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2(iv). Robert Shirley,
born about. 1770, Frederick County, Virginia; He died 1836, Williams
County, Ohio. Robert Shirley sold the Jefferson County land inherited
from his father on April 1, 1808 to John Zuber for $1,248.75
(Jefferson Co. Will Book 4, Page 528). A short biography
of Robert appears at page 389 in Vol. I of "Valley of the
Upper Maumee River," (1889): Shirleys
of Defiance and Williams Co Ohio
In the spring of 1822 Robert Shirley, Sr., and family moved
from near Chillicothe, Ohio, to Fort Defiance. The family included
the mother, Mrs. Rachel Shirley, and the children, James, Elias,
Robert, Ruth, Mary, Nancy and John G. From Fort Jennings to Fort
Defiance they saw no white people, and followed the Indian trail
along the river Auglaize. The fort at Defiance, built by Gen.
Winchester, was then standing, in a good state of preservation,
in charge of William Preston, the only other inhabitant of Defiance.
Four French families lived in cabins on the Maumee above the
point, and three American families on the Auglaize near by. Six
miles below lived the families of John Perkins, Montgomery Evans
and Mr. Hively. Two trading houses were kept on either side of
the Maumee. Here the Ottawa, commonly called Tawah Indians, brought
their skins of the otter, beaver, raccoon, bear, muskrat, mink,
fox, wild-cat and deer, and beeswax, ginseng, cranberries and
gooseberries. No person then lived between Forts Wayne and Defiance,
but all the travel from Detroit to Fort Wayne and Chicago passed
along the Maumee. Mail was carried by Forts Wayne and Defiance
from Piqua to Fort Meigs (Maumee City). When the Shirleys settled
at Defiance, Cant. James Riley had not begun the survey of land.
Shane, the famous pioneer, was then about fifty years old, and
living at Shane's prairie, on the St. Maiy's river. Flour and
salt were obtained from Swan Creek (Toledo), hauled to the Rapids
and brought thence on pirogues. In 1827, through the influence
of Nathan Shirley, Elias Pattee, of a family familiar in church
history in the Maumee valley, organized the first church at Defiance.
married Rachel Gilbert on January 28, 1791 in Frederick
County, Virginia, daughter of Nathan Gilbert and Elizabeth Scout.
Children of Robert Shirley and Rachel Gilbert are:
3(i). Nathan Shirley, born 5 December 1791, Frederick
County, Virginia; Nathan Shirley served in Captain Richard's
Company of the Second Regiment, Ross County, Ohio Militia during
the War of 1812. Lived in Defiance Township, Defiance Co Ohio
in 1850 census, age 58, born Virginia, and in 1860 census, age
68; He died August 26, 1871, Junction, Paulding County, Ohio.
Buried at Potter and Kline Cemetery, Paulding Co Ohio Shirleys of Paulding Co Ohio
Will of Nathan Shirley: On this the
thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy one came (illegible) Most and filed
in this office of the Probate Judge of said County of Paulding
a certain envelope, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament
of Nathan Shirley, late of Auglaize Township in Said County deceased.
And afterward to wit At a Probate Court begun and held at the
Court House in the town of Paulding, Paulding County and state
of Ohio. On this the first day of September in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, by and before
David C. Carey, Judge of said Probate Court. The following proceedings
were had in the matter of the Last Will and Testament of Nathan
Shirley, late of said County of Paulding in the state of Ohio,
was this day presented to the court for Probate and H. S. Humphrey,
Henry Daniel and Lewis S. Gordon, the subscribing witnesses to
said will coming personally before the Court were duly sworn
and examined according to law and this testimony reduced to writing
and filed. And the Court being satisfied from said testimony
that said will was duly executed and attested, that the testator
at the time of executing the same was of full age, of sound mind
and memory and under no undue or unlawful restraint, it is ordered
that said will be admitted to probate, and that the testimony
taken together with said will be admitted to probate and recorded
to the provisions of the statute made and provided. And said
is in the words and figures following to wit: I Nathan Shirley,
of the village of Junction, in the county of Paulding and state
of Ohio, do hereby make and (illegible) this my last Will and
Testament; Item 1st. It is my will that all of my just debts
be paid out of my personal estate. Item 2nd. I give and devise
to my beloved wife, Ann P. Shirley, in lieu of all (illegible)
interest in my estate, the following property, real and personal,
viz. The home I am now building in Junction, and the lot on which
the said is located, for and during the time of her natural life;
the interest that may accrue on five promissary notes given sons
by Nancy Dils and Andrew Dils, Each amounting to five hundred
and ninety-five dollars and each dated July twenty-sixth, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
It is my will that my said wife receive annually the interest
that may become due upon said notes, Further, it is my will,
that my said wife receive, during her natural life, one third
of the rents and proceeds of my farm of one hundred and eighty
acres, situated in Sections seven, eight, seventeen and eighteen,
in Township number one (1) north of Range number five (5), east,
in Putnam County, state of Ohio, and that my son, John W. Shirley,
shall attend to the collecting and delivering to my said wife
her said third interest in the rents and profits of said far.
