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2(ii). Paul Shirley born Aug
30, 1790 Spotsylvania Co. VA He died April 16, 1834. (this
date may be a typo); lived Nashville, Davidson Co TN. He
was buried in the Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville Davidson
Co TN.
1833 Aug 24. Will of Paul Shirley naming: To wife: Sarah
C. Shirley - slaves Susan and Celia, all house furniture, $500
per annum for support of the younger children, slave Moses; To
daughter: Mary - slave Delilah, the piano and $1000; To daughter:
Camilla - a slave and $300, the sideboard; To younger children
to be brought up and educated in the same manner William and
Mary have been. ; To all slaves: $20 ; Son William and my younger
boys to be [ ] master of some trade as may seem to suit their
talents best (or profession)....; Executors: Mr Robert Woods
and Thomas G Moss.; Witnesses: Sarah Wilson and Thomas G. Moss.
1857 Letter from 1(x). Mary Ann Shirley Turner to her brother
1(xi). Charles Michael Shirley - "...I will tell you now
about our brother Paul's children. His widow Sally Shirley spent
the fall and winter with me three years ago. She then lived in
Arkansas. She now lives in Sumner County Tennessee and her youngest
child, Carilla, is with her. Paul is in the Navy and nearly always
at sea. He is out now on a two year cruise. His wife and child
live in Philadelphia. John is in Memphis. George is on a boat
from Memphis to New Orleans. William and James have been dead
many years. Mary Rice the oldest is in Memphis and has been a
widow for three years..."
married Sarah (Sally) Caperton Gibson on Dec 6, 1814.
After her husband's death, she lived for a time in Missouri,
then Arkansas, and then in Sumner Co TN at the time of Mary Shirley
Turner's 1857 letter. In 1860, she and daughter Carilla and son
George lived with son John and his wife in Memphis TN, age 64
children
3(i). Capt. Paul Shirley - born 19 Dec 1820;
lived Nashville, Davidson Co TN; He died 24 Nov 1876 “as
the result of a severe cold on a train from his home near Philadelphia
to Memphis. According to his grave marker in City Cemetery, he
had evidently been brevetted as an Admiral. Before his death
he resided in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Margaretta
Guinn Stanley"
 SHIRLEY,
Paul, naval officer, born in Kentucky, 19 December, 1820; died
in Columbus, Ohio, 24 November, 1876. He entered the navy in
1839 became master, 3 December, 1853 ; lieutenant, 21 July, 1854;
commander, 5 November, 1863; and captain, 1 July, 1870. While
in command of the sloop "Cyane," of the Pacific squadron,
he captured the piratical cruiser "J. M. Chapman" in
1863, for which service he was complimented by Rear-Admiral Charles
H. Bell. He also, while in command of the "Suwanee,"
took the piratical steamer "Colon," at Cape St. Lucas,
Lower California, and thereby saved two mail-steamers that would
have been captured. He was fleet-captain of the North Pacific
squadron, and commanded the flag-ship " Pensacola"
in 1867-'8, and was in charge of the receiving-ship "Independence,"
at Mare island, California, in 1869-'70. - Edited Appletons Encyclopedia
married Margaretta Guinn Stanley - identified in Paul
Shirley's "Naval widows pension" records. At the time
of Paul's death, they were living in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery Co
(Philadelphia) PA
children:
3(i). James R. Shirley - identified in Paul Shirley's
"Naval widows pension" records. Mentioned in the 1857
letter of great aunt Mary Shirley Turner.
3(i). Mary Shirley mentioned in the will of her father.
She married Robert R Rice on 11 October 1836 in Nashville TN
and is mentioned in 1857 letter of aunt Mary Shirley Turner.
She died 27 June 1899 in Memphis Shelby Co TN
3(ii). James A. Shirley born about 1825. buried in
the Nashville City Cemetery in 21 June 1847, age 22
3(iii). Carilla Shirley born _____, age 20 in 1860
census [sic]. She was mentioned in the will of her father;
buried in the Nashville City Cemetery, "a resident of Arkansas,
died at 90 [sic] of old age in march 1918." Mentioned in
the 1857 letter of aunt Mary Shirley Turner, said to be living
with her mother at the time, "youngest child". She
lived with her brother John Shirley in Memphis TN in 1860, age
20 [sic]
3(iv). William Shirley mentioned in the will of his
father; Dead prior to 1857 letter of his aunt Mary Shirley Turner
3(vi). George A. Shirley born about 1834. No
doubt one of the other "younger" children mentioned
in the will of their father. He is mentioned in the 1857 letter
of aunt Mary Shirley Turner, said to be on a boat from Memphis
to New Orleans at the time of the letter. He lived with his brother
John Shirley in Memphis in 1860. He died in March 1867 in New
Orleans Louisiana while on his way to Cuba. He is buried at Elmwood
Cemetery in Memphis, Shelby Co TN
Memphis Daily Appeal March 5 1867 - We regret to learn
that Mr. George A. Shirley, a well known citizen of this city
and brother of capt. Shirley, is dead. Mr. Shirley was well and
favorably known among river men, and was at one time proprietor
of Bailey Springs, a fashionable summer resort in this state.
