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Benjamin Shirley (continued)
b. ca 1760 Virginia. Family to South Carolina

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2(iv). John J. Shirley (son of Nathaniel Shirley) born Oct 18, 1821 near Due West, Abbeville Co. SC, d. Mar 14, 1889, members of Barkers Creek Baptist Church. (His middle initial is found in the death cert of son James N Shirley)

married Martha Armstrong.

Children of John J. Shirley and wife Martha Armstrong
Back Row (L to R) Emmett C. Shirley, Madison M.Shirley, Aurie W. C Shirley, Nancy E. D. Shirley
Front Row (L to R): William Jasper Shirley, James N Shirley, Addison B. Shirley, Tillison L. Shirley

children

3(i). William Jasper Shirley born 24 July 1849 Anderson Co. SC; He died 24 December 1927 at Tupelo, Lee Co. MS.

Ancestor of DNA Kit #63957

William Jasper Shirley and wife Jimmie Ann Gambrell about 1870s

married Jimmie Ann Gambrell Mar 6, 1872 Guntown Lee Co. Mississippi, born Oct 28, 1850 AL, d. Sept 6, 1926 Guntown Lee Co. MS.

children

4(i). Nina Pearl Shirley born May 28, 1877 d. May 1947 m. Bonnie L. Bryson

Nina Pearl Shirley

4(ii). Monroe Presley Shirley born Jan 4, 1880 d. Nov 15, 1943 m. Nettie Bryson

4(iii). Susannah Elinor Shirley born Sept 18, 1882 m. Luther Pettus

4(iv). Annie Laurie Shirley born May 5, 1885 d. 1918 m. Dr. Archie Stokes in 1915

4(v). John Burress Shirley born June 7, 1888; lived in Tupelo, Lee Co MS

married 1) Lula Caudle Oct 22, 1911, b. 1888 in Madison County TN d.1919 of the Avian flu epidemic,

married 2) Sadie Maxey Aug 7, 1921.

children

5(i). James Leon Shirley born Sept 8, 1912 Tupelo, Lee Co MS, died Aug 16, 2008

TUPELO - James Leon Shirley, 95, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona. A native of Tupelo, he was born Sept. 8, 1912, to the late John Burress and Loula Caudle Shirley. He was lovingly reared by his Father and Stepmother, Sadye Maxey Shirley. He graduated from Tupelo High School and from Mississippi College in Clinton in 1936. He worked for L.B. Price Mercantile Company in St. Louis, Mo., for two years. Mr. Shirley served in the Army of the United States from May 7, 1942, through Nov. 3, 1945, in the Second World War under Major General John B. Coulter. Under General Coulter’s command, the 85th Division cleaned out the Nazis along the Italian Tyrrhenian Coast from Garigliano to the Pontine Marshes. He was a decorated Veteran who earned a Good Conduct Medal and the ETO Ribbon with three Battle Stars. Mr. Shirley fulfilled his duties as battery barber and served the General’s tables. He was a city letter carrier for the United States Postal Service from 1946 until he retired. Mr. Shirley was dedicated to his family, loved his country, and was a historian and a Bible scholar. He was a lifelong resident of Tupelo and Lee County. His family settled in the Brice’s Crossroads area in 1849. He was a 71-year member of Calvary Baptist Church. Leon was an avid natural gardener of flowers and vegetables and was known for his daylilies and for generously sharing his bountiful produce. In addition, he was known for his beautiful lawn. He used natural methods to control insects and to fertilize his garden, and he protected the environment whenever possible using methods ahead of his time. Services were Monday, Aug. 18, in the Lee Memorial Funeral Home in Verona with the Rev. David Eldridge officiating. Burial was in Tupelo Memorial Park on Joyner Avenue in Tupelo. Survivors include his daughter, Charlotte Shirley Gardner of Tupelo; two granddaughters, Gay-la Leigh Mealer and husband, Landon, of Temple, Ga., and Sadye Nanette Pittman and husband, Steve, of Douglasville, Ga.; three great-granddaughters, Lacey Leigh and Bonny Belle Mealer, and Madeline Gabrielle Pittman; a great-grandson, Dillon Zachery Pittman; seven nieces, Kay Moss Burns and family of Ozark, Ala., LouAlice Fink and Kenney of Louisville, Ky., Janice Coleman of Tupelo, Ann Whitfield and husband, Morgan, of Tupelo, Lu Fitzwater and husband, John, of Lakeland, Fla., Margie Hollis and husband, Randy, of Baton Rouge, La., and Bernice Conrad of Pontotoc; a nephew, Ira G. Moss and Helen and family of Hattiesburg; a great-nephew, Patrick Young and wife, Leticia, and family of Amory; and several great- and great-great- nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary Moss Shirley; two sister, Annie Laurie Shirley Conrad and Dorothy Shirley Campbell; and a nephew, John Conrad. Pallbearers were Bill Shirley, Bob Shirley, Landon Mealer, Steve Pittman, Dillon Pittman, Buck Boatner, Morgan Whitfield, Patrick Young and Ira G. Moss. Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church.

