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2(iii). James Shirley born February
24, 1768, Frederick County, Virginia; He died January 16, 1840,
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia. When a young man,
and about the time of his father's death, James Shirley moved
to the vicinity of Smithfield, Virginia (now Middleway, West
Virginia). He owned large properties, and continued to
add to his possessions during his life, and died owning a large
estate. James Shirley's Will is recorded in Jefferson County,
West Virginia, Will Book 9, Page 409. In it he gives his
wife Matilda one third of his estate "both real and personal,"
stipulating that after her death her Dower was then to be equally
divided between his sons Robert, George William, and Thomas Lee.
The remaining two thirds of his holdings were distributed to
sons Robert, George and Thomas. At his death James Shirley
owned numerous tracts of land amounting to considerable acreage.
A Plat of some of James' extensive holdings may be found in Will
Book Book 24, Page 309, of Jefferson County. James gave
his sons several slaves by name. All other slaves not named
in the Will were to be equally divided among them (in an estate
accounting all are named). James did will that "my
yellow boy named James Rust shall be free at the age of twenty
one years at which time my executor hereafter named shall out
of my estate furnish him with two good suits of clothes of good
quality, and twenty five dollars in cash." In the
accounting of the estate the cost of Mr. Rust's two suits of
clothing came to $57.54 (W.B. 10, p. 11). To his daughter Mary
Hurst he gave "two Negroes by name Jerry and Lucy,"
and $1,000.00 cash. Burial: Episcopal & Masonic Cemetery,
Middleway, West Virginia. Shirleys
of Middleway Jefferson Co WV
married 1) Ruth Hiatt on March 05, 1793 in Berkeley
County, (West) Virginia, daughter of John Hiatt. She was
born April 30, 1756, and died April 1817 in Charles Town, (West)
Virginia. Ruth (Hiatt) Frier was the widow of Alexander Frier,
Jr. at her marriage to James Shirley. Ruth's Father John Hiatt
was an early settler in the region. Burial: Episcopal & Masonic
Cemetery, Middleway, West Virginia
married 2) Matilda Vinson on December 26, 1821 in Frederick
County, Virginia. She was born 1795 in Montgomery County,
Maryland, and died September 17, 1855 in Jefferson County (West)
Virginia . According to Carmen W. Creamer of Locust Grove in
Jefferson County, West Virginia, Matilda Vinson was a friend
made at school by Mary Shirley, daughter of James Shirley and
his first wife Ruth Hiatt. Mary invited Matilda to her
home in Jefferson County where she met and later married Mary's
father James. It is said Mary and her brother James disapproved
to their father's marriage because of Matilda's age (they were
about the same age as their new step-mother). Burial: Masonic
Cemetery, Middleway, West Virginia
Children of James Shirley and Ruth Hiatt are:
3(i). James Shirley Jr, born June 22, 1794, Virginia;
He died October 11, 1831, Charles Town, West Virginia.
married Mary Grantham on January 13, 1824 in Charles
Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, daughter of John Grantham
and Mary Godwin. She was born August 09, 1796 in Virginia.
Children of James Shirley and Mary Grantham are:
4(i). Walter Shirley, born about 1825; He died. January
30, 1873, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia. Walter Shirley foreman of the jury that convicted
John Brown of Harpers Ferry fame. (see "John Brown"
by O.G. Villard).
Spirit of Jefferson., February 04, 1873 - SAD ACCIDENT
- This community was shocked on Friday last by learning of the
sudden and untimely death of Mr. Walter Shirley, a highly respected
and well-known citizen of this county, and brother of our Delegate
in the Legislature, Jas. W. Shirley esq. It seems, from what
we can learn, that Mr. S. started for home from the residence
of Mr. Philip Gordon, at about dusk on Thursday evening, and
a short time afterwards was found in the woods of Mr Ephraim
Watson, by a little son of Mr. Gordon's with his head out of
his body otherwise injured, having been thrown from his horse
against a tree. Mr. Gordon immediately reparied to the spot and
removed him to his house, where every effort was made to bring
him to consciousness. All was unavailing, however and he expired
in a few moments, having never spoken after the accident. The
friends of the deceased have the sympathy of the entire community
in their sad bereavement. His remains were attended to the grave
on Sabbath last by a large concourse of relatives and friends.
married Elizabeth Sophia Bosley on April 06, 1854 in
Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of Amon Bosley and Rebecca Marsh.
She was born November 14, 1828, and died March 09, 1897 in Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
Children of Walter Shirley and Elizabeth Bosley are:
5(i). James Amon Shirley, born May 18, 1853; d. May
25, 1897, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
5(ii). Mary G. Shirley, born February 25, 1855, Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia; d. March 11, 1855, Middleway,
Jefferson County, West Virgiinia
5(iii). Rebecca M. Shirley, born February 25, 1855,
Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia; d. March 16, 1855,
Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
5(iv). James M. Shirley, born May 23, 1856.
