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1. Ezekiel
SHIRLEY 1775 VA died 1864
Perry, Boone Co. IN.
"...Ezekiel and Delia (Shirley) Shirley, both parents
having been born in North Carolina, where they were married;
thence they migrated to Scott county, Ky., where Ezekiel engaged
in farming until 1831, when he brought his family to Hendricks
coimty, Ind.. and rented land until 1838; then moved to Perry
township, Boone county, where his son James...had entered land,
on which he resided until his death in 1864, his wife surviving
him until the next year. They were the parents of six children,
viz. : Dickerson, Elias, Benjamin, Maria, Amelia and James, all
deceased with the exception of [James]. The remains of Mr. and
Mrs. Shirley were interred in Mount Tabor cemetery, both having
died in the Baptist faith...." A portrait and biographical
record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties, Ind
married Dulcina "Dolly" Shirley, daughter
of Argeland Shirley branch #10.
children:
(1). Dickinson SHIRLEY 1796 Scott Co. KY
married Elizabeth Hamrick.
children:
A. Caleb SHIRLEY July 17, 1817 KY d. 1876 Harrison,
Boone Co. IN m. 1st Mary (Dale) McReynolds July 17, 1837 Boone
Co. IN, daughter of Squire and Elizabeth Dale, m. 2nd Elizabeth
Kenady July 1859
"...Caleb Shirley, father of the immediate subject of
this mention, whose birth occurred in Scott county, Ky., on the
seventeenth day of July, 1817, Caleb, when a lad, moved with
his parents to Hendricks county, Ind., where he grew to manhood;
subsequently he moved to Boone county. Ind., married Mary (Dale)
McReynolds July 17, 1837, and located in Perry township, where
he resided until his removal, in 1840, to the township of Harrison.
Like his ancestors before him, Caleb Shirley was a tiller of
the soil, and on coming to Indiana purchased land in Harrison
township, making a fine farm, consisting of 160 acres, where
he passed the remaining years of his life, dying on the twenty-second
day of March. 1876. His wife, who had been a faithful companion
and true helpmate for a number or years, preceded her husband
to the silent land, having departed this life March 13. 1859.
To Caleb and Mary Shirley were born ten children, whose names
are as follows: James W., whose name introduces this sketch;
Matthew E., Henry S. , Jarrett S., Emily E., wi£e of W.
F. Proctor, now deceased; Eliza and Malinda, twins, the latter
deceased; William S., deceased; Jessie B., and Mary, wife of
B. T. Bell. For generations the Shirleys were Baptists, and of
that church Caleb and his good wife were devout members. Mr.
Shirley was a man of exemplary habits, a model eitizen, and in
every walk of life endeavored to adorn his christian profession
by living up to the pure teachings of his church. Mrs. Mary Shirley
was a native of Tennessee and daughter of Squire and Elizabeth
Dale, who were born in the same state, the desendants of old
and eminently respected pioneer families. When eighteen years
of age, : Mary was united in marriage to Samuel McReynolds. a
farmer of Putnam county, Ind , by whom she had two children:
Marion, deceased, and Samuel, who resides at this time in the
state of Kansas. Her marriage to Caleb Shirley was solemnized
on the sixteenth day of July, 1837. Squire Dale was one of twelve
children that grew to years of maturity, and he served, with
distinction, in the last war with Great Britain. He was a man
of many noble traits of character, and died at the age of fifty-five,
leaving, as a precious heritage to his children, a name singularly
free from the slightest taint of anything questionable or dishonorable,
His wife, a most excellent woman, bright and intelligent beyond
the ordinary, remained true to her husband's memory, and died
after a widowhood of over thirty years..." A portrait
and biographical record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties,
Ind
children:
(a). James W. SHIRLEY April 18, 1838 Boone Co. IN
m. Sarah Bright Mar 25, 1855. She was the daughter of
William R. and Annis Henderson Bright.
JAMES W. SHIRLEY.— Change is constant and general. Generations
rise and pass unmarked away, and it is a duty to posterity, as
well as a present gratification, to place upon the printed page
a true record of the lives of those sterling men who have done
so much toward establishing and making permanent the present
advanced state of civilization enjoyed by the great commonwealth
of Indiana. The name of Shirley has been pre-eminently identified
with the history of Boone county for years, and it is with much
satisfaction that the leading facts in" the life of one
of the most worthy members of the family are herewith presented
to the readers of this volume, James W. Sliirley is descended,
paternally, from English ancestry, and traces his ancestry back
to his great-great-grandfather, James Shirley, who came to the
United States in ante-revolutionary times, and settled in Virginia,
where he reared a family and became a planter of large means
and a man of much more than local prominence. He died in the
state of his adoption, and subsequently his son Ezekiel, great-grandfather
of the subject of this sketch, with other members of the famil
emigrated to Scott county, Ky. , locating not far from Georgetown.
