06-Philip Z Shirley
Birth: 19 Jan 1820, Ross/Putnam Co, OH, or PA
Death: 29 Mar 1900, Dupont, Putnam Co, OH- age 80
Burial: Fairview Cemetery

Occupation: Farmer
Father: Nathan Shirley

Marriage: 7 Nov 1849, Putnam Co, OH
Spouse: Elizabeth Gable PROWANT
Birth: 5 Jun 1829, Wayne Co, OH
Death: 13 Feb 1914, Dupont, Putnam Co, OH- age 84

Burial: Fairview Cemetery

Father: Christian Prowva Browand Prowant (1796-1866)

Mother: Catherine Gable (1800-1875)

     CHILDREN: Philip and Elizabeth had 8 children:
07----SALATHIEL SHIRLEY [b. & d. 1850];
07----MARY C SHIRLEY [b. 1852, OH];

07----CLARA MELISSA SHIRLEY [b. 5 Mar 1858, Putnam Co, OH; d. 30 Apr 1942, DeKalb Co, IN- age 84, bur. Mt Pleasant Cemetery], m.Remus Rosswell BROWN [b. 25 Feb 1850, Putnam Co, OH; d. 13 Apr 1937, DeKalb Co, IN- age 87, bur. Mt Pleasant Cemetery], son of David Irwin Brown [1824-1901] and Elizabeth Shaw [1827-1915], had children;

     08----ELIZABETH H BROWN [b. 26 Jun 1879, OH; d. 30 Jun 1971, Noble Co, IN- age 92, bur. Waterloo Cemetery] m. William Wilbur AYERS [b. 9 Apr 1878, OH; d. 16 Mar 1955- age 76, bur. Waterloo Cemetery], son of Clark Pierce Ayers [1842-1889] and Sarah Elizabeth Dangler [184-1932], had children:

          09----FRANCIS CARROLL AYERS [. 6 Jan 1919, IN; d. 10 Oct 1991, Sarasota Co, FL- age 72, bur. Amanda Township Cemetery], m. Rebecca Jane Marshall [b.21 Nov 1922, OH; d. 23 Aug 1993, Fairfield Co, OH- age 90, bur. Amanda Township Cemetery], SSN: 315-20-2299/IN, daughter of Greeley Marshall and Pearl Patrick;

          09----LOY BROWN AYERS [b. 1907; d. 13 Mar 1994- age 87, bur. Greenwood Cemetery];, m. Dorothy M ___ [b. 1907; d. 1994- age 87, bur. Greenwood Cemetery];

          09----RALPH BURNETT AYERS [b. 4 Oct 1904, Putnam Co, OH; d. 27 Oct 1979, Allen Co, IN- age 75, bur. Roselawn Cemetery], m. Lillian Ruth NAGLER [b. 19 Jul 1906, Cook Co, IL; d. 4 Nov 1992, Allen Co, IN- age 86, bur. Roselawn Cemetery], daughter of Frank Joseph Nagler [1869-1953] and Katharine Mary Hagarty [1881-1957];

          09----PIERCE PAUL AYERS [b. 25 Dec 1912, DeKalb Co, IN; d. 19 Nov 1991, Steuben Co, IN- age 78, bur. Waterloo Cemetery], m. Martha Rachel MILLER [b. 7 Nov 1910, Branch Co, MI; d. 19 Sep 1997, Steuben Co, IN- age 86, bur. Waterloo Cemetery], daughter of George W Miller [1876-1959] and Nellie Bertie Cox [1877-1914];

     08----DAVID REMUS BROWN;

     08----ELLA M BROWN   SKINNER;

07----ANNIE E SHIRLEY [b. 1860, OH];