5(v). John Grantham Shirley, born July 24, 1858; d.
July 27, 1934, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
5(vi). Grafton Morris Shirley, born June 29, 1860;
d. July 13, 1886,Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia89.
5(vii). Walter Talbott Shirley, born November 06, 1864;
d. April 22, 1922,Jefferson County, West Virginia
married Annie Lucy Ficklin; b. March 26, 1876, England;
d. April 13, 1936, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
5(viii). Florence Talbot Shirley, born November 04,
1868; d. December 27,1952, Middleway, Jefferson County, West
Virgiinia
5(ix). Helen Amelia Shirley, born May 15, 1871; d.
May 05, 1917, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
4(ii). John Grantham Shirley, born April 12, 1826;
He was a general merchant at Middleway, Jefferson county, Virginia.
He held the offices of deputy assessor, sheriff of the county,
and judge of the county court. He was a prominent Democrat. He
died December 13, 1913, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
married Mary Ellen Garrett, daughter of Silas Garrett
and Rose Bates. She was born October 30, 1839, and died
February 22, 1907.
Children of John Shirley and Mary Garrett are:
5(i). Anna Mary Shirley, born October 14, 1861; d.
May 06, 1934, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia
5(ii). Eugene Garrett Shirley, born January 1864; d.
October 21, 1921, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
5(iii). Robert William Shirley, born October 19, 1865;
d. April 08, 1944, Jefferson County (West) Virginia
married Mary Lilie Farrish. She was born September
14, 1887; d. March 04, 1967, Jefferson County, West Virginia
5(iv). George Peabody Shirley, born December 31, 1868;
He attended the schools of the county, and the Bowling Green
Institute, Bowling Green, Caroline county, Virginia. He began
the study of law at the University of Virginia and graduated
in 1897 from the University of West Virginia with the degree
of LL.B. Opening an office at Parsons, Tucker county, West Virginia,
he entered on a successful general practice in the state and
federal courts. In 1899 he was appointed by Federal Judge Jackson
referee in bankruptcy and this position he still holds. He is
a member of the State Bar Association, and has been secretary,
treasurer and president of the Tucker County Bar Association.
He has held chairs both in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and in the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Shirley takes an active
interest in civic affairs, but is not active politically. He
is an Episcopalian, and his wife is a Baptist, active in the
Baptist societies. He married a daughter of J. M. Tolbert, who
is a farmer at Beverly, Randolph county, West Virginia. Children:
Mary Margaret, born in 1901; George W., born in 1903; Virginia.
He died in 1943.
5(v). Margaret Belle Shirley, born February 19, 1872;
d. 1956, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia.
5(vi). Elizabeth Talbot Shirley, born May 08, 1874;
d. May 22, 1874.
5(vii). Walter Talbot Shirley, born April 15, 1875;
d. January 15, 1897, Jefferson County, West Virginia
5(viii). Evelyn Shirley, born October 18, 1878; d.
1942, Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia. She married
Everett Farrish; b. April 19, 1853; d. August 27, 1903, Caroline
County, Virginia.
4(iii). Margaret Amelia Shirley, born February 18,
1828; She died March 04, 1911, Middleway, Jefferson County, West
Virginia. She married Solomon Adams Bates on December 19, 1849
in Jefferson County, West Virginia. He was born April 10,
1815, and died May 03, 1887 in Middleway, Jefferson County, West
Virgiinia.
4(iv). James William Shirley, born December 31, 1829;
He died 1906, Jefferson County (West) Virginia.
married Julia Bowen. She was born 1841 in Greenwood,
Albemarle County, Virginia, and died 1906.
Children of James Shirley and Julia Bowen are:
5(i). Margaret Timberlake Shirley, born Greenwood,
Albemarle County,
Virginia; d. Alexandria, Virginia.
5(ii). Conrad Bowen Shirley, born October 05, 1878,
Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. May 05, 1962.
5(iii). James Armistead Shirley, born 1886, Greenwood,
Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1951.
4(v). Ruth Helen Shirley, born January 30, 1832; She
died May 13, 1854
3(ii). Mary Shirley born June 26, 1796; She died March
05, 1870, Jefferson County, West Virginia. She married William
Hurst on February 03, 1820 in Jefferson County, West Virginia48.
