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Jonathon Shirley 1807 South Carolina, He settled in Tuscaloosa
Co. Alabama about 1831-1833. Living at Raleigh, Pickens Co AL
in 1880 census; Family tradition says he is a brother of
Moses Shirley who married Roena Shirley.
married 1st Sarah Savage, daughter
of Zebulon Savage; She died before 1860
12 Aug 1862. Tuscaloosa Orphans
Court Book 9 p 100, Zebulan Savage dec'd. Heirs:...the children
of Sarah Shirley wife of Jonathan Shirley, the children of Elizabeth
Shirley wife of Beverly Shirley...that Julius Shirley, Powell
Shirley, Calpernia Shirley, and Narcissa Shirley children of
Sarah Shirley and Bell Griffin, Susan Shirley and Ben Shirley
the grandchildren of Sarah Shirley
married 2nd Eleannor Weir, daughter
of Thomas Hamilton Weir and Nancy Smith McCord.
children:
1. Nancy P. Shirley born 1827 SC., m. David B. Anders
2. Virginia H. Shirley born 1833 AL
married Thomas Smithson Shirley,
son of Joel Shirley
3. James William Shirley born 17 DEC 1835 Tuscaloosa Co AL; died
17 APR 1891 Tuscaloosa Co AL; buried Dunn's Creek Baptist Church
Cemetery Two
married Queen Esther McGee; she
was born 1846 in Pickens Co AL
children:
2(i). Allie Bama Shirley born 11 APR 1866 Tuscaloosa Co AL; died
15 MAR 1973 Eufaula, Barbour, AL
2(ii). Alice Shirley born ABT. 1868
2(iii). Amanda Shirley born 14 SEP 1870 Tuscaloosa Co
AL
2(iv). Martha Ann Shirley born 16 APR 1874 Tuscaloosa
Co AL; died 11 FEB 1951
2(v). Emma Shirley born 25 DEC 1876 AL; died ABT. 1903
Arcadia, DeSoto Co, FL
2(vi). Mary Shirley born 15 JUN 1879 Tuscaloosa Co AL; died
5 AUG 1904
2(vii). Zebedee Shirley born 1881 AL; died Jackson, MS
2(viii). Julia Shirley born 30 SEP 1883 Tuscaloosa Co AL; died
25 DEC 1961
4. Sarah C Shirley born. 1839 AL
5. Julius Winn Shirley born 1841 AL
6. Narcissa Shirley born 1843 AL, listed in the family household
in 1860 census; m. Bailey Skelton
7. Calpurnia Shirley born 1845 AL; listed in the family household
in 1860 census
8. William Shirley born 1848 AL; listed in the family
household in 1860 census, age 12 (same as William below?)
9. Susan E. Shirley born 1851 AL; listed in the family household
in 1860 census
10 William Powell Shirley born 1852 AL., m. Dovie Eliza Weir (younger
sister of Elennora Weir. That would make her Dovie's step mother
in law)
children:
2(i). Julius Ross Shirley
born Dec 3, 1878 AL,
d. April 7, 1965 Gordo, Pickens Co. AL,
married 1st Mary Bailey Benson
b. July 17, 1881, d. May 17, 1920 (dau of James M. Benson and
Amanda Catharine Wier),
married 2nd Gladys
Adell Harris (dau of John C. Harris and Theoadell Marlowe).
children:
A. Vernon Boddy Shirley born Feb 25, 1903, m. Tillman
Holly Moncrief
B. Charlie Lawton Shirley born Feb 18, 1905, d. Nov 21,
1978, m. Sarah Nell Fife
C. Inez Shirley born Aug 14, 1906, d. Nov
2, 1906
D. Lucy Edith Shirley born Nov 20, 1907, d. Jan 22,
1992, m. Ed Norton
E. George Curtis Shirley born Aug 15, 1910, d. Sept
25, 1925
F. Roscoe Hamilton Shirley born Dec 7, 1912, d. Aug 7, 1927
G. Christine Shirley born May 28, 1914, d. Dec 29,
1914
H. James Powell Shirley born Dec 27, 1918, d. June 23,
1944 in Frances, WWII
I. Mary Opal Shirley born Mar 6, 1920 , d. May 12,
1974
children by 2nd marriage
J. Peggy Shirley m. a Mr. Marlowe
K. Faye Shirley m. J.L. Marlowe
L. Jean Shirley m.
Ronnie Clark
M. Robert Archibald Shirley born Aug 6, 1939, d. Dec 1, 1988
N. Ellis Shirley
O. Wayne Shirley
P. Winifred Shirley
2(ii). James M. Shirley born June 30, 1886 Tuscaloosa Co. AL,
d. Sept 14, 1965 Levelland, Hockley Co. TX, m. Flossie Myrtle
McNiell b. May 26, 1891 Paul's Valley (Indian Terr) OK d. Aug
13, 1982 Levelland. (dau of James Lewis McNiell and Sarah Ingram),
children:
A. Ruby V. Shirley born June 22, 1909 d. Oct 19,
1947
B. Hazel L. Shirley born Sept 13, 1910 d. Aug 1921
Tribby, OK
C. Glaydce Shirley born Feb 25, 1912 Gordo Co. AL m. Mr.
Story
D. Anita Shirley born Oct 17, 1913 Gordo Co. AL, d. Feb
1914
E. Edna D. Shirley born April 25, 1915 Tillman Co. OK
F. Clifford W. Shirley born Feb 28, 1917 Tillman Co. OK , d.
Jan 31, 1969 Live Oak, CA
G. Norma L. Shirley born July 28, 1922 Tillman Co. OK
H. James W. Shirley born July 22, 19__ Tillman Co.
OK, d. July 8, 1933
I. Glen Shirley born Tillman Co. OK
J. Rita Faye Shirley born Nov 24, 1926 Tillman Co. OK, d.
Oct 19, 1947
K. Judith Rare Shirley born Levelland, Hockley Co. TX
L. Jack G. Shirley born Levelland, Hockley Co. TX
2(iii) Willie Porter Shirley born Nov 29, 1890 Gordo, Pickens Co.
AL, m. Eugene Blocker McKee, Dec 13, 1908 Fredricksburg,
Tillman Co. OK. She died April 9, 1972 in Levelland, (son of
William Henry McKee and Nancy Ann Turner)
children by 2nd marriage of
Jonathon Shirley with Elennora
11. Thomas Jonathon Shirley
born Dec 11, 1864
AL died May 24, 1931; Thomas Jonathan Shirley moved from
Tuscaloosa County to Birmingham, Alabama where he rose through
the ranks of the Police Department to Chief of Police.
He was later elected to two terms as Sheriff of Jefferson County.
married Mary Etta Ellege
children:
2(i). Thomas Troy Shirley
2(ii). Howard Sholl
Shirley (ancester
of Jim Shirley)
2(iii). Robert Byron Shirley
2(iv). Jessie Lillian Shirley
2(v). Mary Edna Shirley
2(vi). Thomas Jonathon Shirley
Jr.
2(vii). Erline Cornelia
Shirley
12. Robert Kelsey Shirley
born 1866 AL;
12. Rufus Henry Shirley born 1868 AL
13. George Cameron Shirley born 1870 AL
married Jessie Mitchell
14. Emma Shirley
Beverly Shirley 1807 SC, He died April 1850 Tuscaloosa
Co. AL, They settled in Tuscaloosa Co. Alabama about 1838.
19 July 1848. Tuscaloosa Orphan
Court Book. Special Term Beverly Shirley (dec'd). Moses Shirley
this day applies for letter of administration. The other heirs
of age requesting him to take the letters. Granted. Bond $6.00
19 Apr 1850. Tuscaloosa Orphans
Court Book ? pg 495 Moses Shirley in right of wife of Beverly
Shirley, dec'd. Heirs being 10 in number: Charles R Pate in right
of his wife Polly; Moses Shirley in right of wife Rowena; William
B. Shirley; D. Shirley; Jehu Parker in right of wife Bethia;
Oney Shirley; James Shirley; Kelsey Shirley; Cornelia Shirley;
Emily Shirley
married Elizabeth Savage.
