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In an old
Bible dated 1816: "Walter Shirley landed in America from
England about 1726"
He is said to have landed in
the colony of New Jersey. He and his wife migrated to Shenandoah
Valley area of Virginia prior to 1745. They settled on a tract
of land consisting of 800 acres lying on "the great waggon
road" near Keyes Ferry in Frederick County Virginia.
Walter Shirley research
by Jack V. Williams
Jack began his Shirley research
in 1982. As you will see in the "notes" and the
"End Notes" he has tried to document all that he could
so that those who might wish to do so could go to the source
to satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of the data.
This presentation is limited
to the first 5 generations in Jack's research. Plus, all children
and later generations in the female line (daughters' descendants)
have also been removed. Please refer to the link at the top of
this page to view these removed families.
Generation
No. 1
1. WALTER1
SHIRLEY was born May
27, 1690 in most likely England, and died 1755 in Frederick County,
Virginia.
Notes for WALTER SHIRLEY:
The first documented evidence of Walter Shirley's presence in
America is his appearance on a 1733 list of taxables in St. Leonards
Creek Hundred, Calvert County, Maryland. This list is reproduced
on pages 377-8 of "A History of Calvert County Maryland"
by Charles Francis Stein, published 1976 in cooperation with
the Calvert County Historical Society. Walter is found
at page 378 (his name does not appear in the index). Also
in the St. Leonard's Creek Hundred list of taxables (at page
377, and not listed in the index) are "at Robert Avis' -Jarvis
Avis, Robert Avis, Jun," the father and brothers of
Dorcus Avis who married Walter Shirley.
Walter Shirley first appears
in the records of Virginia thus far located by this writer in
"Court Orders of Frederick County, 1743-1745," Vol.
I, page 294. There he is found to have sued William Jay for the
sum of "One pound Sixteen Shillings" at a court held
for Frederick County "...on Saturday the 9th day of March,
1744" (Walter won as Wm. Jay failed to appear).
Walter appears in the records of the Frederick County Court on
two other occasions where suits he brought were discontinued
because agreement with the defendants were reached (Aug., 8,
1746 and Jun., 8, 1748).
In "Court Orders and Petitions of Frederick County, 1748-1751,"
Vol. III, page 46, it is noted that on March 7, 1748, "Walter
Shirley is hereby Appointed Constable in the room of Samuel Walker,
and it is Ordered that the Sheriff Summon him to appear at the
next Court to be sworn into the said Office accordingly."
In the Northern Neck records of the Virginia Land Office, held
by the Virginia State Library, there are three grants of land
by Thomas Lord Fairfax to Walter Shirley. They are: 1)
404 acres granted 13 Oct 1750 (Book G, p. 438), 2) 311
acres granted 20 Jun 1751 (Bk. H, p. 3--this grant surveyed by
George Washington), and 3) 472 acres granted 18 Nov 1752 (Bk.
H, p. 226). The total of these acreages is 1,187, a fact
that has caused some confusion among Shirley researchers, since
Walter bequeathed only 783 acres of land in his July 10, 1755
Will (Frederick Co. Will Book, Vol 2, page 175). According
to his Will the 783 acres he bequeathed constituted "the
full quantity contained in two separate deeds obtained from the
Right Honorable Lord Thomas Fairfax." Any question
concerning how much land Walter Shirley actually obtained from
Lord Fairfax can be easily resolved by comparing the land description
contained in the 1750 with that of 1752 grant. That is,
it can be seen that they are both one and the same property,
the 1752 deed being a re-survey of the 1750 grant.
In Walter Shirley's Will (source cited above) he divides his
land between sons Walter, Jarvis, James, and Robert, and his
"moveable estate" between them and his daughters Sarah
and Dorcas. In a Codicil to his Will Walter gave 60 acres
of land out of the 183 originally given to son Robert, to his
"..well beloved friend and brother Francess Avis" for
"..the good will I bare to him, and more especially that
he may live near my said wife [Dorcus] to be their friend and
councilor seeing that my said son [Robert] have a good schooling
and learning."
A very interesting and sadly humorous Accounting to the Court
of charges to Walter's estate may be found in the Frederick County,
Virginia, Will Book 3, page 125.
married DORCAS AVIS, daughter of ROBERT AVIS and ANN JARVIS.
She was born November 21, 1708 in Port Republic, Calvert County,
Maryland1, and died in Frederick County, Virginia.
Notes for DORCAS AVIS:
A record of the birth of Dorcus and her sister Jane and brother
Jarvis may be found in the International Genealogy Index (IGI)
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons).
They are in the IGI of Port Republic, Calvert County, Maryland,
and are taken from the records of the Christ Church.
Children of WALTER SHIRLEY and
DORCAS AVIS are:
2. i. WALTER2 SHIRLEY, JR., b. Abt. 1728, Maryland (?); d. 1805,
Jefferson County, West Virginia.
3. ii. JARVIS SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1730, Maryland (?); d.
1818, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
4. iii. JAMES SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1732, Maryland (?); d.
Abt. 1785, Berkeley County, (West) Virginia.
iv. SARAH SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1734, Maryland (?); m. (UNKNOWN)
MILLER.
v. DORCAS SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1736, Maryland (?).
5. vi. ROBERT SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1738, Virginia; d. Abt.
1813, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Generation
No. 2
2. WALTER2
SHIRLEY, JR. (WALTER1)
was born Abt. 1728 in Maryland (?), and died 1805 in Jefferson
County, West Virginia.
Notes for WALTER SHIRLEY, JR.:
For many years after his father's death Walter Shirley lived
on the parental plantation near Keyes Ferry, and then later near
Charles Town, West Virginia, where he died in April 1804.
Walter served in Rutherford's Rangers at the time of the French
and Indian War (Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. 7, p. 215).
The following notation appears in the records of the Virginia
Land Office, Richmond, Virginia, in French and Indian Bounty
Warrants, Vol. 2, p. 537:
"Berkeley Sct.
March Court, 1780 "Walter Shirley personally appeared in
Court and made oath in the holy
Evangelist of Almighty God that in the year 1758 and 1759 he
served as a soldier in a company of Rangers Commanded by Captain
Robert Rutherford and embodied under an Act of the Assembly of
Virginia until it was Reduced and that he hath never Received
any Land for his services under the King of Great Britain's Proclamation
of 1763 the above affidavit was Supported by a Certificate under
the hand of said Robert Rutherford which is Ordered to be Certified.
"Teste Will Drew Cl. Cur.
"No. 14 Walter Shirley 1064"
An extensive history of Rutherford's Rangers by Colonel Robert
L. Bates may be found in Vol. 4 (1938), page 4, of "The
Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society."
Walter and his brothers James and Jarvis are mentioned.
It is believed that Walter's wife Esther (or Hester) died
not long after the birth of their last child Lawrence Vance Shirley
(b. ca.1785). Walter married 2nd to Margaret Riley, widow of
Richard Riley. That Walter did so is based on the following:
1) a deed executed by "Walter Shirley and Margaret his wife"
dated February 9, 1804 (Deed Book 2, page 111, Jefferson County,
West Virginia), and witnessed by "Martha Arendorf"
who was mentioned in Walter's Will as his housekeeper. 2) A Berkeley
County newspaper article dated February 19, 1829, which states
that "Mrs. Margaret Shirley, aged 72 years, relict of Walter
Shirley, formerly of Charlestown, Jefferson County, Virginia"
died at the residence of Richard Riley [her son] in Belmont County,
Ohio. 3) In a private publication called "The Riley Manuscripts,"
a history of the Richard Riley family gathered by Jesse Keyser
Riley of Bealsville, Ohio, it is noted in the family records
of Ephriam Shirley, by his son Benjamin F. Shirley in 1912, that
Margaret Riley "married Walter Shirley, Samuel Shirley's
father."
Walter's Will is recorded in Will Book 1, page 205, Jefferson
County, West Virginia. In it he leaves his land to sons
James and Lawrence, on the express condition that they together
pay son Samuel the sum of "twenty five pounds currency"
within one year of his death. The remainder of his estate
was to be equally divided between his "son David and my
daughters Elizabeth French, Nancy Campbell, Margaret Wysong,
and Mary Barton." His last request was that his housekeeper
Martha Arendorff [probably Orndorff] be moved with her property
to her home in Loudoun County at no expense to her. Wife
Margaret is not mentioned in the Will. Walter's brother
Robert and son-in- law Michael Wysong were made his executors.
married (1) HESTER VANCE, daughter of JAMES VANCE and MARY HOGUE.
She was born Abt. 1738, and died Abt. 1784. He married
(2) MARGARET (UNKNOWN) Abt. 1798. She was born Abt. 1757,
and died February 19, 1829 in Belmont County, Ohio2.
Notes for HESTER VANCE:
The approximate year of Hester (Vance) Shirley's death is established
by the Vance Family Historian Rose Barton Tyler who asserted
(in 1925) that Hester's daughter Mary Shirley was aged three
years when Hester died. Mary Shirley, who later married to Dr.
Hugh Barton, was born April 11, 1780. Mary Shirley was
alledgedly raised by an Aunt, Margaret (Vance) Snapp
Children of WALTER SHIRLEY and
HESTER VANCE are:
i. DAVID3 SHIRLEY.
Notes for DAVID SHIRLEY:
According to Robert L. Bates in "The Story of Smithfield
(Middleway), Jefferson County, Virginia," David Shirley
resided in Jefferson County, Virginia. He served as a ensign
in the Revolutionary War, under Captain Russell. He was
killed by a man named Thompson."
6. ii. ELIZABETH SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1764, Virginia.
7. iii. NANCY SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1765, Virginia.
8. iv. JAMES SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1770, Virginia; d. Ohio.
9. v. MARGARET SHIRLEY, b. January 11, 1771, Virginia;
d. February 16, 1824, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
10. vi. SAMUEL SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1775, Berkeley County,
Virginia; d. Abt. 1842, Caldwell County, Kentucky.
11. vii. MARY SHIRLEY, b. April 11, 1780, Berkeley County,
Virginia; d. December 27, 1852, Franklin County, Alabama.
12. viii. LAWRENCE VANCE SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1784, Frederick
County, Virginia.
married (2) MARGARET RILEY
3. JARVIS2 SHIRLEY (WALTER1) was born Abt. 1730
in Maryland (?), and died 1818 in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Notes for JARVIS SHIRLEY:
Jarvis Shirley resided near Charles Town, West Virginia.
He was a ranger in Captain Robert Rutherford's command at the
time of the French and Indian Wars, as were his brothers Walter
and James (Jarvis may be found in Henning's Statutes at Large,
Vol. 7, page 216). His assertion of service (attested to
by Robert Rutherford) may be found in French and Indian Bounty
Warrants, Vol. 2, page 418, Land Office, Richmond, Virginia.
The Will of Jarvis Shirley, dated December 18, 1813, is recorded
in Jefferson County, Virginia, Will Book 3, Page 177. In
it he gives to his sons William and Ephriam 50 acres of land
to share alike, subject to "the payment of one hundred pounds
to Elizabeth Smallwood, and one hundred pounds to Rebecca Gardner
as hereinafter devised to my said two said daughters."
A daughter Mary, said to be "somewhere in the Western Country"
and "intermarried with Richard Miller," is bequeathed
"Two hundred dollars." All the sums of money
were to be paid by William and Ephriam to their sisters as a
condition of their receiving the 50 acres of land, and out of
which the money for payment was to be devised.
On May 25, 1818, Jarvis Shirley deeds to his sons Walter and
Jarvis Jr. "one hendred acres of land, be the same be more
or less situate in the said County of Jefferson, being the residue
of the tract on which I now reside (having given unto my sons
William Shirley & Ephriam Shirley fifty acres) also all my
stock of every description whatever, all my household & kitchen
furnature and all my farming utinsels." He reserved
"unto myself & my wife Sarah the possessions use and
enjoyment of all the said property during our natural lives."
See Jefferson Co., WV, Deed Bk. 10, p. 387. Jarvis Shirley's
Will was proved June 28, 1819.
married SARAH (UNKNOWN).
Children of JARVIS SHIRLEY and SARAH (UNKNOWN) are:
i. ELIZABETH3 SHIRLEY, m. (UNKNOWN) SMALLWOOD.
ii. JARVIS SHIRLEY, JR., m. MARY ANN C. NADENBOUSCH, May
22, 1819, Jefferson County, West Virginia3.
iii. MARY SHIRLEY, m. RICHARD MILLER.
13. iv. WILLIAM SHIRLEY, b. June 24, 1773, Berkeley County,
Virginia; d. August 19, 1833, Charles Town, (West) Virginia.
v. REBECCA SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1779, Virginia; d. January
25, 1842, Jefferson County (West) Virginia4; m. JOHN GARDNER.
14. vi. EPHRIAM SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1786; d. Abt. 1822.
15. vii. WALTER B. SHIRLEY, b. February 18, 1788; d. November
11, 1850, Charles Town, (West) Virginia.
4. JAMES2 SHIRLEY (WALTER1) was born Abt. 1732 in
Maryland (?), and died Abt. 1785 in Berkeley County, (West) Virginia.
Notes for JAMES SHIRLEY:
James Shirley, with his brothers, lived on the parental plantation
near Keyes Ferry, later named Millville, (West) Virginia.
On March 8, 1773, James undertook to break the entail of his
father's Will by conveying his property to Thomas Rutherford.
James's brothers united with him in this effort, and clear title
to James' land passed to Thomas Rutherford on September 15, 1774.
This Deed is recorded in Deed Book 3, page 8, in Martinsburg,
West Virginia,
James Shirley served in the French and Indian Wars under Captain
Robert Rutherford, as did his brothers Walter and Jarvis.
In 1780 James made application for a Bounty Land Warrant for
the services he rendered in 1758 and 1759 (see: French and Indian
Bounty Warrants, Vol. 2, p. 356, Virginia Land Office, Richmond,
Virginia),
In Old Military and Importation Warrants, Vols, 1, 2 and 3, p.
862, Virginia Land Office, Richmond, Virginia, may be found the
following: "Land Office Warrant, No. 1064 To the principle
surveyor of any county within the Commonwealth of Virginia: This
shall be your warrant to survey and lay off in one or more surveys,
for James Shirley his heirs and assigns, the quality of fifty
acres of land, due to said James, for military service performed
by him as a soldier in the late war between Great Britain and
France according to the terms of the King of Great Britian's
proclamation of 1763 a certificate of which Duly proven is received
into the land office on this 25th day of May in the year of one
thousand seven hundred and eighty."
The land James acquired was "in
the County of Monongalia on the West side of the Little Kenhawa."
He later signed over the land to Robert Rutherford. This assignment
was certified by Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth
of Virginia on July 5, 1785, and is noted in a continuation of
the record cited above. It was apparently during this same
year that James Shirley died, since his name disappeared from
the 1785 tax rolls of Berkeley County.
married MARY (UNKNOWN).
Children of JAMES SHIRLEY and MARY (UNKNOWN) are:
i. JOHN3 SHIRLEY, d. Abt. 1833, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
16. ii. MARY SHIRLEY.