He was born September 29, 1793, and died April 08, 1863 in Jefferson
County, West Virginia
Children of James Shirley and Matilda Vinson are:
3(iii). Anne Elizabeth Shirley
3(iv). Robert Vinson Shirley born March 1824, Virginia;
He died August 17, 1914, Charles Town, (West) Virginia. Robert
Vinson Shirley was a Major in the 55th Regiment of Virginia Militia.
He also served the CSA as a local quartermaster during the Civil
War.
married Julia Moore Baylor on October 23, 1857 in Jefferson
County, West Virginia, daughter of Robert Baylor and Mary Moore.
She was born April 07, 1837, and died January 18, 1904 in Jefferson
County, West
Virginia.
Children of Robert Shirley and Julia Baylor are:
4(i). Robert Baylor Shirley, born November 09, 1858,
Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virginia; He died June 25,
1861, Jefferson County, West Virginia
4(ii). Matilda Vinson Shirley, born September 08, 1860;
She died September 30, 1940, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
4(iii). Mary Moore Shirley, born December 19, 1861;
She died April 30, 1951
4(iv). Richard Baylor Shirley, born March 06, 1864;
He died November 08, 1864, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
4(v). Margaret Strother Shirley, born May 26, 1867,
Jefferson County (West) Virginia; She died July 10, 1937, Jefferson
County (West) Virginia.
4(vi). Geoge Thomas Shirley, born about 1869; He died
about 1959.
married Julia Larue Grantham, daughter of John Grantham
and Mary Bowen. She was born October 15, 1874, and died
June 02, 1935101.
Child of George Shirley and Julia Grantham is:
5(i). Julia Grantham Shirley
4(vii). Julia Baylor Shirley, born March 16, 1872;
She died April 02, 1959, Jefferson County (West) Virginia
4(viii). Henry Garnett Shirley, born November 10, 1874,
Summit Point, Jefferson County (West) Virginia; He died July
16, 1941. Henry Garnett Shirley graduated from the Virginia Military
Institute in 1896. He was an officer with the U.S. Volunteers
in the Spanish American War. In 1922 he became Chairman
of the Virginia State Highway Commission.
married 1) Alice Washington Graham. She was born in
Oxford, North Carolina.
married 2) Sarah Ann Berkeley. She was born in
Richmond, Virginia.
Children of Henry Shirley and Alice Graham are:
5(i). Robert Baylor Shirley.
5(ii). Lucy Shirley. She married Leon Otis.
5(iii). Augustus Graham Shirley
5(iv). Alice Shirley
5(v). Julia Baylor Shirley, She married Fred Patterson.
4(ix). Ruth Annabelle Shirley, born about 1877; She
died August 13, 1953.
3(v). George William Shirley, born 1827; He died February
04, 1913, Jefferson County (West) Virginia.
married Caroline C. Grantham on February 03, 1852 in
Jefferson County, West Virginia. She was born Abt. 1831, and
died March 16, 1873 in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Children of George Shirley and Caroline Grantham are:
4(i). James G. Shirley, born August 01, 1852; He died
March 04, 1874, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
married Mary E. ______ She was born. October 30, 1839;
She died February 22, 1907, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
4(ii). Ann Matilda Shirley, born January 08, 1856;
She died October 13, 1929. She married Henry Bedinger Baylor
on October 27, 1880 in Jefferson County, West Virginia102. He
was born January 07, 1851 in Jefferson County (West) Virginia,
and died October 15, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia
4(iii). Thomas Lee Shirley, born May 04, 1858; He died
February 11, 1934, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
married Mary Beckwith; She was born about 1857; She
died March 31, 1932, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
4(iv). Clara Shirley, born February 07, 1860; She died
March 21, 1929, Jefferson County, West Virginia. She married
James Green Aldridge son of Andrew Aldridge and Irene Green.
He was born 1847, and died 1922 in Jefferson County, West Virginia
4(v). William S. Shirley, born about 1863; He died
in the same year, 1863.
4(vi). Robert Vinson Shirley, born December 25, 1865.
married Willie Rogers.
Children of Robert Shirley and Willie Rogers are:
5(i). George Wesly Shirley, born May 22, 1915.
5(ii). Roger Vinson Shirley, born September 15, 1916.
4(vii). Stanley Wallace Shirley, born January 16, 1873,
Middleway, Jefferson County, West Virgiinia; He died April 28,
1948, Jefferson County (West) Virginia.
married Elizabeth Page White. She was born January
16, 1874, and died October 29, 1959 in Jefferson County (West)
Virginia
Child of Stanley Shirley and Elizabeth White is:
5(i). Stanley Wallace Shirley Jr, born June 28, 1900.
3(vi). Thomas Lee Shirley, born January 04, 1831, Virginia;
He died July 22, 1855.
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Walter Shirley (cont.)