07----NATHAN CHRISTIAN SHIRLEY [b. 1 Dec 1862, Perry Twp, Putnam Co, OH; d. 8 Jun 1943, Paulding Co, OH- age 80, bur. Monroe Cemetery], m. Emma Amelia RIDENOUR [b. 16 Jan 1863, Perry Twp, Putnam Co, OH; d. 9 Apr 1943, Defiance Co, OH- age 80, bur. Monroe Cemetery], daughter of Jacob F Ridenour (-1883) and Fanny Shelly Fretz (1825-1886), had 8 children:
     08----ASHLEY RIDENOUR SHIRLEY [b. 22 Jun 1889, Perry, Putnam Co, OH];
     08----HAZEL IDELL SHIRLEY [b. 21 Nov 1890, Putnam Co, OH], m. Carl Lee MARRIOTT b. 26 Oct 1890, Putnam Co, OH], son of Elmer L Marriott (1853-1933) and Alice L Rinkel (1864-1944), on 16 Jun 1916, Putnam Co, OH, had children:

          09----MARGARET MARRIOTT [b. 26 May 1917, Los Angeles Co, CA];

          09----NATALIE MARRIOTT [b. 21 Sep 1919, Kosciusko Co, IN; d. 4 Dec 2003- age 84], m. Everett George HAHNEY [b. 1912; d. 21 Mar 1995, Comanche Co, OK] on 16 Jun 1940, Fort Sill, Comanche Co, OK;

          09----ELOISE MARRIOTT [b. 25 Sep 1920, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange, NJ];
     08----ROSS RAYMOND SHIRLEY [b. 16 Oct 1892, Perry, OH, d. 2 Feb 1939, Lucas Co, OH- age 48, bur. Monroe Cemetery], Registered for Draft WW1;
     08----MARY E SHIRLEY [b. 18 Oct 1894, Putnam Co, OH; d. 21 Oct 1993, Continental, Putnam Co, OH- age 99, bur. Monroe Cemetery], m. Floyd L GOFF [b. 1892; d. 17 Aug 1965- age 73, bur. Monroe Cemetery];
     08----LEO LYNN SHIRLEY [b. 18 Nov 1898, Continental Village, Putnam Co, OH; d. 17 Sep 1987, Bradenton, Manatee Co, FL- age 88, bur. Fortner Cemetery], m. 1st Gertrude WILLOUGHBY [b. 1909; d. 1939- age 30, bur. Evergreen Cemetery], m. 2nd Ruth HAVENS Osborne [b. 6 Jun 1900, Pleasant, Van Wert Co, OH; d. 27 Feb 1976, Palm Beach Co, FL- age 74, bur. Woodland Union Cemetery], daughter of John R Havens (1871-) and A Cora Gardner (1875-), had 3 children;
     08----CLAUDE LELAND Sr SHIRLEY [b. 13 Aug 1905, Putnam Co, OH; d. 17 Sep 2000, Pahokee, Palm Beach Co, FL- age 95, bur. Port Mayaca Cemetery], m. Emma "Billie" BURKS [b. 25 Apr 1905; d. 18 Dec 2001- age 96, bur. Port Mayaca Cemetery], had children:
          09----CLAUDE LELAND Jr SHIRLEY [b. 1931; d. 1980- age 49, bur. Port Mayaca Cemetery]; and
          09----WILLIAM B SHIRLEY;
     Leo Lynn 3rd m. Susie PARRISH [b. 8 Sep 1904; d. 14 May 1998- age 93, bur. Fortner Cemetery];

07----NANCY R SHIRLEY [b. 1866, OH];
07----DORA ALICE SHIRLEY [b. 1869, OH];