17. iii. JAMES SHIRLEY, b. February 24, 1768, Frederick
County, Virginia; d. January 16, 1840, Charles Town, Jefferson
County, West Virginia.
18. iv. ROBERT SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1770, Frederick County,
Virginia; d. 1836, Williams County, Ohio.
v. ELIZABETH SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1777; m. WILLIAM JOHNSON,
May 02, 1792, Berkeley County, (West) Virginia5.
19. vi. TIMOTHY SHIRLEY, b. February 22, 1777, Virginia;
d. July 07, 1861, Decator, Brown County, Ohio.
5. ROBERT2 SHIRLEY (WALTER1) was born Abt. 1738
in Virginia, and died Abt. 1813 in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
married PATIENCE (UNKNOWN).
Notes for PATIENCE (UNKNOWN):
Patience (unknown) Shirley sold her Dower Right to the property
owned by son Walter to Michael Wysong on November 9, 1814 (Jefferson
County Deed Book 9, Page 473)
Children of ROBERT SHIRLEY and
PATIENCE (UNKNOWN) are:
i. ROBERT3 SHIRLEY, JR., b. Virginia.
Notes for ROBERT SHIRLEY, JR.:
On January 18, 1819 Robert Shirley sold his share of land inherited
from his father to a Joseph Janes of "the town and County
of St. Louis and Territory of Missouri" for the sum of $1,000
(Jefferson County, West Virginia Deed Book 11, Pages 1 and 2).
20. ii. JOHN SHIRLEY, b. Virginia; d. Abt. 1822, Jefferson
County, West Virginia.
iii. WALTER SHIRLEY, b. Virginia; m. ELIZABETH STANFORD,
May 10, 1794, Berkeley County, (West) Virginia5.
iv. ELIZABETH SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1780, Virginia; m. CYRUS
HIBBEN, December 22, 1805, Jefferson County, West Virginia6.
Notes for ELIZABETH SHIRLEY:
Elizabeth (Shirley) Hibben lost the land inherited from her father
to satisfy the debts of her husband Cyrus. The property
was sold at a Sheriff's sale and purchased by James Lock on September
9, 1818 (Deed Book 10, page 385, Jefferson County, WV).
Elizabeth later sold her Dower Right to the property to James
Lock on October 31, 1822 (Jefferson County Deed Book 12, Page
354).
Generation
No. 3
6. ELIZABETH3
SHIRLEY (WALTER2, WALTER1)
was born Abt. 1764 in Virginia. She married SAMUEL FRENCH.
Notes for ELIZABETH SHIRLEY:
It is reported that Elizabeth and Husband Samuel French moved
to Western Ohio.
7. NANCY3 SHIRLEY (WALTER2, WALTER1) was born Abt. 1765
in Virginia. She married JOHN CAMPBELL August 31, 1789 in Shenandoah
County, Virginia, son of RICHARD CAMPBELL and REBECCA HAWKINS.
Notes for NANCY SHIRLEY:
John and Nancy (Shirley) Campbell for some years resided in Martinsburg,
Virgina (now West Virginia). They later moved to St. Louis,
Missouri.
8. JAMES3 SHIRLEY (WALTER2, WALTER1) was born Abt. 1770
in Virginia, and died in Ohio.
Notes for JAMES SHIRLEY:
The marriage of James Shirley and Susanna Strodeman is found
at page 204 of "Marriage Records of Berkeley County,
Virginia. 1781 - 1854," compiled by Guy L. Keesecker.
James' name is there spelled as "James Shiely."
On October 24, 1806, in the year following his father's death,
James Shirley and his wife Susanna sold the land inherited from
him. The deed of sale is recorded in Jefferson County,
West Virginia, Deed Book 4, Page 26, and reads in part: "...by
these presents, the said James Shirley and Susanna his wife have
granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents doth grant,
bargain, and sell unto the said Mangus Tate, Jr., and his heirs
One moiety or equal half part in quality and quantity in a tract
of land lying in the County of Jefferson, which tract of land
was on the eleventh day of April, one Thousand Eight hundred
and four devised by Walter Shirley now decd. to the said James
Shirley and Lawrence Shirley as tenants in common..."
The original acreage devised in his Father Walter's Will to he
and brother Lawrence was "about 90 acres."
It is believed that James and his son David, went to Ohio in
1819 probably in the company of Robert Shirley (son of James,
son of Walter Sr.) and his son James. James and David ended
up in Ross County, cousins James and Robert ended up in Defiance
and Paulding County, Ohio, in 1821.
It seems that James Shirley and his son David fell on difficult
times not long after their arrival in Ross County. The
first reference to James' difficulties include son David (David's
earlier difficulties are describe in his notes).
In the September Court of 1823 a one John McCoy filed suit against
James and son David claiming that in March, 1823,
"Defendants David & James jointly and severally promised
to pay sixty days after the promissory note to the said John
McCoy on order one hundred and fifty two dollars, fifty six cents,
and one fourth of a cent." "And that though often
requested...not regarding their said promises" they
"contrivingly and fraudulently intending craftily and subtly
to deceive and defraud said plaintiff." McCoy claimed
$300.00 damages for their failure to pay.
James and David's attorney filed a statement claiming "that
they did not assume and undertake in any manner and form as the
said plaintiff.." charged in his complaint. Unfortunately,
a note signed by David, and "Xed" by James was produced.
In this promissory note the original $152.56 amount was reduced
by $1.12 in return for "1 skillet lid."
Having apparently lost in court, on September 10, 1925, son David
and uncle Lawrence (his father's brother) assumed an obligation
to McCoy in the amount of $205.12.
It has been said by a descendant of James' cousin that James
and David were "fond of gaming," so perhaps the above
may have been a gambling debt. In any case, it is unknown
to this writer if anything of value other than one skillet lid
went to Mr. McCoy.
married SUSANNA STRODEMAN May 12, 1794 in Berkeley County, (West)
Virginia7.
Children of JAMES SHIRLEY and SUSANNA STRODEMAN are:
25. i. HESTER4 SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1795, Frederick County, Virginia.
26. ii. DAVID SHIRLEY, b. July 17, 1799, Frederick County,
Virginia; d. October 23, 1858, Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio.
9. MARGARET3 SHIRLEY (WALTER2, WALTER1) was born
January 11, 1771 in Virginia, and died February 16, 1824 in Jefferson
County, West Virginia8. She married MICHAEL WYSONG,
son of JOHANN LUGWIG RHEINHARD
WEISANG. He was born February 12, 1767, and died April
04, 1849 in Jefferson County, West Virginia8.
10. SAMUEL3 SHIRLEY (WALTER2, WALTER1) was born
Abt. 1775 in Berkeley County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1842 in
Caldwell County, Kentucky.
Notes for SAMUEL SHIRLEY:
It has been said of a descendant of Samuel Shirley and Phoebe
Cook that Samuel was a tryer and tester of arms for the Army
at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. At a fairly early age he departed
for Blountville in Sullivan County, Tennessee, with his brother
in law Dr. Hugh Taylor. From there he ended up in Caldwell
County, Tennessee.
married (1) MARY ELLEN RILEY, daughter of RICHARD RILEY and MARGARET
(UNKNOWN). She was born March 01, 1777 in Charles Town,
(West) Virginia,
and died Abt. 1797 in Berkeley County, Virginia.
Notes for MARY ELLEN RILEY:
In Unrecorded Deeds No. 1, Page 450, Berkeley County, West Virginia,
there is a deed dated August 13, 1791, between Charles Washington
(brother of George) and Mary Riley. Mary is identified
in the deed as
"daughter of Margaret, and Rich'd Riely deceased."
For the sum of fifteen pounds Charles Washington and his wife
Mildred sold a town lot number 51 in Charles Town to Mary. It
is interesting to note that at the time of the sale Mary Riley
was a girl of 14.
Mary Riley died at age 20, unmarried giving birth to Ephriam
Benson Riley. The fact that Mary was unmarried and the
father of Ephriam Benson Riley is clearly established in a Deed
found in Deed Book 21, Page 260, of Jefferson County, West Virginia,
dated September 10, 1836. This Deed is between "Ephriam
Shirley, alias Riley, and Leodocea his wife of Ohio," and
Andrew Hunter of Jefferson County. The land they were selling
was town "lot No. 51, being the same lot which was sold
and conveyed by deed
bearing date on the 13th day of August 1791 and duly recorded
in the Clerk's Office in the County of Berkeley, from Charles
Washington, and Mildred his wife, to Mary Riley, daughter of
Margaret and Richard Riley, the above named Ephriam being the
only child and heir of said Mary Riley, who died intestate, and
the said Ephriam having assumed the name of his reputed father
(Shirley)". Ephriam is named "Ephriam Shirley
alias Riley" some nine times in this deed and its
associated certifications
It has been speculated by numerous Shirley researchers who may
have been the father of Mary's child Ephriam Benson Shirley,
alias Riley. It seems certain that Samuel Shirley fathered
Mary's son Ephriam in view of a letter written September 9, 1912,
by Ephriam's son Benjamin F. Shirley to Richard Riley.
In this letter Benjamin writes "Ephriam Shirley, my father,
told me his father and my grandfather was Samuel Shirley, and
that his grandfather [was] Walter Shirley." He further
writes that "Samuel, Ephraim's father, moved to a place
called French, Broad County, Tennessee." Samuel Shirley
departed for Tennessee with his brother-in-law Dr. Hugh Barton
about the time of Ephriam's birth and Mary's death.
Samuel Shirley was the son of Walter Shirley, Jr. (as indicated
in his notes, Walter married second to Mary's mother, widow Margaret
Riley).
Child of SAMUEL SHIRLEY and MARY
RILEY is:
33. i. EPHRIAM BENSON4 RILEY,
A.K.A. SHIRLEY, b. Abt.
1797, Jefferson County, West Virginia; d. March 18, 1883, Ball
Cemetery, Mason County, West Virginia.
married (2) PHOEBE COOK Abt. 1808 in Blountville, Sullivan
County, Tennessee. She was born Abt. 1784 in New York,
and died Abt. 1842 in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
Children of SAMUEL SHIRLEY and
PHOEBE COOK are:
34. ii. HESTER ANN VANCE4
SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1807.
iii. MARGARET "PEGGY" N. SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1810;
m. JAMES COOK, October 11, 1830, Caldwell County, Kentucky.
iv. MARY "POLLY" SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1812; m. (1)
SAMUEL MCKENNEY; m. (2) JOHN NASBIT, October 25, 1832, Caldwell
County, Kentucky; m. (3) WILLIAM RAMSEY, October 01, 1837, Union
County, Kentucky.
v. JOHN ALLISON SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1818.
35. vi. ELEANOR F. SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1820, Caldwell County,
Kentucky.
vii. DANIEL SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1824.
36. viii. SAMUEL PERRY SHIRLEY, b. June 20, 1824, Caldwell
County, Kentucky; d. August 07, 1901, Duncan, Stevens County,
Oklahoma.
ix. ELIJAH STEVENS SHIRLEY, b. February 10, 1828, Caldwell
County, Kentucky; m. (1) MARTHA CASEY, 1857; m. (2) MARY GRAVES,
1859.
11. MARY3 SHIRLEY (WALTER2, WALTER1) was born April
11, 1780 in Berkeley County, Virginia, and died December 27,
1852 in Franklin County, Alabama. She married DR. LEWIS
BARTON January 1799 in Greenville, Tennessee, son
of ROGER BARTON and MARGARET GALBREATH. He was born May
17, 1775 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died February 19,
1853 in Franklin County, Alabama.
12. LAWRENCE VANCE3 SHIRLEY (WALTER2, WALTER1) was
born Abt. 1784 in Frederick County, Virginia.
Notes for LAWRENCE VANCE SHIRLEY:
Lawrence Shirley sold the 50 acres of land he "became entitled
to under the last Will and Testament of his deceased father Walter
Shirley." The Deed is dated April 6, 1808, and describes
Lawrence as "now of the County of Ross in the State of Ohio"
(Deed Book 7, Page 515). He was paid the sum of $575.00 for the
property. In a second Deed dated February 16, 1812, it
appears that the same property [50 acres] is again sold to the
same individual (Mangus Tate) for the same amount ($575.00)
This Deed appears at an earlier page in the Deed Book(108), but
was made at a date later than the first.
A possible explanation for there being are two Deeds for the
same property may lay in the fact that the earlier one was between
Lawrence Shirley and Mangus Tate alone, and was not recorded
until May 24, 1813. Evidently in order to be binding at the time
of recording a wife must also be named in the Deed. Lawrence
and Elizabeth Haynes were married on May 25, 1808, after the
first deed was executed, but well before it was recorded.
Thus the second Deed is between "Lawrence Shirley and Elizabeth
his wife" and Mangus Tate.
As noted in the Deeds above, Lawrence Shirley and his wife were
residing in Ross County, Ohio, before 1808. On May 1, 1813, Lawrence
volunteered for service with a Rifle Company of the Ohio Militia,
commanded by Joseph
Chew. A portion of his application for a War of 1812 Bounty
Land Grant dated April 5, 1851, reads as follows:
"...he served in this enlistment about one month, and that
he was honorably disbanded, and that neither he nor the rest
of the company received a written discharge...afterwards enlisted
in the Quarter Masters Department at Franklinton on the Scioto
River sometime in the Month of June, AD 1813...for a term of
three months, and continued in actual
service nearly the full term, being released and allowed to return
home a few day before the expiration of his service account of
sickness in his family." He was released at Basher
Mills, North Fork of Paint Creek, Ohio. At the date of
this application he is shown to be "..aged 66 years, a resident
of Middleport, County of Iroquois and State of Illinois."
Lawrence was still attempting to obtain his Bounty Land Grant
on June 11, 1855, and at that time was residing in Miami County,
Indiana. It is not know by this writer if he was successful
in obtaining a grant.
married ELIZABETH HAYNES May 25, 1808. She was born Abt. 1791,
and died Abt. 1839.
Children of LAWRENCE SHIRLEY
and ELIZABETH HAYNES are:
i. SAMUEL S.4 SHIRLEY, m. MATILDA (UNKNOWN).
39. ii. ELIZABETH SHIRLEY, b. July 24, 1816, Chillicothe,
Ross County, Ohio; d. May 03, 1904, Nead, Indiana.
40. iii. JOSEPH SHIRLEY, b. December 20, 1825, Chillicothe,
Ross County, Ohio; d. March 10, 1910, Miami, Indiana.
41. iv. JANE SHIRLEY, b. December 20, 1825, Chilicothe,
Ohio; d. March 14, 1919, Bunker Hill, Indiana.
13. WILLIAM3 SHIRLEY (JARVIS2, WALTER1) was born
June 24, 1773 in Berkeley County, Virginia, and died August 19,
1833 in Charles Town, (West) Virginia9.
Notes for WILLIAM SHIRLEY:
William Shirley sold his share of the land bequeathed to him
and brother Ephriam by their father Jarvis to their brother Walter
on November 15, 1824 (Jefferson County Deed Book 13, Page 214).
