1. CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2 SHIRES
(CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born Abt. 1771 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died Aft. 1850 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. He married SARAH SEARS 1801 in North Carolina, daughter of CHRISTIAN SEARS and BARBARA STUTZMAN. She was born 1781, and died in Lincoln County, Tennessee.Notes for CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON SHIRES:
1830 Maury County, Tennessee census
Christian Shires Males: 3 (5-10), 2 (10-15), 2 (15-20), 1 (20-30), 1 (50-60) Females: 1 (40-50)
1840 Marshall County, Tennessee census
Christian Shires Males: 1 (10-15), 1 (15-20), 1 (20-30), 1 (70-80) Females: 1 (50-60)
More About CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON SHIRES:
Census: 1810, Rowan County, North Carolina, page 43 "Christian Shire"
Immigration: 1810, From North Carolina towards Tennessee1
More About SARAH SEARS:
Census: 1850, Marshall County, Tennesse 024 10th District as Sarah Shires
Children of CHRISTIAN SHIRES and SARAH SEARS are:
2. i. CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON3 SHIRES, b. North Carolina.
ii. ELIZABETH SHIRES, m. JOHN H. BRAY, May 17, 1859, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Notes for ELIZABETH SHIRES:
Marriage information from:
Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Tennessee, 1851 to 1900. Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999-2000.
iii. JAMES SHIRES, m. MANDA HUCKABEE, May 17, 1859, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Notes for JAMES SHIRES:
Marriage information from:
Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Tennessee, 1851 to 1900. Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999-2000.
More About JAMES SHIRES:
Census: 1840, Lincoln County, Tennessee, pg 65, as "James Shiras"
3. iv. DAVID SHIRES, b. January 23, 1802, North Carolina; d. 1873, Maury County, Tennessee.
4. v. JACOB SHIRES, b. June 11, 1806, North Carolina; d. September 04, 1887, Maury County, Tennessee.
vi. PETER SHIRES, b. Bet. 1810 - 1820.
More About PETER SHIRES:
Census: 1840, Maury County, Tennessee, pg 393
5. vii. WILLIAM M. SHIRES, b. 1814, Tennessee.
6. viii. JOEL SHIRES, b. October 13, 1818, Tennessee; d. April 24, 1891, Maury County, Tennessee.
ix. JOHN P. SHIRES, b. Bet. 1820 - 1825; m. MOLLY ANN JACKSON, September 24, 1857, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Notes for JOHN P. SHIRES:
Marriage information from:
Dodd, Jordan R. Early American Marriages: Tennessee, 1851 to 1900. Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999-2000.
More About JOHN P. SHIRES:
Census: 1840, Lincoln County, Tennessee, pg 65, as "James Shiras"
7. x. SOLOMON SHIRES, b. 1822, Tennessee; d. Bet. 1851 - 1857, Johnson County, Illinois.
xi. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHIRES, b. 1825.
Generation No. 2
2. CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON3 SHIRES
(CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born in North Carolina. He married PATSY CHUNN, daughter of HENRY CHUNN and HANNAH GARRETT. She was born 1816 in North Carolina.Children of CHRISTIAN SHIRES and PATSY CHUNN are:
i. SARAH B.4 SHIRES.
ii. THOMAS J. SHIRES.
iii. PAULINE A. SHIRES.
iv. WILLIAM P. SHIRES.
v. MARY F. SHIRES.
vi. MARTHA E. SHIRES.
3. DAVID3 SHIRES (CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born January 23, 1802 in North Carolina, and died 1873 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married (1) HOLLY HARRIS 1821, daughter of JOHN HARRIS. She was born 1805 in South Carolina, and died 1912 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married (2) MYRA L. TIGNER June 20, 1851 in Maury County, Tennessee.
More About DAVID SHIRES:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Census: October 08, 1850, 25th District, Maury County, Tennessee, page 309, age 48
More About HOLLY HARRIS:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
Children of D
AVID SHIRES and HOLLY HARRIS are:8. i. OBEDIENCE4 SHIRES, b. August 31, 1823, Maury County, Tennessee; d. December 11, 1906, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky.
9. ii. MORIAH SHIRES, b. Abt. 1828; d. January 13, 1912, Maury County, Tennessee.
iii. J. E. SHIRES, b. Abt. 1838, Tennessee.
Notes for J. E. SHIRES:
1860 Census - Name Illegible
More About J. E. SHIRES:
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
10. iv. WILLIAM M. SHIRES, b. Abt. 1841.
v. DAVID SHIRES, b. Abt. 1831.
vi. IRA SHIRES, b. Abt. 1839.
Children of DAVID SHIRES and MYRA TIGNER are:
vii. DAVID?4 SHIRES.
11. viii. ALICE SHIRES, b. 1853.
4. JACOB3 SHIRES (CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born June 11, 1806 in North Carolina, and died September 04, 1887 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married EMILY CHUNN 1831 in North Carolina?, daughter of HENRY CHUNN and HANNAH GARRETT. She was born November 14, 1812 in North Carolina, and died October 11, 1882 in Maury County, Tennessee.
More About JACOB SHIRES:
Burial: Jacob Shires Cemetery 1 mile west of Pottsville, Tennessee
Census: 1850, Maury County, Tennessee, 25th District, page 309, age 44
More About EMILY CHUNN:
Burial: Jacob Shires Cemetery 1 mile west of Pottsville, Tennessee
Census: 1850, 25th District, Maury County, Tennessee, page 309, age 39
Children of J
ACOB SHIRES and EMILY CHUNN are:12. i. WILLIAM HENRY4 SHIRES, b. April 18, 1832, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; d. January 22, 1917, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas.
13. ii. JOSEPH M. SHIRES, b. 1834, Tennessee; d. WFT Est. 1820-1934.
14. iii. JACOB B. SHIRES, b. September 18, 1835, Tennessee; d. April 23, 1891, Maury County, Tennesee.
iv. EMILY J. SHIRES, b. May 12, 1841, Maury County, Tennessee; d. September 07, 1855, Maury County, Tennessee.
More About EMILY J. SHIRES:
Burial: Jacob Shires Cemetery 1 mile west of Pottsville, Tennessee
Census: October 08, 1850, 25th District, Maury County, Tennessee, page 309, age 8, in father's household
v. GEORGE PETER SHIRES, b. 1844; d. WFT Est. 1820-1934, Washington Territory ?.
Notes for GEORGE PETER SHIRES:
Maury County, Tennessee
Confederate Units Formed in Maury County
http://www.tngenweb.org/maury/csacomp.htm[reShires.FTW]
(Did he go to Texas after Civil War ?)
More About GEORGE PETER SHIRES:
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
Immigration: from Tennessee to Washington Territory after Civil War
Soldier: Civil War Confederacy Duck River Riflemen - Company G, 24th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
15. vi. HEZEKIAH STREET SHIRES, b. 1846, Tennessee; d. WFT Est. 1880-1934, Grayson County, Texas.
vii. PERLINA L. SHIRES, b. November 29, 1847, Maury County, Tennessee; d. February 26, 1926, Maury County, Tennessee; m. J. G. ALDRIDGE; b. January 15, 1846; d. October 03, 1891, Maury County, Tennessee.
