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1(vii).
John Riley Shirley
born Mar 25, 1798. John and Mary lived in Franklin Co. GA and
went to Fulton Co. GA after 1852. He was mentioned
as out of state with wife, Polly, in the Trussell estate of March
29, 1854. He died June 14, 1873 Fulton Co. Georgia. He is buried
in the Bethlehem Cemetery in Alpharetta, Fulton Co Ga.
married 1)
Acenith Kay
Nov 30, 1817 and they had 7 children. She was the daughter of
John and Rosannah Kay.
married 2)
Mary Eliz. Kay
before 1850.
She was born Jan 12, 1806 SC and died July 18, 1887. She was
the daughter of Rev. William and Catherine Trussell Kay (widow
of Asa Kay).
children:
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2(i). Reuben
N. Shirley
Aug 28, 1820 Abbeville SC d. 1870 Walker Co. GA,
married Isabelle
Lindsey
children
3(i). Mary
Jane Shirley
Sept 30, 1843 SC d. Mar 10, 1918 Floyd Co. GA, m. 1st David Cooper
in Milton Co. GA Marion Holbrook in Forsyth Co. GA ca
1877
3(ii). Senia
Ann Shirley
1847 m. __ Holbrook (brother of General Marion Holbrook)
3(iii). Thursey
Shirley m. __ Holbrook (brother of General Marion Holbrook)
3(iv). John Shirley
3(v). Margaret Shirley
2(ii). Grace
Essie Shirley born about
1821 Abbeville Co. SC
2(iii). Benjamin
Thaddeus Shirley
Aug 23, 1826, died Mar 1891,
married Mary
Ann Brock in
1845. She was born Feb 11, 1826 Abbeville Co. SC. and died May
1898 in Franklin Co. GA.
children
3(i). Messena
(Missouri) Cordelia Shirley
Nov 10, 1846, m. Oct 12, 1865 to Levi Branson Fisher
3(ii). Lucinda
E. Shirley
May 26, 1848, m. Benj. M. Isobell Sept 14, 1875
3(iii). Mary
Elvira Shirley
Aug 2, 1851 m. John T. Branyon Oct 17, 1879
3(iv). Thurza
Ann Shirley
Feb 28, 1854
married Jasper
W. Shirley
Oct 26, 1873
3(v). Lawrence
Preston Shirley May 23, 1856, died July
30, 1947,
married Georgia
A. Pace
in 1862. They settled in Franklin Co. GA
children:
4(i). W. E.
Shirley (female) Jan 1880
3(vi). Florence
Electa May Shirley
15, 1868, m. John D. Potts
2(iv). John
Kay C. Shirley born Sept 19, 1831 Abbeville Co. SC;
he was Tax Collector and later a mail carrier in Alpharetta Milton
Co GA; He died 1907 in Milton Co. GA,
married Geney
Johnson
9 Mar 1856 in Forsyth Georgia (this is the same date given
in some pedigrees as the marriage date to Acenith McDade)
married 1)
Acenith W. McDade
born about 1840 in GA; She is listed as the wife in the 1880
census household.
married 2)
Sarah J. Bailey
on 16 Sep 1881 in Fulton Co GA
children:
3(i). James Knox Polk Shirley born 30 Jun 1868
GA; He died 15 Mar1938 buried at Union Hill Cemetery in Alpharetta,
GA
married Nancy Savannah Wilburn Thompson
"My great grandmother, Nancy Savannah Wilburn Thompson,
wife of James K P Shirley, was born while her father, Wilburn
Thompson, was off fighting in the Civil War. Nancy's mother,
Charlotte "Segars" Thompson drew a Widow's Pension
of $50/yr until she died in 1914. Charlotte "Lottie"
stated in her widow's pension that her husband was captured at
Dalton, GA, and never heard from again. Nobody knew what happened
to him. Several years ago I was researching at the Georgia Archives,
and was browsing through the many shelves of books when I saw
a book titled "Confederate Soldiers buried in Northern Cemeteries".