On April 13, 1807 William and 1st wife Charlotte sold Charles
Town Lot No. 52 to John Anderson for $250 (Deed Book 4, Page
340). On May 11, 1809 they sold their house and Lot No.
50 in Charles Town to Theophelis Buckmaster for $400 (Deed Book
5, Page 152). William evidently speculated in Charles Town
property as there are a number of Deeds in which William bought
and sold town lots.
William's obituary appeared in the August 26, 1833 edition of
the "Alexandria Gazette," and reads as follows; "In
Charlestown (Jefferson County,) Va., on Monday last. after an
illness of a few hours, Mr. William Shirley, aged about 60.
The deceased was an affectionate husband, indulgent parent, kind
neighbor, and an honest man. With such a citizen we part
with regret; and sincerely do we sympathize with the remaining
members of the family - a wife and daughter - who but two weeks
since deprived of an only son and brother, by a like dispensation
of providence."
married (1) CHARLOTTE GODMAN December 30, 1801 in Berkeley County,
(West) Virginia.
married (2) NANCY MAYER October 10, 1811 in Berkeley County,
(West) Virginia10. She was born June 24, 1783, and died
April 30, 1864 in Charles Town, (West) Virginia11.
Notes for NANCY MAYER:
In her Will of December 6, 1837 (Jefferson County, WV Recorder
Will Book, Page 79) Nancy names her Daughter Charlotte Jane Starry,
and Charlotte's children William Shirley Starry and Justine Lee
Starry as benificiaries of her Estate. In this Will she
remarks that she is "..about to remove for a time to the
Western Country from whence I may not return."
It is obvious from her Will that Nancy had no use for Charlotte's
husband Joseph Starry. In her Will Nancy directs "that
in no event is Joseph Starry the husband of said Charlotte Jane
to have any interest in or control over my said estate."
Nancy also provides that in the event Joseph Starry should become
guardian of Nancy's children in their infantcy, the Estate was
be retained in the hands of the executor and "in no manner"
was Joseph permitted to interfere Moreover, should
Charlotte and her children all die before Nancy, then all her
Estate was to go to her next of kin "so as to exclude the
said Joseph Starry from participating therein."
Children of WILLIAM SHIRLEY and NANCY MAYER are:
i. WILLIAM4 SHIRLEY, JR., b. October 19, 1812; d. August 04,
1833, Jefferson County, West Virginia11.
42. ii. CHARLOTTE JANE SHIRLEY, b. September 23, 1814,
Virginia; d. May 01, 1898, Charles Town, (West) Virginia.
14. EPHRIAM3 SHIRLEY (JARVIS2, WALTER1) was born
Abt. 1786, and died Abt. 1822.
Notes for EPHRIAM SHIRLEY:
Ephriam Shirley was a ensign in the 2nd Battalion, 55th Regiment
of Virginia Militia in 1812, and resigned April 1813 (from unclassified
documents in Virginia State Historical Library).
Ephriam Shirley, the son of Jarvis Shirley, is often confused
by Shirley researchers with the Ephriam Benson Riley, son of
Mary Riley, who took the name of his reputed father (see notes
of Ephriam Benson Riley, alias Shirley). Ephriam Shirley,
son of Jarvis, married Margaret Tomlinson, and Ephriam Benson
"Shirley," son of Mary Riley, married Leodocea
Steenrod.
It may be clearly established that these are two different Ephriam
Shirleys, and not one individual who married twice, by a reading
of the Will of Ann Butcher, the Aunt of Margaret Tomlinson.
In her Will dated March 1, 1826, she bequeaths certain items
and property "to my Niece Margaret N.[?] Tomlinson, widow
of the late Ephriam Shirley of Charles Town, West Virginia."
The Ephriam Shirley that married Leodocea Steenrod did not die
until March 18, 1883, at age 87, some 57 years after Ann Butcher
describes her niece Margaret as a widow of the Ephriam of Charles
Town. The Will of Ann Butcher may be found in the records of
Orphans Court for the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1821-31,
Book No. 3, Pages 224-7.
Ephriam Shirley (son of Jarvis) still lived in 1821 as shown
by an indenture executed by him and wife Margaret. The
indenture was a 30 day note totaling $760.85. Failure to pay
would cause the sale of his property put up as security.
The indenture, dated March 1, 1821, may be found in Jefferson
County, West Virginia, Deed Book 2, Page 362.
1822 as the year Ephriam Shirley (son of Jarvis) death is arbitrarily
assigned by this writer.
married MARGARET N. TOMLINSON August 18, 1807 in Jefferson County,
West Virginia12. She died January 17, 1850 in Alexandia,
Virginia13.
Children of EPHRIAM SHIRLEY and MARGARET TOMLINSON are:
i. REBECCA ANN4 SHIRLEY.
43. ii. WILLIAM H. SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1808; d. June 18,
1883, Georgetown, Washington, DC.
iii. RACHEL SUSAN SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1816; d. February 16,
1866, Alexandria, Virginia14.
44. iv. CHARLES B. SHIRLEY, b. June 24, 1817, Harpers
Ferry, West Virginia; d. August 02, 1897, Alexandria, Virginia.
15. WALTER B.3 SHIRLEY (JARVIS2, WALTER1) was born
February 18, 1788, and died November 11, 1850 in Charles Town,
(West) Virginia15.
Notes for WALTER B. SHIRLEY:
The last Will and Testament of Walter B. Shirley may be found
in Jefferson County, West Virginia, Will Book 12, pages 507 and
508. In his Will Walter make bequests to wife Mariah, and
to his daughter "Sarah Rebecca Shirley (now married to George
W. Briscoe)." He also make bequests to the heirs of
his deceased brothers Ephriam and Gervis Shirley, and his deceased
sister Rebecca (Shirley) Gardner. Another bequest is to
"Mrs. Mary Rochabaugh," who is believed by this writer
to have been Walter's sister Mary, married 2nd, either after
the death of or divorce from Richard Miller.
married MARIAH LOCK July 22, 1827 in Charles Town, Jefferson
County, West Virginia16.
Child of WALTER SHIRLEY and MARIAH LOCK is:
i. SARAH REBECCA4 SHIRLEY, m. GEORGE W. BRISCOE.
16. MARY3 SHIRLEY (JAMES2, WALTER1) She married
THOMAS J. HOWARD.
17. JAMES3 SHIRLEY (JAMES2, WALTER1) was born February
24, 1768 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died January 16,
1840 in Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia18.
Notes for JAMES SHIRLEY:
When a young man, and about the time of his father's death, James
Shirley moved to the vicinity of Smithfield, Virginia (now Middleway,
West Virginia). He owned large properties, and continued
to add to his possessions during his life, and died owning a
large estate.
James Shirley's Will is recorded in Jefferson County, West Virginia,
Will Book 9, Page 409. In it he gives his wife Matilda
one third of his estate "both real and personal,"
stipulating that after her death her Dower was then to be equally
divided between his sons Robert, George William, and Thomas Lee.
The remaining two thirds of his holdings were distributed to
sons Robert, George and Thomas. At his death James Shirley
owned numerous tracts of land amounting to considerable acreage.
A Plat of some of James' extensive holdings may be found in Will
Book Book 24, Page 309, of Jefferson County.
James gave his sons several slaves by name. All other slaves
not named in the Will were to be equally divided among them (in
an estate accounting all are named). James did will that
"my yellow boy named James Rust shall be free at the age
of twenty one years at which time my executor hereafter named
shall out of my estate furnish him with two good suits of clothes
of good quality, and twenty five dollars in cash."
In the accounting of the estate the cost of Mr. Rust's two suits
of clothing came to $57.54 (W.B. 10, p. 11). To his daughter
Mary Hurst he gave "two Negroes by name Jerry and Lucy,"
and $1,000.00 cash.
More About JAMES SHIRLEY:
Burial: Episcopal & Masonic Cemetery, Middleway, West Virginia
married (1) RUTH HIATT March 05, 1793 in Berkeley County, (West)
Virginia, daughter of JOHN HIATT. She was born April 30,
1756, and died April 1817 in Charles Town, (West) Virginia18.
Notes for RUTH HIATT:
Ruth (Hiatt) Frier was the widow of Alexander Frier, Jr. at her
marriage to James Shirley. Ruth's Father John Hiatt
was an early settler in the region.
More About RUTH HIATT:
Burial: Episcopal & Masonic Cemetery, Middleway, West Virginia
Children of JAMES SHIRLEY and
RUTH HIATT are:
45. i. JAMES4 SHIRLEY, JR., b. June 22, 1794, Virginia; d. October
11, 1831, Charles Town, West Virginia.
46. ii. MARY SHIRLEY, b. June 26, 1796; d. March 05, 1870,
Jefferson County, West Virginia.
married (2) MATILDA VINSON December 26, 1821 in Frederick County,
Virginia19. She was born 1795 in Montgomery County, Maryland,
and died September 17, 1855 in Jefferson County (West) Virginia20.
Notes for MATILDA VINSON:
According to Carmen W. Creamer of Locust Grove in Jefferson County,
West Virginia, Matilda Vinson was a friend made at school
by Mary Shirley, daughter of James Shirley and his first wife
Ruth Hiatt. Mary invited Matilda to her home in Jefferson
County where she met and later married Mary's father James.
It is said Mary and her brother James disapproved to their father's
marriage because of Matilda's age (they were about the same age
as their new step-mother).
More About MATILDA VINSON:
Burial: Masonic Cemetery, Middleway, West Virginia
Children of JAMES SHIRLEY and
MATILDA VINSON are:
iii. ANNE ELIZABETH4 SHIRLEY.
47. iv. ROBERT VINSON SHIRLEY, b. March 1824, Virginia;
d. August 17, 1914, Charles Town, (West) Virginia.
48. v. GEORGE WILLIAM SHIRLEY, b. 1827; d. February 04,
1913, Jefferson County (West) Virginia.
vi. THOMAS LEE SHIRLEY, b. January 04, 1831, Virginia;
d. July 22, 1855.
18. ROBERT3 SHIRLEY (JAMES2, WALTER1) was born Abt. 1770
in Frederick County, Virginia, and died 1836 in Williams County,
Ohio.
Notes for ROBERT SHIRLEY:
Robert Shirley sold the Jefferson County land inherited from
his father on April 1, 1808 to John Zuber for $1,248.75 (Jefferson
Co. Will Book 4, Page 528). A short biography
of Robert appears at page 389 in Vol. I of "Valley of the
Upper Maumee River," (1889)
married RACHEL GILBERT January 28, 1791 in Frederick County,
Virginia, daughter of NATHAN GILBERT and ELIZABETH SCOUT.
Children of ROBERT SHIRLEY and RACHEL GILBERT are:
49. i. NATHAN4 SHIRLEY, b. December 05, 1791, Frederick County,
Virginia; d. August 26, 1871, Junction, Paulding County, Ohio.m. Mary Minear April
15, 1819 in Ross County, Ohio b: January 08, 1800 d: October
1844 in Williams County, Ohio
50. ii. JAMES SHIRLEY, b. Abt. September 1796, Frederick County,
Virginia; d. March 14, 1850, in Delaware Bend, Delaware Township,
Defiance County, Ohio m. Elizabeth Gilbert m: January 17, 1839
in Delaware Township, Williams County, Ohio b: May 09, 1817 in
Lewis County, Kentucky d: April 27, 1900 in Defiance County,
Ohio
51. iii. ELIAS SHIRLEY, b. December 1800, Frederick County,
Virginia; d. March 21, 1855, in Delaware Bend, Delaware Township,
Defiance County, Ohio m. Phoebe Hudson September 15, 1829 in
Williams County, Ohio d: August 20, 1847
iv. MARY SHIRLEY, b: 1804 in Frederick County, Virginia
d: April 11, 1826 m. Thomas Warren August 11, 1825
in Williams County, Ohio
v. NANCY SHIRLEY, b: 1806 in Frederick County, Virginia
d: March 01, 1823 in Defiance County, Ohio
52. vi. ROBERT SHIRLEY, b. October 08, 1806, Frederick County,
Virginia; d. 1886, Paulding County, Ohio.
53. vii. RUTH SHIRLEY, b. May 01, 1811, Ross County, Ohio;
d. April 05, 1891, Reno, Venango County, Pennsylvania.
viii. JOHN GILBERT SHIRLEY, b. June 1821.
19. TIMOTHY3 SHIRLEY (JAMES2, WALTER1) was born
February 22, 1777 in Virginia, and died July 07, 1861 in Decator,
Brown County, Ohio.
Notes for TIMOTHY SHIRLEY:
In Robert L, Bates "The Story of Smithfield (Middleway),
Jefferson County, West Virginia," it is said that "Timothy
Shirley, at the time of the War of 1812 was a militiaman in Captain
Joseph Grantham's Company, 2nd Battalion, 55th Regiment of Virginia
Militia. In his early days, Timothy Shirley was reputed
to be an athlete, taking pride in his
wrestling prowess."
Timothy Shirley's Will was presented in Probate Count of Brown
County, Ohio, on September 4, 1861, designated as Will No. 221.
In it he names his grand children Justinian Garland Shirley,
Mariah Winter Shirley, and Wilshire Shirley. Named as living
with him was Sarah Burbage. Timothy also names his son William
Shirley, and daughters Isabella and Sarah Shirley. Witnesses
to Timothy's will were James Wright and William McColgin, with
James Wright named as Executor.
married ANN BURBAGE May 03, 1818 in Brown County, Ohio.
She was born July 20, 1796 in Maryland, and died October 27,
1842 in Decator, Brown County, Ohio.
Children of TIMOTHY SHIRLEY and ANN BURBAGE are:
54. i. JAMES4 SHIRLEY, b. July 13, 1819, Brown County, Ohio;
d. July 14, 1849.
ii. ISABELA SHIRLEY, b. September 07, 1821; d. October
02, 1881; m. HARRIS SIDWELL, December 24, 1856.
iii. WILLIAM G. SHIRLEY, b. 1826, Brown County, Ohio;
d. July 17, 1877, Brown County, Ohio.
iv. SARAH SHIRLEY, b. October 27, 1830; d. 1910; m. ?
MCMANUS.
20. JOHN3 SHIRLEY (ROBERT2, WALTER1) was born in
Virginia, and died Abt. 1822 in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Notes for JOHN SHIRLEY:
This John Shirley is identified as the son and heir of
Robert Shirley in a 12 Aug 1813 Indenture found in Deed Book
8, Page 251. In a 15 Oct 1817 Indenture found in Deed Book
10, Page 249, John acquired his Mother Patience's Dower Right
to the land of her husband and his Father for payment of purchases
made by him for her at Robert's Estate Sale. By Indenture
dated 30 Mar 1818 (Will Book 10, Page 265) John sold the property
conveyed to him "...by Patience Shirley, his mother."
John Shirley probably died early in the year 1822. An appraisment
of the Estate of "John Shirley, Dec'd" was made March
6, 1822 (Will Book 3, Page 454), and an accounting of its sale
was made on March 22, 1822 (Will Book
5, pages 282-283).
married ANN SMITHEY February 07, 1785 in Berkeley County,
West Virginia21.
