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From Riley Shirley Aug 8, 1984
William Shirley (my
grandfather) was born about 1825 Buckinghamshire England.
died Feb 2, 1903 Columbia, Maury Co. TN. William
brought over two brothers, Jonathon Nov 10, 1810 England and
Riley Shirley.
Shirley, William, 77,
died in Columbia,
buried rose Hill, (Columbia Herald, 6 Feb 1903) Mr Shirley of
Columbia says his father fought under Wellington in the battle
of Waterloo. (Columbia Herald and Mail, 22 Jan 1875) William
Shirley has often told me that he cut the eagle whih adorns the
finished structure (i.e. the State Capitol in Nashville). (Maury
Democrat 24 May 1894).
married 1) Manerva E.
Lambertson, they
had six children. She was born Jan 7, 1825 MA and died
Feb 22, 1888 of Heart disease, buried Rose Hill Cemetery
in Columbia, TN.
Shirley, Mrs Manervie, 63, died 22 Feb 1888 of heart disease,
wife of William Shirley, buried Rose Hill in Columbia (Maury
Democrat, 1 March 1888)
married 2), Anna Eliz.
Morrow in Maury Co. Tennessee. They were the parents of 5 children.
children: (by 1st wife)
1. Samuel T. 1861 TN
2. William Nelson 1864
Nashville TN d. 1937 Columbia, TN buried Rose Hill in Columbia.
Married Anna Elizabeth Morrow Shirley, his step-mother, who was
born Sept 26, 1864 and died June 7, 1940.
Shirley, William, Discoverer of phospahte in Maury buried.
Funeral services were held at Rose Hill Cemetery this afternoon
for William Nelson Shirley, 73 years old stone carver and prospector
and th efirst discoverer of phosphate rock in Maury County. Mr.
Shirley died late yesterday at the King's Daughters Hospital,
where he was taken after he broke his leg in a fall on the icy
streets here the second week of this month. It was in 1878 when
a lad of 14 that Mr. Shirley, who was then learning his father's
trade of stonecutter, did his first prospecting here, seeking
onyx, zinc and other ores. However, nothing came of this discovery
at the time, it being in the last few years of the nineteeth
century before mining was started here and that on new discoveries
of much more valuable deposits near Mt Pleasant. Mr Shirley was
a stone carver for 57 years but was never "in the money"
in his phosphate deals. A man of visionary mind, he was often
planning for new ventures but few of his activities netted him
much profit although until his heath failed he was a hard worker.
He had been aided for years by friends here, including H. Allison
Webster, Sr who had been associated with him in prospecting years
ago. Two years agi he did his last active prospecting for pay,
this being the cutting of the stone on the W. P. Morgan farm
near here, when a veteran's hospital was being sought. Mr. Shirley
was born in Nashville, but came here early in life with his parents.
(Daily Herald, Columbia TN 23 Dec 1937)
children:
(1). Milton
(2). Marion (twin)
(3). Meredith (twin)
3. Alfred M. 1855 Columbia
TN, died 1902 (Appendicitis), buried Rose Hill Cemetery. Married
Mary G. Young Sept 6, 1876, Maury Co. TN. She was born Feb 10,
1854 and died April 3, 1918.
children:
(1). Charley 1878
(2). Dasey 1879
4. Emily Rose 1867 TN,
m. Robert Lee Manor Aug 8, 1887
5. Elizabeth
6. Edith
children: by 2nd wife Anna
Morrow
7. John A. 1880 d. 1954
8. Sarah Ann (Sally)
9. Riley Pillow 1893 (father
of Riley Shirley)
10. Alexander
11. Eva May 1900
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