My said wife shall suitably (illegible) (illegible) rate him
for said service. Item 3rd. It is my further will, that at the
death of my said wife, my executors him after named shall pay
to my Grandchildren Nathan Shirley Dils, and Nathan Shirley,
son of Phillip Shirley, the sum of One hundred dollars to each.
Item 4th. It is my further will that at the death of my said
wife, that all of my property, both real and personal, shall
go to my heirs, in equal amounts, share and share alike. Item
5th. At the death of my said wife, it is my will, that my son,
Stephan Shirley, shall receive the sum of Three hundred and fifty
dollars in cash out of my estate, and that he shall receive an
equal share of my estate with the rest of my heirs, after said
(illegible) is paid. I hereby appoint my sons, John W. Shirley
and Stephen Shirley, Executors of this my last will and testament,
and authorize them to sell and dispose of my sufficient property
(after the death of my wife), to pay the cash bequeaths herein
stipulated. I hereby revoke all former wills by me made. On witness
whereof I have here (illegible) set my hand and seal, this twenty-sixth
day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-one. Nathan Shirley (seal) Signed by the said testator,
Nathan Shirley (mark). Witnesses: H. S. Humphrey, Henry Daniel,
Lewis S. Gordon
married 1) Mary Minear on 15 April 1819 in Ross County, Ohio; She was
born 8 January 1800; She died October 1844 in Williams County,
Ohio
Email: Nathan was married to Mary Minear and after she
died Nathan remarried. According to the information you have
on your page his second wife was Ann Price Hawkins. I would like
to let you know that this is a common transcribtion error. Nathan's
second wife was actually Ann Price Hankins. Ann Price Hankins
was married to Samuel Hankins and after he died she married Nathan
Shirley as they were both widowers. Ann's maiden name was Gullik.
Ann's daugther was named Eliza Jane Hankins and she is part of
my family because she married Lester D. Newton. Nathan's son
Stephen M. Shirley is also part of my family because he married
Estella Newton. Stephen fought in the Civil War for the Ohio
25th Infantry and he lost his left foot in The Battle of Potter's
Raid. - Matt Newton
married 2) Mrs. Ann Price Hankins (nee Gullik)
on 5 May 1853 in Paulding County, Ohio. She was born 1810,
and died 4 October 1883 in Paulding County, Ohio.
Children of Nathan Shirley and Mary Minear are:
4(i). Philip Shirley.born 19 January 1820 at Putnam
Co Ohio (tombstone); Named in the 1871 will of his father Nathan
Shirley; Lived at Putnam Co Ohio in 1880 census, age 60; He died
29 March 1900 at Putnam Co Ohio; Buried Fairview Cemetery
Note: there is a long narrative written by Philip Shirley
describng his pioneer life and his father's family (posted in
the members' section of Defiance Co Ohio)
History of Putnam County Ohio - Philip Shirley, the father
of the subject grew up in Defiance County being only five years
old when he was brought to the county with his parents. He grew
up on the homestead farm and located at the Power Dam, where
his father, Nathan owned two farms. He married Elizabeth Prowant,
daughter of Christian and Catherine (Gable) Prowant, who was
born in Wayne County, Ohio, and whom came with her parents to
Putnam County about 1834, where she grew to womanhood and married.
She was born on June 5, 1829 and died on February 13, 1914 at
the age of eighty-four years, eight months and eight days. Philip
Shirley came to Putnam County, Ohio and settled in Perry Township
about 1847 and was married in 1848. He died in Dupont, Perry
Township, Putnam County, Ohio on March 29, 1901 at the age of
eighty-one years, one month and twenty-four days. Originally,
Philip Shirley owned a farm, upon which the town of Dupont is
now situated. The seven children born to Philip and Elizabeth
(Prowant) Shirley were as follows: Mary C; Clara M., who is now
Mrs. Remus Brown of DeKalb County, Indiana; Anna E., later Mrs.