12 Aug 1862. Tuscaloosa Orphans
Court Book 9 p 100, Zebulan Savage dec'd. Heirs:...the children
of Sarah Shirley wife of Jonathan Shirley, the children of Elizabeth
Shirley wife of Beverly Shirley...that Julius Shirley, Powell
Shirley, Calpernia Shirley, and Narcissa Shirley children of
Sarah Shirley and Bell Griffin, Susan Shirley and Ben Shirley
the grandchildren of Sarah Shirley
children:
1. Mary Shirley born 1819 SC, m. Robert Pate
2. Roena Shirley b. Sep. 11, 1822 d. Jul. 30, 1880; buried
Backbone Cem. Elrod Tuscaloosa Co AL
married Moses Shirley
3. William B. Shirley born 1825 SC, farmer; The 1850 Ag census
shows he owned 40 acres of land; brothers James and Kelsey lived
in his 1850 census household
Note: He appears to be the
same person as "Wiley Berry Shirley"
married Elizabeth Shirley
Feb 11 1846 in Tuscaloosa Co AL (listed as "Ellen"
in 1860 and 1870 census)
children:
2(i). Alfred B. Shirley b. Mar. 9, 1853 d. Jun. 16, 1882; lived
in Tuscaloosa in 1880 census working in the cotton factory. Buried
Shirley Cem, Tuscaloosa AL
married Mary ______; she apparently
married _____Freeman next.
children:
3(i). Charles Shirley born 1875 AL; living with mother and
stepfather in 1900 census
3(ii). Lilly Shirley born 1878 AL
3(iii). Bulah Shirley born 1879 AL; living with mother and
stepfather in 1900 census
possibly others born after
the 1880 census
2(ii). Thomas Shirley b 1855; not listed in the family 1870
census (died young?)
2(iii). Mary E Shirley b 1858
2(v). John D Shirley b 1859; not listed in the family 1870
census (died young?)
2(vi). Wiley K Shirley b 1864
2(vii). Fannie B. Shirley
b 1866
4. Zebedee Shirley born 1826
married 1st Jane H. Tool 4 Mar
1858 at Tuscaloosa
married 2nd Virginia Elizabeth
Morgan 9 Oct 1860 at Tuscaloosa
5. Bethia Shirley born 1829 m. John Parker 31 Dec 1845
6. Oney Shirley born 1830 SC, m. Solomon Webb
7. James Shirley born 1837 SC, farmer; Living at Mrs
Bells PO in 1860; living in Sipsey, Tuscaloosa Co AL in 1870
census; Northport Tuscaloosa in 1880
married Ann Webb 28 Nov 1854
at Tuscaloosa
children: 1860 census; No children are listed
in either 1870 or 1880 census households
2(i). Ben A. Shirley born 1855; died young?
2(ii). Mary Shirley born 1857; died young?
2(iii). Andy Shirley born 1858; died young?
8. Kelsey Shirley b. Oct. 16, 1838 d. Aug. 23, 1878; Living
at Mrs Bells PO in 1860 next to brother James Shirley; Sergeant
41st Regiment, Alabama Infantry, CSA; listed in the 1870 Sipsey,
Tuscaloosa Co census as Keley Shirley (living near brother Wiley
Berry Shirley and next door to brother James Shirley) A Jackson
Parker age 8 is living with the family; Buried at Backbone Cem.
Elrod, Tuscaloosa Co. Tombstone inscription reads "Married
Miss R. M. Parker"
Tuscaloosa Orphans Court Book
5 pg 775, Kelsey Shirley a minor heir of Beverly Shirley, dec'd.
C.N. Pate represented said Kelsey. Had property in Tuscaloosa
Co. Required to have a guardian. His schooling was neglected.
Ordered Kelsey Shirley to appear and choose guardian.
married Rebecca M. Parker after
1860; she is widowed in the 1880 Tuscaloosa census. Her sisters
Susan and Martha Parker are living with her in that census.
children:
no children in the 1860 or 1870
census household.
9. Cornelia Shirley born 1839 AL, m. Atlas Slaughter 27
Jan 1855 at Tuscaloosa
10. Emily Shirley born 1842 AL, m. Mort B. Jordan Jan
08 1859 at Tuscaloosa
Moses Shirley 1811 SC; merchant, farmer and 1st City
Clerk of Northport AL; He died before 1880 when wife was listed
as widowed; Family tradition says Jonathon 1807 and James 1809
are brothers of Moses. Family tradition also says that their
mother was Elizabeth Shirley who b. 1789 and died October 12,
1865 and is buried in the Old Northport "Robertson"
Cemetery in Northport. Elizabeth is living in the household of
?son James Shirley in 1850 and 1860 census.
