married 1)
Philena Perrin
on 24 June 1819 in Fayette Co. Indiana. She was born 23 July
1801 Cedar Co. and was the daughter of John Perrin
and his wife, Hephzibah Williams. John Perrin was a native of
Rehoboth MA. and the 7th generation to have lived there. He and
his family moved to Scott Co. Iowa about 1840. She died 19 Jan
1848
married 2)
Elizabeth Lamer
on 9 May 1849 Scott Co. Iowa.
Known children:
2(i). Dosha
Ann Shirley
born about 1820 Fayette Co. IN, age 10 in 1830 census . She married
Irving Jewel on 1 June 1837 in Hancock Co. IN
2(ii). daughter
Shirley
born about 1822, age 8 in 1830 census
2(iii). daughter
Shirley born
about 1824, age 6 in 1830 census
2(iv). Elizabeth
Shirley
born about 1826 Fayette Co. IN, age 4 in 1830 census; She married
Ezekiel Condit on 24 Dec 1845
2(v). Philemon
Perrin Shirley
born 16 December 1827 Hancock Co. IN; He died 23 October 1880
Kearney, Nebraska
married Maria
Louisa Hayes
2(vi). Mary
Shirley
born 17 May 1830 Sugar Creek Twp., Hancock Co. IN, She died 21
June 1907 Kenesaw, Nebraska, buried Nodaway, Iowa., She married
1st Ira Courtwright 1 Sept 1846 Cedar Co. Iowa, m. 2nd Silas
Garrison Simpson 2 Jan 1870 Cedar Co. Iowa.
2(vii). Hannah
Shirley
born about 1833 Warren, Marion Co. IN; She married Abraham Courtright
16 Sept 1851 Scott Co Iowa; children: born Oxford Mills,
Jones Co. Iowa
2(viii). daughter
Shirley
born about 1835 Hancock Co. IN
2(ix). Sarah
M. Shirley
born about 1837; She married Thomas Goodin 23 Aug 1857
2(x). Julia
Etta Shirley 1838
Warren, Marion Co. IN m. Levi Igou Feb 22, 1859 Le Claire,
Iowa.
2(xi). John
Franklin Shirley
born 10 November 1840 Warren Twp, Marion Co. IN; He died 21 May
1894 Ord Valley, Nebraska,
married Mary
Hannah Lancaster
on 9 September 1861 at Le Claire, Iowa. She was born 21 Feb 1844
Delaware Co. Ohio. Her parents were Thomas Lancaster and Cynthia
Smith. They were married by Philemon, brother of John Franklin,
who was the minister at the Baptist Church.
Children:
3(i). Ambrose
Perrin Jefferson Shirley
born 3 Aug 1862 Scott Co. Iowa, He died April 1959
married Ina
Ogden
3(ii). Maud
Shirley born
10 Nov 1863 Scott Co. Iowa, She died Jan 1956, She married 1st.
John Sewell, 2nd Cornelious Anderson
3(iii). Thomas
Franklin Shirley
born 1 May 1865 Scott Co. Iowa; He died 19 Aug 1929
married 1).
Vina Buel
married 2)
Bertha Braun
3(iv). Orville
Vinton Shirley
(Orville Eugene another source says) born 24 Aug 1868 Scott Co.
Iowa He died April 1928,
married Laura
Davis
3(v). Frank
Shirley
born 5 Aug 1871 Fillmore Co Nebraska; He died 8 Sept 1872
3(vi). Rose
E Shirley
born 2 Oct 1873 Fillmore Co Nebraska, She died May 1874
3(vii). Rutherford
B. Shirley
born Scott Co. Iowa,
married Pearl
Lane
3(viii). Lottie
Pearl Shirley
born 4 April 1884 Valley Co. Nebraska, She married Walter Burdette
Weare 3 Aug 1905
2(xii). Samuel
Jefferson Shirley
born 21 February 1843 Tipton, Cedar Co. Iowa; He ran away from
home in the company of Buffalo Bill at age 14 years. He served
in the Civil War as Sergeant in Co. C 83rd Illinois. He moved
to Denver Colorado and was in the real estate and loan
agent business. It was named S. J. Shirley & Company.
The company was involved in homesteads, timber claims, pre-emption
locations and business before the U. S. Land Office opened;
He died 4 February 1911 Denver Colorado,
married Abbie
Taylor Carr
in 1867 Benton Co. Iowa. Buried Riverside Cemetery in Denver
Colorado.
children:
3(i). Hattie Philena 'Lena'
Shirley
3(ii). Adelbert J.