Thomas Conkle, who died in 1890; Nathan C., the subject of this
sketch; Nancy R., now Mrs. Oscar Lamont, of Belmore, Putnam County,
Ohio, whose husband is the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railroad agent at that place; Alice D, now Mrs. George Lafferty,
of Edmore, Michigan; Jennie C., who is now Mrs. George Cockrum,
of Alluwee, Oklahoma.
married Elizabeth Prowant, daughter of Christian and
Catherine Prowant
Children:
5(i). Mary C Shirley born about 1852, age 28 in 1880
census
5(ii). Clara M Shirley She married Remus Brown, lived
DeKalb Co Indiana
5(iii). Annie E Shirley born about 1861, age 19 in
1880 census; She married Thomas Conkle
5(iv). Nathan C. Shirley born about 1863, age 17 in
1880 census; Named in the 1871 will of his grandfather Nathan
Shirley
5(iv). Nancy R Shirley born about 1866, age 14 in 1880
census; She married Oscar Lamont, lived Belmore Putnam Co Ohio
5(v). Dora Alice Shirley born about 1869, age 11 in
1880 census; She married George Lafferty, lived Edmore Michigan
5(vi). Jennie C Shirley born about 1872, age 8 in 1880
census; She married George Cockrum, lived Alluwee Oklahoma
4(ii). Rachel Shirley born 22 May 1821; She died 3
December 1843, age 22 (tombstone); buried at Potter and Kline
Cemetery, Paulding Co Ohio. She married Shadrack Carey on 17
November 1842 at Paulding Co Ohio
4(iii). William Shirley born 23 February 1825 Ohio
(tombstone and info at findagrave), age 25 in widowed father's
1850 census household; He died 31 December 1887 (tombstone);
Buried at Scott Union Cemetery, Erie County Ohio
Error Alert. The findagrave info is likely wrong. William Shirley
of Erie Co Ohio, wife Rhoda is from a different Shirley branch
Editor, this looks more promising
married Rebecca Hankins/Hawkins on 9 March 1854 at
Defiance Co Ohio; She apparrently married next John Lewis 21
January 1860 at Defiance Co Ohio; She may be the Rebecca Lewis,
age 21 living in the household of Nathan Shirley (above) in 1860
census (although, was she 15 when married to William; also,
she married John Lewis in January, but not living with husband
by that summer at the time of census?)
4(iv). Winney Shirley born about 1829 Ohio, age 21
in widowed father's 1850 census household; She married Jacob
Garman on 6 December 1860 at Defiance Co Ohio
4(v). Ruth Shirley born about 1831 Ohio, age 19 in
widowed father's 1850 census household
4(vi). Gilbert Shirley born about 1833 Ohio, age 17
in widowed father's 1850 census household
4(vii). Clark David Shirley born 12 April 1833 Ohio,
age 16 in widowed father's 1850 census household; He died 15
August 1910, age 77; buried at Highland Cemetery, Wichita Sedgwick
Co Kansas (There is an odd newspaper story about his death,
family notified but nobody picked up the body)
4(viii). Elitha Shirley born about 1836 Ohio, age 14
in widowed father's 1850 census household
4(ix). John W. Shirley born about 1838 Ohio, age 12
in widowed father's 1850 census household Named in the 1871 will
of his father Nathan Shirley
married Rachel A Fryman on August 16, 1870, Paulding
County, Ohio.
4(x). Mary Shirley born about 1840 Ohio, age 10 in
widowed father's 1850 census household
4(xi). Nancy M. Shirley born about 1842 Ohio, age 8
in widowed father's 1850 census household; age 18 in parent's
1860 census household; She married A. S. Dils on 16 August 1864
at Defiance Co Ohio
4(xii). Stephen M. Shirley born about 1845 Ohio, 5
in widowed father's 1850 census household; age 15 in parent's
1860 census household; Named in the 1871 will of his father Nathan
Shirley
married Estella Newton on 24 September 1871 in Defiance
County, Ohio107.
Children of Stephen Shirley and Estella Newton are:
5(i). Martha E. Shirlley, born April 1873, Defiance
Township, Defiance County, Ohio
5(ii). Lawrence N. Shirley, born April 26, 1878, Defiance
Township, Defiance County, Ohio
5(iii). Lester D. Shirley, born March 12, 1889, Defiance
Township, Defiance County, Ohio.
3(ii). James Shirley,
born about September 1796, Frederick County, Virginia; He died
14 March 1850, in Delaware Bend, Delaware
Township, Defiance County, Ohio. An extensive story of
the life and times of James Shirley may be found in the book
"Maumee River 1835" by Lousi A. Simonis. This book
was published by the Defiance County [Ohio] Historical Society
in 1979. An additional biography is found in "Valley
of the Upper maumee River' (1889), Vol. I. P. 389-90. Shirleys of Defiance Co Ohio
1850 May 7 - Defiance Co OH Inventory and Estates Vol 1
pg 104; page 106; page 108; page 110 - Appraisal of estate of
James Shirley dec'd by Thomas Warren, Lyman Langdon, C B West;
Elias Shirley, administrator; [appraisal of inventory; debts
due the estate including one by Nathan and Phillip Shirley and
another by John Shirley, sale of inventory including purchases
by the widow and William Roper Shirley]
James Shirley, who was born in Virginia in 1797, was a
man of remarkable shrewdness and natural ability, and at the
time of his death at his old home in Ohio, in 1850, he owned
over 700 acres of land in Defiance and Allen counties. By his
wife, Elizabeth Gilbert, born in 1822, in Kentucky, and still
living in Defiance county, he had seven children : a daughter
unnamed, William, Robert B., Eliza, Alexander, Levisa and Sylvester.