More About PERLINA L. SHIRES:
Burial: Bethlehem Cemetery, south of Pottsville, on Franklin-Lewisburg Hwy, on Marshall-Maury County Line
Census: October 08, 1850, 25th District, Maury County, Tennessee, page 309, age 2, in father's household
More About J. G. ALDRIDGE:
Burial: Bethlehem Cemetery, south of Pottsville, on Franklin-Lewisburg Hwy, on Marshall-Maury County Line
viii. JAMES S. SHIRES, b. August 1850, Maury County, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1850, Maury County, Tennessee.
More About JAMES S. SHIRES:
Census: October 08, 1850, 25th District, Maury County, Tennessee, page 309, age 2 mths., in father's household
ix. ROBERT SHIRES, b. 1853.
5. WILLIAM M.3 SHIRES (CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1814 in Tennessee.
Child of WILLIAM M. SHIRES is:
16. i. WILLIAM M.4 SHIRES, b. 1841, Maury County, Tennessee; d. 1912, near Rally Hill, Tennessee.
6. JOEL3 SHIRES (CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born October 13, 1818 in Tennessee, and died April 24, 1891 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married SARAH CHUNN June 13, 1840 in Maury County, Tennessee, daughter of HENRY CHUNN and HANNAH GARRETT. She was born May 11, 1818 in North Carolina, and died June 18, 1890 in Maury County, Tennessee.
More About JOEL SHIRES:
Burial: Joel Shires Cemetery, Marshall County, Tennessee, south of state hwy 99, 1 mile east of Maury cty line
Census: 1840, Marshall County, Tennessee, page 194
Will: 1891, Marshall County, Tennessee, Will Book C 184-186
More About SARAH CHUNN:
Burial: Joel Shires Cemetery, Marshall County, Tennessee, south of state hwy 99, 1 mile east of Maury cty line
Children of J
OEL SHIRES and SARAH CHUNN are:i. HANNAH4 SHIRES.
ii. SARAH SHIRES.
iii. WALTER SHIRES.
iv. FRANKLIN SHIRES.
v. WILEY SHIRES.
7. SOLOMON3 SHIRES (CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1822 in Tennessee, and died Bet. 1851 - 1857 in Johnson County, Illinois. He married MARTHA HARRIS November 22, 1843 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born 1825, and died August 01, 1859 in Johnson County, Illinois.
Children of SOLOMON SHIRES and MARTHA HARRIS are:
i. SARAH F.4 SHIRES, b. 1844, Johnson County, Illinois; m. WILLIAM COMER.
ii. JOHN C. SHIRES, b. 1845, Johnson County, Illinois; d. 1866.
iii. MILICIA MISSOURI SHIRES, b. 1846, Johnson County, Illinois; m. LEROY COMER, Bef. 1871.
iv. JACOB F. SHIRES, b. 1847, Johnson County, Illinois; d. 1871.
Generation No. 3
8. OBEDIENCE4 SHIRES
(DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born August 31, 1823 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died December 11, 1906 in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky. She married HENRY B. CHUNN November 19, 1842 in Maury County, Tennessee, son of HENRY CHUNN and HANNAH GARRETT. He was born May 27, 1823 in Richmond County, North Carolina, and died July 18, 1877 in Calloway County, Kentucky.More About HENRY B. CHUNN:
Burial: Asbury Cemetery near Kirksey, Kentucky
Census: October 08, 1850, 25th District, Maury County, Tennessee, page 309, age 28
Marriage Notes for OBEDIENCE SHIRES and HENRY CHUNN:
Family Tree Maker - Marriage CD #229
Maury County, Tennessee Henry CHUNN m. Beda SHIRES November 19, 1842
Children of OBEDIENCE SHIRES and HENRY CHUNN are:
i. DAVID5 CHUNN.
17. ii. HOLLY CHUNN, b. April 26, 1843; d. February 27, 1900, Kentucky.
iii. JACOB CHUNN, b. February 07, 1846; d. September 25, 1868.
iv. JOHN CHUNN, b. April 17, 1849; d. May 14, 1918; m. (1) MARY HOLMES; m. (2) ALICE CLARK WRIGHT, September 15, 1870.
v. MARTIN LUTHER CHUNN, b. January 01, 1852; d. July 05, 1941; m. NANCY ANN SINGLETON, September 15, 1870; b. 1850; d. 1924.
18. vi. WILLIAM CHUNN, b. December 15, 1854, Calloway County, Kentucky; d. October 21, 1926, Graves County, Kentucky.
vii. MARY EMMA CHUNN, b. April 21, 1857; d. May 26, 1861.
19. viii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CHUNN, b. February 04, 1860, Calloway County, Kentucky; d. June 13, 1937, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas.
ix. SARAH ALICE CHUNN, b. August 17, 1862; d. November 05, 1945, Calloway County, Kentucky; m. ROBERT LEE HUGHES, December 19, 1878.
x. JAMES CALVIN CHUNN, b. January 25, 1865; d. February 27, 1898.
xi. HANNAH ELIZABETH CHUNN, b. November 06, 1867; d. April 04, 1895; m. R. E. ARMSTRONG, October 11, 1891.
9. MORIAH4 SHIRES (DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born Abt. 1828, and died January 13, 1912 in Maury County, Tennessee. She married JOHN THOMAS CHUNN March 18, 1846 in Maury County, Tennessee, son of HENRY CHUNN and HANNAH GARRETT. He was born 1825 in North Carolina, and died April 27, 1902 in Maury County, Tennessee.
More About MORIAH SHIRES:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
More About JOHN THOMAS CHUNN:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Marriage Notes for MORIAH SHIRES and JOHN CHUNN:
Family Tree Maker - Marriage CD #229 John CHUNN m. Maria SHIRES March 18, 1846
Children of MORIAH SHIRES and JOHN CHUNN are:
i. VICTORIA5 CHUNN.
ii. ELIZA JANE CHUNN.
20. iii. CHESTER CHUNN, d. 1938.
21. iv. WILLIAM ANDREW CHUNN, b. December 02, 1850, Maury County, Tennessee; d. Bet. June - July 1910, Pottsville, Maury County, Tennessee.
22. v. DAVID JACOB CHUNN, b. 1857; d. 1923, Maury County, Tennessee.
23. vi. THOMAS JEFFERSON CHUNN, b. 1863, Maury County, Tennessee; d. 1907, Maury County, Tennessee.
10. WILLIAM M.4 SHIRES (DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born Abt. 1841. He married MATTIE W. ORR, daughter of EBENEZER ORR and MARY BOWMAN.
More About WILLIAM M. SHIRES:
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
Soldier: CSA, captured at Missionary Ridge, 12 mths at Rock Island, Ill.
Children of WILLIAM SHIRES and MATTIE ORR are:
i. J. W.5 SHIRES.
ii. W. LEE SHIRES.
iii. VERA SHIRES, m. BEN PARKS.
iv. MINNIE SHIRES, m. JOHN HARMON.
v. ESTELLE SHIRES, m. LEM JOHNSON.
11. ALICE4 SHIRES (DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1853. She married CHARLES PINCKNEY MORTON July 25, 1870 in Marshall County, Tennessee, son of JOHN MORTON and NANCY ODENEAL. He was born 1810 in Tennessee, and died 1884 in Marshall County, Tennessee.