Children of JOHN SHIRLEY and ANN SMITHEY are:
i. PATIENCE4 SHIRLEY, m. JOHN COMBS, July 03, 1820, Washington
County, Maryland22.
ii. MARY SHIRLEY, m. THOMAS AUSTIN, December 13, 1816,
Washington County, Maryland22.
55. iii. DAVID SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1801; d. January 26, 1873.
Generation
No. 4
25. HESTER4
SHIRLEY (JAMES3, WALTER2,
WALTER1) was born Abt. 1795 in Frederick County, Virginia.
She married PIERCE TAYLOR August 03, 1815 in Ross County, Ohio.
He was born Abt. 1791 in Ohio County, Virginia, and died May
13, 1879 in Casstown, Ohio.
26. DAVID4 SHIRLEY (JAMES3, WALTER2, WALTER1) was
born July 17, 1799 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died October
23, 1858 in Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio.
Notes for DAVID SHIRLEY:
It appears that David Shirley managed to get into trouble shortly
upon his arrival in Ross County, Ohio. In the April 1920
term in the Ross Court of Common Pleas may be found the following:
"The Grand Jurors of the
state of Ohio, empaneled and sworn to enquire of crimes and offences,
committed within the body of Ross County aforesaid, in the name
and by the authority of the state of Ohio aforesaid, upon their
oath present, That Andrew Mace, Ephriam Ougheltree, Jesse Mace,
Abner Kerny, David Shirley, Isaac Mace, William Dillon, late
of the
county of Ross aforesaid, together with divers other evil disposed
persons to the number of seven and more (to the grand jurors
yet unknown) on the twenty fifth day of November in the year
of our Lord one thousand and nineteen with force and arms at
Union township. in the county of Ross aforesaid, and within the
jurisdiction of this court, did unlawfully, riotously and routously
assemble and gather together to disturb the public peace, and
so being then and there assembled and gathered together in and
upon one James Anderson in the public peace, then and there being
unlawfully, riotously and routously did make an assault, and
him the said Anderson then did beat, wound and ill treat, and
other wrongs to the said
Anderson then and there unlawfully, riotously routously did,
to the great damage of the said Anderson contrary to the statute
in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity
of the state of Ohio."
David and the others named above were ordered arrested on July
16, 1820. They pled not guilty at their trial in August, 1820.
In the course of their trial it was discovered that a one David
Anderson (probably a relative of the abused James) was found
to have sold whiskey without a licence (no doubt to the accused
rioters), which apparently was enough of an extenuating circumstance
for the Jury to find David and fellow defendants not guilty,
On September 29, 1823, David
Shirley sued a one John Hall for $66.12. As witnesses in
his action he called "Nathan Shirley [his 2nd cousin], James
Shirley [his father], Ira Davenport, Ozwell Thompson, Edward
Gardner, Lawrence Shirley [his uncle] and Benjamin Jones."
David won his suit, but only in the amount of $22.25 and the
cost of the suit. David
assigned his judgement to father James.
David is last found in the 1850 Census of Defiance County, Ohio,
as family No. 742. His wife Mary (Clifton) and daughter
Susan (who later married Rufus Peck) reside with him. Living
next to him (family No. 741) are his son John J. Shirley and
family.
More About DAVID SHIRLEY:
Burial: Antwerp, Ohio
married MARY CLIFTON July 29, 1824 in Union Township, Ross
County, Ohio23, daughter of JOHN CLIFTON and (UNKNOWN) CHESTER.
She was born July 04, 1797 in Kent County, Delaware, and died
June 14, 1855 in Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio24.
More About MARY CLIFTON:
Burial: Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio
Children of DAVID SHIRLEY and
MARY CLIFTON are:
60. i. JOHN JAMES5 SHIRLEY, b. September 21, 1825, Defiance County,
Ohio; d. March 04, 1872, Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio.
61. ii. SUSAN SHIRLEY, b. September 18, 1829, Defiance
County, Ohio; d. December 27, 1853, Antwerp, Paulding County,
Ohio.
33. EPHRIAM BENSON4 RILEY, A.K.A. SHIRLEY (SAMUEL3
SHIRLEY, WALTER2, WALTER1) was born Abt. 1797 in Jefferson County,
West Virginia, and died March 18, 1883 in Ball Cemetery, Mason
County, West Virginia.
Notes for EPHRIAM BENSON RILEY,
A.K.A. SHIRLEY:
That this Ephriam Shirley was the child of his unwed mother Mary
Ellen Riley is established by a land deed dated September 10,
1836, found in Deed Book 21, Page 260, at Charlestown, Jefferson
County, West Virginia. This indenture is "between Ephriam
Shirley, alias Riley, and Leodocea his wife of Ohio" and
Andrew Hunter of Jefferson County. The land being sold
is a lot in Charlestown "...which was sold and conveyed
by deed bearing date on the 13th day of August 1791 and duly
recorded in the Clerk's office of the County of Berkeley [Unrecorded
Deeds No. 1, page 450], from Charles Washington [brother of George
Washington], and Mildred his wife, to Mary Riley, daughter of
Margaret and Richard Riley, the above named Ephriam being the
only child and heir of said Mary Riley, who died intestate, and
the said Ephriam having assumed the name of his reputed father
(Shirley)." His father was Samuel Shirley (see Mary
Ellen Riley notes). Mary Riley died in childbirth.
Ephriam was born in his mother's small stone house then located
one half mile out of Charlestown on the Martinsburg road.
The newborn Ephriam was raised to manhood by his grandmother,
the widowed Margaret Riley, who later married 2nd to Walter Shirley,
father of Samuel Shirley.
There is some concern that Ephriam's middle name may have been
Benjamin, instead of Benson as believed by some researchers.
married LEODOCIA STEENROD Abt. 1825 in Leavenworth, Harrison County,
Indiana, daughter of BRIGGS STEENROD and RACHAEL ?. She
was born September 15, 1808, and died March 18, 1866 in Evergreen
Cemetery, Letart, West Virginia.
Children of EPHRIAM RILEY and
LEODOCIA STEENROD are:
76. i. JOSEPH LOCKWOOD5 SHIRLEY, b. September 27, 1827, Wegee, Belmont
County, Ohio; d. January 15, 1908, Letart, Mason County, West
Virginia.
ii. RICHARD RILEY SHIRLEY, b. November 11, 1829, Wegee,
Belmont County, Ohio; d. March 17, 1855.
iii. ANDREW JACKSON SHIRLEY, b. August 10, 1832, Wegee,
Belmont County Ohio; d. 1886, Mason County, West Virginia; m.
ARABELLE BALL, December 21, 1874.
iv. CAROLINE ELIZABETH SHIRLEY, b. September 28, 1834,
Wegee, Belmont County, Ohio; m. ? SNYDER.
v. MARGARET LEODOCIA SHIRLEY, b. 1836.
vi. MARY REBECCA SHIRLEY, b. November 10, 1836, Wegee,
Belmont County, Ohio; d. January 01, 1912, Letart, West Virginia;
m. ANDREW FLEMING MCDERMOTT, 1851.
vii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHIRLEY, b. March 02, 1839, Wegee,
Belmont County, Ohio; d. 1917; m. PERLINA ?.
Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHIRLEY:
Benjamin Franklin Shirley was a member of the 4th West Virginia
Volunteer Infantry, organized at Point Pleasants, West Virginia.
viii. RACHAEL ANN SHIRLEY, b. May 16, 1842, Letart, Mason County,
Virginia; d. October 12, 1843.
ix. FRANCES JANE SHIRLEY, b. October 17, 1844, Letart,
Mason County, Virginia; d. November 20, 1884.
x. EMILY JANE SHIRLEY, b. July 24, 1846, Letart, Mason
County, Virginia; d. 1876; m. J. L. RYAN.
xi. BRIGGS HAMILTON SHIRLEY, b. December 27, 1848, Letart,
Mason County, Virginia; d. June 08, 1900; m. CAROLINE SMITH,
August 05, 1877.
77. xii. EPHRIAM BENSON SHIRLEY, JR., b. October 05, 1852,
Letart, Mason County, Virginia.
34. HESTER ANN VANCE4 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL3, WALTER2,
WALTER1) was born Abt. 1807. She married HARRISON HARRISON
BLACKBURN March 05, 1845 in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
35. ELEANOR F.4 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL3, WALTER2, WALTER1)
was born Abt. 1820 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. She married
PRESLEY JENKINS October 19, 1837 in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
36. SAMUEL PERRY4 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL3, WALTER2, WALTER1)31
was born June 20, 1824 in Caldwell County, Kentucky, and died
August 07, 1901 in Duncan, Stevens County, Oklahoma.
Notes for SAMUEL PERRY SHIRLEY:
Because of her young age, and the decease of both of her parents,
Samuel Perry Shirley made his 2nd wife Martha A. Stevens his
ward so he could give her permission to marry him. The
guardianship appointment is found in Caldwell County, Kentucky
Order Book J, page 439 (May 2, 1864). They married that
same day (Marriage Book 2).
Samuel Perry Shirley,
married (1) CLARISSA SIGLER December 04, 1844 in Caldwell County,
Kentucky, daughter of AMOS SIGLER and ELIZABETH HOLDMAN.
She was born 1824 in Caldwell County, Kentucky, and died Abt.
1862.
Children of SAMUEL SHIRLEY and CLARISSA SIGLER are:
i. JOSEPH VANCE5 SHIRLEY, b. 1848, Critterden County, Kentucky;
m. (1) CECELIA ANN FULLER; b. October 31, 1872, Critterden County,
Kentucky; m. (2) SALUDA JANE ALLEN, January 09, 1881.
ii. MINERVA SHIRLEY, b. March 12, 1851, Clayville, Kentucky;
d. September 23, 1936, Wellington, Collingsworth County, Texas;
m. JOHN R. BELL, 1882, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas.
78. iii. WILLIAM HARDY SHIRLEY, b. April 07, 1855, Union
County, Kentucky; d. November 21, 1885, Xenia, Clay County, Texas.
iv. MARGARET E. SHIRLEY, b. October 02, 1858, Union County,
Kentucky.
79. v. SARAH HENRY SHIRLEY, b. September 23, 1860, Dixon,
Webster County, Kentucky; d. January 25, 1949, Wellington, Collingsworth
County, Texas.
married (2) MARTHA ANN STEVENS
May 02, 1864 in Caldwell
County, Kentucky32, daughter of JESSE STEVENS and JANE LEECH.
She was born May 1843 in Caldwell County, Kentucky, and died
June 18, 1913 in Collingsworth County, Texas.
Children of SAMUEL SHIRLEY and MARTHA STEVENS are:
80. vi. JOHN LAWRENCE5 SHIRLEY, b. February 11, 1865, Louisville,Kentucky;
d. November 11, 1936, Delhart, Texas.
81. vii. LANORA SANFORD SHIRLEY, b. May 16, 1867, Kentucky.
viii. SUSAN DENNIE SHIRLEY, b. February 22, 1869; d. March
04, 1953, Abernathy, Hale County, Texas; m. JOHN HUGH BROWN.
82. ix. FOREST ROSE SHIRLEY, b. May 02, 1871, Marion,
Critterden County, Kentucky.
83. x. MARY ISABELL SHIRLEY, b. April 27, 1873, Kentucky.
84. xi. BENJAMIN CECIL SHIRLEY, b. December 07, 1875,
Kentucky.
85. xii. SAMUEL MACK SHIRLEY, b. October 02, 1877, Jacksborro,
Jack County, Texas; d. June 17, 1948, Mayfield, Beckham County,
Oklahoma.
xiii. HESTER SHIRLEY, b. May 07, 1880; m. ROBERT BROWN.
86. xiv. JESSE BOONE SHIRLEY, b. December 18, 1883, Weatherford,
Parker County, Texas; d. May 17, 1947
39. ELIZABETH4 SHIRLEY (LAWRENCE VANCE3, WALTER2,
WALTER1) was born July 24, 1816 in Chillicothe, Ross County,
Ohio, and died May 03, 1904 in Nead, Indiana33. She married
ISAAC VAN DOREN February 24, 1837 in Huntington, Indiana.
He died February 02, 1886.
40. JOSEPH4 SHIRLEY (LAWRENCE VANCE3, WALTER2, WALTER1)
was born December 20, 1825 in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio,
and died March 10, 1910 in Miami, Indiana.
Joseph and his sister
Jane (Twins)
married (1) NANCY STRYCKER September 30, 1849 in Miami County,
Indiana. She was born March 1829 in Stryckersville, New
York, and died March 17, 1865 in Miami County, Indiana.
Children of JOSEPH SHIRLEY and
NANCY STRYCKER are:
88. i. JAMES LAWRENCE5 SHIRLEY, b. 1851, Miami County, Indiana; d.
1922.
89. ii. JOSEPH ANDREW SHIRLEY, b. December 12, 1852; d.
October 01, 1918,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
iii. ADELIA J. SHIRLEY, b. 1855; m. WILLIAM D. ROBINSON,
October 31,
1875.
iv. MARY C. SHIRLEY, b. 1857; d. Abt. 1865.
v. CHARLES SHIRLEY, b. 1861; d. 1940; m. LUCY ARMY, December
19, 1883.
vi. OLIVER MORTON SHIRLEY, b. 1863; m. NORA WHITE, December
06, 1890.
married (2) DELILAH ARMY July 05, 1868.
Children of JOSEPH SHIRLEY and DELILAH ARMY are:
vii. ANNETTE5 SHIRLEY, m. WILLIAM BENNETT.
90. viii. HARRY CHRISTIAN SHIRLEY, b. Aug 11, 1875 Miami
Co. IN, d. Nov 12, 1948 Miami Co. IN m. Anna Mary West
Harry Christian Shirley
Children:
1. Irvin Vance SHIRLEY 1899
- 1967 m. Alice Virginia Clark 1907 - 1963
2. Olive Dorothy SHIRLEY 1900 - 1982 m. Alfred J. Machin 1905
- 1985
3. Andrew Morton SHIRLEY 1909 - 1989 m. Mary Catherine
Pearcy 1910 - 2000
4. Joseph F. SHIRLEY 1911 - 1927
41. JANE4 SHIRLEY (LAWRENCE VANCE3, WALTER2, WALTER1)
was born December 20, 1825 in Chilicothe, Ohio, and died March
14, 1919 in Bunker Hill, Indiana33. She married REUBEN
MENDENHALL October 03, 1853.
42. CHARLOTTE JANE4 SHIRLEY (WILLIAM3, JARVIS2,
WALTER1) was born September 23, 1814 in Virginia, and died May
01, 1898 in Charles Town, (West) Virginia34. She married
JOSEPH STARRY January 27, 1834 in Washington County, Maryland35.
He was born Abt. 1806, and died March 04, 1893 in Charles Town,
(West) Virginia36.
43. WILLIAM H.4 SHIRLEY (EPHRIAM3, JARVIS2, WALTER1)
was born Abt. 1808, and died June 18, 1883 in Georgetown, Washington,
DC38.
married (1) MARIA (UNKNOWN) Abt. 1830. She was born Abt. 1807,
and died October 05, 1833 in Alexandria, Virginia39. He
married (2) JANE WINTER September 11, 1844 in Alexandria, Virginia.
