married 1)
Lydia Blakely
married 2)
Martha Cormican
in 1849 in Marshall Co. IN.
children:
2(i). William
H. Shirley
born 13 September 1836 IN; He died 2 May 1858 Marshall Co. IN.
age 21
2(ii). Lucinda
Ann Shirley
born 13 December 1837 IN; She died 28 September 1854 Marshall
Co. IN, age 16
2(iii). Tabitha
Jane Shirley
born 2 October 1843 Marshall Co. IN; She died 4 September 1870
Marshall Co. IN, She married John Hill Sept 1865 Marshall Co.
IN
2(iv). Philemon
Lowrey Shirley
born 20 September 1846 Marshall Co. IN; He died 1 January 1918
Kansas
married Jane
Sever
on 26 March 1868 Marshall Co. IN
children:
3(i). Arvilla
Luella Shirley
born 16 December 1873 Inwood, Indiana; She died 31 December 1961
buried Glendale Cemetery Des Moines Iowa. She married Merton
William Miller (parents of 6 children)
3(ii). William
Monroe Shirley
born about 1875; He wa buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Monett
Missouri,
married Zilpha
Matan.
Lived Jacqua, Yuma Co. Colorado, moved to Bentonville Arkansas
and to Exetor Missouri
children:
4(i). Nial
Lowery Shirley
born 11 Sept 1902 lived Shell Knob MO
4(ii). Lydia
Shirley born
in 1904; She married ___Highbarger, lived Monett MO
4(iii). Luella
Shirley born
in 1906; She married ___ Russell, lived Cassville MO
(d). Virgil
William Shirley
born in 1908, lived Neosho MO
3(iii). James
Arthur Shirley
buried Holbrook Kansas,
married Mabel
Sanderson.
He farmed near Norton and Oronoque Kansas until moving to Hendley
Nebraska.
children:
4(i). Gerald Shirley He lived Topeka Kansas
4(ii). Geneville
Shirley She
married Bud Gates, lived Griffith IN
4(iii). Dean
Shirley He
lived Tonganoxie Kansas
4(iv). Donald
Shirley
He lived Dallas Texas
3(iv). Owen
Delbert Shirley He
was buried Burlington Kansas
3(v). Fred
Ernest Shirley
He died May 1972 buried Frankfort Kansas, He farmed and later
worked for the Highway Commission.
married Lillian
Rumsey
children:
4(i). Helen
Shirley
4(ii). Bernice
Shirley
4(iii). Loyal
Shirley
4(iv). H.
Wayne Shirley
4(v). Doris
Shirley
4(vi). Robert
Shirley He lived
Salida Colorado
3(vi). Mabel
Ann Shirley
born 7 November 1890 Pawnee City, Nebraska; She died Norton Kansas
on 27 Jan 1982; She married Charlie Guthrie
2(v). Herbert
B Shirley
born 2 October 1848 Marshall Co. IN; He died 12 Sept 1849 His
mother, Lydia, died when he was 2 months old.
2(vi). John
Alexander Shirley,
Jr. born 13 August 1850 Marshall Co. IN; He died 28 December
1931 Decatur Co. KS,
married Barbara
Elizabeth Jones
on 10 October 1874 Marshall Co. IN
2(vii). Ambrose
Frank Shirley
born 3 February 1852 Marshall Co. IN; He died 28 January 1876
Marshall Co. IN, age 23
married Sabina
A. Viney
on 7 November 1872 Marshall Co. IN.
2(viii). Arthur
H. Shirley
born 15 November 1853 Marshall Co. IN; He died in 1923 or 1933
married Mary
A. Stafford
on 14 February 1875
2(ix)). Thomas
J. Shirley
born 21 October 1855 Marshall Co. IN; He died 13 November 1856,
age 1
2(x). Johnson
L Shirley
born 25 September 1857 Marshall Co. IN; He died 2 December 1859,
age 2
2(xi). Marilla
Belle Shirley
born
10 January 1860 Marshall Co. IN; She died 6 September 1918; She
married Marion Stafford
2(xii). infant
son Shirley
born 14 March 1862, He died at birth and after father's death.