John Ambrose Shirley
b. 1770. Lived Virginia. Family to Kentucky and Indiana 

 

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1(v). John Alexander Shirley
born 24 June 1812 in Lewis Co. KY.  He died 28 August 1864 of erysipelas. Buried Ganshorn Cem, Bourbon Marshall Co IN.


Ganshorn Cemetery, Bourbon, Marshall Co Indiana

married 1) Lydia Blakely

married 2) Martha Cormican in 1849 in Marshall Co. IN.

children:

2(i). William H. Shirley born 13 September 1836 IN; He died 2 May 1858 Marshall Co. IN. age 21

2(ii). Lucinda Ann Shirley born 13 December 1837 IN; She died 28 September 1854 Marshall Co. IN, age 16

2(iii). Tabitha Jane Shirley born 2 October 1843 Marshall Co. IN; She died 4 September 1870 Marshall Co. IN, She married John Hill Sept 1865 Marshall Co. IN

2(iv). Philemon Lowrey Shirley born 20 September 1846 Marshall Co. IN; He died 1 January 1918 Kansas

married Jane Sever on 26 March 1868 Marshall Co. IN

children:

3(i). Arvilla Luella Shirley born 16 December 1873 Inwood, Indiana; She died 31 December 1961 buried Glendale Cemetery Des Moines Iowa. She married Merton William Miller (parents of 6 children)

3(ii). William Monroe Shirley born about 1875; He wa buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Monett Missouri,

married Zilpha Matan. Lived Jacqua, Yuma Co. Colorado, moved to Bentonville Arkansas and to Exetor Missouri

children:

4(i). Nial Lowery Shirley born 11 Sept 1902 lived Shell Knob MO

4(ii). Lydia Shirley born in 1904; She married ___Highbarger, lived Monett MO

4(iii). Luella Shirley born in 1906; She married ___ Russell, lived Cassville MO

(d). Virgil William Shirley born in 1908, lived Neosho MO 

3(iii). James Arthur Shirley buried Holbrook Kansas,

married Mabel Sanderson. He farmed near Norton and Oronoque Kansas until moving to Hendley Nebraska.

children:

4(i). Gerald Shirley He lived Topeka Kansas

4(ii). Geneville Shirley She married Bud Gates, lived Griffith IN

4(iii). Dean Shirley He lived Tonganoxie Kansas

4(iv). Donald Shirley  He lived Dallas Texas

3(iv). Owen Delbert Shirley He was buried Burlington Kansas

3(v). Fred Ernest Shirley He died May 1972 buried Frankfort Kansas, He farmed and later worked for the Highway Commission. 

married Lillian Rumsey

children:

4(i). Helen Shirley 

4(ii). Bernice Shirley 

4(iii). Loyal  Shirley

4(iv). H. Wayne Shirley  

4(v). Doris Shirley 

4(vi). Robert Shirley He lived Salida Colorado

3(vi). Mabel Ann Shirley born 7 November 1890 Pawnee City, Nebraska; She died Norton Kansas on 27 Jan 1982; She married Charlie Guthrie

2(v). Herbert B Shirley born 2 October 1848 Marshall Co. IN; He died 12 Sept 1849 His mother, Lydia, died when he was 2 months old.

2(vi). John Alexander Shirley, Jr. born 13 August 1850 Marshall Co. IN; He died 28 December 1931 Decatur Co. KS,

married Barbara Elizabeth Jones on 10 October 1874 Marshall Co. IN

2(vii). Ambrose Frank Shirley born 3 February 1852 Marshall Co. IN; He died 28 January 1876 Marshall Co. IN, age 23

married Sabina A. Viney on 7 November 1872 Marshall Co. IN.

2(viii). Arthur H. Shirley born 15 November 1853 Marshall Co. IN; He died in 1923 or 1933

married Mary A. Stafford on 14 February 1875

2(ix)). Thomas J. Shirley born 21 October 1855 Marshall Co. IN; He died 13 November 1856, age 1

2(x). Johnson L Shirley born 25 September 1857 Marshall Co. IN; He died 2 December 1859, age 2

2(xi). Marilla Belle Shirley born 10 January 1860 Marshall Co. IN; She died 6 September 1918; She married Marion Stafford

2(xii). infant son Shirley born 14 March 1862, He died at birth and after father's death. 

   


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