She was born 1813, and died July 09, 1884 in Georgetown, Washington,
DC40.
Children of WILLIAM SHIRLEY and JANE WINTER are:
i. ROSELEE5 SHIRLEY, b. 1847.
ii. ANN J. SHIRLEY, b. 1849; d. January 01, 1925, Georgetown,
Washington, DC40.
iii. BETTIE SHIRLEY, b. 1852; d. June 22, 1852, Alexandria,
Virginia41.
iv. VIRGINIA SHIRLEY, b. 1854; d. October 05, 1874, Georgetown,
Washington, DC; m. (UNKNOWN) BATES.
44. CHARLES B.4 SHIRLEY (EPHRIAM3, JARVIS2, WALTER1)
was born June 24, 1817 in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and died
August 02, 1897 in Alexandria, Virginia42.
Notes for CHARLES B. SHIRLEY:
Charles Shirley's obituary appeared in the August 2, 1897 edition
of "the Alexandria Gazette." It reads: "Mr.
Charles Shirley, one of the oldest residents of this city, died
at his home, on Royal Street, near King, shortly after 2:00 o'clock
this morning in the 81st year of his age. The deceased
had been blind for some time. Mr. Shirley for many years
held a
government clerkship in Washington. He was at one time
during the war a member of the city council of this city."
married SARAH CATHERINE BURCHELL June 23, 1846 in Alexandria, Virginia43,
daughter of EDWARD BURCHELL and ANN BATES. She was born
September 04, 1824 in Virginia, and died March 29, 1899 in Alexandria,
Virginia.
Children of CHARLES SHIRLEY and SARAH BURCHELL are:
91. i. CHARLES BURCHELL5 SHIRLEY, b. September 14, 1848, Alexandria,
Virginia; d. October 15, 1924, Boise, Idaho.
92. ii. EDWARD MILTON SHIRLEY, b. July 1850, Alexandria,
Virginia.
iii. ANNIE MARGARET SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1851.
93. iv. NORVAL B. SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1855, Alexandria, Virginia;
d. September 25, 1886, Alexandria, Virginia.
v. MINNIE SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1857.
94. vi. SALLIE CATHERINE SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1859, Alexandria,
Virginia; d. January 05, 1906, Wellington, Prince William County,
Virginia.
vii. MAMIE LIZZIE SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1859.
45. JAMES4 SHIRLEY, JR. (JAMES3, JAMES2, WALTER1)
was born June 22, 1794 in Virginia, and died October 11, 1831
in Charles Town, West Virginia44.
married MARY GRANTHAM January 13, 1824 in Charles Town, Jefferson
County, West Virginia45, daughter of JOHN GRANTHAM and MARY GOODWIN.
She was born August 09, 1796 in Virginia.
Children of JAMES SHIRLEY and
MARY GRANTHAM are:
95. i. WALTER5 SHIRLEY, b. 1825; d. January 30, 1873, Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
96. ii. JOHN GRANTHAM SHIRLEY, b. April 12, 1826; d. December
13, 1913, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
97. iii. MARGARET AMELIA SHIRLEY, b. February 18, 1828;
d. March 04, 1911, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
98. iv. JAMES WILLIAM SHIRLEY, b. December 31, 1829; d.
1906, Jefferson County (West) Virginia.
v. RUTH HELEN SHIRLEY, b. January 30, 1832; d. May 13,
185446.
46. MARY4 SHIRLEY (JAMES3, JAMES2, WALTER1) was
born June 26, 1796, and died March 05, 1870 in Jefferson County,
West Virginia47. She married WILLIAM HURST February 03,
1820 in Jefferson County, West Virginia48. He was born
September 29, 1793, and died April 08, 1863 in Jefferson County,
West Virginia49.
47. ROBERT VINSON4 SHIRLEY (JAMES3, JAMES2, WALTER1)
was born March 1824 in Virginia, and died August 17, 1914 in
Charles Town, (West) Virginia51.
Notes for ROBERT VINSON SHIRLEY:
Robert Vinson Shirley was a Major in the 55th Regiment of Virginia
Militia. He also served the CSA as a local quartermaster
during the Civil War.
He married JULIA MOORE BAYLOR October 23, 1857 in Jefferson County,
West Virginia52, daughter of ROBERT BAYLOR and MARY MOORE.
She was born April 07, 1837, and died January 18, 1904 in Jefferson
County, West
Virginia53.
Children of ROBERT SHIRLEY and JULIA BAYLOR are:
i. ROBERT BAYLOR5 SHIRLEY, b. November 09, 1858, Middleway, Jefferson
County, West Virgiinia; d. June 25, 1861, Jefferson County, West
Virginia53.
ii. MATILDA VINSON SHIRLEY, b. September 08, 1860; d.
September 30, 1940, Jefferson County, West Virginia53.
iii. MARY MOORE SHIRLEY, b. December 19, 1861; d. April
30, 195153.
iv. RICHARD BAYLOR SHIRLEY, b. March 06, 1864; d. November
08, 1864, Jefferson County, West Virginia53.
v. MARGARET STROTHER SHIRLEY, b. May 26, 1867, Jefferson
County (West) Virginia; d. July 10, 1937, Jefferson County (West)
Virginia53.
103. vi. GEORGE THOMAS SHIRLEY, b. 1869; d. 1959.
vii. JULIA BAYLOR SHIRLEY, b. March 16, 1872; d. April
02, 1959, Jefferson County (West) Virginia53.
104. viii. HENRY GARNETT SHIRLEY, b. November 10, 1874,
Summit Point, Jefferson County (West) Virginia; d. July 16, 1941.
ix. RUTH ANNABELLE SHIRLEY, b. 1877; d. August 13, 195353.
48. GEORGE WILLIAM4 SHIRLEY (JAMES3, JAMES2, WALTER1)
was born 1827, and died February 04, 1913 in Jefferson County
(West) Virginia54.
married CAROLINE C. GRANTHAM
February 03, 1852 in
Jefferson County, West Virginia55. She was born Abt. 1831,
and died March 16, 1873 in Jefferson County, West Virginia56.
Children of GEORGE SHIRLEY and CAROLINE GRANTHAM are:
i. JAMES G.5 SHIRLEY, b. August 01, 1852; d. March 04, 1874,
Jefferson County, West Virginia56; m. MARY E. (UNKNOWN); b. October
30, 1839; d. February 22, 1907, Jefferson County, West Virginia56.
105. ii. ANN MATILDA SHIRLEY, b. January 08, 1856; d.
October 13, 1929.
iii. THOMAS LEE SHIRLEY, b. May 04, 1858; d. February
11, 1934, Jefferson County, West Virginia57; m. MARY BECKWITH;
b. 1857; d. March 31, 1932, Jefferson County, West Virginia57.
106. iv. CLARA SHIRLEY, b. February 07, 1860; d. March
21, 1929, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
v. WILLIAM S. SHIRLEY, b. 1863; d. 1863.
107. vi. ROBERT VINSON SHIRLEY, b. December 25, 1865.
108. vii. STANLEY WALLACE SHIRLEY, b. January 16, 1873,
Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia; d. April 28, 1948,
Jefferson County (West) Virginia.
49. NATHAN4 SHIRLEY (ROBERT3, JAMES2, WALTER1) was
born December 05, 1791 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died
August 26, 1871 in Junction, Paulding County, Ohio58.
Notes for NATHAN SHIRLEY:
Nathan Shirley served in Captain Richard's Company of the Second
Regiment, Ross County, Ohio Militia during the War of 1812.
married (1) MARY MINEAR April 15, 1819 in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio. She died 1844.
Nathan was married to Mary
Minear and after she died Nathan remarried. According to the
information you have on your page his second wife was Ann Price
Hawkins. I would like to let you know that this is a common
transcribtion error. Nathan's second wife was actually Ann Price
Hankins. Ann Price Hankins was married to Samuel Hankins and
after he died she married Nathan Shirley as they were both widowers.
Ann's maiden name was Gullik. Ann's daugther was named Eliza
Jane Hankins and she is part of my family because she married
Lester D. Newton. Nathan's son Stephen M. Shirley is also part
of my family because he married Estella Newton. Stephen fought
in the Civil War for the Ohio 25th Infantry and he lost his left
foot in The Battle of Potter's Raid. - Matt Newton internewt@hotmail.com
Children of NATHAN SHIRLEY and
MARY MINEAR are:
i. PHILIP5 SHIRLEY.
ii. RACHEL SHIRLEY, m. SHADRACK HUSDON CAREY, November
17, 1842, Paulding County, Ohio61.
iii. C. D. SHIRLEY.
iv. JOHN W. SHIRLEY, m. RACHEL A. FRYMAN, August 16, 1870,
Paulding County, Ohio62.
109. v. STEPHEN SHIRLEY.
vi. NANCY M. SHIRLEY.
married (2) MRS. ANN PRICE
HANKINS May 05, 1853
in Paulding County, Ohio59. She was born
1810, and died October 04, 1883 in Paulding County, Ohio60.
50. JAMES4 SHIRLEY (ROBERT3, JAMES2, WALTER1) was
born Abt. September 1796 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died
March 14, 1850 in Fort Defiance, Ohio.
Notes for JAMES SHIRLEY:
An extensive story of the life and times of James Shirley may
be found in the book "Maumee River 1835" by Lousi A.
Simonis. This book was published by the Defiance County [Ohio]
Historical Society in 1979. An additional
biography is found in "Valley of the Upper maumee River'
(1889), Vol. I. P. 389-90.
married ELIZABETH GILBERT January 17, 1839. She was born
Abt. 1822 in Kentucky.
Children of JAMES SHIRLEY and ELIZABETH GILBERT are:
i. ELIZA JEAN5 SHIRLEY, d. 1872; m. ANDREW LITTLE.
ii. LEVISA SHIRLEY.
iii. SYLVESTER SHIRLEY.
110. iv. WILLIAM JAMES SHIRLEY, b. October 19, 1841; d.
May 09, 1874,Delaware Township, Defiance County, Ohio.
v. ROBERT B. SHIRLEY63, b. October 24, 1842, Ohio; m.
LADORA FAULKNER, May 01, 1880; b. 1856, Lima, Ohio.
vi. ALEXANDER SHIRLEY, b. March 04, 1847; d. March 24,
1872, Delaware
Township, Defiance County, Ohio64.
51. ELIAS4 SHIRLEY (ROBERT3, JAMES2, WALTER1) was
born December 1800 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died March
21, 1855 in Fort Defiance, Ohio.
married PHOBE HUDSON.
Child of ELIAS SHIRLEY and PHOBE HUDSON is:
111. i. GEORGE WASHINGTON5
SHIRLEY, b. December
18, 1827, Fort Defiance, Ohio; d. February 05, 1898, Peru, Nebraska.
52. ROBERT4 SHIRLEY (ROBERT3, JAMES2, WALTER1) was
born October 08, 1806 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died
1886 in Paulding County, Ohio65.
Notes for ROBERT SHIRLEY:
Robert Shirley was the first Probate Judge in Paulding County,
Ohio.
He married SARAH HUDSON September 15, 1829, daughter of SHADRACH
HUDSON. She was born Abt. 1812, and died November 1857 in Paulding
County, Ohio.
Children of ROBERT SHIRLEY and SARAH HUDSON are:
112. i. JOSEPH H.5 SHIRLEY, b. April 20, 1832, Defiance County,
Ohio; d. April 03, 1910, Desciple Church, Paulding County, Ohio.
113. ii. JAMES AUSTIN SHIRLEY, b. April 03, 1837, Defiance
County, Ohio; d. August 05, 1916, Brewster, Kansas.
iii. ELIAS W. SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1838.
114. iv. DAVID CLARK SHIRLEY, b. January 16, 1840, Brown
Township, Paulding County, Ohio; d. October 02, 1919, Findley,
Ohio.
v. BENJAMIN F. SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1842; d. September 1862,
Fort Defiance, Ohio.
Notes for BENJAMIN F. SHIRLEY:
Benjamin F. Shirley served in the 68th Ohio during the Civil
War.
vi. EMMA C. SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1848; m. HENRY DANIELS, August
23, 1868, Paulding County, Ohio66.
vii. LYDIA SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1852.
Another
source for children of ROBERT SHIRLEY ADN SARAH HUDSON:
(a).
William
was born Abt. 1831 in Ohio, married Julia Burt December 25, 1852
in Paulding County, Ohio
(b). Joseph H. b: April 20, 1832 in
Paulding County, Ohio d: April 03, 1910 in probably
Paulding County, Ohio m. Mary E. Ward m: August 12, 1854 in Paulding
County, Ohio b: October 20, 1833 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
d: 1866 in Probably Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio
(c). Nancy E. b: 1835
in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio
(d). James Austin b:
b. April 03, 1837, Defiance County, Ohio; d. August 05, 1916,
Brewster, Kansas m. Angie R. Irvin Dec 6, 1866 Sydney, Fremont
Co. Iowa.
(e). Elias W. b: August
16, 1838 in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio d: February
11, 1911 in Ohio
(f). David Clark
b: January 16, 1840 in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio
d: October 02, 1919 in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio
m. Rachel Reed Strother m: March 11, 1866 in Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio (recorded in Paulding Co.) b: October 01,
1843 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio d: July 25, 1928 in Paulding
County, Ohio
(g). Benjamin b: 1846
in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio
(h). Emily C. b: 1848 in Brown
Township, Paulding County, Ohio
m. Henry Daniels August 23, 1868, Paulding County, Ohio
(i). Lydia P. b: 1852
in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio
(j). Jennie L. m. Navean
(k). Grant
(l). Robert Vernon
b: July 07, 1865 in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio
d: March 19, 1934 in Paulding County, Ohio m. Mary b: 1874
d: 1922 in probably Paulding County, Ohio
(m). Anna Ruth b: April 16,
1868 in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio d: 1913 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan m. George Peter Garman III m: September
26, 1891 in Paulding County, Ohio b: April 23, 1869 d:
October 1950 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
(n). Sheridan S. Shirley b:
April 16, 1868 in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio
53. RUTH4 SHIRLEY (ROBERT3, JAMES2, WALTER1) was born May
01, 1811 in Ross County, Ohio, and died April 05, 1891 in Reno,
Venango County, Pennsylvania. She married JAMES B. AUSTIN
August 12, 1830 in Williams County, Ohio. He was born August
16, 1806 in Surry County, North Carolina, and died 1857.
54. JAMES4 SHIRLEY (TIMOTHY3, JAMES2, WALTER1) was
born July 13, 1819 in Brown County, Ohio, and died July 14, 1849.
married FRANCES MAY ANDERSON. She was born 1821.
Child of JAMES SHIRLEY and FRANCES ANDERSON is:
115. i. WILLIAM WILSHIRE5
SHIRLEY, b. 1848.
