"...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
12 September 1861 Greencastle
Banner,Greencastle, Putnam County, - Some 'old folks' - A correspondent
of one of our exchanges, writing from White Lick, Indiana [Boone
County], says: - 'There is an old couple in this place that are
seldom found equaled. Mr. and Mrs Ezekiel Shirly are 85 years
old, enjoying good health. They have living nine children,
forty-seven grand-children, one hundred and four great-children,
and nine great-great grand-children or fourth generation - which
would make a party of one hundred and sixty-nine descendants
of a single living couple. This
says Ezekiel had 9 children. We only show 7
Ezekiel Shirley Analysis
1895 biography of Ezekiel Shirley family says he had 6 children
1861 newspaper bio (while Ezekiel was still alive) says
he has "living 9 children"
Census
Analysis (1) |
1810
Scott KY |
1820
Scott KY |
1830
Hendricks IN |
1840
Boone IN |
1850
Boone IN |
Comment |
| Ezekiel |
age 26-45 |
age +45 |
age 50-60 |
age 60-70 |
age 74 |
b 1776 |
| female |
age 26-45 |
age +45 |
age 50-60 |
age 60-70 |
age 74 |
Dolly b 1776 |
| female |
age 16-26 |
age 16-26 |
married? |
|
|
Unknown |
| female |
-- |
age 16-26 |
|
|
|
another family? |
| female |
-- |
age 10-16 |
|
|
|
another family? |
| male |
age 10-16 |
married? |
Dickinson? |
|
|
Unknown |
| male |
age 0-10 |
age 10-16 |
age 20-30 HH |
skipped? |
age 56 HH (2) |
Dickinson |
| male |
age 0-10 |
age 10-16 |
age 20-30 HH |
age 30-40 HH |
age 52 HH |
Elias |
| male |
age 0-10 |
age 10-16 |
age 20-30 HH |
age 30-40 HH |
age 45 HH |
Elisha b 1805 |
| male |
-- |
age 0-10 |
age 20-30 HH |
age 20-30 HH |
age 40 HH (2) |
Benjamin b 1811 |
| male |
-- |
age 0-10 |
|
|
|
another family? |
| male |
-- |
age 0-10 |
age 10-15 |
age 20-30 HH |
age 36 HH |
James b 1814 (3) |
| female |
-- |
age 0-10 |
age 15-20 |
married? |
|
Amelia (per bio) |
| female |
-- |
age 0-10 |
age 10-15 |
married? |
|
Maria (per bio) |
| female |
-- |
age 0-10 |
|
|
|
another family? |
| female |
|
|
|
age 0-5 |
age 11 |
Elizabeth (gr-dau?) |
(1) The 1800 census for all
Kentucky counties are lost. Ezekiel was taxed in Scott Co KY
in 1800.
(2) Benjamin and Dickinson both enumerated in Hendricks Co IN
in 1850 census
(3) Tombstone says b 1819
married Dulcina "Dolly" Shirley, daughter
of Argeland Shirley branch
#10. She died about 1865, one year following the death of her
husband Ezekiel. Buried at the Mt Tabor Cemetery.
children:
2(i). Dickinson
Shirley born about 1796 in Scott Co. KY; Identified
as a child of Ezekiel Shirley in a biography of the Shirley family
published in 1895. He first appears in records in the 1826 tax
list for Scott County Kentucky, taxed on 1 male over the age
of 21. He was enumerated in Hendricks Co IN in 1830 census, but
was apparently skipped in the 1840 census. He was age 54, enumerated
at Brown Township in the 1850 census for Hendricks Co Indiana;
He was alive at the time of the 1860 Hendricks Co tax assessment,
but not found in the census of that year. Not found in the 1870
census.
