov
30, 1843 d. July 14, 1923 m. Thomas G. Street. He was born
Mar 29, 1841 d. Mar 3, 1901 and was a Civil War Veteran. Both
buried in the Bethel IOOF cemetery in Orangeville.
C. Andrew Wilson Lindsey Feb
24, 1846 d. Mar 26, 1917 m. Lavinia J. Quackenbush Mar 18, 1869.
She was born Jan 12, 1846 d. Feb 9, 1936. Both are buried Fairview
cemetery Orleans.
D. Ann Catherine Lindsey b.
1849 d. 1872
E. James Henry Lindsey Aug
2, 1850 m. Martha ____.
F. Marquis DeLafayette Lindsey
(no info)
(2). Mary Wilson June 11,
1820, d. Feb 7, 1913, m. Alfred Bruner Dec 29, 1836. He was b.
Apr 5, 1815 KY, d. Sept or Oct 26, 1898.
Children:
A. Amanda Jane Bruner Oct
8, 1838 d. April 7, 1910 m. Moses F. Ham Jan 6, 1859
B. Hester Ann Bruner Nov 7,
1840 m. Joseph Bruner Sept 6, 1866
C. Lucy Ann Bruner Mar 3,
1843 d. Aug 15, 1928 m. Silas Joel Halbert Feb 22, 1967.
D. Maria Bruner April 29,
1845 d. Sept 6, 1920 m. John Millis Sept 3, 1867
E. Nancy Ellen Bruner Dec
30, 1847 d. Dec 30, 1847 m. James Harvey Hudelson Mary 3, 1881,
a cousin, she was his 4th wife.
F. Joseph Wilson Bruner April
23, 1850 d. Feb 27, 1854
G. Elizabeth Bruner Dec 6,
1852 d. June 7, 1962
H. Luther Mathers Bruner May
30, 1855 d. Feb 17, 1861
I. Alfred Wilson Bruner April
17, 1858 d. Mar 18, 1939 m. Flora Faucett April 17, 1879
J. Newton Thompson Bruner
Sept 23, 1860 d. May 17, 1878
(3). James Harvey Wilson
June 15, 1822, d. Aug 1, 1833
(4). Ann Catherine Wilson
Aug 5, 1825, d. May 16, 1906, m. Thomas Luther Mathers Mar 5,
1846.
Children:
A. William C. Mathers 1844
B. Joseph H. Mathers 1848
m. 4th Elizabeth Hudelson
C. Mary Elzora Mathers Dec
20, 1849 IN d. Dec 16, 1936 KS m. James V. Moore April 2, 1872
D. Maria J. Mathers Mar 1852
d. 1940 m. Robert A. Street Oct 21, 1869
E. Florence Mathers May 29,
1853 d. 1941 m. Eli W. Monical Sept 19, 1872
F. Lucy Mathers 1856 m. Henry
Murray Feb 18, 1875
G. Margaret Mathers Aug 1858
d. 1939 m. Jacob W. Cowherd Feb 28, 1886
H. Moses A. Mathers Dec 3,
1860 d. April 3, 1901 m. Elizabeth Porter June 25, 1996
I. Emma Mathere 1863 m. Douglas
Burton Mar 18, 1891
J. George A. Mathers
1866 d. 1877
(5). Joseph Wilson Sept 3,
1828, d. Jan 3, 1864 in Civil War, m. Rilla Brown.
Child:
A.. Ida Wilson
(6). Lucinda Lingle Wilson
April 9, 1831, d. Jan 31, 1837
(7). Mariah Wilson b. Dec
14, 1834, d. Nov 1924, m. William Harvey Porter Springer Aug
12, 1856. He was born Jan 23, 1832, d. July 19, 1889. (He was the son of John Slaymaker and
Susan Nichols Springer). William Harvey Porter Springer
was a physician in Orange Co. IN and later in Illinois or Missouri.
Child:
A. Ida Wilson m. Scott Powers,
and they lived Wichita KS.
8. Anna
Catherine Feb
29, 1792 VA, d. Nov 18, 1833, m. Thomas Sewell Oct 6, 1814. He
was born Nov 6, 1791 and d. Aug 10, 1834. They
were the parents of 5 children.
Anna was 19 when her father died. He bequeathed her a horse
and two cows, or $124, and one good feather bed and furniture
in addition to her share of the estate. Her only purchase at
the sale on Nov 7, 1811 was a desk for four pounds, one shilling.
In the final settlement of the estate her share was $310.13 plus
the $124 in place of the animals. Anna signed a deed in Augusta
Co. VA on June 16, 1814, and after her marriage to Thomas Sewell
on Oct 6, 1814, she and Thomas both signed the deed.
children
(1). Fletcher Sewell Oct 9,
1818, d. after 1880, m. Catherine Osborn Jan 23, 1845.
Children in the census:
A. George Sewell 1846
B. Mary A. Sewell 1848
C. Sarah J. Sewell 1850
D. John T. Sewell 1852
E. Lafayette Sewell 1855
F. Emma A. Sewell 1856
G. Nancy M. Sewell 1861 m.
William H. Gibson Aug 28, 1898
(2). Elizabeth Sewell June
15, 1821, d. 1844-45, m. James M. Campbell July 4, 1842. No issue
known.
(3). Virginia Sewell Sept
22, 1824, d. July 15, 1900, m. John Solomon C. Reynolds Nov 14,
1850. He was born May 1, 1823 IN and d. June 4, 1893.
Children:
A. George Oscar Reynolds 1851
d. 1895
B. child died young
(4). Mary Ann Sewell Feb 10,
1828. d. 1865, m. Joel Lindley. He was born April 23, 1823 and
died Sept 26, 1851.
Children:
A. Anna C. Lindley 1846
B. Joseph A. Lindley Mar 20,
1848 d. April 22, 1867
C. Emma D. Lindley April 3,
1851 d. Feb 25, 1864
(5). George Washington Sewell
April 20, 1830. (no
info)
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