4(vi). Aurie Carroll Shirley born July 13, 1891 m. Jewel Bedford Aug 31, 1923

4(vii). Larkin Gambrell Shirley born April 8, 1894 m. Isabel Spain June 21, 1924

3(ii). James Nathaniel Shirley born May 15, 1852; farmer of Honea Path SC (he remained in SC); he died 24 Mar 1917 of arsenic poisoning, age 64; Buried Barcus Creek Cemetery.

children:

4(i). John Milton Shirley born Sept 5, 1877 d. July 18, 1879

4(ii). Gertrude Shirley born Dec 1, 1878 d. July 13, 1879

4(iii). Ida Koratine Shirley born Feb 16, 1880 d. Nov 16, 1959 spinster

4(iv). Mattie Varena Shirley born July 23, 1881 m. Oliver Earl Gassaway

4(v). Hoyt Bryson Shirley born Mar 12, 1884 m. Nellie E. Wilson Feb 12, 1911

Hoyt Bryson Shirley

4(vi). Clara Lois Shirley born June 21, 1884 m. James Andrew Robinson Feb 18, 1902

4(vii). Emma Ann Eliz. Shirley born Nov 16, 1885 m. Thomas Richard Jones Feb 5, 1905

4(viii). Ersula Shirley born Jan 26, 1888 d. Mar 25, 1888

4(ix). Sally Leora B Shirley born Dec 2, 1889 d. Jan 11, 1946 m. John Elmer Branyon Sept 18, 1910

4(x). Dr. James Bartley Shirley born July 31, 1891 m. Vera Lucinda Spoone Apr 30, 1917

James Bartley Shirley and wife Vera Spoone

4(xi). Sloan Bryan Shirley born June 25, 1896 m. Ruby Tate Spoone July 8, 1918

4(xii). Esther Lucile Shirley born Oct 23, 1898 m. Howard B. Mitchell Dec 26, 1918

4(xiii). Thomas Aurie Shirley born May 25, 1901 m. Genevieve Sharpe Mar 26, 1922

Thomas Aurie Shirley

4(xiv). infant son Shirley born July 1, 1905 d. same day

3(iii). Addison Butler Shirley born Sept 2, 1854 d. June 21, 1927

married 1) Emma Williams

married 2) Lucinda Gassaway (appears in 1900 census of Anderson Co. SC)

3(iv). Hugh Presley Shirley born born and died in 1856

3(v). Tillison Lafayette Shirley born Sept 26, 1860 near Honea Path SC d. Jan 24, 1952, buried Barkers Creek Abbeville Co. Cemetery SC. (settled in Bradenton, Manatee Co. Florida nr. Sarasota, returning to Honea Path about 1927).

married 1) Martha Adaline Robinson Oct 27, 1888. She was born Dec 4, 1860 Abbeville Co. SC d. Jan 10, 1893 Boardman Florida. She was the daughter of Hugh and Mary Jane Callaham Robinson,

married 2) Lillian Kay in 1894. She was born Dec 7, 1870 Belton SC d. Nov 1926. She was the daughter of Lemuel Williamson and Harriet E. (Campbell) Kay.

children:

4(i). Helen Irene Shirley born Aug 18, 1889 Honea Path SC d. Tampa FL, m. 1st. Fred Milligan, 2nd Elijah Foster

4(ii). Frank Truman Shirley born April 2, 1891 FL d and buried Clearwater FL

4(iii). Martha Mattie Robinson Shirley born Nov 12, 1892 m. Idell Redding Alexander Sept 23, 1913