Mr. Shirley has been in ill health for some months, and started
for New Orleans on the last trip of the Atlantic to see whether
a milder climate would not be beneficial. The same boat which
carried him south conveys his remains to this city, where they
will arrive this afternoon. Mr. S. was a worthy member of the
Masonic fraternity, and no doubt the brethren of the "mystic
tie" will pay due attention to the remains on arrival.
3(vii). Capt. John T. Shirley born about 1823, age
37 in 1860 Memphis, Shelby Co TN census. No doubt one
of the other "younger" children mentioned in
the will of their father. He is mentioned in the 1857 letter
of aunt Mary Shirley Turner, said to be living in Memphis at
the time. In 1860 his real estate and personal property was valued
at $17,500. In the 1870 Census his family moved to Louisville
Kentucky and was in business as the proprietor of a hotel with
J.M. McCorkle. His personal estate is valued at $6500. He died
9 September 1873 in Memphis, Shelby Co TN. He lived at 96 Promenade
Street in Memphis at the time of his death of a Yellow Fever
epidemic. Buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, age about 50.
Ironclad CSS Arkansas, constructed by John T. Shirley
& Co, Memphis
Findagrave.com - "Maritime Entrepreneur. John T. Shirley
was a steamboat captain and builder. He was also the President
of his own company, John T. Shirley & Co. He was well known
in the city of Memphis for his philanthropy and for his large
and lovely home on Promenade Street. However, his greatest claim
to fame came during the Civil War when he was selected to build
two Ironclads for the Confederacy, the CSS Arkansas and the CSS
Tennessee."
Chicago Tribune September 10, 1873 - Memphis, Sept. 9--Flags
on the steamers in port were at half-mast to-day in respect to
the memory of Capt. John T. Shirley, the veteran commander, who
died at his residence in Promenade street this morning of congestive
chills. He was a native of Louisville, and builder of the famous
Confederate ram Arkansas, and several others.
Jasper Weekly Courier 14 Nov 1873 How the Yellow Fever
was Brought to Memphis - ....toward the end of August it appeared
on the top of the bluff, carrying off Capt John T Shirley on
the 9th of September, in the naval commandant's residence on
Promenade Streeet, after which Mrs Shirley died; then two relatives
who came from Helena sickened and died at the latter place, and
after this, the saffron-hued sickness spread rapidly over the
northern part of the city until now, after nearly three months
of pestilence we have to record the loss of nearly 1,500 of our
people....
married Virginia Ann E. Epps 16 September 1846 in Montgomery
Co TN (also recorded in Christian Co KY?). She died 4 days after
her husband of Yellow Fever and is also buried in Elmwood Cemetery
in Memphis TN. Note: a yellow fever epidemic occured at this
time in Memphis.
Memphis Daily Appeal., April 28, 1872 - A delightful reunion
renuion took place yesterday at the residence of Mrs. Rice, corner
of Orleans and Vance streets. where all the members of the Shirley
family now living, were privileged to greet each other after
years of absence, and to receive the blessings of their aged
mother, now In her seventyfifth year. Besides others, there were
present Captain John T. Shirley, so well aud favorably known
to the river men of the Mississippi Valley, and his brother of
the United States Navy, Captain Paul Shirley, who, for fifteen
out of thirty-five years' service has been stationed on the Pacific
coast. He entered the navy in 1837, and has spent twenty-five
years at sea, a longer term than any other officer in the service,
During the late civil war he was in command at San Francisco,
and for some yeas was captain or executive officer of our Pacific
fleet. He served in the Gulf during the Mexican war, and spent
some years on the coast survey. A gallant officer and gentleman,
he has hosts of frieuds in Memphis and many former comrades,
ail of whom will be glad to welcome him to our city and renew
the ties that are considered sacred by all true sail ors. We
welcome Captain Shirly aud congratulate him upon the very happy
auspices under which he visits us. Family reunions are always
delightful occasions; this one of the Shirley's must be unusually
so, the lapse of time and distance that has heretofore separated
them considered. We again tender our congratulations.
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