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4. JAMES 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. JOHN 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.
Generation
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16. MARY SHIRLEY (JAMES2, WALTER1) She married
THOMAS J. HOWARD.
17. JAMES 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. JAMES 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. ROBERT 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) - See below.
In the spring of 1822 Robert
Shirley, sr., and family moved from near Chillicothe, Ohio, to
Fort Defiance. The family included the
mother, Mrs. Rachel Shirley, and the children, James, Elias,
Robert, Ruth, Mary, Nancy and John G. From Fort Jennings to Fort
Defiance they saw no white people, and followed the Indian trail
along the river Auglaize. The fort at Defiance, built by Gen.
Winchester, was then standing, in a good state of preservation,
in charge of William Preston, the only other inhabitant of Defiance.
Four French families lived in cabins on the Maumee above the
point, and three American families on the Auglaize near by. Six
miles below lived the families of John Perkins, Montgomery Evans
and Mr. Hively. Two trading houses were kept on either side of
the Maumee. Here the Ottawa, commonly called Tawah Indians, brought
their skins of the otter, beaver, raccoon, bear, muskrat, mink,
fox, wild-cat and deer, and beeswax, ginseng, cranberries and
gooseberries. No person then lived between Forts Wayne and Defiance,
but all the travel from Detroit to Fort Wayne and Chicago passed
along the Maumee. Mail was carried by Forts Wayne and Defiance
from Piqua to Fort Meigs (Maumee City). When the Shirleys settled
at Defiance, Cant. James Riley had not begun the survey of land.
Shane, the famous pioneer, was then about fifty years old, and
living at Shane's prairie, on the St. Maiy's river. Flour and
salt were obtained from Swan Creek (Toledo), hauled to the Rapids
and brought thence on pirogues. In 1827, through the influence
of Nathan Shirley, Elias Pattee, of a family familiar in church
history in the
Maumee valley, organized the first church at Defiance. James
Shirley, who was born in Virginia in 1797, was a man of remarkable
shrewdness and natural ability, and at the time of his death
at his old home in Ohio, in 1850, he owned over 700 acres of
land in Defiance and Allen counties. By his wife, Elizabeth Gilbert,
born in 1822, in Kentucky, and still living in Defiance county,
he had seven children : a daughter unnamed, William, Robert B.,
Eliza, Alexander, Levisa and Sylvester. Robert B. is the only
one living besides the mother. Robert B. Shirley was born October
24, 1842, and at seventeen years of age became a
clerk in a dry goods store at iVntwerp, Ohio, but three years
later came to Maumee township and began to work on the farm which
is now his home. In 1871 he was elected justice of Maumee township,
and in 1874 re-elected by a largely increased majority. At the
same time he served as deputy land appraiser, and subsequent!}-
served as assessor by appointment. In 1880 he was elected trustee,
and again in 1888. Though he is a democrat, and a recognized
leader in that party, these honors have been bestowed upon him
in a township that frequently gives republican majorities. In
the 1885 and 1889 sessions of the Indiana
legislature, he served as chief engrossing clerk in the house.
Mr. Shirley was married May 1, 1880, to Ladora, daughter of William
and Catharine (Gray) Faulkner. She was born at Lima, Ohio, in
1856. Mr. Shirley's sister Eliza left at her death one son, Albert
H. Little, and his brother William left four children: Delia,
Alice, Verseneth and Frank.
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. TIMOTHY 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. JAMES 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.
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45. JAMES 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. WALTER 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 VINSON 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 BAYLOR 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 WILLIAM 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. 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. NATHAN 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. PHILIP 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. JAMES 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 JEAN 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.
Robert B. Shirley
ROBERT B. SHIRLEY, son of James
Shirley, a native of Kentucky, and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Shirley,
a native of Virginia, was born in Defiance County. Ohio, October
24, 1842. He gained a common school education. He is a Democrat,
and was Representative from Allen County in the Sixty-sixth General
Assembly. He was also a member of the Legislature in 1899. He
has been a justice of the peace, township trustee, deputy land
appraiser, Allen County, and was chief enrolling clerk in the
Special session of the General Assembly in 1885. Mr. Shirley
is a farmer and resides at Shirley City, Allen County. He is
a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows. Legislative
Manual of Indiana for 1909.
vi. ALEXANDER SHIRLEY, b. March 04, 1847; d. March 24,
1872, Delaware
Township, Defiance County, Ohio64.
51. ELIAS 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 WASHINGTON
SHIRLEY, b. December
18, 1827, Fort Defiance, Ohio; d. February 05, 1898, Peru, Nebraska.
52. ROBERT 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. RUTH 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. JAMES 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 WILSHIRE SHIRLEY, b. 1848.
Generation
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95. WALTER
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 AMON 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 GRANTHAM 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 MARY 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 AMELIA 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 WILLIAM 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 THOMAS 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 GARNETT 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 BAYLOR 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 MATILDA 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 VINSON SHIRLEY (GEORGE WILLIAM4, JAMES3,
JAMES2, WALTER1) was born December 25, 1865.
married WILLIE ROGERS.
Children of ROBERT SHIRLEY and WILLIE ROGERS are:
i. GEORGE WESLY SHIRLEY, b. May 22, 1915.
ii. ROGER VINSON SHIRLEY, b. September 15, 1916.
108. STANLEY WALLACE 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 WALLACE 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. 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 JAMES 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. 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 WASHINGTON 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. HORATIO SHIRLEY, m. BELLE ?.
vi. ELLA SHIRLEY, d. Abt. 1828, Peru, Nebraska; m. EDWARD
WELLS.
vii. JAMES SHIRLEY.
112. JOSEPH H. 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 MILTON 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. SHIRLEY, b. March 19, 1879.
113. JAMES AUSTIN 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. ALBERT 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 CLARK 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. 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 WILSHIRE 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 ELSWORTH SHIRLEY, b. November 22, 1876, New Hope, Ohio;
d. September 13, 1946, Placerville, CA.
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