07----JENNIE CELESTINA SHIRLEY [b. 6 Aug 1871, Perry, Putnam Co, OH; d. 8 Oct 1948- age 77, bur. Chelsea Cemetery], m. George Franklin COCHRUN [b. Mar 1856, OH], had two sons:
     08----GILBERT GABLE COCHRUN [b. 24 Sep 1893, OH; d. 28 Nov 1957- age 64, bur. Chelsea Cemetery], Registered for Draft WW2; and
     08----PAUL FRANKLIN COCHRUN [b. 19 Jan 1898, OH; d. Jan 1979, Nowata Co, OK- age 81], Registered for Draft WW1, SSN: 440-10-5300/OK, m. Thelma L ___ [b. 20 Jun 1902; d. 15 Jun 1999, OK- age 96], SSN: 446-48-2953/OK, had 3 children:
          09----ROSALIE P COCHRUN [b. about 1923, OK];
          09----PAUL F COCHRUN [b. about 1929, OK]; and
          09----BARBARA A COCHRUN [b. about 1934, OK].

     1939 OBITUARY: Ross Shirley. CONTINENTAL, Feb 2-- Funeral services for Ross Shirley 50, who died in the Toledo State Hospital Tuesday morning following an extended illness, ar incomplete.

     Survivors are his parents, Mr and Mrs Nathan Shirley, two brothers, and three sisters.

[Lima News (Lima, OH) and findagrave.com]

     2000 OBITUARY: Claude L Shirley age 95, of 1531 Bacom Point Road, Pahokee, died Sunday afternoon (September 14, 2000) at his residence. A native of Continental, OH, he was born on August 13, 1905, son of the late Nathan C Shirley and Emma Ridenour Shirley . He graduated from High School at Continental, OH in the class of 1923. He attended Ohio State University and Fort Wayne Business College. He managed the family farm until it was sold In 1944. He had made his home in Pahokee since moving from Continental, OH, in 1945.
     In 1945 he and his brother, LL Shirley, established Shirley Brothers Building Supply and Concrete. They expanded the business in both Pahokee and Belle Glade before selling to Rinker Materials Corporation in 1965. Shirley Brothers furnished most of the concrete for the building of the sugar mills in the Glades area. Claude and "Billie" both enjoyed golf and fishing. He fished salt water In Florida at Marco and points south and also at Port Salerno. He enjoyed hunting, starting as a boy in Ohio with pheasant and in Florida with turkey, deer and quail.
     In the late 1950's he helped establish, with other local members, a hunting camp on a ranch between Orlando and Melbourne. The camp was enjoyed by all for many years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Pahokee; a fifty-seven year member of the Pahokee Lodge No. 1638, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; a fifty-seven year member of Okeechobee Lodge No. 237, Free and Accepted Masons, a member of the Scottish Rite, Valley of Lake Worth and Amara Temple. He was a former member and past president (1950-51) of the Rotary Club of Pahokee, from 1955-1970 served on the board of directors of Everglades Federal Savings and Loan Association, and from 1963-1973 served on the board of directors for the Bank of Belle Glade.
     He was preceded in death by a son, C Leland Shirley, Jr; a great-granddaughter April Raleigh; two brothers and three sisters. Surviving are: his wife, the former Emma "Billie" Burks, to whom he was married on January 12, 1928, and enjoyed seventy-two wonderful years of love and friendship; son, William B Shirley, and his wife Barbara (Wilkinson) Shirley, of Pahokee; grandchildren, Marilyn F Shirley of Pahokee, Claudia Wingo, and her husband Jack, of Melbourne Beach, Barbara Ann Shirley, and her friend Blake Ellis, of Lake Park, GA, Jennifer S Singer of Ocala, FL, Allison S Hudson, and her husband Scott, of Winter Park; daughter-in-law, Shirley Shirley Armstrong, and her husband Dr D Wade, Ceredo, WV; grandchildren, Leigh Ann Stites, and her husband Mark, of Oakland Park, KS, and Rev Nathan Christian Shirley , and his wife Isabel, of Fort Worth, TX; sister-in-law Sarah Patrick Burks of Griffin, GA; 9 great-grandchildren, 10 nieces and 5 nephews.
      The Funeral Service will be be Saturday afternoon, September 23, 2000 at 2 O'clock in the First Baptist Church, Pahokee. Dr D Wade Armstrong and Rev Nathan Christian Shirley will officiate. Interment will follow in Port Mayaca Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the residence, 1531 Bacom Point Rd. The body will lie instate at the church at on Saturday from 1 O'clock until the service time.
[PBP - 21 Sept 2000 via findagrave.com]