2(ii). Elias Shirley born about 1798 in Scott Co KY;
Identified as a child of Ezekiel Shirley in a biography of the
Shirley family published in 1895. He appears in the 1826 and
1827 tax lists for Scott Co KY as a male over the age of 21 and
with 1 horse; He is living in Boone Co IN in 1840 with 6 children
in his household; Age 52 in the 1850 Boone Co census; Lived at
Perry Township, Boone Co IN in 1860 census, age 60; He died
July 29, 1885 Perry, Boone Co. IN
married Martha_________ She was identified in the 1850
census, age 59 in the 1860 census
children: There are likely more children
3(i). Parmela Shirley born about 1828 KY, age 22 in
the 1850 Boone Co IN census
3(ii). Sarah A. Shirley born about 1831 IN, age 19
in the 1850 Boone Co IN census
3(iii). Hilda Shirley born about 1841 IN, age 9 in
the 1850 Boone Co IN census
3(iv). Jesse Luke Shirley born about 1842 IN ,
age 8 in the 1850 Boone Co IN census, age 17 in 1860 census
2(iii). Elisha Shirley Feb 11, 1805 Scott Co.
KY; Enumerated in Boone Co IN in the 1840 census; He was age
45 in the 1850 Boone Co IN census; Lived at Perry Township,
Boone Co IN in 1880 census; He died 8 April 1889 at Fayette,
Boone Co. IN
married 1)__________ Mother of children shown in the
1850 census household
married 2) Elizabeth Ford on 24 October 1841 at Hendricks
Co IN. She is age 25 in the 1850 Boone Co IN census (correct?),
age 55 in 1880 census
children:
3(i). Fanny J. Shirley born about 1831 IN, age 19 in
the 1850 Boone Co IN census
3(ii). Pamela Shirley born about 1837 IN, age 13 in
the 1850 Boone Co IN census
3(iii). Mary Shirley born about 1843 IN, age 7 in the
1850 Boone Co IN census; age 36 in parent's 1880 census; She
married George A Nuse on 30 October 1882 at Boone Co IN, Her
parents Elisha Shirley and Elizabeth Ford
3(iv). Clarinda Shirley born about 1845 IN, age 5 in
the 1850 Boone Co IN census
3(v). Johnson Shirley born about 1847 IN, age 3 in
the 1850 Boone Co IN census; Married and living near his parents
in the 1880 census for Perry Boone Co IN, age 33, occupation:
farmer:
married Rebecca ________ age 21 in 1880 census
children:
4(i). Franklin Shirley born about 1871, age 9 in 1880
census
4(ii). Emery Shirley born about 1879, age 1 in 1880
census
3(vi). Nancy A. Shirley born about 1849 IN, age 1 in
the 1850 Boone Co IN census, age 29 in parent's 1880 census
3(vii). Eliza Shirley born about 1855 IN, age 25 in
parent's 1880 census; She married Thomas Jones in April 1882
at Boone Co IN, her parents Elisha Shirley and Elizabeth Ford
3(viii). David Shirley born about 1859 in IN, age 21
in parent's 1880 census
married Arvilla Brandenburg on 1 March 1882 at Boone
Co IN, daughter of David Brandenburg and Martha Davis; his parents
named Elisha Shirley and Elizabeth Ford
3(ix). Dora A Shirley (male) born about 1863 in IN,
age 17 in parent's 1880 census
2(iv). Benjamin Shirley born about 1811 Scott Co. KY;
Identified as a child of Ezekiel Shirley in a biography of the
Shirley family published in 1895. He is living in Hendricks Co
IN in 1850, age 40; Living at Perry Boone Co IN in 1860 census
and in the 1870 census (age 58); He died Jan __, 1882 Boone Co.