4(iv). Myrtle Shirley born Feb 2, 1895 Barto FL. m. P. K. Stevenson

4(v). Dewey Shirley born Sept 2, 1898 Bradenton FL d. in the Navy

Dewey Shirley

4(vi). Manilla Shirley born Sept 2, 1898 Bradenton FL, twin, d. Nov 1898

4(vii). William Jennings Bryon Shirley born April 24, 1902 m. Eloise Sheppard

4(viii). Russell Lafayett Shirley born April 10, 1902 d. unmarried

Russell Lafayette Shirley

4(ix). John Jasper Shirley born April 8, 1906 unmarried, lived FL

4(x). James Malcom Shirley born Dec 1. 1911 m. Isabell ___

3(vi). Emmett Calhoun Shirley Aug 29, 1866 Anderson Co. SC., died 1949 Bowers, Hart Co. GA. They came to Lee Co. about 1904. He was a Baptist minister who walked most of the time to visit his members, his relatiaves and the ill. He had a congenial personality, excellent memory and loved his relatives. He knew most of them. They lived for years in Guntown. Mississippi near his great uncle, Mastin Shirley. In his declining years he returned to Bowersville Georgia where he and his wife died and are buried.

married Lauvenia Naomi Milford Dec 23, 1886 Antreville, Abbeville Co. SC. She was the daughter of George William and Nancy (Branyon) Milford (cousins).

children   (first 7 children born Antreville SC, the last 4 born in Guntown, Lee Co. MS)

4(i). John William Shirley born Apr 21, 1889 m. Ercell Reese

info from Dan and Terri Shirley:

John William Shirley was born in Mississippi . He stayed in Tupelo all his life. His profession was in the postal service. It was somewhat prestigious as he made around $75 a week during the depression. He had five children----- Ruth, Milward (called Mickey and died when he was seven), John William II (my father D.O.B. Nov. 27, 1921), Van, and Rachel. My grandpa, Van, and Rachel died in April, 1936 during the horrendous tornado that swept northeast MS and parts of Georgia. There is a book out and available in the library near Tupelo that describes the tornado's destruction and the deaths and relocations that the tornado caused. My grandma died as well. Her name was Ercelle.

4(ii). Mary Naomi Shirley born Aug 7, 1891 m. 1st Clyde Bruton, m. 2nd John Elmer Branyon

4(iii). Martha Alkaza Shirley born Jan 10, 1894 d. Feb 5, 1899

4(iv). George Butler Shirley born June 18, 1893 d. June 21, 1896

4(v). Ersula Eliz. Shirley born May 18, 1897 m. Charles Burress

4(vi). Annie Pearl Shirley born June 1900, m. Roscoe Plank

4(vii). Joseph Calhoun Shirley born Mar 4, 1903 m. Louise Cromer

4(viii). Delia Shirley born Aug 8, 1905 died young

4(ix). Leila Kathryn Shirley born Nov 11, 1907 m. James Calhoun Wilson, Jr.

4(x) Horace Milford Shirley born May 24, 1909 m. Betty Reno

4(xi). Dora Bell Shirley born Oct 1912 m. Clyde E. Regan

3(vii). Madison Monroe Shirley born Aug 29, 1868 near Honea Path SC, d. Sept 4, 1946 Bradenton FL.

Monroe Shirley and wife Bessie

married Elizabeth (Bessie) Kay who was born May 5, 1873 Belton SC d. Dec 23, 1936. She was the daughter of Lemuel and Harriet Kay.

children:

4(i). Louise Shirley born Jan 20, 1896 SC m. Felix E. Early

4(ii). Fred Cordell Shirley born June 18, 1901 d. June 28, 1962 m. Helen Baker May 10, 1924

4(iii). Gladys Shirley born Aug 12, 1903 d. Aug 18, 1904

4(iv). Eleanor Shirley born July 26, 1905 m. Frank Murch April 16, 1938

4(v). Charles Monroe Shirley born Jan 7, 1908 d. April 25, 1923

4(vi). Lillian Shirley born Jan 21, 1911 d. June 25, 1912

4(vii). Elizabeth Kay Shirley born Oct 22, 1913 m. A. C. Courtney Jr.

