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RICHARD IS THOUGHT TO BE THE
SON OF RICHARD SHIRLEY WHO DIED IN 1796 SCOTT CO. KY.
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Richard Shirley,
Jr. born
___, He died in April 1831 Barren Co. KY
For years, this website has sourced
family lore for the nature of Richard's death - that he committed
suicide by jumping in a well. However, the following contemporaneous
death inquest says he committed suicide by hanging himself inside
his own barn.
GLASGOW, BARREN Co, KY INVENTORY
BOOK-1830 to 1838 Page 155-156 State of Kentucky, Barren Co,
Lot [?] An inquisition taken at the house of Richard Shirley
Dec, in the Co aforesaid, the 27 day of April, the year 1831
before [.....] of the (commonwealth?) for the Co aforesaid duly
commissioned and qualifyed according to Law upon the view of
the body of Richard Shirley late of said Co then and there lying
and upon the oaths of James Cornnius, TC, good and lawful men
of the Co aforesaid who being Sworn and Charged to Enquiser on
the part of said commonweath, When, Where, and How and after
what manner the said Richard Shirley came to his death, do say
upon their Oath that not having the fear of God before his eyes
but being Seduced and moved by the Instigation of the Devil at
said Shirley's own Farm in the Co aforesaid in a certain Barn
standing and being, the said Richard Shirley being then and there
alone with a certain hempen Cord of the value of 3 pence, which
he then and there had and held in his hand and one end then and
there put about his neck and the other end therof tied about
a tie pole in said Barn, himself then and there with the Cord
aforesaid voluntarily and feloniouly and of his malice afore
thought, hanged and suffocated and died. The jurors aforesaid
upon their Oaths of (?) say that the said Richard Shirley then
and there in manner and form aforesaid as a felon of himself,
feloniously, voluntarily, and of his malice afore thought, himself
killed, strangled, and murdered himself against the peace and
dignity of the commonwealth. In witness whereof as the aforesaid
Coroner, as the jurors aforesaid have to the inquisition put
there hands and seal on the day in year aforesaid and at the
place aforesaid. John H. Boles, C. G. Hitch, John Matthus, John
H. Anderson, S. P. Malone, Jos Commins, Thomas Jarnes, Lewis
Burten, David Dewese, Caleb Smith, Joseph Nevills, I. C. Hall
married Elizabeth Dale Aug 17, 1816 Barren Co. KY. She
was born July 30, 1799 KY, daughter of Reuben Dale and
Sally Gill. She lived in Hart Co KY in 1850 census.
Children:
1834 Daniel Shirley etc-vs-Shirley etc. Barren Co Kentucky
Circuit Court Case No 781-Filed 17 June 1834 To the Honorable
Judge of the Barren Circuit Court in chancery sitting: Daniel
Shirley and Sarah Shirley infants who sue by their next of friend,
Reuben Dale, state that on the.. day of... their father, Richard
Shirley, Jr, departed this life intestate owning and possessing
a tract of land containing 207 acres, deed from J. D. Dizram?
and wife, to Richard Shirley, copy filed herewith as part of
this bill. They charge that the said Richard Shirley, Jr, owned
no other land. They state that Richard Shirley, Jr, died leaving
a wife Elizabeth Shirley, Daniel Shirley, Sarah Shirley, Maria
Shirley, Jemima Shirley, Martha Shirley, America Shirley, Elizabeth
Shirley, Reuben Shirley, and Samuel (Lemual? Luvesa?), his children
and heirs. They state that since the death of their Father that
Jemima Shirley, America Shirley, Reuben Shirley, and Samuel (?)
Shirley have also departed this life. They departed this life
without issue or without ever having been married, leaving the
rest; Daniel, Sarah, Maria, Martha, and Elizabeth Shirley, all
of whom are infants. They state that the tract of land is not
worth more than 150 pounds, they further state that their mother,
Elizabeth Shirley has refused to have dower allotted to her in
said land, and says she does not intend to have dower allotted
to her in land. They therefore pray Your Honor to command that
Elizabeth Shirley, Maria, Martha, Elizabeth Shirley, (child)
be made defendants to this bill.. and that said land be sold
upon such terms that Your Honor will think most advisable for
the interest of all concerned, and the proceeds be divided amoung
the heirs of Richard Shirley, Jr, deceased.
1(i). Daniel R. Shirley born July 8, 1817 Barren Co. KY, died
April 11, 1876 Eagelville, Harrison Co. MO, and both are buried
in Shirley Cemetery. Shirleys
of Harrison Co MO
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Shirley
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with Related Dale Family
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married America E. Dale, b. Aug 22, 1826, daughter of William
Dale and Jane "Jeannie" Shirley, daughter of James
and Mary Shirley. William Dale was the brother of Elizabeth Dale
who married Richard Dale. America died Feb 2, 1877 Eagleville,
Harrison Co. MO
Children:
2(ii). Buena Vista Shirley born July 13, 1850, d. Sept 1, 1928
Eagleville, Harrison Co. MO, m. Ezekiel B. Hobbs
2(iii). Lemuel Hutchinson Shirley born Sept 1, 1851 Eagleville, Harrison
Co. MO, d. Aug 31, 1929 Barry Co. MO,
married Elizabeth Blevins Oct 3, 1875 Harrison Co. MO. She was
born June 11, 1850 IN d. Nov 22, 1936 Barry Co. MO. (She was
married 1st to David Roberts. Don't have dates.)
Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Blevins and Catherine Younce.