55. DAVID4 SHIRLEY (JOHN3, ROBERT2, WALTER1) was
born Abt. 1801, and died January 26, 1873.
married CAROLINE MCKNIGHT February 21, 1828 in Jefferson County,
West Virginia67. She was born Abt. 1801, and died October
01, 1880 in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Children of DAVID SHIRLEY and
CAROLINE MCKNIGHT are:
116. i. JOHN J.5 SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1831; d. July 24, 1896, Jefferson
County, West Virginia.
ii. WILLIAM T. SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1836.
iii. LORINA SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1838.
iv. ELIZA SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1842.
Generation
No. 5
60. JOHN JAMES5
SHIRLEY (DAVID4, JAMES3,
WALTER2, WALTER1) was bornSeptember 21, 1825 in Defiance County,
Ohio, and died March 04, 1872 in Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio68.
Notes for JOHN JAMES SHIRLEY:
In "Paulding County Fair Centennial Book, 1872 - 1972,"
the following may be found under the heading of Antwerp: "For
a long period John J. Shirley was one of the merchants of the
place, and erected the first brick business room. The first
factory to be established was the Antwerp Stave Company, about
1860. It manufactured staves and heading."
The 1860 Census of Caryall Township of Paulding County, Ohio
(page 128, dwelling 516, family 498) show him residing with Lucinda,
daughters Mary E. and Levina, sons Franklin P. and John H. Shirley.
Also in the household were Frances Peck, age 11, a day laborer
named Henry Leighty, age 22, a Mark Miller, age 19, and Robert
Shirley, age 18 "att[ending] school". The Robert
Shirley living with the family is John's 3rd cousin (Robert was
the son of James and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Shirley, who was the
son Robert and Rachel (Gilbert) Shirley, who was the son of James
Shirley, who was the son of the Founder Walter Shirley, Sr.)
According to "A Century of Progress, Antwerp, Ohio, Souvenir
Edition 1841 - 1941," John J. Shirley was a signatory of
a December 30, 1863, petition to the County Commissioners of
Paulding County, Ohio, requesting that the village of Antwerp
be incorporated.
John J. Shirley served as a Captain in Company A, 132nd
Regiment, of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry (National Guard). He
enrolled on May 2, 1864 and was mustered in at Camp Chase, Ohio,
on May 14, 1864, for a period of 100 days. When mustered
in he was said to be 38 years old; occupation merchant; had grey
eyes, light hair and complexion, and stood 5 feet 8 inches in
height. There appears in his Civil War Service file a letter
which reads as follows:
"Toledo, Ohio, August 8th, 1864 Hon. E.M. Stanton Sec. of
War - Hon.Sir - Doctor A. McDaniels and Mrs. J.J. Shirley wife
of Captain J.J. Shirely of Company A. 132 Regiment Ohio National
Guard unit writes Washington to obtain a pass to go to Fortress
Monroe to bring her husband home. The Capt. is sick at Che__ake
[?] Hospital Fort Monroe. I need not say that they are
loyal and entitled to the confidence of the Government. I trust
you will give them the pass they ask. - Respectfully __ Ashley"
John was mustered out with the Company on September 10, 1864.
An advertisement in the "Paulding Co. Press" of April
23, 1868, reads: "New Grocery Store - John J. Shirley has
just open a New Grocery Store near his old stand at Antwerp,
Ohio...." The lengthy ad goes on to list a myriad
of products for sale.
John J. Shirley's obituary notice appeared on page 2 of the March
7, 1872, edition of the Antwerp Gazette as follows: "J.J.
Shirley. Died--At Antwerp, March 4, 1872, after a prolonged illness,
John J, Shirley, aged 46 years, 5 months and 13 days. The
deceased has been a resident of Antwerp about fifteen years,
during which time he has been actively engaged in business, and
indeed for eight or ten years he has done the leading business
in Antwerp. At the time of his death he owned a half of
the Stave Factory of Shirley and Harris, was also in the mercantile
business. He has ever been liberal in forwarding all matters
of public interest in Antwerp, and the people will feel his loss
very severely. He was a generous, active, enterprising
business man, and we feel his place will be hard to fill. His
funeral, which took place under the auspices of the Masons, at
the B. _ Church on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, was probably
the largest ever known in Antwerp. Only a small portion
of the crowd could get into the church. The bereaved family
have our deepest sympathy in their affliction."
The March 28th, 1872, edition of the Antwerp Gazette published
on page 2 a resolution of mourning adopted by the Antwerp Lodge
No. 335, F.&A.M., and the October 16, 1873, edition of the
paper carried an item on page 3 remarking on the stone
monument being erected at the cemetery in memory of John J. Shirley.
John J. Shirley did not leave a Will. As a result, the
disposition of his Estate fell to appointed Administrators Marshal
Wilson and Frederick Chapin, and the Probate Court. The
Court records show that John had considerable land and business
holdings. His personal assets were shown to be $26,537.34.
Unfortunately, at his death his personal assets were
"...wholly insufficient to pay his debts and charges of
administering said estate." Lucinda was assigned a
Dower Right of $2,000.00. It is believed that Lavina may
well have ended up with more than just her Dower, for in her
Will she leaves her "Antwerp property" and the rents
and profits from the same to daughter Lavina.
married LUCINDA CATHERINE
PEFLEY69 January 20,
1848 in Defiance County, Ohio70, daughter of JACOB PEFLEY and
MARY MYERS. She was born August 16, 1828 in Virginia, and
died November 20, 1893 in Toledo, Ohio71.
Notes for LUCINDA CATHERINE PEFLEY:
Lucinda Catherine Pefley was born in Viginia (probably in Botetourt
County) on August 16, 1828, to Jacob and Mary (Myers) Pefley.
Lucinda was 4 years old when she, her parents and 2 brothers
removed to Ohio.
The January 20, 1848, marriage of Lucinda Catherine Pefly to
John J. Shirley is recorded in the Defiance County, Ohio, Record
of Marriages Vol. Small 1, page 21. Following the death
of John, Lucinda married 2nd
to the Rev. Charles Hoag (the brother of her son-in-law Myron
Chester Hoag). This marriage took place on October 14, 1873.
The October 23, 1873, edition of the Antwerp Gazette carried
the following item on page 2 concerning her marriage to Charles
Hoag: "Married On Tuesday, Oct. 14th. 1873, at Toledo, Ohio,
by Bro. S.S. Barter, Rev. Charles Hoag, of Central Ohio Conference,
to Mrs. Lucinda C. Shirley, of Antwerp, Ohio. The happy
couple arrived at Antwerp on the 2:30 p.m. train, on Saturday
and repaired to the residence of the bride; and in the evening
a grand reception was given, which was a very fine affair and
reflects great credit upon her children. The invited guests assembled
at an early hour and were ushered into the parlor where the bride
and groom awaited their congratulation. We could not but note
how charming she looked in her quite bridal array, and how her
dark eyes glowed, and her face beamed with joyous trust, giving
us an assurance of happiness unmingled with fear for the future.
The Antwerp Cornet Band was present, and gave their congratulations
in the form of some very fine music, and all passed merrily on
'til the hour of nine when the guest repaired to the dinning
room, where a sumptuous repast was served. The table was
beautifully arranged, and filled with every desirable luxury,
the most attractive feature being the brides cake, in the form
of a beautiful pyramid handsomely decorated, and surmounted by
two clasped hands, a beautiful emblem for the occasion.
The evening passed rapidly away and are ushering in of another
day the guests had all departed, and left behind them their sincere
wishes for their future happiness. May brother Hoag never
have cause to regret his many bachelor days, and in the noonday
of his wedded life, may the sweet golden days glide not too swiftly
away."
Lucinda's obituary appears in the November 23, 1893, edition
of the Antwerp Argus. It reads: "On Monday, Nov. 20,
Mrs. Lucinda C. Hoag died at her home in Toledo, O., aged 65
years, 3 months and 6 days. Her remains were brought to Antwerp,
Wednesday, and funeral services were held in the M.E. church,
Rev. John E. Wean, officiating. Interment took place in the Antwerp
Cemetery. Mrs. Hoag was formerly a resident of Antwerp,
being among the early residents of the village. Her late
husband, Mr. John Shirley, who died some years ago, being one
of the first business men in the town, and many conspicuous marks
of his enterprise are yet seen in the village."
The Lucas County, Ohio, Probate Court held a hearing on December
30, 1893, in the matter of Lucinda's Will (Adm. Docket No. 770,
Vol.2, p. 770). In court Lucinda's Will was produced,
but her signature and those of the witnesses to her signature
"had been, by some person unknown, removed by cutting the
same from said paper-writing." The witnesses were
produced, and the Will accepted. Lucinda bequeathed to
daughter Lavina
her "homestead consisting of a house and barn in North Toledo,
Ohio," together with 14 lots where the house and barn stood.
Lavina also was to receive the rents and profits from her property
until such time as her
daughter Mary reached age 21. Her grand-Daughters L. Clark
was to receive $1,000.00 when aged 21. After Lavina's death,
grand-daughter Mary Hoag was to receive the property givin to
Lavina.
More About LUCINDA CATHERINE PEFLEY:
Burial: Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio
Children of JOHN SHIRLEY and
LUCINDA PEFLEY are:
118. i. MARY EMILY6 SHIRLEY, b. 1849, Ohio.
119. ii. LAVINA ELIZABETH SHIRLEY, b. November 10, 1851,
Ohio; d. March 22, 1931, Albany, Alameda County, CA.
iii. FRANKLIN P. SHIRLEY, b. December 25, 1852, Ohio;
d. April 13, 1874, Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio72.
120. iv. JOHN H. SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1859, Ohio; d. Abt.
1882, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.
61. SUSAN5 SHIRLEY (DAVID4, JAMES3, WALTER2, WALTER1)
was born September 18, 1829 in Defiance County, Ohio, and died
December 27, 1853 in Antwerp, Paulding County, Ohio. She
married RUFUS PECK May 18, 1851 in Defiance County, Ohio73.
76. JOSEPH LOCKWOOD5 SHIRLEY (EPHRIAM BENSON4 RILEY,
A.K.A. SHIRLEY, SAMUEL3 SHIRLEY, WALTER2, WALTER1) was born September
27, 1827 in Wegee, Belmont County, Ohio, and died January 15,
1908 in Letart, Mason County, West Virginia.
married ORILLA REBECCA SAYRE December 23, 1858, daughter of WILLIAM
SAYRE and GRACE INGELS. She was born March 24, 1837 in
Virginia, and died October 08, 1884 in Letart, Mason County,
West Virginia.
Children of JOSEPH SHIRLEY and ORILLA SAYRE are:
i. OSCAR R.6 SHIRLEY, b. October 26, 1859; d. October 13,
1892, Letart, Mason County, West Virginia.
ii. JESSE SHIRLEY, b. October 03, 1861, Mason County,
West Virginia.
iii. A. JACKSON SHIRLEY, b. November 11, 1864, Mason County,
West Virginia.
iv. WALTER W. SHIRLEY, b. July 30, 1866, Mason County,
West Virginia.
v. MARY SHIRLEY, b. May 16, 1868, Mason County, West Virginia;
m. TOM DURST.
vi. CLAYTON SHIRLEY, b. 1871.
132. vii. BLANCHE EMELINE SHIRLEY, b. October 05, 1873,
Mason County, West Virginia; d. 1959, Grove City, Ohio.
viii. GRACE SHIRLEY, b. 1876, Mason County, West Virginia.
77. EPHRIAM BENSON5 SHIRLEY, JR. (EPHRIAM BENSON4
RILEY, A.K.A. SHIRLEY, SAMUEL3 SHIRLEY, WALTER2, WALTER1) was
born October 05, 1852 in Letart, Mason County, Virginia.
married HANNAH ELIZABETH JANE
SAYRE July 04, 1886.
She was born July 09, 1860.
Children of EPHRIAM SHIRLEY and HANNAH SAYRE are:
i. EARL OSMOND6 SHIRLEY, b. March 23, 1887; d. 1915.
ii. GEORGIA MABEL SHIRLEY, b. March 18, 1888; d. March
21, 1888.
iii. WILME EUGENE SHIRLEY, b. April 26, 1889; d. June
12, 1890.
iv. ROBERT RUSH SHIRLEY, b. November 18, 1890.
v. BERTIE MAY SHIRLEY, b. February 01, 1893.
vi. FORIDA FRANCIS SHIRLEY, b. March 02, 1895.
133. vii. RALPH HOBERT SHIRLEY, b. April 03, 1897.
viii. OTTO EDWARD SHIRLEY, b. October 03, 1899.
78. WILLIAM HARDY5 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL PERRY4, SAMUEL3,
WALTER2, WALTER1) was born April 07, 1855 in Union County, Kentucky,
and died November 21, 1885 in Xenia, Clay County, Texas.
married HONORA JANE FINTY May 14, 1883.
Child of WILLIAM SHIRLEY and HONORA FINTY is:
i. MARGARET CLARISSA6 SHIRLEY, m. (UNKNOWN) SMITH.
79. SARAH HENRY5 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL PERRY4, SAMUEL3,
WALTER2, WALTER1) was born September 23, 1860 in Dixon, Webster
County, Kentucky, and died January 25, 1949 in Wellington, Collingsworth
County, Texas. She married SEWEL WESLEY GREGG September
23, 1877 in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas.
80. JOHN LAWRENCE5 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL PERRY4, SAMUEL3,
WALTER2, WALTER1) was born February 11, 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky,
and died November 11, 1936 in Delhart, Texas.
married ELIZABETH ANN GRAY 1936 in Texas. She was born August 1877
in Oklahoma.
Children of JOHN SHIRLEY and ELIZABETH GRAY are:
i. JAMES WILLIAM6 SHIRLEY, b. May 15, 1895.
ii. SAMUEL NICHOLAS SHIRLEY, b. August 27, 1896.
iii. LEE ARVIL SHIRLEY, b. November 04, 1897.
iv. JESSE LAWRENCE SHIRLEY, b. November 16, 1898; m. OZZIE
JACKSON.
v. ROY SANFORD SHIRLEY, b. January 21, 1900; m. MAY MING.
vi. HUBERT SHIRLEY, b. November 10, 1901; m. ALMA RHEA.
vii. CLARA SHIRLEY, b. June 18, 1903.
viii. RUTH DAPHENE SHIRLEY, b. October 12, 1905; m. MAC
BLIZZARD.
134. ix. JOHN HENRY SHIRLEY, b. April 05, 1907, Lindsy,
Oklahoma; d. January 12, 1957.
x. LAURA MAE SHIRLEY, b. September 19, 1908; d. 1945.
81. LANORA SANFORD5 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL PERRY4, SAMUEL3,
WALTER2, WALTER1) was born May 16, 1867 in Kentucky. She
married (UNKNOWN) BUMGARNER in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
82. FOREST ROSE5 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL PERRY4, SAMUEL3,
WALTER2, WALTER1) was born May 02, 1871 in Marion, Critterden
County, Kentucky. She married GEORGE ROBINSON.
83. MARY ISABELL5 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL PERRY4, SAMUEL3,
WALTER2, WALTER1) was born April 27, 1873 in Kentucky.
She married (1) WILLIAM MCALISTER BROWN. She
married (2) ROBERT RATLIFF in Duncan, Stephens County,
Oklahoma.