Robert B. is the only one living besides the mother.
married Elizabeth Gilbert on 17 January 1839 in Delaware Township, Williams
County, Ohio b: 9 May 1817 in Lewis County, Kentucky d: 27 April
1900 in Defiance County, Ohio
Children of James Shirley and Elizabeth Gilbert are:
4(i). William James Shirley, born 19 October 1841;
age 9 in his widowed mother's 1850 census household; He died
May 09, 1874, Delaware Township, Defiance County, Ohio.
1874 June 22 - Defiance Co OH Inventory and Estates Vol
3 pg 362; page 364; page 366; Appraisal and sale of estate of
William J Shirley dec'd by William Furnier, Henry Slough and
Johnson Miller; Robert B Shirley administrator.
married Missouri Slough on 21 February 1864 in Paulding
County, Ohio112.
Children of William Shirley and Missouri Slough are:
5(i). Della F. Shirley, She married John C. Peffly
on 23 April 1882, Defiance County, Ohio
5(ii). Alice R. Shirley, born 23 July 1870; m. L. S.
Holbrook
5(iii). Verseneth Shirley.
5(iv). Frank Shirley, born 9 September 1872, Delaware
Township, Defiance County, Ohio
4(ii). Robert B. Shirley, born 24 October 1842, Ohio;
age 7 in his widowed mother's 1850 census household;
Robert B. Shirley was born October 24, 1842, and at seventeen
years of age became a clerk in a dry goods store at Antwerp,
Ohio, but three years later came to Maumee township and began
to work on the farm which is now his home. In 1871 he was elected
justice of Maumee township, and in 1874 re-elected by a largely
increased majority. At the same time he served as deputy land
appraiser, and subsequent!}- served as assessor by appointment.
In 1880 he was elected trustee, and again in 1888. Though he
is a democrat, and a recognized leader in that party, these honors
have been bestowed upon him in a township that frequently gives
republican majorities. In the 1885 and 1889 sessions of the Indiana
legislature, he served as chief engrossing clerk in the house.
Mr. Shirley was married May 1, 1880, to Ladora, daughter of William
and Catharine (Gray) Faulkner. She was born at Lima, Ohio, in
1856. Mr. Shirley's sister Eliza left at her death one son, Albert
H. Little, and his brother William left four children: Delia,
Alice, Verseneth and Frank.
ROBERT B. SHIRLEY, son of James Shirley, a native of Kentucky,
and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Shirley, a native of Virginia, was born
in Defiance County. Ohio, October 24, 1842. He gained a common
school education. He is a Democrat, and was Representative from
Allen County in the Sixty-sixth General Assembly. He was also
a member of the Legislature in 1899. He has been a justice of
the peace, township trustee, deputy land appraiser, Allen County,
and was chief enrolling clerk in the Special session of the General
Assembly in 1885. Mr. Shirley is a farmer and resides at Shirley
City, Allen County. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias
and of the Odd Fellows. Legislative Manual of Indiana for 1909.
Robert B. Shirley
married Ladora Faulkner on 1 May 1880; b. 1856, Lima,
Ohio.
4(iii). Eliza Jean Shirley, born about 1845, age 5
in her widowed mother's 1850 census household; She died 1872;
She married Andrew Little.
4(iv). Sylvester Shirley born about 1845, died 1850
(source: findagrave); buried in Shirley family cemetery without
marker; He was named in the published historical narrative of
his father James Shirley
4(v). Alexander Shirley, born 4 March 1847; age 3 in
his widowed mother's 1850 census household; He died 24 March
1872, Delaware Township, Defiance County, Ohio, age 25.
4(vi). Levisa Shirley born about 1850, died 1855 (source:
findagrave); buried in Shirley family cemetery without marker;
She was named in the published historical narrative of
her father James Shirley
3(iii). Elias Shirley,
born December 1800, Frederick County, Virginia; Lived at Delaware Bend, Delaware Township, Defiance
County, Ohio in 1850 census. He died March 21, 1855 Shirleys of Defiance Co Ohio
married Phoebe Hudson September 15, 1829 in Williams County, Ohio
d: August 20, 1847
Child of Elias Shirley and Phoebe Hudson is:
4(i). George Washington Shirley, born 18 December 1827,
Fort Defiance, Ohio; Moved to Fremont County Iowa by 1860 census.
He lived in Otoe Co Nebraska in 1880 census.He died February
05, 1898, Peru, Nebraska
married 1) Sarah Emily Harris. wife living with
her husband's family in 1850 census, wife in the 1860
Fremont IA census
married 2) Lucy Nelson Hutchinson by 1870 census.