3(viii). Aurie Walter C. Shirley born Nov 29, 1870 Honea Path SC d. Aug 30, 1958 Jacksonville FL

children:

4(i). Katherine Shirley born 1910 d. age 4 years

4(ii). Richey Shirley born 1912 m. Lillian Godwin

3(ix). Nancy Ann Eliz. Delilah Shirley born Mar 24, 1873, m. James Shaw

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	.....	2(iv). John J. Shirley (son of Nathaniel Shirley) born Oct 18, 1821 near Due West, Abbeville Co. SC, d. Mar 14, 1889, members of Barkers Creek Baptist Church. (His middle initial is found in the death cert of son James N Shirley) married Martha Armstrong. Children of John J. Shirley and wife Martha Armstrong Back Row (L to R) Emmett C. Shirley, Madison M.Shirley, Aurie W. C Shirley, Nancy E. D. Shirley Front Row (L to R): William Jasper Shirley, James N Shirley, Addison B. Shirley, Tillison L. Shirley children 3(i). William Jasper Shirley born 24 July 1849 Anderson Co. SC; He died 24 December 1927 at Tupelo, Lee Co. MS. *Ancestor of DNA Kit #63957* William Jasper Shirley and wife Jimmie Ann Gambrell about 1870s married Jimmie Ann Gambrell Mar 6, 1872 Guntown Lee Co. Mississippi, born Oct 28, 1850 AL, d. Sept 6, 1926 Guntown Lee Co. MS. children 4(i). Nina Pearl Shirley born May 28, 1877 d. May 1947 m. Bonnie L. Bryson Nina Pearl Shirley 4(ii). Monroe Presley Shirley born Jan 4, 1880 d. Nov 15, 1943 m. Nettie Bryson 4(iii). Susannah Elinor Shirley born Sept 18, 1882 m. Luther Pettus 4(iv). Annie Laurie Shirley born May 5, 1885 d. 1918 m. Dr. Archie Stokes in 1915 4(v). John Burress Shirley born June 7, 1888; lived in Tupelo, Lee Co MS married 1) Lula Caudle Oct 22, 1911, b. 1888 in Madison County TN d.1919 of the Avian flu epidemic, married 2) Sadie Maxey Aug 7, 1921. children 5(i). James Leon Shirley born Sept 8, 1912 Tupelo, Lee Co MS, died Aug 16, 2008 TUPELO - James Leon Shirley, 95, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, at Community Hospice at Darlington Oaks in Verona. A native of Tupelo, he was born Sept. 8, 1912, to the late John Burress and Loula Caudle Shirley. He was lovingly reared by his Father and Stepmother, Sadye Maxey Shirley. He graduated from Tupelo High School and from Mississippi College in Clinton in 1936. He worked for L.B. Price Mercantile Company in St. Louis, Mo., for two years. Mr. Shirley served in the Army of the United States from May 7, 1942, through Nov. 3, 1945, in the Second World War under Major General John B. Coulter. Under General Coulter’s command, the 85th Division cleaned out the Nazis along the Italian Tyrrhenian Coast from Garigliano to the Pontine Marshes. He was a decorated Veteran who earned a Good Conduct Medal and the ETO Ribbon with three Battle Stars. Mr. Shirley fulfilled his duties as battery barber and served the General’s tables. He was a city letter carrier for the United States Postal Service from 1946 until he retired. Mr. Shirley was dedicated to his family, loved his country, and was a historian and a Bible scholar. He was a lifelong resident of Tupelo and Lee County. His family settled in the Brice’s Crossroads area in 1849. He was a 71-year member of Calvary Baptist Church. Leon was an avid natural gardener of flowers and vegetables and was known for his daylilies and for generously sharing his bountiful produce. In addition, he was known for his beautiful lawn. He used natural methods to control insects and to fertilize his garden, and he protected the environment whenever possible using methods ahead of his time. Services were Monday, Aug. 18, in the Lee Memorial Funeral Home in Verona with the Rev. David Eldridge officiating. Burial was in Tupelo Memorial Park on Joyner Avenue in Tupelo. Survivors include his daughter, Charlotte Shirley Gardner of Tupelo; two