84. BENJAMIN CECIL5 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL PERRY4, SAMUEL3,
WALTER2, WALTER1)80 was born December 07, 1875 in Kentucky.
married ELLEN JOSEPHINE MARTIN May 09, 1897 in Hearldton, Carter County,
Oklahoma. She was born
1881 in Montague, Texas, and died December 19, 1950 in Pampa,
Texas.
Children of BENJAMIN SHIRLEY and ELLEN MARTIN are:
i. TURNER ROBERT6 SHIRLEY, b. April 10, 1902; d. April 28, 1995.
ii. RUBY JO SHIRLEY, b. April 21, 1905; d. May 30, 1992,
Pampa, Texas; m. (UNKNOWN) MCWHORTER.
iii. CECIL SHIRLEY, b. January 15, 1912; d. December 06,
1973, Pampa, Texas.
iv. HAROLD LEWIS SHIRLEY, b. 1921.
85. SAMUEL MACK5 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL PERRY4, SAMUEL3,
WALTER2, WALTER1) was born October 02, 1877 in Jacksborro, Jack
County, Texas, and died June17, 1948 in Mayfield, Beckham County,
Oklahoma.
married MATTIE MABEL HUNT March 06, 1901 in Mangum, Greer
County, Oklahoma.
Children of SAMUEL SHIRLEY and MATTIE HUNT are:
i. EWELL YOUNG6 SHIRLEY.
ii. CARL CHESTER SHIRLEY.
iii. ELLIS ROAN SHIRLEY.
iv. DAIN VARNIC SHIRLEY.
135. v. KENNETH RAYMOND SHIRLEY.
vi. MURL WILSON SHIRLEY.
vii. VERA VEECHEL SHIRLEY.
86. JESSE BOONE5 SHIRLEY (SAMUEL PERRY4, SAMUEL3, WALTER2, WALTER1)
was born December 18, 1883 in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas,
and died May 17, 1947.
married MERLER SEWEL. She was born June 19, 1888 in
Melina, Gibson County, Tennessee, and died June 21, 1961 in Herford,
Deaf Smith County, Texas.
Children of JESSE SHIRLEY and MERLER SEWEL are:
i. DELMER TERRY6 SHIRLEY.
ii. HARDY RAYMOND SHIRLEY.
iii. RUBY JEWELL SHIRLEY.
iv. J. BOONE SHIRLEY.
v. RUTH ODELL SHIRLEY.
vi. CARL EDWARD SHIRLEY.
vii. ALTA SHIRLEY.
viii. LORENE MARCELL SHIRLEY.
ix. CLIFFORD GLENN SHIRLEY.
x. REAFORD SHIRLEY.
88. JAMES LAWRENCE5 SHIRLEY (JOSEPH4, LAWRENCE VANCE3,
WALTER2, WALTER1) was born 1851 in Miami County, Indiana, and
died 1922.
married MARY BOWMAN.
Children of JAMES SHIRLEY and MARY BOWMAN are:
i. LILLIE B.6 SHIRLEY, b. 1883; d. 1974; m. ? HUSTON.
ii. MAGGIE PEARL SHIRLEY, b. 1886; d. 1945; m. ? SHURE.
iii. LAURA MAY SHIRLEY, b. 1890; d. 1914; m. ? PEARCE.
89. JOSEPH ANDREW5 SHIRLEY (JOSEPH4, LAWRENCE VANCE3,
WALTER2, WALTER1) was born December 12, 1852, and died October
01, 1918 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Joseph Andrew Shirley
married MATILDA JANE WILSON April 18, 1874. She was born August
08, 1853 in Cass County, Indiana, and died 1931 in Crown Point,
Indiana.
Children of JOSEPH SHIRLEY and MATILDA WILSON are:
137. i. BURTON LEE6 SHIRLEY, b. May 10, 1875, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania;
d. May 11, 1952, Plymouth, Indiana.
ii. FOSTER CHARLES SHIRLEY, b. April 27, 1877; d. 1951;
m. NELLIE DEMERLY.
iii. SILVEL PEARL SHIRLEY, b. November 02, 1882; d. October
1961; m. CHARLES MAAS.
90. HARRY5 SHIRLEY (JOSEPH4, LAWRENCE VANCE3, WALTER2,
WALTER1) was bornAugust 1875, and died Abt. 1902.
married (1) ANNA WEST.
married (2) (UNKNOWN) October 01, 1906 in Alexandria, Virginia.
Child of HARRY SHIRLEY and (UNKNOWN) is:
i. EMMA R.6 SHIRLEY, b. June 1912, Alexandria, Virginia;
d. September 26, 1912, Alexandria, Virginia.
91. CHARLES BURCHELL5 SHIRLEY (CHARLES B.4, EPHRIAM3,
JARVIS2, WALTER1) was born September 14, 1848 in Alexandria,
Virginia, and died October 15, 1924 in Boise, Idaho.
married SARAH AUGUSTA VAN
SWEARINGEN March 16,
1886 in Alexandria, Virginia81. She was born September
01, 1855 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and died May 15, 1936 in
Montesano, Washington.
Children of CHARLES SHIRLEY and SARAH VAN SWEARINGEN are:
i. INFANT6 SHIRLEY, b. 1887.
138. ii. CHARLES BURCHELL SHIRLEY, b. January 10, 1890,
Silver City, New Mexico; d. November 05, 1963, Grants Pass, Oregon.
iii. MARGURITE SHIRLEY, b. July 03, 1896, Weiser, Idaho;
d. Abt. 1931; m. T. F. WILCOX.
92. EDWARD MILTON5 SHIRLEY (CHARLES B.4, EPHRIAM3,
JARVIS2, WALTER1) was born July 1850 in Alexandria, Virginia.
married FLORENCE ?.
Children of EDWARD SHIRLEY and FLORENCE ? are:
i. IRENE6 SHIRLEY.
ii. IDA SHIRLEY.
93. NORVAL B.5 SHIRLEY (CHARLES B.4, EPHRIAM3, JARVIS2, WALTER1)
was born Abt. 1855 in Alexandria, Virginia, and died September
25, 1886 in Alexandria, Virginia82.
Notes for NORVAL B. SHIRLEY:
Norval B. Shirley was a conductor on the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad, and died as a result of being thrown from the caboose
of his train and run over. He died about three hours after
the accident.
married ALICE V. STRIDER, daughter of JAMES S. STRIDER.
She was born Abt. 1857, and died July 12, 1897 in Alexandia,
Virginia83.
Child of NORVAL SHIRLEY and ALICE STRIDER is:
i. NORVALL B.6 SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1886, Alexandria, Virginia;
d. January24, 1928, Alexandria, Virginia84.
94. SALLIE CATHERINE5 SHIRLEY (CHARLES B.4, EPHRIAM3,
JARVIS2, WALTER1) was born Abt. 1859 in Alexandria, Virginia,
and died January 05, 1906 in Wellington, Prince William County,
Virginia85. She married CHARLES C. LEACHMAN April 27, 1889
in Alexandria, Virginia, son of JOHN LEACHMAN and ELIZABETH LEWIS.
He was born January 16, 1856 in Wellington, Prince
William County, Virginia, and died December 08, 1945.
95. WALTER5 SHIRLEY (JAMES4, JAMES3, JAMES2, WALTER1)
was born 1825, and died January 30, 1873 in Middleway, Jefferson
County, West Virgiinia.
Notes for WALTER SHIRLEY:
Walter Shirley was one of the Jurors who convicted John Brown
(see "John Brown" by O.G. Villard).
married ELIZABETH SOPHIA BOSLEY April 06, 1854 in Baltimore, Maryland86,
daughter of AMON BOSLEY and REBECCA MARSH. She was born
November 14, 1828, and died March 09, 1897 in Middleway, Jefferson
County, West
Virgiinia87.
Children of WALTER SHIRLEY and
ELIZABETH BOSLEY are:
139. i. JAMES AMON6 SHIRLEY, b. May 18, 1853; d. May 25, 1897, Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
ii. MARY G. SHIRLEY, b. February 25, 1855, Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia; d. March 11, 1855, Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia88.
iii. REBECCA M. SHIRLEY, b. February 25, 1855, Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia; d. March 16, 1855, Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia88.
iv. JAMES M. SHIRLEY, b. May 23, 1856.
v. JOHN GRANTHAM SHIRLEY, b. July 24, 1858; d. July 27,
1934, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia89.
vi. GRAFTON MORRIS SHIRLEY, b. June 29, 1860; d. July
13, 1886,Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia89.
vii. WALTER TALBOTT SHIRLEY, b. November 06, 1864; d.
April 22, 1922,Jefferson County, West Virginia89; m. ANNIE LUCY
FICKLIN; b. March 26, 1876, England; d. April 13, 1936, Jefferson
County, West Virginia89.
viii. FLORENCE TALBOT SHIRLEY, b. November 04, 1868; d.
December 27,1952, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia89.
ix. HELEN AMELIA SHIRLEY, b. May 15, 1871; d. May 05,
1917, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia89.
96. JOHN GRANTHAM5 SHIRLEY (JAMES4, JAMES3, JAMES2,
WALTER1) was born April 12, 1826, and died December 13, 1913
in Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
married MARY ELLEN GARRETT, daughter of SILAS GARRETT and ROSE BATES.
She was born October 30, 1839, and died February 22, 1907.
Children of JOHN SHIRLEY and MARY GARRETT are:
i. ANNA MARY6 SHIRLEY, b. October 14, 1861; d. May 06, 1934,
Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia90.
ii. EUGENE GARRETT SHIRLEY, b. January 1864; d. October
21, 1921, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
iii. ROBERT WILLIAM SHIRLEY, b. October 19, 1865; d. April
08, 1944, Jefferson County (West) Virginia91; m. MARY LILIE FARRISH;
b. September 14, 1887; d. March 04, 1967, Jefferson County, West
Virginia91.
140. iv. GEORGE PEABODY SHIRLEY, b. December 31, 1868;
d. 1943.
v. MARGARET BELLE SHIRLEY, b. February 19, 1872; d. 1956,
Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
vi. ELIZABETH TALBOTT SHIRLEY, b. May 08, 1874; d. May
22, 1874.
vii. WALTER TALBOTT SHIRLEY, b. April 15, 1875; d. January
15, 1897, Jefferson County, West Virginia91.
viii. EVELYN SHIRLEY, b. October 18, 1878; d. 1942, Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia91; m. EVERETT FARRISH; b. April
19, 1853; d. August 27, 1903, Caroline County, Virginia.
97. MARGARET AMELIA5 SHIRLEY (JAMES4, JAMES3, JAMES2,
WALTER1) was born February 18, 1828, and died March 04, 1911
in Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virginia92. She married
SOLOMON ADAMS BATES December 19, 1849 in Jefferson County, West
Virginia93. He was born April 10, 1815, and died May 03,
1887 in Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia94.
98. JAMES WILLIAM5 SHIRLEY (JAMES4, JAMES3, JAMES2,
WALTER1) was born December 31, 1829, and died 1906 in Jefferson
County (West) Virginia.
married JULIA BOWEN. She was born 1841 in Greenwood,
Albemarle County, Virginia, and died 1906.
Children of JAMES SHIRLEY and JULIA BOWEN are:
141. i. MARGARET TIMBERLAKE6
SHIRLEY, b. Greenwood,
Albemarle County,
Virginia; d. Alexandria, Virginia.
142. ii. CONRAD BOWEN SHIRLEY, b. October 05, 1878, Greenwood,
Albemarle County, Virginia; d. May 05, 1962.
143. iii. JAMES ARMISTEAD SHIRLEY, b. 1886, Greenwood,
Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1951.
103. GEORGE THOMAS5 SHIRLEY (ROBERT VINSON4, JAMES3,
JAMES2, WALTER1) was born 1869, and died 1959101.
married JULIA LARUE GRANTHAM, daughter of JOHN GRANTHAM and MARY
BOWEN. She was born October 15, 1874, and died June 02,
1935101.
Child of GEORGE SHIRLEY and JULIA GRANTHAM is:
154. i. JULIA GRANTHAM6 SHIRLEY.
104. HENRY GARNETT5 SHIRLEY (ROBERT VINSON4, JAMES3,
JAMES2, WALTER1) was born November 10, 1874 in Summit Point,
Jefferson County (West) Virginia, and died July 16, 1941.
Notes for HENRY GARNETT SHIRLEY:
Henry Garnett Shirley graduated from the Virginia Military Institute
in 1896. He was an officer with the U.S. Volunteers in
the Spanish American War. In 1922 he became Chairman of
the Virginia State Highway Commission.
married (1) ALICE WASHINGTON
GRAHAM. She was
born in Oxford, North Carolina.
Children of HENRY SHIRLEY and
ALICE GRAHAM are:
i. ROBERT BAYLOR6 SHIRLEY.
ii. LUCY SHIRLEY, m.
LEON OTIS.
155. iii. AUGUSTUS GRAHAM SHIRLEY.
iv. ALICE SHIRLEY.
v. JULIA BAYLOR SHIRLEY, m. FRED PATTERSON.
married (2) SARAH ANN BERKELEY. She was born in Richmond, Virginia.
105. ANN MATILDA5 SHIRLEY (GEORGE WILLIAM4, JAMES3,
JAMES2, WALTER1) was born January 08, 1856, and died October
13, 1929. She married HENRY BEDINGER BAYLOR October 27,
1880 in Jefferson County, West Virginia102. He was born January
07, 1851 in Jefferson County (West) Virginia, and died October
15, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia103.
106. CLARA5 SHIRLEY (GEORGE WILLIAM4, JAMES3, JAMES2,
WALTER1) was born February 07, 1860, and died March 21, 1929
in Jefferson County, West Virginia104. She married
JAMES GREEN ALDRIDGE, son of ANDREW ALDRIDGE and IRENE GREEN.
He was born 1847, and died 1922 in Jefferson County, West Virginia105.
107. ROBERT VINSON5 SHIRLEY (GEORGE WILLIAM4, JAMES3,
JAMES2, WALTER1) was born December 25, 1865.
married WILLIE ROGERS.
Children of ROBERT SHIRLEY and WILLIE ROGERS are:
i. GEORGE WESLY6 SHIRLEY, b. May 22, 1915.
ii. ROGER VINSON SHIRLEY, b. September 15, 1916.
108. STANLEY WALLACE5 SHIRLEY (GEORGE WILLIAM4,
JAMES3, JAMES2, WALTER1) was born January 16, 1873 in Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia, and died April 28, 1948 in
Jefferson County (West) Virginia106.
married ELIZABETH PAGE WHITE. She was born January 16, 1874,
and died October 29, 1959 in Jefferson County (West) Virginia106.
Child of STANLEY SHIRLEY and ELIZABETH WHITE is:
159. i. STANLEY WALLACE6 SHIRLEY,
JR., b. June 28, 1900.
109. STEPHEN5 SHIRLEY (NATHAN4, ROBERT3, JAMES2,
WALTER1)
married ESTELLA NEWTON September 24, 1871 in Defiance County,
Ohio107.