She was born March 02, 1844 in Kentucky, and died May 23, 1901
in Peru, Nebraska.
Children of George Shirley and Sarah Harris are:
5(i). James Elias Shirley born 19 April 1852. Age 9
in the 1860 census. His parents named in the 1891 marriage certificate.
He lived in Atcheson Co MO in 1900 and Calloway Co MO in 1910,
1920. He died 11 December 1921 in St Charles Co MO, age 68y,
7m, 22d of an accidental drowning.
married Lepha M Miller nee Beason on 5 April 1891 at Fremont
County Iowa. She was the daughter of Joseph Beason and Samantha
Morris
Children:
6(i). Clarence Avery Shirley, b. 18 Aug 1891, Bartlett,
Fremont, IA d. Feb 1985 (Age 93 years)
6(ii). Blanche Shirley, b. Apr 1893, d. 1899 (Age ~
5 years)
6(iii). Mabel Elizabeth Shirley, b. 31 Aug 1895, d.
13 Oct 1940 (Age 45 years)
6(iv). George Ernest Shirley, b. 11 Sep 1897
6(v). Elmer Shirley, b. 14 Feb 1899, d. 17 Mar 1963
(Age 64 years)
6(vi). Jessie Opal Shirley, b. 10 Sep 1902
5(ii). Phoebe Shirley born about 1854, age 6 in 1860
census.
5(iii). George Horatio Shirley born 10 April
1856 in Defiance Co OH, age 3 in 1860 census. He died
24 February 1926, Cole County, Missouri. Buried Eugene Cemetery.
married Anna Gentry.
Children:
6(i). Dr. George Horatio Shirley Jr. born 17 October
1888 in Wichita, Sedgwick County Kansas; He died Sep. 20, 1954,
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri
Ancestor of DNA Kit #669216
Eldon Advertiser, September 1954 - Funeral services for
Dr. George H. Shirley, 65, Eugene physician for 20 years, was
to have been held today (Thursday) at 8 p.m. at the Eugene Christian
Church. Dr. Shirley, the only doctor in that community, died
Monday after a week's illness. The Rev. Ray Conyers will officiate
at the services with burial in the Eugene Cemetery. Masonic rites
will be conducted at the graveside. Dr. Shirley was born Oct.
17, 1888, in Wichita, Kan., son of George and Anna Gentry Shirley.
On Feb. 1, 1926, he was married to Miss Eliza Duncan. He graduated
in June 1911 from the Eclectic Medical School of Medicine in
St. Louis. He was a member of the Hickory Hill Baptist Church
and the Hickory Hill Masonic Lodge AF and AM at Eugene. In addition
to his wife, Dr. Shirley is survived by four sons, Burleigh and
Tommy of Kansas City, Pat Shirley of the Army in Germany and
Lyndel Shirley of Jefferson City.
5(iv). Talitha Shirley, born about 1858, age 2 in 1860
census
5(v). Ella Shirley She married Edward Wells. Lived
in Otoe Co Nebraska in 1900 census
Children of George Shirley and Lucy Hutchinson are:
5(vi). Delta Shirley, born 1868 in Nebraska, age 2
in 1870 census, age 12 in 1880.
5(vi). Manco Shirley, born October 1870, Peru, Nebraska,
age 8/12 in 1870 census. He died August 1955, Sparks, Nevada;
married Mary Belle Vines; b. December 1876, Van Buren,
Arkansas; d. December 1964, Sparks, Nevada.
5(vii). Lee Shirley, born about. 1872, age 8 in 1880
census; He married Ida ____
5(viii). Robert Shirley, born about 1875, age 5 in
1880 census..
4(ii). E. A Shirley (female) born 1832, age 18 in 1850
census
4(iii). William Raper Shirley born 19 May 1833 at Definance
Co Ohio, age 16 in 1850 census. Married, living in Fremont Co
Iowa in 1860 census; Lived in Fremont Iowa in 1880 census, age
46, occupation: farmer; Enumerated in Iowa state census of 1895
at Fremont, age 62; He died 24 October 1917; Buried Sidney Cemetery,
Fremont Co Iowa
married Sarah Hunter on 8 September 1853 at Defiance
Co OH
Children:
5(i). Elias Shirley born about 1856, age 4 in 1860
census
5(ii). Mary A Shirley born about 1858, age 2 in 1860
census
5(iii). Frances Shirley born about 1863 Iowa, age 17
in 1880 census
5(iv). Emma Shirley born about 1866 Iowa, age 14 in
1880 census
5(v). Adolphus Shirley born about 1869 Iowa, age 11
in 1880 census (twin), age 26 in 1895
5(vi). Adella Shirley born about 1869 Iowa, age 11
in 1880 census (twin), age 26 in 1895
5(vii). Wilburn Shirley born about 1871 Iowa, age 9
in 1880 census, age 23 in 1895
5(viii). Wallace Shirley born about 1876 Iowa, age
4 in 1880 census, age 19 in 1895
5(ix). Greg Shirley born about 1879, age 1 in 1880
census, age 16 in 1895 (as Guy Shirley)
3(iv). Mary Shirley, born about 1804 in Frederick County, Virginia.