granddaughters, Gay-la Leigh Mealer and husband, Landon, of Temple, Ga., and Sadye Nanette Pittman and husband, Steve, of Douglasville, Ga.; three great-granddaughters, Lacey Leigh and Bonny Belle Mealer, and Madeline Gabrielle Pittman; a great-grandson, Dillon Zachery Pittman; seven nieces, Kay Moss Burns and family of Ozark, Ala., LouAlice Fink and Kenney of Louisville, Ky., Janice Coleman of Tupelo, Ann Whitfield and husband, Morgan, of Tupelo, Lu Fitzwater and husband, John, of Lakeland, Fla., Margie Hollis and husband, Randy, of Baton Rouge, La., and Bernice Conrad of Pontotoc; a nephew, Ira G. Moss and Helen and family of Hattiesburg; a great-nephew, Patrick Young and wife, Leticia, and family of Amory; and several great- and great-great- nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary Moss Shirley; two sister, Annie Laurie Shirley Conrad and Dorothy Shirley Campbell; and a nephew, John Conrad. Pallbearers were Bill Shirley, Bob Shirley, Landon Mealer, Steve Pittman, Dillon Pittman, Buck Boatner, Morgan Whitfield, Patrick Young and Ira G. Moss. Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church. 4(vi). Aurie Carroll Shirley born July 13, 1891 m. Jewel Bedford Aug 31, 1923 4(vii). Larkin Gambrell Shirley born April 8, 1894 m. Isabel Spain June 21, 1924 3(ii). James Nathaniel Shirley born May 15, 1852; farmer of Honea Path SC (he remained in SC); he died 24 Mar 1917 of arsenic poisoning, age 64; Buried Barcus Creek Cemetery. children: 4(i). John Milton Shirley born Sept 5, 1877 d. July 18, 1879 4(ii). Gertrude Shirley born Dec 1, 1878 d. July 13, 1879 4(iii). Ida Koratine Shirley born Feb 16, 1880 d. Nov 16, 1959 spinster 4(iv). Mattie Varena Shirley born July 23, 1881 m. Oliver Earl Gassaway 4(v). Hoyt Bryson Shirley born Mar 12, 1884 m. Nellie E. Wilson Feb 12, 1911 Hoyt Bryson Shirley 4(vi). Clara Lois Shirley born June 21, 1884 m. James Andrew Robinson Feb 18, 1902 4(vii). Emma Ann Eliz. Shirley born Nov 16, 1885 m. Thomas Richard Jones Feb 5, 1905 4(viii). Ersula Shirley born Jan 26, 1888 d. Mar 25, 1888 4(ix). Sally Leora B Shirley born Dec 2, 1889 d. Jan 11, 1946 m. John Elmer Branyon Sept 18, 1910 4(x). Dr. James Bartley Shirley born July 31, 1891 m. Vera Lucinda Spoone Apr 30, 1917 James Bartley Shirley and wife Vera Spoone 4(xi). Sloan Bryan Shirley born June 25, 1896 m. Ruby Tate Spoone July 8, 1918 4(xii). Esther Lucile Shirley born Oct 23, 1898 m. Howard B. Mitchell Dec 26, 1918 4(xiii). Thomas Aurie Shirley born May 25, 1901 m. Genevieve Sharpe Mar 26, 1922 Thomas Aurie Shirley 4(xiv). infant son Shirley born July 1, 1905 d. same day 3(iii). Addison Butler Shirley born Sept 2, 1854 d. June 21, 1927 married 1) Emma Williams married 2) Lucinda Gassaway (appears in 1900 census of Anderson Co. SC) 3(iv). Hugh Presley Shirley born born and died in 1856 3(v). Tillison Lafayette Shirley born Sept 26, 1860 near Honea Path SC d. Jan 24, 1952, buried Barkers Creek Abbeville Co. Cemetery SC. (settled in Bradenton, Manatee Co. Florida nr. Sarasota, returning to Honea Path about 1927). married 1) Martha Adaline Robinson Oct 27, 1888. She was born Dec 4, 1860 Abbeville Co. SC d. Jan 10, 1893 Boardman Florida. She was the daughter of Hugh and Mary Jane Callaham Robinson, married 2) Lillian Kay in 1894. She was born Dec 7, 1870 Belton SC d. Nov 1926. She was the daughter of Lemuel Williamson and Harriet E. (Campbell) Kay. children: 4(i). Helen Irene Shirley born Aug 18, 1889 Honea Path SC d. Tampa FL, m. 1st. Fred Milligan, 2nd Elijah Foster 4(ii). Frank Truman Shirley born April 2, 1891 FL d and buried Clearwater FL 4(iii). Martha Mattie Robinson Shirley born Nov 12, 1892 m. Idell Redding Alexander Sept 23, 1913 4(iv). Myrtle Shirley born Feb 2, 1895 Barto FL. m. P. K. Stevenson 4(v). Dewey Shirley born Sept 2, 1898 Bradenton FL d. in the Navy Dewey Shirley 4(vi). Manilla Shirley born Sept 2, 1898 Bradenton FL, twin, d. Nov 1898 4(vii). William Jennings Bryon Shirley born April 24, 1902 m. Eloise Sheppard 4(viii). Russell Lafayett Shirley born April 10, 1902 d. unmarried Russell Lafayette Shirley 4(ix). John Jasper Shirley born April 8, 1906 unmarried, lived FL 4(x). James Malcom Shirley born Dec 1. 