married 1) Manerva E. Lambertson on 1 August 1848 at
Owego, Tioga Co NY; They had six children. Enumerated
as the wife of William Shirley in the 1870 census (age 46) and
1880 census (age 55); 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 on 1 April 1889 at Maury
Co. Tennessee. They were the parents of 5 children. She married
her stepson William Shirley following the death of her husband.
children: (by 1st wife)
1(i). Edith Clymenia Shirley born 13 October 1851 at
Nashville TN, age 10 in parent's 1860 census (as Edith Jennings);
age 20 in parent's 1870 census household; She died 8 Jul 1924
at Chicago, Cook Co IL at age 73; She married Alexander S. Roberts;
According to her death record, she was the dau of William Shirley
who was born in Lankenshire England (sic) and Minerva Lamberson
who was born in Bedford MA
1(ii). Elizabeth Shirley born 4 June 1853 TN, age 7
in parent's 1860 census (as Elizabeth Jennings); age 17 in parent's
1870 census household; She died 13 Sep 1949 at Nashville, Davidson
Co TN, age 96. Married ____Alexander
1(iii). Alfred Melvin Shirley born 17 November 1855
Columbia TN, age 4 in parent's 1860 census (as Alfred Jennings);
age 15 in parent's 1870 census household; He died 1902 (Appendicitis),
buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Maury Co TN
married Mary G. Young Sept 6, 1876, Maury Co. TN. She
was born Feb 10, 1854 and died April 3, 1918.
children:
2(i). Charles S. Shirley born 1878 (see photo)
3(i). Melvin Shirley (see photo)
Ancestor of DNA Kit #1034188
2(ii). Dasey Shirley born 1879
1(iv). Samuel T. Shirley born 18 September 1861 TN,
age 10 in 1870 census and age 19 in parent's 1880 census household;
He died in 1947 at Logan Co Kentucky
1(v). William Nelson Shirley born 3 July 1864 Nashville
TN, age 6 in 1870 census and age 15 in parent's 1880 census household;
He died 22 Dec 1937 Columbia, Maury Co, TN buried Rose Hill in
Columbia.
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)
married Anna Elizabeth Morrow Shirley, his step-mother,
who was born Sept 26, 1864 and died June 7, 1940.
children:
2(i). Marion Shirley (twin) born 28 Apr 1904 at
Athens AL; He died at Central State Hospital at Nasville TN on
9 Nov 1932, age 28. (note: his death certificate implies that
his father William Shirley was his grandfather, stone mason b
England)
2(ii). Meredith Shirley (twin)
2(iii). Milton Shirley born about 1908
1(vi). Emily Rose Shirley born 12 October 1867 TN,
age 4 in 1870 census and age 13 in parent's 1880 census household;
She married Robert Lee Manor Aug 8, 1887
children: by 2nd wife Anna Morrow
1(vii). John A. Shirley born 1890; age 10 in his parents'
1900 census household; Lived with his mother and new husband,
their step-brother in 1910 census; He died 1954
1(viii). Sarah Ann (Sally) Shirley born 1891, age 9
in his parents' 1900 census household; Lived with his mother
and new husband, their step-brother in 1910 census;
1(ix). Riley Pillow Shirley born 1893, age 7 in his
parents' 1900 census household; Lived with his mother and new
husband, their step-brother in 1910 census;
Ancestor of DNA Kit #20492
1(x). Alexander Shirley born 1896; age 4 in his parents'
1900 census household; Lived with his mother and new husband,
their step-brother in 1910 census;
1(xi). Eva May Shirley born 1900, age 0 in her parents'
1900 census household; Lived with his mother and new husband,
their step-brother in 1910 census;
William Shirley