     2001 OBITUARY: Emma Burks Shirley "Billie" age 96, of Pahokee, died Tuesday evening, December 18, 2001, at her residence. A native of Spaulding County, GA, she was born on April 25, 1905, daughter of the late William Jeremiah and Mahalia Jane Mitchell Burks . She was a graduate of the Griffin High School, Griffin, GA, and the State Normal College at Athens, GA. She had made her home in Pahokee since moving with her husband, Claude L Shirley, Sr, in 1945. She and her late husband established Shirley Brothers Building Supply in Concrete in Pahokee in 1945. The business expanded in both Pahokee and Belle Glade and was sold to Rinker Materials in 1965. Shirley Brothers furnished most of the concrete for the building of the sugar mills in the Glades area. A long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Pahokee, she was a member of the church choir for many years and was also a Sunday School teacher. For many years she saw that flowers were in the sanctuary every Sunday. She was also a member of Sugarland Chapter Number 220, Order of the Eastern Star, the Pahokee Garden Club, and was a Charter member of the Auxiliary of Everglades Memorial Hospital. For five years she taught exceptional children in the Glades area. Her family was her joy and, until her health forced her to stop, she kept a pictorial history of her family as a history for future generations. After her and Claude's retirement In 1963, they enjoyed golfing and fishing all over the country. She had fished all over the USA in hip boots and made a hole-in-one at the Belle Glade Country Club.
     She was preceded In death by: a son - Claude Leland Shirley, Jr; a great-granddaughter - April Raleigh; brothers - David Halsey Burks , Thomas Bryon Burks , Robert Wilson Burks , and William Jeremiah Burks, Jr: and on September 14, 2000, by her beloved husband of 72 years, Claude Leland Shirley, Sr, to whom she was married on January 12, 1928.
     Surviving are: her son and his wife, William B and Barbara Wilkinson Shirley of Pahokee; granddaughters - Marilyn Shirley of Pahokee, Claudia Wingo (Jack) of Melbourne Beach, Barbara Ann Shirley of Lake Park, GA; Jennifer Singer of Okeechobee, Allison Hudson (Scott) of Winter Park; Daughter-in-law - Shirley Shirley Armstrong (Dr D Wade Armstrong) of Ceredo, WV; granddaughter - Leigh Ann Stites (Mark) of Oakland Park, KS; grandson - Rev N Chris Shirley and wife Isabel (Heath) Shirley of Fort Worth, TX; 9 great grandchildren and her sister-in-law Sarah Patrick Burks of Griffin, GA.
     The funeral service will be Saturday afternoon, December 22, 2001, at 2 pm in the First Baptist Church, Pahokee. Dr Wade Armstrong and her grandson, Rev N Chris Shirley will officiate. Interment will follow in Port Mayaca Memorial Gardens.
[PBP - 20 Dec 2001 via findagrave.com]