I looked in the index, and there was "Wilbur" Thompson,
Co. G 59th GA Inf., died Aug 24, 1864, Camp Morton, Ind., Buried:
Confederate Section, Greenlawn Cemetery. What a find. Unfortunately,
Nancy never knew her father, and Wilburn Thompson never made
it home to see his baby girl. Nancy married James K P Shirley
in 1888 in Alpharetta, GA." - Russell Fields
James
Knox Polk Shirley Family
Front, L to R: Lucy
Thompson McCune (sitting), Alta Jane Shirley (by dog), Louilla
"Ila" Shirley, Buren Shirley, Cleve Shirley, Ira Shirley.
Back, L to R: James H McCune, Arthur Shirley, James K P Shirley,
Nancy S Thompson Shirley.
Thanks to
Russell Fields for submitting this picture
3(ii). Claude E. Shirley born 10 Sep 1878 GA (SS
death index); He lived at Newtown, Milton Co GA and then
at Norcross Gwinnett GA; He died 24 Aug 1971 in DeKalb Co GA
(GA death cert)
married Amanda Janie ______; she was born about 1880
in GA
children:
4(i). Jonnie Shirley born about 1902 in GA
4(ii). Marven Shirley born about 1909 in GA
4(iii). Otis Shirley born about 1913 in GA
4(iv). Florence Shirley born about 1916 in GA
4(v). Katherine Shirley born about 1923 in GA
4(vi). Vera J. Shirley born about 1929 in GA
2(v). Rosannah
Elizabeth Shirley July
4,1834 Abbeville Co. SC d. Feb 21, 1907 Clarkton GA,
m. Francis M. Branyon
2(vi). Thurza
Ann Shirley
May 29, 1837 m. George W. Thompson
2(vii). Joel
Milton Shirley
Mar 31, 1839 died 1857 Yell Co. Arkansas
2(viii). James
A. Shirley born
Dec 5, 1843 died May 19, 1919 Milton Co. Georgia,
m. Martha
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2(ix). Mary
Catherine Shirley born
Feb 12, 1846 Abbeville Co. SC d. Jan 10, 1915 Milton Co. GA
married John
Franklin Shirley
(son of Benjamin 1811 who is son of John and Eliz Fields branch
#5)
2(x). Riley
M. Shirley
born Feb 24, 1849 Abbeville Co. SC
married Dicy
Rebecca Douglas
May 18, 1867, born Sept 22, 1847 GA, died Dec 29, 1925. Her parents
were Stephen R. Douglass and Elizabeth Moore they moved from
VA to Forsyth County GA in 1844 and joined the M E Church and
their they stayed members.
Note: Elizabeth Moore was the daughter of Abram Moore
b 29 Jul 1799 SC and Rebecca Haley b 04 Dec 1797 d Bef.
1842 ( Rebecca Haley Died in Childbirth) Elizabeth was the oldest
child living, and the family of Abram Moore lived right next
door to Stephen R Douglass's Family. Notes from Grace for every
trial written by Lucretia J Douglass, sister of Stephen R Douglass
and he was the Husband of Elizabeth Moore. But when our good
neighbor Mrs. Abram Moore died, I learned something about real
heart-grief. Some of the children were at school, and sister
and I were with them when a lady told them their good mother
was dead. Oh, what a dreadful shock. We all jerked off our bonnets
and ran every step, crying as we went. When we got their dear
little Bettie, the eldest child, who is now the wife of brother
Stephen, was in the yard crying. My mother met her and embraced
her in her arms. Bettie said from that moment on she seemed like
a mother to her. After a while they let us all go in to see the
dear dead mother and pretty little dead baby. Oh that scene was
too painful. I shall not attempt to discribe it, but I learned
something about the power of kindness and the worth of good parents.
We lived with those children and though our distress was about
equal to theirs, but it was not true. Their's was real home and
heart-grief: ours only sympathy.
children:
3(i). Mary
Elizabeth Shirley
b. Aug. 12, 1868 d. Aug 18, 1895 buried at Westview
Cemetery (Don't
think she ever married)
3(ii). Russell
M Shirley b. Oct 27, 1870 d Aug
6, 1953
married Lula
Willie Landrum
Jan 2, 1894
children:
4(i).