1911 m. Isabell ___ 3(vi). Emmett Calhoun Shirley Aug 29, 1866 Anderson Co. SC., died 1949 Bowers, Hart Co. GA. They came to Lee Co. about 1904. He was a Baptist minister who walked most of the time to visit his members, his relatiaves and the ill. He had a congenial personality, excellent memory and loved his relatives. He knew most of them. They lived for years in Guntown. Mississippi near his great uncle, Mastin Shirley. In his declining years he returned to Bowersville Georgia where he and his wife died and are buried. married Lauvenia Naomi Milford Dec 23, 1886 Antreville, Abbeville Co. SC. She was the daughter of George William and Nancy (Branyon) Milford (cousins). children (first 7 children born Antreville SC, the last 4 born in Guntown, Lee Co. MS) 4(i). John William Shirley born Apr 21, 1889 m. Ercell Reese info from Dan and Terri Shirley: John William Shirley was born in Mississippi . He stayed in Tupelo all his life. His profession was in the postal service. It was somewhat prestigious as he made around $75 a week during the depression. He had five children----- Ruth, Milward (called Mickey and died when he was seven), John William II (my father D.O.B. Nov. 27, 1921), Van, and Rachel. My grandpa, Van, and Rachel died in April, 1936 during the horrendous tornado that swept northeast MS and parts of Georgia. There is a book out and available in the library near Tupelo that describes the tornado's destruction and the deaths and relocations that the tornado caused. My grandma died as well. Her name was Ercelle. 4(ii). Mary Naomi Shirley born Aug 7, 1891 m. 1st Clyde Bruton, m. 2nd John Elmer Branyon 4(iii). Martha Alkaza Shirley born Jan 10, 1894 d. Feb 5, 1899 4(iv). George Butler Shirley born June 18, 1893 d. June 21, 1896 4(v). Ersula Eliz. Shirley born May 18, 1897 m. Charles Burress 4(vi). Annie Pearl Shirley born June 1900, m. Roscoe Plank 4(vii). Joseph Calhoun Shirley born Mar 4, 1903 m. Louise Cromer 4(viii). Delia Shirley born Aug 8, 1905 died young 4(ix). Leila Kathryn Shirley born Nov 11, 1907 m. James Calhoun Wilson, Jr. 4(x) Horace Milford Shirley born May 24, 1909 m. Betty Reno 4(xi). Dora Bell Shirley born Oct 1912 m. Clyde E. Regan 3(vii). Madison Monroe Shirley born Aug 29, 1868 near Honea Path SC, d. Sept 4, 1946 Bradenton FL. Monroe Shirley and wife Bessie married Elizabeth (Bessie) Kay who was born May 5, 1873 Belton SC d. Dec 23, 1936. She was the daughter of Lemuel and Harriet Kay. children: 4(i). Louise Shirley born Jan 20, 1896 SC m. Felix E. Early 4(ii). Fred Cordell Shirley born June 18, 1901 d. June 28, 1962 m. Helen Baker May 10, 1924 4(iii). Gladys Shirley born Aug 12, 1903 d. Aug 18, 1904 4(iv). Eleanor Shirley born July 26, 1905 m. Frank Murch April 16, 1938 4(v). Charles Monroe Shirley born Jan 7, 1908 d. April 25, 1923 4(vi). Lillian Shirley born Jan 21, 1911 d. June 25, 1912 4(vii). Elizabeth Kay Shirley born Oct 22, 1913 m. A. C. Courtney Jr. 3(viii). Aurie Walter C. Shirley born Nov 29, 1870 Honea Path SC d. Aug 30, 1958 Jacksonville FL children: 4(i). Katherine Shirley born 1910 d. age 4 years 4(ii). Richey Shirley born 1912 m. Lillian Godwin 3(ix). Nancy Ann Eliz. Delilah Shirley born Mar 24, 1873, m. James Shaw
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