She died April 11, 1826; She married Thomas Warren on August
11, 1825 in Williams County, Ohio
3(v). Nancy Shirley born about
1806 in Frederick County, Virginia; She died March 01, 1823 in
Defiance County, Ohio
3(vi). Robert Shirley,
born 8 October 1806, Frederick County, Virginia; Robert Shirley
was the first Probate Judge in Paulding County, Ohio. He
died 1886, Paulding County, Ohio. Shirleys
of Paulding Co Ohio
Robert Shirley was reared on a farm and became a great hunter
in his day. In 1834 he came to Paulding county, where he bought
land in Brown township, and with his wife and two children, settled
in the forest and erected the little log cabin. Tho roads had
to be made as they were needed, and an ox team was the only means
of conveyance. Mr. Shirley served for twenty years as township
treasurer, and he acted as judge of the circuit in which his
county was located. He was married thrice and became the father
of a large family of sons and daughters. His present wife was
Elizabeth Strathers before her marriage. Mr. Shirley affiliated
with the whig party in the early days, and at the organization
of the republican party became a supporter of it. He died in
1886 at the age of eighty years. In 1834 Mr. Shirley planted
an orchard in Brown township, and to this day many of the trees
are bearing fruit. - Historical Atlas of Paulding Co Ohio
married 1) Sarah Hudson on 15 September 1829, daughter
of Shadrach Hudson. She was born Abt. 1812, and died November
1857 in Paulding County, Ohio.
married 2) Julia _____ age 47 in husband Robert Shirley's
1860 census household; born Virginia (A Robert Shirley married
Julia Coulter on 7 June 1859 in Putnam Co OH)
married 3) Elizabeth Strothers (source: Historical
Atlas of Paulding Co OH) on 19 November 1863 in Paulding Co OH.
Email 2015 - My great-grandfather, Robert Shirley 3(vi)
was actually married 3 times.
1st. Sarah Hudson m 15 Sep 1829. Sarah died in 1857, and in 1859
he married
2nd Julia Mowere (1808-1863) No children of this marriage
3rd Elizabeth Strother (1827-1908). Robert married her on 19
Nov 1863 and had 3 children by her
4(xii) Robert Vernon Shirley (1865-1934)
4(xiii) Anna Ruth Shirley (1868-1913)
4(xiv) Sheridan S Shirley (1868-1934)
Children of Robert Shirley and Sarah Hudson are: (using
2 sources of information)
4(i). William Shirley born about 1831 in Ohio, age
19 in family's 1850 census household
married Julia Burt on December 25, 1852 in Paulding County,
Ohio
4(ii). Joseph H. Shirley, born 20 April 1832, Defiance
County, Ohio; He died 3 April 1910, Desciple Church, Paulding
County, Ohio. A biography of Joseph H. Shirley may be found at
page 51 of the "Historical Atlas of Paulding County"
(1892). Joseph's family is described in greater detail
at pages 228 and 229 in the "Historical Hand Atlas of Paulding
County" (1882).
J. H. Shirley, freight and ticket agont on N. Y., C. &
St. L. railroad, express agent and dealer in fine tobacco and
cigars, is a worthy representative of a pioneer family of Paulding
county. He was born in Defiance county, April 20, 1832, the son
of Robert and Sarah (Hudson) Shirley...J. H. Shirley, the subject
of this sketch, was but two years of age when brought to this
county by his parents. He received but a limited education in
the old field schools of that day and spent his boyhood on tho
farm. Liter, at his own expense, he attended school and prepared
himself for teaching. He taught many terms with good success,
and during that time married Miss Mary E. Ward, of Franklin county,
who was also a teacher. She was the daughter of Lewis Ward, who
located in Paulding county in 1854. Abandoning teaching, Mr.
Shirley purchased land and began farming it. Later, he sold this
land and embarked in merchandising, which he continued for thirteen
years with good success. In 1876 ho again turned his attention
to farming and erected the first building in what is now Melrose.
Here he purchased a general stock of goods and was soon afterward
appointed agent for the Nickel Plate railroad at his place. He
then became agent for the American express company, which positions
he is still holding. In connection with these positions Mr. Shirley
deals in tobacco and cigars. He is one of the self-made men of
the county and is a man of much prominence in the community.