Children:
3(i). Daniel Shirley born 1877 MO
3(ii). Margaret Shirley born 1878 MO
3(iii). Leonard Lemuel Shirley born Oct 5, 1881 Harrison Co.
MO d. Oct 26, 1956 (Leonard was killed in
Purdy, Barry Co. MO on Oct 26th 1956 while crossing the street
after visiting with his brother Daniel),
Ancestor
of DNA Kit #13880
married 1) Sarah E. (Sally)
Lane on March 1st 1905
in Washington Co. AR. She was born Oct 6, 1888 Washington Co.
AR, d. July 5, 1923 Kansas City KS and both are buried in Maple
Hill Cemetery in Kansas City KS. Sarah was the daughter of William
H. Lane and Nancy J. Murray.
married 2) Pearl Gray,
married 3) Minnie Steele
married 4) Lillie Garrison.
Children: (info from Kenneth Shirley, Tamara Scherer,
Stephanie Kelly)
4(i). Orvan Monroe (Orv) Shirley b. 11-14-1907 d. Jun 1980 m. Clementine
___
4(ii). Gladys Marie Shirley b. 1-26-1914 d. July 2000 Married a
Boman
4(iii). Harold Vernon (Mooch)
Shirley b. 5-27-1922
d. 6-22-1987 Married Emma Schierbaum had 3 children
4(iv). Alice Gertrude Shirley b. 9-27-1911 Gutherie OK d. March 1993
Married Elmer Rose
4(v). Cecil Richard (Gus)
Shirley b. 11-14-1909
d. May 2000 Married Grace ___
4(vi). Kenneth Ed (Slick)
Shirley b. Sept 23, 1913
Kansas City KS. m. 1st. Cleva Charlene Murphy, m. 2nd Laura Vergene
Thompson Burgess
4(vii). Paul Thurman (Nep)
Shirley m. 1st. Gladys
Eye. m. 2nd Marie ___
4(viii). Dorothy Evelyn (Shirley)
m. 1st. Hugh W. Gillespie,
m. 2nd David Gorman
4(ix). Bessie Grace Shirley b Springdale, AR
3(iv). Gertrude Shirley born Nov 1885 KS
3(v). George Shirley born Dec 1891 MO
2(iii). Mariah Shirley born Oct 2, 1853 d. Oct 16, 1914 Eagleville
MO. Never married
2(iv). Reuben M. Shirley born Sept 29, 1855 died young (?1865)
2(v). Sarah R. Shirley born Aug 25, 1857 d. Oct 27, 1917 Eagleville
MO. Never married
2(vi). Elizabeth E. Shirley
born Mar 29, 1859 d.
Jan 4, 1941 Eagleville MO. Never married
2(vii). Mary A. Shirley born Dec 25, 1860, d 1861 died young
2(viii). George W. Shirley
born Dec 12, 1862 d.
Jan 23, 1922 Eagleville MO. Never married
2(ix). Rutha J. Shirley born Aug 29, 1864 d. March 10, 1871,
died young age 6
2(x) William J. Shirley born Dec 31, 1866 d. March 12, 1871,
died young age 4
2(xi) infant son Shirley b & d July 17, 1868 d. July 17, 1868,
died young, infant
1(ii). Sarah Shirley born 1820 Glasgow, Barren Co. KY., died
Aug 10, 1948 Frankfort IN., married Samuel Lattimore Rennick
(is the 1948 date a typo?)
1(iii). Mariah Shirley born Oct 14, 1821 Barren Co. KY, d. July
31, 1890, m. George A. Reeves
1(iv). Jemima Shirley
died between April
1831 and June 1834. never married
1(v). America Shirley
died between April 1831
and June 1834. never married
1(vi). Amy Elizabeth Shirley
born Oct 17, 1829, d.
May 30, 1897, m. James J. Dale Mar 7, 1861
1(vii). Martha Shirley born about 1824, age 26 in 1850 census
of her mother's household. She was a minor child alive in June
1834. She apprarently never married but had 4 children. She died
in 1899 in Decatur Co Iowa.
Dale Family Newsletter: "Several researchers inform
me Martha Shirley is the unmarried dau of Elizabeth Dale and
Richard Shirley Jr. They add, Martha never married but had four
children, viz 1) Mary Shirley Elam b 1840 or Feb 1842, 2) Laura
E Shirley Vest b 12 Apr 1844, 3) James Harrison Shirley b 1846
and 4) Elizabeth Jane Shirley Still b 12 Dec 1855 in Mercer Co
MO. These children or their heirs are mentioned in Martha's probate
in Decatur Co Iowa in August of 1899. James Harrison Shirley's
burial certificate says his parents as Martha Ann Dale and James
Shirley. This information may be untrue but who are Thomas J.,
Mahala J., and Farleigh Shirley (Richard Shirley Jr died in 1831)
Email from Jacquline Feb 2016 - Martha Ann born 1823 in
Kentucky to Richard Shirley Jr. And Elizabeth. Had 4 children
Mary, Laura, James Harrison, and Elizabeth Jane.It was said she
came down river to MO about 1855. Her 4th child was born there.It
is said that her Indian mate left the boat in St. Louis and never
returned. She was already expecting Elizabeth Jane. I believe
that Thomas joined her on that journey. I think the 1850 census
recorder made mistakes when transcribing records. Mary (Mahala?)
b in 1842,Laura in 1844, James H in 1846. And Elizabeth Jane
in 1855. I don't know if this is true, but was a story handed
down in our family.
1(viii). Reuben Shirley
died between April 1831
and June 1834. died young
1(ix). Lemuel Shirley died between April 1831 and June 1834.
died young
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Richard Shirley, Jr.