NameJames Shirley
Birthabt 1811, Virginia
Deathbef 1900, Harrison Co., Kentucky
SpouseJane Clifford
Birth16 Mar 1830, Harrison Co., Kentucky
Death16 Jan 1911, Harrison Co., Kentucky
Children
Birthabt 1868, Kentucky
Death26 May 1891, Harrison Co., Kentucky
Notes for Jane Clifford
Her death certificate records Mrs. Jane Shirley, age 80 years 10 months, born 16 Mar 1830 in Harrison Co., Kentucky, died 16 Jan 1911 in Connersville, Harrison Co., Ky, widowed, father Charles Clifford, mother’s maiden name Ann Fightmaster, both born in Harrison Co., Ky, cause of death lobar pneumonia following lagrippe, informant Robt Clifford, Cynthiana, R. no 7, Ky, burial in Battle Grove.
Notes for James & Jane (Family)
This couple is in my database only because the widowed Jane Shirley was listed in the 1900 census as a mother-in-law with the family of Charles B. Carroll and Callie Hall, and I wanted to show how she was related, since she is not Callie’s mother.
Census
1880 census of Harrison Co., Ky, enumerated 2 June, lists on p. 3 as family #17/18:
Shirley, James, 69, farmer, b. Va Va Va; Jane, 50, wife, b. Ky Ky Ky; Annie N., 12, dau, b. Ky Va Ky; Courtney, Harry C., 20, hired hand, works on farmer, b. Ky Ky Ky; Shirley, Thomas, 64, brother, b. Ky Va Va. (Also living with them as servants are a black couple named James and Belle Garnett and their two young children.)