In political sentiment, Mr. Shirley is a republican and is at
present serving his tenth year as notary public. Mrs. Shirley
died in 1807 at the age of thirty-four, Leaving three children:
Milton, Homer and Stephen. Mr. Shirley married Miss Malinda Nash
for his second wife, and their children are Alice, wife of L.
S. Holbrook, and Warren. The mother is an earnest member of the
Baptist church and a lady favorably known in the township where
she resides. - Historical Atlas of Paulding Co Ohio
married 1) Mary E. Ward on 12 August 1854 in Paulding
County, Ohio. She was born 20 October 1833 in Northumberland
County, Pennsylvania; She died 1 June 1867 in Defiance County,
Ohio.
married 2) Matilda P. Nash on 23 August 1868 in Paulding
County, Ohio, daughter of Henry Nash and Susan Osmond.
She was born 10 November 1848 in Zanesville, Ohio.
Children of Joseph Shirley and Mary Ward are:
5(i). Clarence Milton Shirley, born 22 August 1859.
5(ii). Homer Shirley, born 16 March 1861.
5(iii). Steven W. Shirley, born 24 June 1863.
Child of Joseph Shirley and Matilda Nash is:
5(iv). Warren C. Shirley, born 19 March 1879.
4(iii). Nancy E. Shirley born about 1835 in OH, age
15 in family's 1850 census household
4(iv). James Austin Shirley, born 3 April 1837, Defiance
County, Ohio; He died 5 August 1916, Brewster, Kansas. James
A. Shirley left Ohio in 1860 and settled in Iowa and from there
moved to Fall City, Nebraska and in 1885 to Sherman Co. Kansas.
In 1911 he moved to Brewster, Kansas and embarked in the mercantile
business, he being the senior member of the Shirley Mercantile
Company. He joined the Methodist Church in 1866 Spring
Valley, Iowa James Obituary shows at the time he died he had
2 sisters, Emma C. Daniels and Jennie L. Neaven and 3 brothers,
David, Grant and Sheridan still living in Ohio.
Sidney, Fremont County, Iowa, Apr 27
Dear father
I recd your letter Aprile 25 and was happy to hear from
you once more. We are all well at present and hope these few
lines will find you all enjoying the Comforts and Blessings of
life. We have had a pleasant Spring day and the farmers have
commenced tp plow for corn. I planted the Norway oats you sent
me last spring but dident have very good luck with them. I shall
try them again if you have plenty and think it will not be to
late to sow them. I should like very much to have you send me
a peck by express, to Sidney fremont Co. Iowa. I thank you very
much for those you sent me last spring. I wish you would sell
your farm and come out west and buy a farm that don't overflow.
If you would sell out their you could by some very nice improved
farms here now. Times ar good and money plenty. Corn is worth
60 cts wheat 55 and potatoes 2? cts per bushel. Excuse this short
letter. yours as ever, write soon, James A. Shirley
Falls City, Neb Nov ? 1874
Dear father,
I take this opportunity to write you a few lines. We ar
all well at present and hope these few lines will find you and
family all enjoying the comforts and blessings of life. It has
been some time since I have recd a letter from you. We are having
a very nice fall. It was very dry here this season. We only had
three showers here during the growing season. Two of them was
chintz bugs, the last was grasshoper. Our crops were almost an
entire failure this year. Some of the western people are bound
to suffer this winter for they have no grain of any kind. Some
have plenty of Hogs to poor to sell for meat and no market for
them, some of my neighbors are trying to give their Hogs away
and can't find anyone that wants or will have them, their is
some counties that is south and west of us that are entirely
destitute of anything and are sure to suffer with cold and hunger
- ere long before spring. I heard from Brother Will last week
They were all well then Mr Irwin and wife Angies father and Mother
was down to make us a visit they live at Sidney, Iowa, they have
made us one visit a year since we moved to Nebraska, and you
have not made us one visit in 8 years. I cant help but think
you ar treating us rather cool. I thought that last spring and
all summer that I would be able to this fall to go and see sister
nan, and then spend the winter in Ohio among friends but since
I gather in my crops I find I will have enough to do and stay
home. I have not heard from Stephen and Nancy since in July they
were complaining of bugs and dry weather. Come with your family
and see us if you Possibly can.----If you don't come send me
a good long letter. I would like to know what the boys and girls
are all doing. This is beautiful country, I would rather live
here than anyplace I have seen between Ohio and New Mexico. Come
and see us
Write soon
Your Son, J.A. Shirley"
married Angie R. Irvin on 6 December 1866 Sydney, Fremont
Co. Iowa.
Children of James Shirley and Angie Irwin are:
5(i). Albert Shirley, He married Anna Amelia Denker.
5(ii). Jesse Ray Shirley, He married Mary Blaser (Mrs
Vaselik)
5(iii). Minnie Shirley, She married John Heston.
