Person:Abraham Shirley (3)

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Abraham Lawrence Shirley
b.21 May 1846 Cass County, IN
d.17 Mar 1919 Indianapolis, Marion, IN
Parents and Siblings
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m. 17 May 1838
  1. Elizabeth Jane Shirley - 1870
  2. Samuel ShirleyAbt 1839 - 1872
  3. Daniel Shirley1844 - 1881
  4. Abraham Lawrence Shirley1846 - 1919
Spouse and Children
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m. 31 Oct 1872
  1. Asher Guy Shirley1873 - 1879
  2. Adith I. Shirley1876 - 1879
  3. Archer Clyde Shirley1878 - 1951
  4. Abraham Roy Shirley1881 - 1926
  5. Alice Elizabeth Shirley1887 - 1966
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Facts and Events
Name Abraham Lawrence Shirley
Gender Male
Birth? 21 May 1846 Cass County, IN
Census? 1850 Cass County, INSecondary date: 1 JUL 1850
Census? 1860 Tipton Twp., Cass, INSecondary date: 1 JUL 1860
Residence? 1865 Pipe Creek Twp., Miami, INSecondary date: 1 JUL 1865
Census? 1870 Peru, Miami, INSecondary date: 1 JUL 1870
Occupation? 1870 Grocers clerk Secondary date: 1 JUL 1870
Marriage 31 Oct 1872 Bunker Hill, Miami, INto America Idella Snively
Census? 1880 Peru Twp., Miami, INSecondary date: 1 JUL 1880
Occupation? 1880 Bookeeper Secondary date: 1 JUL 1880
Residence? 1897 Indianapolis, Marion, INSecondary date: 1 JUL 1897
Census? 1900 Indianapolis, Marion, INSecondary date: 1 JUL 1900
Occupation[1] 29 Nov 1905 New Haven, Allen, INbookeeper
Residence[1] 29 Nov 1905 New Haven, Allen, IN
Census? 1910 Franklin Twp., Marion, INSecondary date: 1 JUL 1910
Death? 17 Mar 1919 Indianapolis, Marion, IN
Burial? 19 Mar 1919 Indianapolis, Marion, IN

Father died when he was 2, mother died when he was 4. Lived with James Mays, Tipton Twp., Cass, IN 1850-60; in 1860 census with James Mays family; in 1870 census in household of John M. Snively, Peru, Miami, IN

James Mays purchased land from the state of Indiana, land patent granted 1 August 1845 to E1/2 NE1/4 Sect 15 Twp 26 Range 3E 80 acres, recorded 27 October 1849 in Cass County, IN. The land was Wabash and Erie Canal land that Mays purchased at Peru, Miami, IN.

Military Service: Private in Co. D 151st IN Vol. Infantry, enlisted 24 Jan 1865, discharged 19 Sep 1865. The 151st Regiment, Indiana Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, IN and mustered in March 3, 1865. Left state for Nashville, TN on March 6. Then moved to Tullahoma, TN on March 14 and had duty there till June 14. Then moved to Nashville, TN on June 14 and had garrison duty there till September. Mustered out 19 September 1865.

Occupation: Iron, coal and wood business, 5th & Broadway, Peru, IN, 1880: bookkeeper

Residence: After the Civil War lived in Peru, Miami, IN 1868-1890, then in Indianapolis, Marion, IN 1891 till his death. 1880: 407 West Seventh, Peru, Miami, IN; 1897: 503 Talbott Ave., Indianapolis, IN; 1900 census: rented at 2518 Talbot Ave., Indianapolis, IN; 1910 census: lived with Archer C. Shirley, Sr. in Franklin Twp., IN, widower; 1913: 72 Schiller St., Indianapolis, IN; 1915-1919: 3719 Kenwood Ave., Indianapolis, Marion, IN

Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marriage License Application for Abraham Roy Shirley, Marion County, Indiana Clerk of Courts, 1905.

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