Child of ALICE SHIRES and CHARLES MORTON is:
i. ALICE PINCKNEY5 MORTON.
12. WILLIAM HENRY4 SHIRES (JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born April 18, 1832 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, and died January 22, 1917 in Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas. He married (1) MARY ANN CLARK February 21, 1853 in Maury County, Tennessee2, daughter of JOSEPH CLARK and NANCY DEAN. She was born October 12, 1836 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennesee, and died February 14, 1877 in Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas. He married (2) EMMA JANE JEFFCOAT September 27, 1877 in Grayson County, Texas, daughter of JAMES JEFFCOAT and MARTHA JEFFCOAT. She was born January 07, 1859 in Pike (now Crenshaw) County, Alabama, and died January 13, 1936 in Mead, Bryan County, Oklahoma.
Notes for WILLIAM HENRY SHIRES:
1860 Census as "W. H. Shires"
Tombstone Inscription: SHIRES WILLIAM HENRY 1832 1916 Stone with EMMA J. SHIRES - LT CO G 24th TENN INF C.S.A.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/grayson/cemetery/mttabor.txt 07/29/03
More About WILLIAM HENRY SHIRES:
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
Census: October 08, 1850, 25th District, Maury County, Tennessee, page 309, age 18, in father's household
Immigration: 1870, Maury County, Tennessee to Grayson County, Texas
Land: 1870, 840 acres north of Hagerman
Occupation: Farmer
Pension: August 16, 1923, Widow's Confederate Pension (Emma Jane Jeffcoat), Texas #39213
Soldier: Bet. 1861 - 1862, Lt. Co. G 24th Tenn Inf. C.S.A., Strahl's Brigade Pension Number #S10615
Wounded: Battle of Murfreesboro (Rutherford County, TN)
More About MARY ANN CLARK:
Census: 1850, Williamson County, Tennessee
Immigration: 1870, Maury County, Tennessee to Grayson County, Texas
Notes for EMMA JANE JEFFCOAT:
Emma Jane Jeffcoat & children
information from: James Joseph Jeffcoat
More About EMMA JANE JEFFCOAT:
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
Census: 1880, Grayson County, Texas, page 361, age 21
Comment 1: Died in son Joe's household.
Immigration: 1871, From Pike County, Alabama to Grayson County, Texas
Pension: Widow's Confederate Pension, Texas #39213
Children of WILLIAM SHIRES and MARY CLARK are:
24. i. JOHN SIDNEY5 SHIRES, b. March 22, 1854, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; d. January 01, 1932, Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
ii. MALISSA J. SHIRES, b. September 11, 1856, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee.
More About MALISSA J. SHIRES:
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
iii. NANCY SHIRES, b. 1858.
More About NANCY SHIRES:
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
25. iv. WILLIAM F. SHIRES, b. May 21, 1860, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; d. September 26, 1862.
v. S. A. SHIRES, b. February 09, 1862, Columbia, Maury County, Tennesee; d. November 02, 1862, Columbia, Maury County, Tennesee.
vi. D. C. SHIRES, b. 1864.
26. vii. ROBERT P. SHIRES, b. September 02, 1863, Columbia, Maury County, Tennesee; d. April 08, 1908, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas.
viii. D.B.I. SHIRES, b. October 22, 1865, Columbia, Maury County, Tennesee; d. May 08, 1872.
27. ix. JAMES MONROE SHIRES, b. January 01, 1868, Columbia, Maury County, Tennesee; d. February 17, 1972.
x. MARY ELLEN SHIRES, b. November 06, 1869, Columbia, Maury County, Tennesee; d. 1876.
More About MARY ELLEN SHIRES:
Census: 1870, Columbia, Maury County, Tennesee
28. xi. JACOB WALTER SHIRES, b. 1871, Grayson County, Texas; d. 1946, Grayson County, Texas.
xii. GEORGE P. SHIRES, b. Abt. 1874.
29. xiii. DELLIA SHIRES, b. January 29, 1877, Hagerman, Grayson County, Texas; d. November 13, 1944.
Children of WILLIAM SHIRES and EMMA JEFFCOAT are:
xiv. MINNIE BELL5 SHIRES, b. August 25, 1878; d. June 03, 1954; m. DEE MILLER; d. March 14, 1955.
Notes for DEE MILLER:
Charles A. Demastus
Descendants of Joseph Jackson Mayse
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/e/m/Charles-A-Demastus/GENE36-0004. html
xv. ALETHA MARTHA SHIRES, b. July 23, 1882, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. September 25, 1951; m. PATRICK MCCAFFREY.
30. xvi. JESSIE JAMES SHIRES, b. April 15, 1884.
31. xvii. JOSEPH SOLOMAN SHIRES, b. December 09, 1886, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. September 03, 1954.
32. xviii. HENRY LEONARD SHIRES, b. June 12, 1887; d. 1971.
xix. ARMINTO CAROLINE SHIRES, b. November 19, 1888; d. 1983; m. CHARLIE E. AKIN; b. 1891; d. 1953.
More About ARMINTO CAROLINE SHIRES:
Census: 1910, Grayson County, Texas
xx. P. CLAYBORNE SHIRES, b. June 09, 1890, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas.
33. xxi. SARAPHINE JOSEPHINE SHIRES, b. September 12, 1891, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas.
xxii. LESSIE LEE SHIRES, b. December 03, 1894.
More About LESSIE LEE SHIRES:
Census: 1910, Grayson County, Texas
34. xxiii. BARNEY GIBBS SHIRES, b. February 18, 1898, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas; d. September 03, 1989, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas.
xxiv. ESTELLE A. SHIRES, b. Abt. 1903.
More About ESTELLE A. SHIRES:
Census: 1910, Grayson County, Texas
13. JOSEPH M.4 SHIRES
(JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1834 in Tennessee, and died WFT Est. 1820-1934. He married MARTHA JANE SMITH July 22, 1854 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born 1834 in Virginia, and died December 10, 1874 in Grayson County, Texas.More About JOSEPH M. SHIRES:
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
Comment 1: Census - Caroline Benjamin listed as boarder, Martha & Caroline from Virginia
Immigration: Bet. 1870 - 1872, From Tennessee to Grayson County, Texas
More About MARTHA JANE SMITH:
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
Comment 1: 1860, Caroline Benjamin listed as boarder, Martha & Caroline from Virginia
Children of JOSEPH SHIRES and MARTHA SMITH are:
i. JACOB5 SHIRES, b. 1857, Tennessee.
More About JACOB SHIRES:
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
35. ii. JOSEPH MADISON SHIRES, b. 1861, Tennessee.
iii. SARAH E. SHIRES, b. 1865, Tennessee.
iv. WILLIAM S. SHIRES, b. 1867, Tennessee; d. 1892.
v. CHARLES R. N. SHIRES, b. 1872, Texas.
14. JACOB B.4 SHIRES (JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born September 18, 1835 in Tennessee, and died April 23, 1891 in Maury County, Tennesee. He married MARY HARMON December 30, 1859 in Marshall County, Tennesse, daughter of GEORGE HARMON and ELIZABETH RING. She was born 1841 in Tennessee, and died 1911 in Maury County, Tennessee.
Notes for JACOB B. SHIRES:
Maury County, Tennessee
Confederate Units Formed in Maury County http://www.tngenweb.org/maury/csacomp.htm
Middle initial for Jacob B. thought to be for Bodenhamer.