Ezekiel Shirley, at the early age of seventeen years, married
Dulcina Shirley, a distant relative of about the same age, and
reared a family of seven children, nearly all of whom lived to
the age of maturity and became the heads of families; but all
of whom, excepting James, have long since passed from the scenes
of their earthly labors.
A son of the foregoing, Dickinson Shirley, married Elizabeth
Hamrick and reared a family of children, among whom was J. W.
Shirley, whose name opens this biography, is a native son of
Boone county, and date his birth from the eighteenth day of April,
1838. His educational training, like-that of the majority of
country lads, was obtained in the old-fashioned log school-house
common to the pioneer period of Indiana; and until his eighteenth
year he assisted his father on the farm, thereby learning lessons
of industry that iproved so valuable to him in subsequent life.
Having selected agriculture as his vocation, he began the same
upon his own responsbility, at an early age, on the home farm,
and in 1855 took unto himself a helpmate in the person of Sarah
Bright, to whom he was united in marriage on March 25, of that
year. In the mean time, he left the family homestead and bought
a part of the place he now owns, in Harrison township, his first
purchase consisting of forty acres, to which additions were made
at intervals, until eventually he became the possessor 120 acres,
a fine farm upon which he now resides. Mrs. Shirley was born
March 22, 1830, the daughter of William R. and Annis (Henderson")
Bright, and has borne her husband the following children: Jasper
N., William H. (deceased), Rosella 'deceased). Caleb E., John
L. (deceased,, James M., Theodosia E. and an infant son (deceased).
Mr. Shirley has ever been noted as a warm-hearted, broad-minded
man. upright in all his dealings, and a true lover of humanity,
to the interests of which the best energies of his life have
been nobly devoted. Reared a Baptist, he has never departed from
the faith, and his religious experience dates from his fourteenth
year, at which time he was converted and became a member of the
old Mt. Tabor church. Later he took membership with the Mt. Union
church, with which he has been identified since 1862, and in
1864 jielded to an inclination of long standing, by entering
upon the active work of the ministry. He was formally ordained
to the sacred calling in that year, and at once became pastor
of the Mt. Union church, the duties of which relation, with the
exception of one year, he nobly discharged until 1893; his pastorate
covering a period of twenty-eight years of active service. He
still preaches for neighboring churches, and with a spirit of
true consecration, expects to devote the remaining years of his
life to the noble work, which in bis hands has been so greatly
blessed in leading many to abandon the ways of sin, and seek
the true way leading to peace and happiness here and pointing
to a more blessed inheritance hereafter. He has also preached
in the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Ohio. He
has (he believes) traveled more miles and preached more sermons,
than any minister in Boone county, living or dead. His politics,
like his religious belief, Mr. Shirley has never changed, and
in the former he has been and remains a life-long democrat. At
one time he held the office of justice of the peace of his township,
aside from which he has never been called to till official positon.
Thus, briefly, is epitomized the life work of one of Boone county's
most reputable citizens, and it is the wish of bis many friends
that many years may yet be spared him in which to accomplish
still more good in the cause to which his life has teen consecrated..."
A portrait and biographical record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks
Counties, Ind
children:
1. Jasper N. SHIRLEY
2. William SHIRLEY
3. James M. SHIRLEY
4. Theodosia E. SHIRLEY
5. infant SHIRLEY son, died young
(b). Mathew E. SHIRLEY 1840 m. Ann Weekly
(c). Henry E. SHIRLEY 1842 m. Mary ___?
(d). Jarret S. SHIRLEY June 21, 1845 m. Harriet Hedge
JARRETT S. SHIRLEY.— Among the substantial farmers of
Boone county is the subject of this sketch, his farm being pleasantly
situated within two miles of the court house. He was born on
his father's farm in Harrison township, Boone county, June 21,
1845. and descends from the pioneer Baptist family of that name.
(See sketch of Rev. James W. Shirley. Jarrett S. Shirley received
a common education, became a farmer, and married, at the age
of twenty-three years, March 2 1866, Harriet J., daughter of
David and Katurah (Proctor) Hedge. Katurah Hedge was the daughter
of James B. and Elizabeth Proctor, and was born near Lexington,
Ky. After marriage Jarrett S. Shirley settled in Hendricks county
on a farm, remained there one year, and since that time has been
a resident of Boone county. In 1870 he bought a farm in Center
township, this county, on which he lived for ten years. He then
bought seventy-two acres of land in Harrison townsnip, in 1880,
on which he lived until 1886, when he sold this property and
bought the Hedge homestead, on which he now resides. This fine
farm consists of I 10 acres of fertile land which is in a high
state of cultivation and is well drained and improved. Mr. and
Mrs. Shirley are the parents of three children — Ettie V.