Children of STEPHEN SHIRLEY and ESTELLA NEWTON are:
i. MARTHA E.6 SHIRLEY, b. April 1873, Defiance Township, Defiance
County, Ohio108.
ii. LAWRENCE N. SHIRLEY, b. April 26, 1878, Defiance Township,
Defiance County, Ohio109.
iii. LESTER D. SHIRLEY, b. March 12, 1889, Defiance Township,
Defiance County, Ohio110.
110. WILLIAM JAMES5 SHIRLEY (JAMES4, ROBERT3, JAMES2,
WALTER1) was born October 19, 1841, and died May 09, 1874 in
Delaware Township, Defiance County, Ohio111.
married MISSOURI SLOUGH February 21, 1864 in Paulding County,
Ohio112.
Children of WILLIAM SHIRLEY and MISSOURI SLOUGH are:
i. DELLA F.6 SHIRLEY, m. JOHN C. PEFFLY, April 23, 1882,
Defiance County, Ohio112.
ii. ALICE R. SHIRLEY, b. July 23, 1870; m. L. S. HOLBROOK.
iii. VERSENETH SHIRLEY.
iv. FRANK SHIRLEY, b. September 09, 1872, Delaware Township,
Defiance County, Ohio113.
111. GEORGE WASHINGTON5 SHIRLEY (ELIAS4, ROBERT3,
JAMES2, WALTER1) was born December 18, 1827 in Fort Defiance,
Ohio, and died February 05, 1898 in Peru, Nebraska.
married (1) LUCY NELSON HUTCHINSON. She was born March 02, 1844 in
Kentucky, and died May 23, 1901 in Peru, Nebraska.
Children of GEORGE SHIRLEY and
LUCY HUTCHINSON are:
i. DELTA6 SHIRLEY, b. 1868.
ii. MANCO SHIRLEY, b. October 1870, Peru, Nebraska; d.
August 1955, Sparks, Nevada; m. MARY BELLE VINES; b. December
1876, Van Buren, Arkansas; d. December 1964, Sparks, Nevada.
iii. LEE SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1872; m. IDA ?.
iv. ROBERT SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1872.
married (2) SARAH EMILY HARRIS.
Children of GEORGE SHIRLEY and SARAH HARRIS are:
v. HORATIO6 SHIRLEY, m. BELLE ?.
vi. ELLA SHIRLEY, d. Abt. 1828, Peru, Nebraska; m. EDWARD
WELLS.
vii. JAMES SHIRLEY.
112. JOSEPH H.5 SHIRLEY (ROBERT4, ROBERT3, JAMES2,
WALTER1)114 was born April 20, 1832 in Defiance County, Ohio,
and died April 03, 1910 in Desciple Church, Paulding County,
Ohio.
Notes for JOSEPH H. SHIRLEY:
A biography of Joseph H. Shirley may be found at page 51 of the
"Historical Atlas of Paulding County" (1892).
Joseph's family is described in greater detail at pages 228 and
229 in the "Historical Hand Atlas of Paulding County"
(1882).
married (1) MARY E. WARD115 August 13, 1854 in Paulding County,
Ohio116, daughter of LEWIS WARD. She was born October 30,
1833 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and died June 01,
1867 in Defiance County, Ohio.
Children of JOSEPH SHIRLEY and
MARY WARD are:
i. CLARENCE MILTON6 SHIRLEY, b. August 22, 1859.
ii. HOMER SHIRLEY, b. March 16, 1861.
iii. STEVEN W. SHIRLEY, b. June 24, 1863.
married (2) MATILDA P. NASH August 23, 1868 in Paulding County,
Ohio116, daughter of HENRY NASH and SUSAN OSMOND. She was
born November 10, 1848 in Zanesville, Ohio116.
Child of JOSEPH SHIRLEY and MATILDA NASH is:
iv. WARREN C.6 SHIRLEY, b. March 19, 1879.
113. JAMES AUSTIN5 SHIRLEY (ROBERT4, ROBERT3, JAMES2,
WALTER1) was born April 03, 1837 in Defiance County, Ohio, and
died August 05, 1916 in Brewster, Kansas.
Notes on James Austin Shirley
James A. Shirley left Ohio in 1860 and settled in Iowa and from
there moved to Fall City, Nebraska and in 1885 to Sherman Co.
Kansas. In 1911 he moved to Brewster, Kansas and embarked in
the mercantile business, he being the senior member of the Shirley
Mercantile Company. He joined the Methodist Church in 1866
Spring Valley, Iowa James Obituary shows at the time he died
he had 2 sisters, Emma C. Daniels and Jennie L. Neaven and 3
brothers, David, Grant and Sheridan still living in Ohio.
married ANGIE R. IRWIN December 06, 1866 in Fremont County,
Iowa117.
Children of JAMES SHIRLEY and ANGIE IRWIN are:
i. ALBERT6 SHIRLEY, m. ANNA AMELIA DENKER.
ii. JESSE RAY SHIRLEY, m. MARY BLASER (MRS. VASELIK).
iii. MINNIE SHIRLEY, m. JOHN HESTON.
iv. SARAH SHIRLEY.
v. JENNIE SHIRLEY, b. Abt. 1873; d. 1939; m. MARSH HESTON.
114. DAVID CLARK5 SHIRLEY (ROBERT4, ROBERT3, JAMES2,
WALTER1)118 was born January 16, 1840 in Brown Township, Paulding
County, Ohio, and died October 02, 1919 in Findley, Ohio.
Notes for DAVID CLARK SHIRLEY:
David Clark Shirley served in three regiments during the Civil
War. They were 38th, 132nd, 192nd Regiments of the Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. His family is described in "Historical
Hand Atlas of Paulding County" (1882) at Page 228.
married RACHEL REED STROTHER119 March 11, 1866 in Findley, Hancock
County, Ohio120, daughter of JOHN
STROTHER and MARGARET MOODY. She was born October 01, 1843
in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, and died July 25, 1928 in near
Oakwood, Ohio.
Children of DAVID SHIRLEY and RACHEL STROTHER are:
i. BERTHA A.6 SHIRLEY.
ii. EMMA SHIRLEY, m.
(UNKNOWN) GILTZ.
iii. FRANKLIN S. SHIRLEY, b. December 14, 1866.
iv. EDDIE C. SHIRLEY, b. October 04, 1870, Ohio; d. May
09, 1873, Ohio.
v. ADA J. SHIRLEY, b. January 21, 1872, Ohio; d. July
19, 1874, Ohio.
vi. MILLARD J. SHIRLEY, b. March 05, 1874, Ohio; d. December
18, 1878, Ohio.
vii. JOSEPH RAYMOND SHIRLEY, b. April 09, 1881, Charloe,
Paulding County, Ohio.
115. WILLIAM WILSHIRE5 SHIRLEY (JAMES4, TIMOTHY3,
JAMES2, WALTER1) was born 1848.
married SARAH ELLEN CHEESEMAN. She was born 1860.
Child of WILLIAM SHIRLEY and SARAH CHEESEMAN is:
160. i. WILLIAM ELSWORTH6
SHIRLEY, b. November
22, 1876, New Hope, Ohio; d. September 13, 1946, Placerville,
CA.
116. JOHN J.5 SHIRLEY (DAVID4, JOHN3, ROBERT2, WALTER1)
was born Abt. 1831, and died July 24, 1896 in Jefferson County,
West Virginia121.
married ANN ELIZABETH HOSIER July 13, 1853 in Jefferson County, West
Virginia122. She was born July 15, 1828, and died June
02, 1905 in Jefferson County, West Virginia123.
Child of JOHN SHIRLEY and ANN HOSIER is:
i. CORA6 SHIRLEY, b. August 04, 1857, Jefferson County,
West Virginia; m. JAMES H. MILLER, December 10, 1879, Jefferson
County, West Virginia124; d. July 03, 1901, Jefferson County,
West Virginia125.
Endnotes
1. LDS International Genealogical Index of Maryland (1984),
Page 187.
2. "Death Notices Transcribed From Berkeley Co. Newspapers
1803-1855",
p.33.
3. "The Story of Smithfield (Middleway) Jeff. Co.,
W. Va," by Bates,
page 64.
4. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", Page 63.
5. "Marriage Records of Berkeley County, Virginia
1781-1854", p. 205.
6. "The Shirley News", July 1983, page 10.
7. "Marriage Records of Berkeley County, Virginia
1781-1854", p. 204.
8. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 381.
9. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 112.
10. LDS IGI for Virginia (1984), page 9,564.
11. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 112.
12. "The Shirley News", July 1983, page 10.
13. "The Alexandria Gazette", January 19, 1850.
14. "The Alexandria Gazette", February 16, 1866.
15. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 280.
16. "The Shirley News", July 1983, page 10.
17. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", page 228.
18. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 234.
19. "The Story of Smithfield (Middleway) Jeff. Co.,
W. Va," by Bates,
page 65.
20. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 234.
21. "Marriage Records of Berkeley County, Virginia
1781-1854", Page 205.
22. "Washington County, Maryland Marriages, An Index:
1799-1860".
23. Marriage Record, Ross County, Ohio, Volume A-B, Page
550.
24. Headstone photograph.
25. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", Page 298.
26. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 381.
27. "Marriage Records of Berkeley County, Virginia
1781-1854", p. 254.
28. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", Page 361.
29. "Marriage Records of Berkeley County, Virginia
1781-1854", p. 254.
30. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 368.
31. Family & descent provided by James J. Shirley,
Saratoga, California
(1991).
32. "Caldwell County Marriages 1809-1900" by
Kyle.
33. Undated and Unattributed Obituary.
34. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", Page 116.
35. "Washington County, Maryland Marriages, An Index:
1799-1860".
36. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", Page 376.
37. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", Pge 116.
38. Records of Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington,
DC.
39. "The Alexandria Gazette", October 9, 1833.
40. Records of Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington,
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41. "The Alexandria Gazette", June 24, 1852.
42. "The Alexandria Gazette", August 2, 1897.
43. Alexandria Marriage Bonds & Licenses, Alexandria
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44. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 316.
45. "The Shirley News", July 1983, page 10.
46. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 316.
47. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 78.
48. LDS IGI for West Virginia (1884), page 1703.
49. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 78.
50. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", page 265.
51. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 375.
52. "The Shirley News", July 1983, page 10.
53. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 375.
54. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 234.
55. "The Shirley News", July 1983, page 10.
56. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 234.
57. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 375.
58. War of 1812 Pension Record, No. 24.641.
59. War of 1812 Pension Record, No 24.641.
60. War of 1812 Pension Record, No. 24.641.
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208.
62. "The Shirley News", Apr/May 1987, page 7.
63. "Valley of the Upper Maumee River", Vol.
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64. "Early Death Records of Defiance County, Ohio
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65. "Historical Atlas of Paulding County Ohio",
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66. "The Shirley News", Apr/May 1987, page 7.
67. "The Story of Smithfield (Middleway) Jeff. Co.,
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68. Headstone photograph, Antwerp Cemetery, Paulding Co.,
Ohio.
69. "Garst-Sherfey-Graybill Genealogies and Peffley-Peffly-Pefley
Suppliment", Page 278.
70. Defiance County, Ohio, Record of Marriages, Vol. Small
1, Page 21.
71. "The Antwerp Argus" of Paulding County, Ohio,
November 23, 1898.
72. Headstone photograph, Antwerp Cemetery, Paulding Co.,
Ohio.
73. "The Shirley News", Apr/May 1987, page 7.
74. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", Page 171.
75. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", Page 276.
76. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", page 134.
77. "The Story of Smithfield (Middleway) Jeff. Co.,
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78. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", Page 361.
79. "The Story of Smithfield (Middleway) Jeff. Co.,
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71.
80. Family & descent provided by David Boylan (1999),
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81. Washington, DC, Marriage Bureau, License No. 9069.
82. "The Alexandria Gazette", September 25, 1886.
83. "The Alexandria Gazette", July 12, 1897.
84. Alexandria, Virginia Death Records 1912-1939 (WPA Record).
85. Undated and Unattributed Obituary.
86. "Index Baltimore Marriages and Deaths, 1851-1860",
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2.
87. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 234.
88. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 316.
89. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 234.
90. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 2344.
91. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 234.
92. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 221.
93. "The Shirley News", July 1983, page 10.
94. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 221.
95. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", page 221.
96. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 221.
97. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", page 221.
98. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", page 370.
99. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", page 265.
100. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 78.
101. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 375.
102. "The Story of Smithfield (Middleway) Jeff. Co.,
W. Va," by Bates,
page 75.
103. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", page
354.
104. "The Story of Smithfield (Middleway) Jeff. Co.,
W. Va," by Bates,
page 76.
105. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", page
353.
106. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 234.
107. "The Shirley News", Apr/May 1987, page 7.
108. "Birth Records of Defiance County, Ohio, 1867-1908",
page 1235.
109. "Birth Records of Defiance County, Ohio, 1867-1908",
page 1234.
110. "Birth Records of Defiance County, Ohio, 1867-1908",
page 1235.
111. "Early Death Records of Defiance County, Ohio
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939.
112. "The Shirley News", Apr/May 1987, page 7.
113. "Birth Records of Defiance County, Ohio, 1867-1908",
p. 1234.
114. "Historical Hand Atlas of Paulding County"
(1882), pp. 228-29.
115. "Historical Atlas of Paulding County Ohio",
Page 51.
116. "Historical Hand Atlas of Paulding County"
(1882), pp. 228-9.
117. "The Shirley News", April 1981, page 3.
118. "Historical Hand Atlas of Paulding County"
(1882), Page 228.
119. "Historical Hand Atlas of Paulding County"
(1882), page 228.
120. "The Shirley News", Apr/May 1987, page 7.
121. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 348.
122. "The Shirley News", July 1983, page 10.
123. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 348.
124. "The Shirley News", July 1983, page 19.
125. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 178.
126. Paulding County, Ohio, Birth Record, Vol. 1, Page
24-25.
127. Death Cert., Alameda Co., CA, Local Reg No 17 (State
No.
31-012887).
128. Death Cert., Alameda Co., CA, Local Reg No 17 (State
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129. Marriage Record Monroe Co., Michigan, Recod No. 159.
130. Death Certificate, Contra Costa Co., California, Local
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132. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
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135. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
1687-1980", p. 375.
136. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
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137. Information provided by Virginia (Duff) Tabb of Jefferson
County,
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138. Death Certificate, Contra Costa Co., California, Local
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139. Marriage Certificate, Kern Co., California, Book 4,
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140. Death Certificate, County of San Francisco, No. 81-6466.
141. "Tombstone Inscriptions, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
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142. "The Bakersfield Californian", Obituary
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143. "The Daily Midway Driller", Monday February
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144. Death Certificate, Kern Co., California, Page 219.
145. Social Security Application, Account 548-01-4346.
146. Kern County, California, Affidavit of Birth, Book
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147. Los Angeles County Death Certificate, Reg. Dist. &
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148. Kern County, California, Marriage Certificate, Local
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149. Kern County, California, Affidavit of Birth, Book
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150. "The Bakersfield Californian", May 2, 1949,
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151. "The Bakersfield Californian", May 3, 1949,
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