Nickname "Little Jake"
Jacob B Shires Death Certificate shows date of birth as 1836,
C.S.A. military records show 1835, (Union prison record indicated 1836)
H IS PENSION APPLICATION SHOWS 1835.
More About JACOB B. SHIRES:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Census: October 08, 1850, 25th District, Maury County, Tennessee, page 309, age 14, in father's household
Soldier: Bet. 1861 - 1862, Civil War Confederate, captured at Missionary Ridge, Pension Number #S10614
More About MARY HARMON:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
Children of JACOB SHIRES and MARY HARMON are:
36. i. CHARLEY PETER5 SHIRES, b. December 25, 1860, Maury County, Tennesee; d. July 13, 1927, Tarrant County, Texas.
ii. GEORGE L. SHIRES.
37. iii. CLATE C. SHIRES, b. July 30, 1877, Maury County, Tennessee; d. March 20, 1913, Maury County, Tennessee.
15. HEZEKIAH STREET4 SHIRES (JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1846 in Tennessee, and died WFT Est. 1880-1934 in Grayson County, Texas. He married SARAH C. BOSTICK Abt. 1872 in Tennessee. She was born Abt. 1856 in Tennessee, and died in Grayson County, Texas.
More About HEZEKIAH STREET SHIRES:
Census: October 08, 1850, 25th District, Maury County, Tennessee, page 309, age 4, in father's household
Immigration: Bet. 1873 - 1878, From Tennessee to Grayson County, Texas
More About SARAH C. BOSTICK:
Census: 1880, Grayson County, Texas
Children of HEZEKIAH SHIRES and SARAH BOSTICK are:
i. CHARLES S.5 SHIRES, b. Abt. 1873.
More About CHARLES S. SHIRES:
Census: 1880, Grayson County, Texas
ii. JACOB H. SHIRES, b. 1878, Grayson County, Texas.
iii. BETTIE SHIRES, b. March 1880, Grayson County, Texas.
More About BETTIE SHIRES:
Census: 1880, Grayson County, Texas
16. WILLIAM M.4 SHIRES (WILLIAM M.3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1841 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 1912 in near Rally Hill, Tennessee. He married MATTIE W. ?. She was born 1843, and died 1912.
Notes for WILLIAM M. SHIRES:
Maury County, Tennessee
Confederate Units Formed in Maury County http://www.tngenweb.org/maury/csacomp.htm
More About WILLIAM M. SHIRES:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Captured: Capture at Missionary Ridge during the Civil War
Soldier: Civil War Confederacy Officer Second Lieutenant Duck River Riflemen - Company G, 24th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
More About MATTIE W. ?:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Child of W
ILLIAM SHIRES and MATTIE ? is:38. i. JOHN WALKER5 SHIRES, b. 1868, Maury County, Tennessee; d. 1912, Maury County, Tennessee.
Generation No. 4
17. HOLLY5 CHUNN
(OBEDIENCE4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born April 26, 1843, and died February 27, 1900 in Kentucky. She married (1) JOSIAH ANDREW MARINE January 15, 1863, son of GEORGE MARINE and SARAH BAZZELL. He was born January 06, 1838, and died December 19, 1866. She married (2) ALFRED FRANKLIN WALDROP October 08, 1871, son of EWING WALDROP and MARY MCALISTER. He was born October 19, 1837 in Henry County, Tennessee, and died December 11, 1899 in Kentucky.More About HOLLY CHUNN:
Burial: Antioch Cemetery, Browns Grove on Farmington Rd., Kentucky
More About ALFRED FRANKLIN WALDROP:
Burial: Antioch Cemetery, Browns Grove on Farmington Rd., Kentucky
Children of HOLLY CHUNN and JOSIAH MARINE are:
i. ANDREW JOHNSON6 MARINE, b. August 06, 1864.
ii. JOSEPH S. MARINE, b. June 08, 1865.
iii. EMMA E. MARINE, b. August 17, 1866; d. March 12, 1867.
iv. PLENTY T. MARINE, b. September 27, 1867.
Children of HOLLY CHUNN and ALFRED WALDROP are:
v. DELMAS FRANKLIN6 WALDROP, b. August 03, 1872; d. October 05, 1877.
vi. MARY OBEDIENCE WALDROP, b. November 02, 1873; d. June 05, 1946, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky.
vii. HENRY MIERS WALDROP, b. January 03, 1876; d. February 18, 1911, Kentucky.
viii. EMMETT DEE WALDROP, b. April 05, 1879; m. ZULA LEE MOZEE; b. May 16, 1887.
ix. ETTIE PEARL WALDROP, b. August 05, 1881; d. April 18, 1883.
x. NOLA ALICE WALDROP, b. April 29, 1884, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky; d. December 10, 1918, Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky.
18. WILLIAM5 CHUNN (OBEDIENCE4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born December 15, 1854 in Calloway County, Kentucky, and died October 21, 1926 in Graves County, Kentucky. He married SUDIE BELL PULLEN February 20, 1878. She was born March 09, 1860 in Graves County, Kentucky, and died January 09, 1942 in Graves County, Kentucky.
More About WILLIAM CHUNN:
Burial: Antioch Cemetery, Browns Grove off of Farmington Rd., Kentucky
More About SUDIE BELL PULLEN:
Burial: Antioch Cemetery, Browns Grove off of Farmington Rd., Kentucky
Child of WILLIAM CHUNN and SUDIE PULLEN is:
i. OURY EDGAR6 CHUNN, b. December 15, 1882, Calloway County, Kentucky; d. May 27, 1945, Harrisburg, Illinois.
19. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN5 CHUNN (OBEDIENCE4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born February 04, 1860 in Calloway County, Kentucky, and died June 13, 1937 in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas. He married (1) MARGARET ELIZABETH KELLETT September 01, 1880 in Orange County, Missouri, daughter of JOSIAH KELLETT and ELIZABETH WRENFROW. She was born February 21, 1853 in Randolph County, Arkansas, and died February 17, 1917 in Ravenden, Arkansas. He married (2) MARTHA E. JENKINS October 05, 1922.
Children of BENJAMIN CHUNN and MARGARET KELLETT are:
i. SARAH ELIZABETH6 CHUNN, b. Abt. 1881, Arkansas.
ii. JOHN CALVIN CHUNN, b. December 19, 1883, Ring, Sharp County, Arkansas; d. November 05, 1945, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas; m. SALLY GALENA KIRBY, December 22, 1911, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas.
iii. GILBERT CHUNN, b. Abt. 1885.
iv. ELIZABETH CHUNN, b. Abt. 1887.
20. CHESTER5 CHUNN (MORIAH4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) died 1938. He married LIVING RAINEY, daughter of STEPHEN RAINEY and FANNIE MCGREGOR.
Child of CHESTER CHUNN and LIVING RAINEY is:
i. LIVING6 CHUNN, m. LIVING KERR.
21. WILLIAM ANDREW5 CHUNN (MORIAH4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born December 02, 1850 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died Bet. June - July 1910 in Pottsville, Maury County, Tennessee. He married (1) TINNIE MINCEY. She died in Maury County, Tennessee. He married (2) CHARITY JOHNSON. She died in Maury County, Tennessee. He married (3) SALLY ANN MAYFIELD December 24, 1896 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born November 07, 1860, and died August 24, 1941 in Maury County, Tennessee.