Shirley
3(iii). Abbie Louise
Shirley
3(iv). Edith Elizabeth
Shirley
3(v). Lillian May Shirley
3(vi). William Perrin
Shirley
2(xiii). Francis
Marion Shirley born
about 1845 Cedar Co. Iowa; He was in the Union Army of the Civil
War in company C of the 8th Regiment, Iowa Calvary Volunteers,
mustered out on 13 Aug 1865 at Macon, Georgia. After his
move to Denver Colorado, he worked in real estate. He
is buried Riverside Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. More info on
next page. He died 27 May 1899 Denver, Colorado (Go to
top of this page to find link to more info).
Francis M. Shirley
married Sarah
Cynthia Lancaster
on 6 December 1866 Le Claire, Iowa (Sarah is the sister
of Hannah Lancaster who married John Franklin Shirley).
Sarah was born 8 Oct 1849 in Illinois daughter of Thomas Lancaster
who was born in Connecticut and Cynthia Smith born in PA.
Thomas Lancaster was a steam boat captain on the Mississippi
River and resided at Le Claire, Iowa.
children:
3(i). Minnie Myrtle
Shirley born about 1869 Iowa; She died 30 Mar 1936
m. 1st. Jesse Bert Macarey, a dentist in Denver, CO who died
13 June 1931 and she m. 2nd Arthur Ling 5 Mar 1936 and they moved
to Downey CA. She was the Grand Matron of the Rebecca
Lodge of the State of Colorado.
3(ii). George Ambrose
Shirley born 4 February 1872 Exeter,
Nebraska; George was a printer and also sold Electrostatic suppressors
for printing presses. He was also a photographer and worked in
Denver as a linotype operator.. Before 1906 the family went to
Boonville Missouri where he worked on the local newspaper. From
Boonville he went to Warrensburg and worked for the same publisher.
He became the editor of the Warrensburg newspaper until 1918.
Later George decided to be a geologist and taught himself. About
1920 the family moved to a cotton field near Rosenberg, Texas.
George drilled and brought in an oil well. During this time the
family lived in tents.
married Louella May Grant in 1894 in Denver CO.
children:
4(i). unknown child Shirley
4(ii). Aura Duane Shirley
born 25 Nov 1900 Denver CO m. Buda Hanson
4(iii). Edward Grant Shirley
born 3 Dec 1903 Terlton, OK
4(iv). Marion Winston Shirley
born 4 Aug 1906 Boonville, MO
4(v). Georgia Olive 'Dottie' Shirley
born about 1909 Warrensburg, MO
4(vi). Robert Rowland Shirley
born 26 May 1912 Warrensburg, MO
4(vii). John Beverly Shirley
born 14 August 1914 Warrensburg, MO; He enlisted in
the U. S. Navy as an Apprentice Seaman 1931. He made the Navy
his career attending the Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland.
He graduated and became an officer, attended Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in Cambridge earning a Master degree in both Naval
Architecture and Marine Engineering. John became a Professional
Engineer, registered in Washington DC. He retired from the Navy
as a Captain after 32 years of service in 1963.
Betty Shirley - He and his wife, Evelyn, were married June
22, 1940. They have attended many Shirley
Conventions and traveled with me three times to England and
once to Australia and New Zealand when we held a series of meetings
in those countries. They have visited me in our home a few times
and I was a guest in their home. Because our Shirley Conventions were usually
in June near or on their anniversary, we would learn of John's
gift he just gave to Evelyn the night before or on the day of,
etc. Usually it was a nice piece of jewlery. Everyone would congratulate
them and we'd sing Happy Anniversary to them. They loved it.
It was great fun. John passed away a few years ago. We really
miss him.
3(iii). Nellie Irene Shirley
born about 1876; She died in March 1932 Venice, California;
She married 1st James Hacket m. 2nd Louis Bamberger
3(iv). Mabel Gertrude Shirley
born about 1882; She married 1st Mr. Christtoff, m. 2nd Ray
Thornton Hymer on 29 Jan 1908. They lived San Diego, California
3(v). Clifford Vernon Shirley
born 11 November 1884 at Exeter , Fillmore , NE; He died
abt 1918 in Missouri (flu epidemic)
married to Emogene Mayse (Lowry) Slater on 13 March
1916, Warrensburg, Johnson , MO; she was born 18 March 1881,
Rockville , Bates, MO, She died 1 Nov 1964 Kansas City, Jackson
, MO
Children:
4(i) Bert Clifford Shirley
born 1 March 1918, Carterville, Jasper, MO; He died 22 Oct
1996, Kansas City , Jackson , MO
married to Mary Blanche Allen on 14 October 1937, Olathe
, Johnson, KS; she was born 8 February 1919, Amoret, Bates, MO,
She died 19 Dec 1988, Osceola, St Claire , MO
3(vi). Olive Alice Shirley
born about 1886; She died 19 Oct 1864; She married Ray Camomile
and they lived in Redondo Beach, California.
John Ambrose Shirley