Branch 9 - Daniel Campbell Shirley

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Daniel Campbell b. Sept. 27, 1835 McCleansboro, IL d. Nov 17, 1918 Hot Springs, Fall River, SD married Sarah Ann Anderson Apr 6, 1856 Harrison Co. MO daughter of William Anderson and Rebecca Dale.

Sarah Anderson was a distant cousin of Daniel Campbell Shirley. They lived about 15 years in MO and them moved to Missouri Valley Iowa. They later moved to the Black Hills of South Dakota, in 1880, settling in a place called Bradley Flats.

Daniel Campbell Shirley served in the Missouri infantry during the Civil War. He was captured by Confederate forces during the war, and spent a short time in a prisoner of war camp. He mustered out in 1865 in Arkansas. In later years, he was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

In his retirement years, Daniel lived at the State Soldiers Home in Hot Springs South Dakota. He died at the Home in 1918.

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