More About WILLIAM ANDREW CHUNN:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
More About TINNIE MINCEY:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
More About CHARITY JOHNSON:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
More About SALLY ANN MAYFIELD:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Child of W
ILLIAM CHUNN and SALLY MAYFIELD is:39. i. JOHN LOGAN GRANBERRY6 CHUNN, b. September 01, 1899, Tennessee; d. November 22, 1974, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee.
22. DAVID JACOB5 CHUNN (MORIAH4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1857, and died 1923 in Maury County, Tennessee.
More About DAVID JACOB CHUNN:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Child of D
AVID JACOB CHUNN is:i. ANDY6 CHUNN, b. 1886.
More About ANDY CHUNN:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
23. THOMAS JEFFERSON5 CHUNN (MORIAH4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1863 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 1907 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married DOLLY SAMPSON Abt. 1883. She was born 1867, and died 1925.
More About THOMAS JEFFERSON CHUNN:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
More About DOLLY SAMPSON:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Child of T
HOMAS CHUNN and DOLLY SAMPSON is:40. i. HARMON THOMAS6 CHUNN, b. February 25, 1886, Maury County, Tennessee; d. July 11, 1968, Maury County, Tennessee.
24. JOHN SIDNEY5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born March 22, 1854 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, and died January 01, 1932 in Denison, Grayson County, Texas. He married ANNA JULIA NICHOLS February 28, 1878 in Carter's Creek, Maury County, Tennessee, daughter of JOHN NICHOLS and SARAH BUTLER. She was born November 12, 1859 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, and died January 01, 1952 in Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
Notes for JOHN SIDNEY SHIRES:
Buried: Mount Tabor Cemetery Inscription: John Sidney Shires 1854-1932 Stone with Anna Julia Shires
More About JOHN SIDNEY SHIRES:
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
Census: 1850, Maury County, Tennessee
Immigration: Bet. 1878 - 1880, Grayson County, Texas to Maury County, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Notes for ANNA JULIA NICHOLS:
Census 1910: Annie J. Wife F W 47, Married 30 years, 12 children born, 9 living, born Tennessee, Father born Tennessee, Mother born Tennessee, can read & write.
Census 1920: Anna J. Wife FW 58, Married, can read & write, born Tennessee, Father born Tennessee, Mother born Tennessee.
Buried: Mount Tabor cemetery, Grayson County, Texas.
Inscription: Anna Julia Shires 1859-1952 stone with John Sidney Shires
Sherman Democrat - January 2, 1952
"Mrs. Annie Junior [Julia] Shires Dies at Daughter's Home"
"DENISON - Mrs. Annie Junior [Julia] Shires, 92, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert Kusch in Denison. Mrs. Shires has 94 direct descendants. She was a native of Pulaski, Tenn.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Eastside Baptist Church in Denison. The Rev. Ray Short will conduct the service. Burial will be in Mt. Tabor Cemetery, near Whitesboro, directed by Bratcher-Moore Funeral home of Denison.
Mrs. Shires' husband, the late J. S. Shires Sr. was justice of the peace at Hagerman. He died several years ago.
Survivors includes three sons, Maurice Shires fo Henrietta, Bill Shires of Sherman and Joe Shires of Tucson, Ariz; five daughters, Mrs. Laura Lindsay of Pottsboro, Mrs. Myrta Higdon, Mrs. Kusch and Mrs. M. F. Russell, all of Dension and Mrs. Sue Miller of Dallas; 37 grandchildren; 47 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren."
Sherman Democrat - January 3, 1952
"Funeral Arranged for Mrs. Annie J. Shires"
"DENISON - Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Julia Shires, 92, who died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. W. Kusch, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the East Baptist church with the Rev. J. W. Lasater officiating.
Burial under the direction of Bratcher-Moore, will be at Mount Tabor."
More About ANNA JULIA NICHOLS:
Burial: January 04, 1952, Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas3
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Census: August 17, 1860, Lynnville (Pulaski), Giles County, Tennessee, age 1, page 181
Comment 2: Grew up in Maury County, Tennessee
Immigration: Bet. 1878 - 1880, Moved with John Sidney Shires from Maury County, Tennessee to Grayson County, Texas
Children of JOHN SHIRES and ANNA NICHOLS are:
i. LOULA LENOR6 SHIRES, b. December 12, 1879, Maury County, Tennessee; d. April 12, 1880.
ii. LAURA MAY SHIRES, b. April 10, 1881, Grayson County, Texas; d. April 06, 1954; m. WALTER LINDSEY, Flowing Wells, Texas.
iii. ROBERT HENRY SHIRES, b. February 15, 1883, Grayson County, Texas; d. March 05, 1883, Grayson County, Texas.
41. iv. LILLIE ESTELLE SHIRES, b. July 01, 1884, Potsboro, Grayson County, Texas; d. March 04, 1928, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas.
42. v. GENICE MYRTA SHIRES, b. July 04, 1887, Grayson County, Texas; d. January 20, 1972.
vi. EUGENE MAURICE SHIRES, b. July 04, 1887, Grayson County, Texas; d. September 27, 1968.
vii. WILLIAM CHARLES SHIRES, b. July 20, 1890, Grayson County, Texas; d. April 12, 1963, McKinney, Collin County, Texas; m. HELEN CASE, September 17, 1932, Grayson County, Texas; b. August 10, 1890; d. April 24, 1964, Grayson County, Texas.
More About WILLIAM CHARLES SHIRES:
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
Religion: Baptist
Soldier: World War I
More About HELEN CASE:
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
Religion: Baptist
viii. FRANCES GENNETTE SHIRES, b. April 02, 1894, Grayson County, Texas; m. ALBERT W. KUSCH.
43. ix. SUZIE GUSTIN SHIRES, b. May 07, 1896, Grayson County, Texas.
x. JOHN JACOB SHIRES, b. August 12, 1898, Grayson County, Texas; d. January 16, 1987; m. BERTHA BUTLER; b. October 08, 1902; d. May 12, 1991, Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
More About JOHN JACOB SHIRES:
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
More About BERTHA BUTLER:
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
xi. ANNIE PEARL SHIRES, b. July 17, 1901, Grayson County, Texas; d. July 24, 1901, Grayson County, Texas.
44. xii. JESSIE CORINE SHIRES, b. April 14, 1903, north of Hagerman, Grayson County, Texas.
25. WILLIAM F.5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born May 21, 1860 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, and died September 26, 1862. He married REBBECCA ANN MADISON.
More About WILLIAM F. SHIRES:
Census: 1860, Hardison's Mill, Maury County, Tennessee
Child of WILLIAM SHIRES and REBBECCA MADISON is:
i. WILLANNA6 SHIRES, m. ? GUIDO.
26. ROBERT P.5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born September 02, 1863 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennesee, and died April 08, 1908 in Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas. He met SALLIE V. KNIGHT September 03, 1888 in Grayson County, Texas. She was born January 21, 1863 in Texas, and died September 22, 1925 in Grayson County, Texas.