    CENSUS:
     1850 Perry Twp, Putnan Co, OH census: has (both b. OH) Philip Shirley 30, Farmer; and Elizabeth Shirley 21.
     1860 Perry Twp, Putnan Co, OH census: has (all b. OH) Philip Shirley 40, Farmer; Elizabeth Shirley 31; Mary C Shirley 9; Saluthiel Shirley 4; Clara M Shirley 2; Elizabeth Shirley 3/12; and Alex Hanover 18, Laborer.
     1870 Perry Twp, Putnan Co, OH census: has (all b. OH) Philip Shirley 50, Farmer; Elizabeth Shirley 41, Keeping House; Mary C Shirley 19; Clara M Shirley 12; Elizabeth A Shirley 10; Nathan C Shirley 7; Nancy R Shirley 5; and Dora A Shirley 1.
     Four doors down on this census page has: (all b. OH) Clark D Shirley 35;Farmer; Lydia E Shirley 21, Keeping House; Ebre E Shirley 2; and Stephen B Shirley 6/12.
     1880 Perry Twp, Putnan Co, OH census: has (all b. OH) Philip Shirley 60, Farmer; Elizabeth Shirley 51, Keeping House; Mary C Shirley 28; Annie E Shirley 19; Nathan C Shirley 17, Teaching School; Nancy R Shirley 14; Dora A Shirley 11; and Jennie C Shirley 8.
     1900 Monroe Twp, Putnam Co, OH census: has (all b. OH) Nathan C Shirley 37, Farmer; Emma I Shirley 36 (5 children-5 living); Ashley R Shirley 11; Hoyea I Shirley 8; Ross R Shirley 7; Mary E Shirley 5; and Leo L Shirley 1.  
     1910 Monroe Twp, Putnam Co, OH census: has (all b. OH) Nathan C Shirley 47, Farmer-General Farm; Emma I Shirley 47 (6 children-6 living); Ashley R Shirley 20, School Teacher-School House; Hazel I Shirley 18, School Teacher-School House; Ross R Shirley 17; Mary E Shirley 15; Leo L Shirley 11; and Claude L Shirley 4.
     1920 Monroe Twp, Putnam Co, OH census: has (all b. OH) NC Shirley 57, Farmer-General Farm; Emma Shirley 57; Ross R Shirley 26, Farmer-Home Farm; Lena L Shirley 21; and Claud L Shirley 14.
     1930 Monroe Twp, Putnam Co, OH census: has (both b. OH) Nathan C Shirley 67, Farm Laborer-Gen Farming; and Emma R Shirley 67.
     1930 Toledo, Lucas Co, OH census: has Ross R Shirley 37, b. OH, at Toledo State Hospital for Insane.
     1930 Pahokee, Palm Beach Co, FL census: has Leo L Shirley 30, b. OH, Lumer and Engr-Retail Lumber Yard; Ruth Shirley 29, b. OH; and Jimmy L Shirley 4-3/12, b. IN.
     1930 Monroe Twp, Putnam Co, OH census: has Claude Shirley 24, b. OH, Farmer-General Farm; Emma E Shirley 24, b. GA; and William B Shirley 1-6/12, b. OH.
     1930 Armstrong Twp, Nowata Co, OK census: has (all but Paul b. OK) Paul F Cochrun 32, Pumper-Oil Field; Thelma L Cochrun 27; Rosalie P Cochrun 7; Paul F Cochrun 1-5/12; and Mary E Allison 17 (Sister).
     1940 Monroe Twp, Putnam Co, OH census: has Nathan Shirley 77; and Emma Shirley 77.
     Next door has: Claude Shirley (below).
     1940 Pahokee, Palm Beach Co, FL census: has L Lynn Shirley 41, b. OH, Distributor-Petroelum Products (Widow); Jimmy Lee Shirley 14, b. IN; and Margaret Lin Shirley 4, b. FL.
     1940 Oawala, Rogers Co, OK census: has (both b. OH) Jennie Cochrun 68 (Widow); and Gilbert G Cochrun 46.
     1940 Armstrong Twp, Nowata Co, OK census: has (all but Paul b. OK) Paul F Cochrun 42, b. OH, Pumper-Oil Production; Thelma L Cochrun 37; Rosalie Cochrun 17; Paul T Cochrun 11; Barbara A Cochrun 6; and Mary Helen Cochrun 4.
     1940 Monroe Twp, Putnam Co, OH census: has (all b. OH) Claude Shirley 35, General Farming-Farms; Emma Shirley 35; William Shirley 11; and Leland Shirley 8

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