IN
marreid 1) Lydia A. Hamrick; She was age 38 in 1850
census, age 48 in 1860 census; She died 1876;
married 2) Jane Smith on 18 January 1877 in Boone Co
Indiana
children:
3(i). Delila Shirley born about 1831 IN, age 19 in
the 1850 Hendricks IN census
3(ii). Elspa Jane Shirley born about 1838 IN, age 12
in 1850 Hendricks IN census
3(iii). Trustin W. Shirley born about 1840; age 10
in 1850 Hendricks IN census; Newly married and living at Perry
Townshp, Boone Co IN in 1860 census, age 21; Lived Boone Co IN
in 1870 (age 29) and in 1880 (age 40); Lived at Clinton Boone
Co IN in 1910 census, age 69; He died. 9 September 1919, buried
at Elizaville Boone Co IN
married Mary E. Chambers on 19 January 1860 at Boone
Co Indiana; She was age 26 in 1870 census
children:
4(i). Drusilla Shirley born about 1863 in IN, age 7
in 1870 census. age 17 in 1880 census
4(ii). Lewis A. Shirley born about 1867 in IN, age
3 in 1870 census, age 13 in 1880 census
married 1) Mattie R. Caldwell on 10 November 1889 at
Boone Co IN
married 2) Ethel M. Burns
4(iii). Emma B. Shirley born about 1870 in IN, age
0 in 1870 census, age 10 in 1880 census; She married Thomas F.
Caldwell on 13 October 1889 at Boone Co IN
4(iv). Lydie M. Shirley born about 1873 in IN, age
7 in 1880 census. She married Edward J. Padgett
4(v). Julie E Shirley born about 1875 in IN, age 5
in 1880 census
4(vi). Mamie (Mary) A. Shirley born about 1878 in IN,
age 2 in 1880 census, age 23 in parent's 1900 census; She married
Ara Dinsmore
4(vii). Bessie Shirley born about 1880 in IN, age 20
in parent's 1900 census; She married Orville Miller
4(viii). Sara T. Shirley born about 1885 in IN, age
15 in parent's 1900 census; She married Audie Silver
3(iv). Doctor J. Shirley born about 1844 IN, age 6
in 1850 Hendricks IN census, age 17 in parent's 1860 census;
Lived at Perry, Boone Co IN in 1880 census, age 36; Lived at
Hancock Co IN in 1900 census, age 59; He died in 1921 and was
buried in Greenfield, Hancock Co IN
married Margaret Randal on 30 January 1868 at Boone
Co IN; She was age 31 in 1880 census
children:
4(i). Alva Shirley born about 1864 in IN, age 16 in
1880 census
4(ii). Cora E. Shirley born about 1870 in IN, age 10
in 1880 census; She married George Gleenor
4(iii). Della C. Shirley born about 1872 in IN, age
8 in 1880 census; She married William Andis
4(iv). Effie Shirley born about 1876 in IN, age 4 in
1880 census
4 (v). Leroy Shirley born about 1880 in IN, age 20
in parent's 1900 census ("son")
3(v). William A. Shirley born about 1848 IN, age 2
in 1850 Hendricks IN census, age 11 in 1860 census; Married with
family, age 31 in 1880 Boone Co IN census He died Feb 8, 1890
Lebanon, IN (caution: there is another William A Shirley who
married a Sarah appearing in Boone Co IN during the same period)
married Sarah E. Willie on 8 October 1868 at Boone
Co IN
children:
4(i). Truviller H. Shirley born about 1869 in IN, age
11 in 1880 census
married Lula M. Minnick on 22 March 1891 in Boone Co
IN
4(ii). Annie E. Shirley born about 1873 in IN, age
7 in 1880 census
4(iii). Minnie Shirley born about 1879 in IN, age 1
in 1880 census; She married Ernest E. Howard
2(v). Maria Shirley Identified as a child of Ezekiel
Shirley in a biography of the Shirley family published in 1895.
2(vi). Amelia Shirley Identified as a child of Ezekiel
Shirley in a biography of the Shirley family published in 1895.
2(vii). James Shirley born 25 February 1819 (source:
biography) Scott Co. KY; Identified as a child of Ezekiel Shirley
in a biography of the Shirley family published in 1895. Living
in Boone Co IN in 1850 census, age 36; Occupation: farmer; He
died 21 March 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. They were the parents of six children,
viz. : Dickerson, Elias, Benjamin, Maria, Amelia and James, all
deceased with the exception of our subject. 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 Parmelia, 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