More About ROBERT P. SHIRES:
Burial: April 10, 1908, Berry Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas
Census: 1870, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Notes for SALLIE V. KNIGHT:
The Berry Cemetery is on the T. L. Miller farm 7 miles N. of Sadler, Texas on FM 901.
More About SALLIE V. KNIGHT:
Burial: September 24, 1925, Berry Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas
Children of ROBERT SHIRES and SALLIE KNIGHT are:
45. i. HENRY ELI6 SHIRES, b. July 05, 1884; d. November 1953.
46. ii. GERTIE MAY SHIRES, b. January 21, 1886, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. April 07, 1972, Denison, Grayson, Texas.
iii. FRANKLIN SHIRES, b. April 05, 1888, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas; d. February 15, 1894, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas.
More About FRANKLIN SHIRES:
Burial: February 17, 1894, Berry Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas
47. iv. MOLLIE SHIRES, b. January 01, 1890, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. 1918, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas.
v. LAWRENCE SAMUEL SHIRES, b. October 20, 1892, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. October 17, 1962, Pottsboro, Grayson, Texas; m. MAUDE BAKER; b. February 10, 1900, Logan County, Arkansas; d. February 11, 1967, Grayson County, Texas.
More About LAWRENCE SAMUEL SHIRES:
Burial: October 19, 1962, Georgetown, Grayson, Texas
More About MAUDE BAKER:
Burial: Georgetown Cemetery, Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas
48. vi. WALTER LEE SHIRES, b. February 09, 1895, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas; d. October 14, 1973, Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
49. vii. FANNIE S. SHIRES, b. December 04, 1898, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. July 15, 1973, Denison, Grayson, Texas.
50. viii. HOWARD RUBEN SHIRES, b. September 25, 1901, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas; d. May 26, 1974, Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
27. JAMES MONROE5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born January 01, 1868 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennesee, and died February 17, 1972.
More About JAMES MONROE SHIRES:
Census: 1870, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee
Child of JAMES MONROE SHIRES is:
i. WILLIAM ARCHER6 SHIRES.
28. JACOB WALTER5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1871 in Grayson County, Texas, and died 1946 in Grayson County, Texas. He married (1) LEILA BRACK. She was born 1877, and died 1970. He married (2) MATTIE ANN LINDSEY June 02, 1895 in Grayson County, Texas, daughter of CICERO LINDSEY. She was born April 18, 1877 in Alabama, and died April 25, 1965 in Grayson County, Texas.
More About JACOB WALTER SHIRES:
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
More About MATTIE ANN LINDSEY:
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
Children of JACOB SHIRES and LEILA BRACK are:
i. LIVING6 SHIRES.
ii. LIVING SHIRES.
iii. CORA SHIRES, b. 1904, Grayson County, Texas; d. August 1977, McKinney, Collin County, Texas; m. ONNIE KITCHENS, 1922; b. May 01, 1894; d. May 19, 1965.
51. iv. CECIL C. SHIRES, b. October 07, 1908; d. July 24, 1988, Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
Child of JACOB SHIRES and MATTIE LINDSEY is:
52. v. RUBY M.6 SHIRES, b. December 07, 1900, Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas; d. August 1997, Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma.
29. DELLIA5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born January 29, 1877 in Hagerman, Grayson County, Texas, and died November 13, 1944. She married JAMES ALBERT RANNALS.
Children of DELLIA SHIRES and JAMES RANNALS are:
i. HASKELL6 RANNALS.
53. ii. LIVING RANNALS.
30. JESSIE JAMES5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born April 15, 1884. He married SADIE MAE WRIGHT. She died October 20, 1966 in Paris, Texas.
Children of JESSIE SHIRES and SADIE WRIGHT are:
54. i. LIVING6 SHIRES.
ii. LIVING SHIRES, m. LIVING BRIDGES.
iii. LIVING SHIRES, m. LIVING AUSMAS.
iv. AUDREY SHIRES, m. LIVING BRELZ.
55. v. RAYMOND H. SHIRES, b. 1916; d. 2004.
vi. ELOISE SHIRES.
31. JOSEPH SOLOMAN5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born December 09, 1886 in Gordonville, Grayson, Texas, and died September 03, 1954. He married (1) ORA RODGERS. She was born February 12, 1891 in Gordonville, Grayson, Texas, and died April 1924. He married (2) ALICE DERREK December 21, 1927 in Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma. She was born July 14, 1898 in Bryon County, Oklahoma, and died 1949 in Oklahoma.
More About JOSEPH SOLOMAN SHIRES:
Burial: Calera, Oklahoma
More About ALICE DERREK:
Burial: Calera, Oklahoma
Children of J
OSEPH SHIRES and ORA RODGERS are:56. i. LIVING6 SHIRES.
ii. IMA SHIRES, m. LIVING SHENK.
57. iii. SYLVIA LEE SHIRES.
iv. MILDRED OLETA SHIRES, b. January 09, 1909, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. September 1969, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma; m. LIVING SCHLOTERBECK.
v. JAMES WILLEMS SHIRES, b. March 29, 1911, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. March 29, 1930.
More About JAMES WILLEMS SHIRES:
Burial: Gordonville, Grayson, Texas
58. vi. GLENN WILSON SHIRES, b. February 04, 1912, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. May 29, 1988, Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
59. vii. JODY TROY SHIRES, b. December 03, 1921, Bryon County, Oklahoma; d. December 09, 1993.
viii. CARL SHIRES.
32. HENRY LEONARD5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born June 12, 1887, and died 1971. He married MARGARET FRANCES WARINER. She was born 1889, and died 1975.
Children of HENRY SHIRES and MARGARET WARINER are:
60. i. ROYSE LOWELL6 SHIRES, b. 1917; d. 1998.
ii. HENRY L. SHIRES.
iii. LYNDA SHIRES, m. ? WILKERSON.
61. iv. ALTON WAYNE SHIRES, b. 1909; d. 1985.
v. BURNEY OTIS SHIRES, b. 1914; d. 2000.
vi. GAYLE SHIRES, b. 1931; d. 2003.
33. SARAPHINE JOSEPHINE5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born September 12, 1891 in Gordonville, Grayson, Texas. She married CLIFF C. DRAPER September 13, 1919 in Gordonville, Texas. He died 1967.
More About SARAPHINE JOSEPHINE SHIRES:
Census: 1910, Grayson County, Texas
Children of S
ARAPHINE SHIRES and CLIFF DRAPER are:i. LIVING6 DRAPER.
ii. LIVING DRAPER.
34. BARNEY GIBBS5 SHIRES (WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born February 18, 1898 in Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas, and died September 03, 1989 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. He married LOLA DRAPER. She was born April 30, 1901, and died November 22, 1974 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas.
Notes for BARNEY GIBBS SHIRES:
1989 living in San Angelo per obit for sister Josie Shires Draper
More About BARNEY GIBBS SHIRES:
Burial: September 1989, Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock County, Texas, Block 43
Census: 1910, Grayson County, Texas
More About LOLA DRAPER:
Burial: November 1974, Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock County, Texas
Children of B
ARNEY SHIRES and LOLA DRAPER are:i. LOLA BETH6 SHIRES, m. ? ROGERS.
ii. MATTIE LEE SHIRES.
iii. JUSTIN SHIRES.
35. JOSEPH MADISON5 SHIRES (JOSEPH M.4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1861 in Tennessee. He married FLORENCE JEANETTE BLOOMINGKEMPER. She was born 1871, and died 1919.