Irene Nancy Shirley b. Mar 2, 1895 in GA
4(ii). Charles Landrum Shirley b. Dec 1, 1897 GA d.
Feb 4, 1964 in Fulton, GA.
4(iii). James Alston Shirley b. Jun 1898 GA d. 1900
4(iv). George R. Shirley b. 1901 d. 1937
4(v). Mary Clyde Shirley b. 1903 GA d. 1905 Atlanta
, GA
4(vi). James Riley Shirley b. Nov 25, 1905 Atlanta
, Fulton , GA.
4(vii). Homer L Shirley b. 1910 GA.
3(iii). John
Charles Shirley
b. Feb 24, 1873
married Nettie
Mae Cunningham
born 27 Mar 27, 1874 GA, d. Jan 1,1941 Fulton, GA
children:
4(i). Clifford
R. Shirley b.Sept 3, 1898 GA
4(ii). Francis Shirley b. 1902 GA
4(iii). Nettie M. Shirley b. 1912 GA
3(iv). Fannie
Mae Shirley
b July 26, 1875 d. Jun 25,
1961 buried Westview Cemetery Atlanta GA. She married Marvin
Pearce Roane b. July 26, 1875 d. Jun 25, 1961
3(v). Joseph
Rodgers Shirley
b July
5, 1878 d April 1904 buried in Westview Cemetery Atlanta, Fulton
Co. GA close to where his parents are buried
3(vi). William
Clifford Shirley
b. Dec
12, 1886 GA, d Mar. 19, 1919 Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA
married Ella
Parks April
24, 1905 Atlanta, GA b. Jun 1883 in Sandy
Creek Clark Co. GA, d. Jan 1931 GA, daughter of Columbus Parks
and Mary Tolbert.
children:
4(i). Marie Shirley b. 10 Nov 1913 GA d. Jul 28, 1956
in Contra Costa, California m. David E. Warner.
4(ii). Stephen Wilbur Shirley b. May 20, 1913 in Atlanta,
Fulton Co. GA d. Oct 19, 1997 in Lakeland FL.
Note: In a
note in bible records of Stephen W. Shirley he states... We
called daddy Tee Wee!
4(iii). Eugene Frederick Shirley born Apr 18, 1908
in GA d. Dec 1977 in Rex, Clayton Co. GA. He married Mattie Mae
Mitchell born abt. 1908 in GA.
4(iv). Mary Dicey Shirley b. Dec 28, 1909 Atlanta,
Fulton Co. GA d. Dec 21, 1987 in Elkins Park, Montgomery
Co. PA,
m. Van Arnold Fuller on July 11, 1936 Fulton Co.
GA. Mary listed her place of Residence as East Pt. Georgia
she also lists both parents W C Shirley & Ella Shirley as
decd.
Mary Dicey Shirley
4(v). Annie Sue Shirley born 1916 Fulton Co. GA d.
Feb 10, 1921 Fulton Co. GA cause
of death burned as her dress caught fire at home in kitchen
3(vii). Benjamin
Franklin Shirley
b Nov 25, 1883
3(viii). Walter
Sterling Shirley
b Mar 31, 1886
3(ix). Annie
Pauline Shirley
b June 16, 1891 d. May 1981 in Atlanta, Fulton Co. Georgia
m. Thomas Jones Hemperley b. Apr 1891 in Campbell , GA, d. Jan
17, 1925 in College Park , GA son of Adam Hemperley and Sarah
Hughey.
2(xi). Andrew
Pinkney Shirley
born May 31, 1852 Abbeville Co. SC d. Dec 20, 1943 Milton Co.
GA
married Rebecca
E. Kelly Dec
24, 1874
children:
3(i). William
Homer Shirley born
about 1878 GA living in Big Creek, Milton Co. GA in 1900
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