5(iv). Sarah Shirley.
5(v). Jennie Shirley, born about. 1873; She died 1939;
She married Marsh Heston.
4(v). Elias W. Shirley, born 16 August 1838 in Brown
Township, Paulding County, Ohio; He died 11 February 1911 in
Ohio.
4(vi). David Clark Shirley, born January 16, 1840,
Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio; He died October 02, 1919,
Findley, Ohio. David Clark Shirley served in three regiments
during the Civil War. They were 38th, 132nd, 192nd Regiments
of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His family is described
in "Historical Hand Atlas of Paulding County" (1882)
at Page 228.
David C. Shirley - was born in this township in 1840, his
parents settling here in 1835. They were Robert and Sarah (Hudson)
Shirley; his mother died in November, 1857. David C. was married
at Findlay, Ohio, March 11, 1866, to Rachel R. Strother, who
was born in Hancock county, Ohio, October 1, 1843. Their children
are Franklin S., born December 14, 1866; Eddie C., October 4,
1870, died May 9, 1873; Ada J., January 21, 1872, died July 19,
1874; Millard J., March 5, 1874, died December 18, 1878; Joseph
R., April 9, 1881. Mrs. Shirley’s parents were John J. and
Margaret (Moody) Strother, the mother dying in Hancock county,
Ohio, and the father in Paulding. Mr. Shirley was in the war
of the Rebellion, being in no less than three regiments-the 88th,
132d and 192d Regiments of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged
in 1865 at Winchester, Virginia. His brother, Ben, was in the
68th Ohio, and died in Fort Defiance in September, 1862, on his
way home. Mr. Shirley’s wife had three brothers in the army
- Thomas, Joseph and William Strother. They all returned home.
Mr. Shirley is engaged in farming. Address, Charloe, Paulding
county, Ohio. - The History of Northwestern Ohio & History
of Paulding County (H H Hardesty & Company Chicago IL/Toledo
OH 1882) pg 228
married Rachel Reed Strother on March 11, 1866 in Findlay,
Hancock County, Ohio (recorded in Paulding Co.) She was
born October 01, 1843 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio; She died
July 25, 1928 in Paulding County, Ohio Daughter of John Strother
and Margaret Moody
Children of David Shirley and Rachel Strother are:
5(i). Bertha A. Shirley.
5(ii). Emma Shirley, She married _____ Giltz.
5(iii). Franklin S. Shirley, born December 14, 1866.
5(iv). Eddie C. Shirley, born October 04, 1870, Ohio;
d. May 09, 1873, Ohio.
5(v). Ada J. Shirley born January 21, 1872, Ohio; d.
July 19, 1874, Ohio.
5(vi). Millard J. Shirley, born March 05, 1874, Ohio;
d. December 18, 1878, Ohio.
5(vii). Joseph Raymond Shirley, born April 09, 1881,
Charloe, Paulding County, Ohio.
4(vii). Benjamin F. Shirley, born about 1842/46; Age
6 in family's 1850 census household (b 1846); Benjamin F. Shirley
served in the 68th Ohio during the Civil War. He died September
1862, Fort Defiance, Ohio.
4(viii). Emma C. Shirley, born about 1848 in OH, age
2 in family's 1850 census household; She married Henry Daniels
on 23 August 1868, Paulding County, Ohio.
4(ix). Lydia Shirley, born about 1852, age 8 in family's
1860 census household
Another source for children of
Robert Shirley and Sarah Hudson include:
4(x). Jennie L. Shirley She married Hubert Naveau Jr.;
She is named in brother James' 1916 obituary
4(xi). Grant Shirley - He is named in brother James'
1916 obituary
Children of Robert Shirley and Elizabeth Strothers (based
on age of births)
4(xii). Robert Vernon Shirley born 7 July
1865 in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio; He died 19 March
1934 in Paulding County, Ohio
married Mary ______ She was born about 1874; She died
1922 in probably Paulding County, Ohio
4(xiii). Anna Ruth Shirley born 16 April 1868 in Brown
Township, Paulding County, Ohio; She died 1913 in Grand Rapids,
Michigan; She married George Peter Garman III on 26 September
1891 in Paulding County, Ohio b: April 23, 1869 d: October
1950 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
4(xiv). Sheridan S. Shirley born 16 April 1868 in Brown
Township, Paulding County, Ohio; Named in half-brother James
Shirley's 1916 obituary.
3(vii). Ruth Shirley, born 1 May 1811, Ross County,
Ohio; She died 5 April 1891, Reno, Venango County, Pennsylvania.
She married James B. Austin on 12 August 1830 in Williams County,
Ohio. He was born 16 August 1806 in Surry County, North
Carolina, and died 1857.
3(viii). John Gilbert Shirley, born June 1821. (this
is a late birth?) He was named as a child in various published
county histories.
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