Children of JOSEPH SHIRES and FLORENCE BLOOMINGKEMPER are:
i. LIVING6 SHIRES.
62. ii. FRED JOSEPH SHIRES, b. March 30, 1903, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. January 1976, Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
36. CHARLEY PETER5 SHIRES (JACOB B.4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born December 25, 1860 in Maury County, Tennesee, and died July 13, 1927 in Tarrant County, Texas. He married NANCY EUNICE BOSTICK July 16, 1879 in Maury County Tennesse. She was born March 03, 1862 in Tennesee, and died October 10, 1924 in Baptist Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas.
More About CHARLEY PETER SHIRES:
Burial: Old Cemetery at Justin, Denton County, Texas
More About NANCY EUNICE BOSTICK:
Burial: Old Cemetery at Justin, Denton County, Texas
Children of CHARLEY SHIRES and NANCY BOSTICK are:
i. HATTIE ANN6 SHIRES, b. June 23, 1880; d. 1913; m. JOSEPH ADDISON HARRIS; b. 1868; d. 1942.
More About HATTIE ANN SHIRES:
Burial: Jacob Shires Cemetery, 1 mile west of Pottsvile, Tennessee, on right of Beark Creek Pike
More About JOSEPH ADDISON HARRIS:
Burial: Jacob Shires Cemetery, 1 mile west of Pottsvile, Tennessee, on right of Beark Creek Pike
ii. MATTIE ETHEL CAROLINE SHIRES, b. August 26, 1882; d. September 21, 1963, Rutherford, Tennesee; m. THOMAS BOYD MCELHANEY.
iii. SALLIE SHIRES, b. November 05, 1884; d. November 1884.
iv. CHARLES LEE SHIRES, b. November 09, 1885; d. October 1964, Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
v. MARY ELIZABETH SHIRES, b. July 13, 1887; d. November 10, 1940, Fountain, Tennesee; m. HENRY C. MCCOLLUM.
vi. MALE SHIRES, b. January 31, 1889; d. August 21, 1931; m. DONNA SMITH.
63. vii. WILLIE EMMA SHIRES, b. November 30, 1890; d. August 31, 1978, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
viii. JOHN SHIRES, b. October 16, 1892, Tennesee; d. October 1892, Tennesee.
ix. ZIBBIE JENNA SHIRES, b. September 12, 1893; d. July 17, 1954, Dallas, Dallas, Texas; m. (1) CLARENCE FROST SHIRES; m. (2) PERRY VERNON WITHERSPOON.
Notes for ZIBBIE JENNA SHIRES:
Notes: from typed record compiled by Lillie Leona Shires Queen.
Death Certificate Jeanette (Shires) Witherspoon aka Zibbie Jenna Shires.
64. x. JACOB IRA SHIRES, b. June 19, 1895, Maury County, Tennesee; d. April 14, 1972, Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
xi. ROBERT PAYNE SHIRES, b. October 10, 1897, Maury County, Tennesee; d. October 27, 1943, Dallas County, Texas; m. DOTTIE VIOLA ARCHER.
xii. MINNIE PEARL SHIRES, b. January 13, 1900; d. 1950, Stockton, California; m. ERNEST FRITTS, 1924, Ft. Worth, Tarrant, Texas.
xiii. MAUD BOSTICK SHIRES, b. August 26, 1906; d. August 1961, Tarrant County, Texas; m. LIVING SULLIVAN.
37. CLATE C.5 SHIRES (JACOB B.4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born July 30, 1877 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died March 20, 1913 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married DAISY JONES in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born September 13, 1882, and died March 25, 1948 in Maury County, Tennessee.
More About CLATE C. SHIRES:
Burial: March 1913, Shires Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
More About DAISY JONES:
Burial: March 1948, Shires Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Children of CLATE SHIRES and DAISY JONES are:
i. PAUL6 SHIRES.
ii. FRANK E. SHIRES, b. October 14, 1905, Maury County, Tennessee; m. MARY SUE ?; b. April 17, 1904; d. March 18, 1960, Maury County, Tennessee.
More About MARY SUE ?:
Burial: Ring Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
38. JOHN WALKER5 SHIRES (WILLIAM M.4, WILLIAM M.3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1868 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 1912 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married LUCY MOODY. She was born 1869, and died January 1951 in Maury County, Tennessee.
More About JOHN WALKER SHIRES:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
More About LUCY MOODY:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Children of JOHN SHIRES and LUCY MOODY are:
i. WILLIAM6 SHIRES, b. 1892; d. 1958, Maury County, Tennessee.
More About WILLIAM SHIRES:
Burial: Shires Memorial Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
65. ii. JOHN RAINEY SHIRES, b. February 16, 1901, Maury County, Tennessee; d. December 19, 1966, Maury County, Tennessee.
Generation No. 5
39. JOHN LOGAN GRANBERRY6 CHUNN
(WILLIAM ANDREW5, MORIAH4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born September 01, 1899 in Tennessee, and died November 22, 1974 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee. He married RUBY WILMA JARRATT June 14, 1922 in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. She was born September 05, 1901 in Marshall County, Tennessee, and died December 20, 1997 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee.Child of JOHN CHUNN and RUBY JARRATT is:
66. i. WILLIAM MAYFIELD7 CHUNN, b. December 31, 1925, Maury County, Tennessee; d. April 24, 1998, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee.
40. HARMON THOMAS6 CHUNN (THOMAS JEFFERSON5, MORIAH4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born February 25, 1886 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died July 11, 1968 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married MAGGIE IZARA SCOTT August 28, 1908 in Maury County, Tennessee, daughter of DAVID SCOTT and LAURA HARRIS. She was born August 15, 1888.
Child of HARMON CHUNN and MAGGIE SCOTT is:
67. i. LIVING7 CHUNN.
41. LILLIE ESTELLE6 SHIRES (JOHN SIDNEY5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born July 01, 1884 in Potsboro, Grayson County, Texas, and died March 04, 1928 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. She married HAROLD DUDE FOWLER May 17, 1903 in Sadler, Grayson County, Texas, son of HENRY FOWLER and MARY STERLING. He was born February 02, 1882 in Basin Springs, Grayson County, Texas, and died March 05, 1940 in Sadler, Grayson County, Texas.
Notes for LILLIE ESTELLE SHIRES:
Tombstone Inscription: Fowler Lillie Estelle Shires JUL 1,1884 MAR 4,1928 Harold D. Fowler
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(Bethlehem Cemetery aka Sadler Cemetery: Located south of US 82 on FM 901 south of Sadler.)
Cause of Death: Pellagra - a disease of malnutrition caused by dietary lack of niacin and protein.
More About LILLIE ESTELLE SHIRES:
Burial: March 05, 1928, Sadler Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas
Cause of Death: Pellagra, no secondary cause listed.
Notes for HAROLD DUDE FOWLER:
Tombstone Inscription:
FOWLER HAROLD D 1882 1940 LILLIE E FOWLER
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Bethlehem Cemetery aka Sadler Cemetery: Located south of US 82 on FM 901 south of Sadler.