(deceased an infant), Lora T. (deceased) and Claude V. The Shirley
family are noted for industry, for their excellent moral habits
and strong religious principles. Jarrett S. our subject, is no
exception to the rule. He is a self-made man, and, assisted by
his faithful wife, has accumulated a competency. He and wife
are members of the Christian church, and in politics he is a
democrat. A portrait and biographical record of Boone, Clinton
and Hendricks Counties, Ind
children
1. Ettie V. SHIRLEY
2. Lora T. SHIRLEY
"...The death of Lora T. Shirley was as sad as it was
tragic: he had been fishing off the coast of Oregon, on the Pacific
Ocean, abouf six miles south of Nastucca bay, in company with
his uncle, C. E. Hedge, on the seventh of August, 1894, and while
driving homeward they were overtaken by the incoming tide, and
so Lora T. lost his young life. The corpse was embalmed and brought
to Lebanon, where it was interred in the "Old Union"
cemetery, Wednesday, August 22. He left a wife, Etta, daughter
of Amos Huston, and a child, Mortimer J., six months old. Lora
T. attended the high school at Lebanon, and the normal school
at Valparaiso, Ind., from which he graduated in 1891, and later
taught school in this county, and afterwards became a merchant
in Oregon..."A portrait and biographical record of Boone,
Clinton and Hendricks Counties, Ind
3. Claude V. SHIRLEY
(f). Emily E. SHIRLEY 1847 m. William F. Proctor
(g). Eliza SHIRLEY 1849
(h). Malinda SHIRLEY 1849 (twins)
(i). William S. SHIRLEY
(j). Jesse B. SHIRLEY 1852
married B. T. Bell
B. Ezekiel SHIRLEY 1822 Scott Co. KY
married Juliann Dale Mar 12, 1842
children:
(a). Elizabeth A. SHIRLEY 1843
(b). Melvina P. SHIRLEY 1848
(c). William A. SHIRLEY 1848
married Sarah Vidator 1869
(d). George C. SHIRLEY 1851
married Mary Clemments 1871
(e). Henry SHIRLEY 1852
(f). Mary Jane SHIRLEY 1854
C. Jesse B. SHIRLEY 1831 Boone Co. IN
married 1st Mary Etherington 1854,
married 2nd Sarah E. ___?
children:
(a). Margaret E. SHIRLEY 1858 m. Thomas L. Roberts
(b). Clinton SHIRLEY 1861
(c). Fielding T. SHIRLEY
married 1st Mary A. Belt, m. 2nd. Mary Huffman
(d). Henry E. SHIRLEY 1867
married Mary B. Long
(e). Harriett A. SHIRLEY 1870
(f). Levi Elmer SHIRLEY 1877
married Lillie A Harper in 1905. She was born 1881
children:
1. Hazel Jane SHIRLEY 1908 m George Klingler
2. Clifford SHIRLEY 1909 in Montgomery County, IN;
died 1994 in Boone County IN
married Eula Fay Smith in 1932; she was born 1914;
died 1999, they lived in Boone Co IN all of their lives.
i. Joy May SHIRLEY
ii. Harold Wayne SHIRLEY
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Levi Elmer Shirley
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Lillie Harper Shirley
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D. Benjamin SHIRLEY
E. Lydia C. SHIRLEY 1834
F. Lousia SHIRLEY 1838
(2). Elias SHIRLEY 1798 Scott KY died July 29,
1885 Perry, Boone Co. IN
married Martha__?
children:
A. Parmela SHIRLEY 1828 KY
B. Sarah A. SHIRLEY 1831 IN
C. Hilda SHIRLEY 1841 IN
D. Jesse Luke SHIRLEY 1842 IN
(3). Elisha SHIRLEY Feb 11, 1805 Scott Co. KY
He died Apr 8, 1889 Boone Co. IN
married 1st__________
married 2nd Elizabeth Ford Oct 24, 1841.
children:
A. Fanny J. SHIRLEY 1831 IN
B. Pamela SHIRLEY 1837 IN
C. Mary SHIRLEY 1843 IN
D. Clarinda SHIRLEY 1845 IN
E. Johnson SHIRLEY 1847 IN
F. Nancy A. SHIRLEY 1849 IN
G. Eliza SHIRLEY 1852 IN
H. David SHIRLEY 1859 IN
(4). Benjamin SHIRLEY Jan __, 1811 Scott Co. KY d.