m. Roena Shirley, daughter
of Beverly Shirley. b. Sep. 11, 1822 d. Jul. 30, 1880; buried
Backbone Cem. Elrod Tuscaloosa Co AL
children:
1. Martha Shirley born 1840 m. Steve Darden
2. Zimri Shirley b. Jan. 10, 1843 d. Oct. 5, 1923 (read
his biography published in the magazine "Friends
of Historic Northport"). Mayor of Tuscaloosa in 1910;
Partner with brother in law Dr James Williamson in the Shirley
and Williamson drug firm; lived in a large ante-bellum house
on Queen City Blvd until his death on October 5, 1923; buried
Williamson Cem., Northport, Tuscaloosa Co
(Back L-R) Joe Shirley,
Mae Shirley Daniel, Zimri Shirley, Conway Brasfield Shirley,
Addie Shirley Foster, and Albert Shirley, Sr. (Front L-R) Albert
Shirley, Jr., Louise Shirley, and Marie Shirley. The family is
standing in front of their house on Queen City Avenue which now
faces Dearing Place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Photo taken ca. 1920.
married Cherry Williamson, daughter
of Dempsey and Rebecca Baugh Williamson. She died January 13,
1912
children
2(i). Vels Shirley (male) born 1870 AL
2(ii). Katie Swan Shirley born 1873 AL
2(iii). Joseph Bolin Shirley born 1876 AL
2(iv). May Grace Shirley born 1879 AL
2(v). Ludie Baugh Shirley
2(vi). Addie Eggleston Shirley
2(vii). James Searcy Shirley
2(viii). Lewis Albert Shirley
2(ix). Marie Lenore Shirley
2(x). Mattie Shirley died young according to the Zimri biography
3. Mary Shirley born 1844, never married
4. Joseph Shirley born 27 Jun 1846 Tuscaloosa Co; farmer;
was living at Richland Parish, Louisiana at the time of his father's
death (see Zimri biography); Living at Mrs Bells PO Tuscaloosa
Co in 1880; died 18 Feb 1927 at Northport, age 80y 7m 21d; buried
Williamson Cem. Northport, Tuscaloosa Co AL
married Sarah "Angeline"
Archibald; alive in the 1920 census, age 74
children
2(i). Roena Shirley born 1868 AL
2(ii). Bulah Shirley born 1871 AL
2(iii). Luthis A. Shirley
born 1873 AL
2(iv). Mattie Shirley born 1876 AL
2(v). Velma Shirley born 1884 AL
5. William Shirley born 1848, never married
6. Amanda Shirley born 1850 m. Samuel Berry
7. Julia Shirley born 1854 m. Wesley Sloan
8. Addie Shirley born 1856 m. John Williamson
9. Abner W. Shirley born 1858; he was a patient at Bryce
Psychiatric Hospital in 1900 census
married Mattie Whitson
10. George Shirley (not sure of the source for this child;
no George appears in family census in 1870, may have died young)
Elizabeth Shirley,
b. 1789 and died October
12, 1865 and is buried in the Old Northport "Robertson"
Cemetery in Northport. Elizabeth is living in the household of
?son James Shirley in 1850 and 1860 census.
children:
James Shirley b. Jan. 31, 1809 d. May 21, 1866; buried
at Old Northport Cem. Tuscaloosa Co; prominent builder and merchant
of Northport; Northport city surveyor; Built a covered toll bridge
over the Sipsey River in 1835 known as the "Shirley Bridge"
and also Northport's first brick commerical buildings in the
1850s; Also in 1838 built and lived in the historic Northport
house known as "Shirley Place".
1868 June 6 Tuscaloosa Co
Guardian Book p 111. James Shirley estate. William Chastain,
Jonathan Shirley, Moses Shirley administrators. Application for
a partial settlement. p 124 (same book) - 1868 June 27: Settlement
made.
Shirley Place House, Northport, Tuscaloosa Co AL. Built by
James Shirley about 1838.
Ownership passed to the Christian family through a sister (of
James or Mary?).
married Mary Ann Christian on
Sep 14 1837 at Tuscaloosa Co AL; She was b. Sep. 15, 1821 d.
Sep. 30, 1873 buried at Old Northport Cem. Tuscaloosa Co
children:
no children
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