Jan __, 1882 Boone Co. IN
marreid 1st Lydia A. Hamrick who d. 1876,
married 2nd Jane Smith Jan 18, 1877
children:
A. Delila SHIRLEY 1831 IN
B. Elspa Jane SHIRLEY 1838 IN
C. Trustin W. SHIRLEY 1840 d. Sept 9, 1919
married Mary E. Chambers Jan 19, 1860
children:
(a). Drusilla SHIRLEY 1863
(b). Lewis A. SHIRLEY 1867 IN m. 1st. Mattie R. Caldwell,
m. 2nd Ethel M. Burns
(c). Emma B. SHIRLEY 1870 m. Thomas F. Caldwell
(d). Lydie M. SHIRLEY 1873 m. Edward J. Padgett
(e). Mamie A. SHIRLEY 1878 IN m. Ara Dinsmore
(f). Bessie SHIRLEY 1883 m. Orville Miller
(g). Lora T. SHIRLEY 1885 IN m. Audie Silver
D. Doctor J. SHIRLEY 1844 IN
married Margaret Randal Jan 30, 1868
children:
(a). Alva SHIRLEY 1863
(b). Cora E. SHIRLEY 1870 IN m. George Gleenor
(c). Della C. SHIRLEY 1872 m. William Andis
(d). Effie SHIRLEY 1876
E. William A. SHIRLEY 1848 IN d. Feb 8, 1890 Lebanon,
IN
married Sarah E. Willie Oct 8, 1868
children:
(a). Truviller H. SHIRLEY 1869 m. Lula M. Minnick
(b). Annie E. SHIRLEY 1873 IN
(c). Minnie SHIRLEY 1879 IN m. Ernest E. Howard
(5). Maria SHIRLEY
(6). Amelia SHIRLEY
(7). James SHIRLEY Feb 25, 1819 Scott Co. KY d. Mar
21, 1902 Perry, Boone Co. IN
JAMES SHIRLEY, of Perry township, Boone county, Ind., was
born in Scott county, Ky., February 23, 1819, a son of Ezekiel
and Delia (Shirley) Shirley, both parents having been born in
North Carolina, where they were married; thence they migrated
to Scott county, Ky., where Ezekiel engaged in farming until
1831, when he brought his family to Hendricks coimty, Ind.. and
rented land until 1838; then moved to Perry township, Boone county,
where his son James, our subject, had entered land, on which
he resided until his death in 1864, his wife surviving him until
the next year. They were the parents of six children, viz. :
Dickerson, Elias, Benjamin, Maria, Amelia and James, all deceased
with the exception of our subject. The remains of Mr. and Mrs.
Shirley were interred in Mount Tabor cemetery, both having died
in the Baptist faith. James Shirley worked on the home farm in
Hendricks county, Ind., from 1831 until 1838, when he launched
out on his own account, worked hard and earned the money to buy
the forty acres in Perry township on which his parents ended
their days. He later sold this farm and bought the eighty acres
on which he now lives. The first marriage of Mr. Shirley took
place in Boone county, Ind., in 1839, to Elizabeth Poiner, a
native of Putnam county Ind., and daughter of -Joseph Poiner,
of North Carolina. Three children were born to this union, viz.
: Henry and Parnnelia, deceased, and Edward. Mrs. Shirley died
in 1866, and the second marriage of Mr. Shirley took place March
25. 1867, to Mrs. Leaner Smith, who was born in Owen county,
Ky., January 9, 1830, a daughter of John and Betsey (Roberts)
Smith, natives of North Carolina, who both died when Leaner was
a child. The first marriage of Leaner was with Daniel Smith,
to whom she bore nine children: Louisa (deceased), Albert, Henrietta,
Hugh, Willis, George. Charles, Mary and Alice. Daniel Smith died
in 1S65, and by her marriage with Mr. Shirley she is the mother
of one child, Peter, who was born August 17, 1868, and was married
in Perry township, December 29, 1890, to Miss Lydia Stanfield,
who was born in Jackson county, Ind., and is a daughter of Samuel
and Janie (Smith) Stanfield; one child. Pearly, blesses this
union. A portrait and biographical record of Boone, Clinton
and Hendricks Counties, Ind
James Shirley 1819
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Leannah Smith Shirley
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m. 1st. Elizabeth Poyner (mother of
3 children),
m. 2nd Leannah Smith (twin sister to Hannah).Leannah
was married first to Daniel Smith s/o Aaron s/o Benjamin Smith
and Susannah (Shirley) Smith d/o Richard Shirley. Daniel Smith
and Leannah had 9 children.
children:
A. Henry SHIRLEY 1841 IN d. Sept 9, 1860 IN
B. Parmelia Ann SHIRLEY 1844 IN
C. Edward SHIRLEY 1853 d. Dec 16, 1910 IN
D. Peter C. SHIRLEY Aug 17, 1868 IN d. 1925 (child
by 2nd marriage to Leannah Smith), m. Lydia Stanfield.
children:
(a). Pearl Jeannette SHIRLEY
b. November 11, 1892
(b). Mary Alice SHIRLEY b. Oct 22,
1895
(c). Luella Merle SHIRLEY b. August
17,1900, married John Abston
Peter and
Lydia Shirley, baby Pearl
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James Shirley