More About HAROLD DUDE FOWLER:
Burial: Sadler Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage, Contributing Factor, High Blood Pressure
Census: 1910, Grayson County, Texas
Medical Information: Death Certificate
Occupation: 1910, Railroad Car Builder
Children of LILLIE SHIRES and HAROLD FOWLER are:
i. HAROLD DUDE FOWLER7 JR., b. February 01, 1903.
ii. CLAYTON EDWARD FOWLER, b. September 05, 1904.
68. iii. CLIFTON DEWITT FOWLER, b. September 05, 1904.
69. iv. MARY ESTELLE FOWLER, b. April 24, 1908.
70. v. LUCY LILLIAN FOWLER, b. October 02, 1914, Grayson County, Texas; d. 1990, Dallas County, Texas.
71. vi. JOHN DANIEL FOWLER, b. February 01, 1917.
72. vii. LIVING FOWLER, b. September 24, 1922, Sadler, Grayson County, Texas.
viii. LIVING FOWLER, b. January 25, 1926.
42. GENICE MYRTA6 SHIRES (JOHN SIDNEY5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born July 04, 1887 in Grayson County, Texas, and died January 20, 1972. She married DON HIGDON. He was born December 21, 1920 in Hagerman, Texas.
Notes for GENICE MYRTA SHIRES:
Tombstone Inscription:
HIGDON GENICE MYRTA SHIRES JUL 04,1887 JAN 20,1972
D/O- JOHN SIDNEY & ANNIE JULIA NICHOLS SHIRES
Hagerman Cemetery is located west of Pottsboro Tx. on Hagerman Rd.
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More About GENICE MYRTA SHIRES:
Burial: Hagerman Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas
More About DON HIGDON:
Burial: Hagerman, Texas
Child of GENICE SHIRES and DON HIGDON is:
i. LIVING7 HIGDON.
43. SUZIE GUSTIN6 SHIRES (JOHN SIDNEY5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born May 07, 1896 in Grayson County, Texas. She married (1) ? MILLER. She married (2) MAN MILLER in Basin Springs, Texas.
Children of SUZIE SHIRES and ? MILLER are:
i. LIVING7 MILLER.
ii. LIVING MILLER.
iii. LIVING MILLER.
iv. LIVING MILLER.
44. JESSIE CORINE6 SHIRES (JOHN SIDNEY5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born April 14, 1903 in north of Hagerman, Grayson County, Texas. She married MARSHALL FOREMAN RUSSELL September 26, 1920 in Hagerman, Grayson County, Texas. He was born May 30, 1894 in near Princeton, Texas, and died August 04, 1977 in Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
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Comment 1: Chauffeur to General John J. Pershing during WWI
Occupation: Farmer
Soldier: World War I
Children of J
ESSIE SHIRES and MARSHALL RUSSELL are:73. i. DAVID JAMES7 RUSSELL, b. July 19, 1921, Grayson County, Texas; d. San Antonio, Texas.
74. ii. IVY JUANITA RUSSELL, b. 1923.
75. iii. THELMA IRENE RUSSELL, b. 1926.
iv. MARY FRANCES RUSSELL, b. 1928; m. (1) LIVING HARDEMAN; m. (2) LIVING MEDLIN.
v. BETTY SUE RUSSELL, b. 1930; m. LIVING ELLIOTT.
vi. CHARLES NOLAN RUSSELL, b. 1933.
76. vii. GLORIA ANN RUSSELL, b. 1935.
viii. LINDA DARLENE RUSSELL, b. 1947; m. (1) LIVING LAKE; m. (2) LIVING WARREN.
45. HENRY ELI6 SHIRES (ROBERT P.5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born July 05, 1884, and died November 1953. He married (1) MINNIE OLA PHARES December 1902. She was born May 16, 1889, and died September 25, 1913 in Berry Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas. He married (2) BEULAH BLAKE 1918. He married (3) THELMA ADRIAN MCMILLAN 1933. She was born May 24, 1899 in DeQueen, Arkansas, and died March 30, 1972 in Denison, Grayson, Texas.
Notes for HENRY ELI SHIRES:
H. E. Shires Dead At Dog Show.
Henry E. Shires, 69 died suddenly of a heart attack Thursday at an Orr, Okla. , dog show still holding a second place ribbon he had just won with one of his Walker Foxhound pups.
A carman at the Katy Shops for the past 30 years, Shires had been a dog fancier for 20 years, with his
chief interest in the Walker Foxhounds which he bred.
Mr. and Mrs. Shires and Mrs. B.W. Mclerran were at the bench show with George Calloway of Durant. shires won his second place in the one to six-monthe old male puppy division with a pup named Starlight. The group was prparing to leave when Shires dropped dead.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 pm in First Baptist Church with Rev. Bob Ramsay, Pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery with Bratcher Moore in charge.
The family will be at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m.
Born at gordonville July 5, 1984, Shires was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Shires. He attended school at Gordonville and Denison and married Thelma Adrian of Durant in 1933. He lived at 711 West Heron and wa s member of the Baptist Church.
Surviviors include his widow; three sons, Robert L. Shires, Wichita Falls, Melvin P. Shires, Salasaw, Oklahoma, and Henry A. Shires, Denison; three daughters, Mrs. Simmons, Fort Worth, Mrs Verna Tidwell, Wichita Falls, and Mrs. Irene Goode, Denison; three brothers, Lawrence, Howard and Walter Shires all of Pottsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Jones, Denison, and Mrs Gertie Driggers, Pottsboro; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Grayson County, Texas
Children of HENRY SHIRES and MINNIE PHARES are:
77. i. WILLIE EDNA7 SHIRES, b. April 14, 1905, Hagerman, Grayson County, Texas; d. October 26, 1977, Fort Worth, Texas.
ii. MELVIN PAYNE SHIRES, b. August 16, 1907, Hagerman, Grayson County, Texas; d. July 17, 1970, Highland Cemetery, Durant, Oklahoma; m. ALYNE J. JACKSON, January 10, 1931, Tishmingo, Oklahoma; b. March 26, 1907, Preston Bend, Grayson County, Texas; d. March 01, 1986, Durant, Oklahoma.
More About ALYNE J. JACKSON:
Burial: Highland Cemetery, Durant, Oklahoma
78. iii. ROBERT LINCOLN SHIRES, b. July 24, 1909, Hagerman, Grayson County, Texas; d. April 17, 1974, Wichita Falls, Texas.
79. iv. VERNIA LEE SHIRES, b. February 22, 1912, Grayson County, Texas; d. January 21, 1995, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Child of HENRY SHIRES and BEULAH BLAKE is:
80. v. HENRY ALLEN7 SHIRES, b. August 11, 1919, Denison, Grayson, Texas; d. June 18, 1990.
Child of HENRY SHIRES and THELMA MCMILLAN is:
81. vi. THELMA IRENE7 ALLEN, b. May 09, 1922, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; d. September 18, 1999, Denison, Grayson, Texas.
46. GERTIE MAY6 SHIRES (ROBERT P.5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born January 21, 1886 in Gordonville, Grayson, Texas, and died April 07, 1972 in Denison, Grayson, Texas. She married WILLIE E. DRIGGERS December 26, 1909 in Gordonville, Texas. He was born July 27, 1884 in Fair Lee, Texas, and died January 27, 1960 in Sherman, Texas.
More About GERTIE MAY SHIRES:
Burial: April 09, 1972, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas
Children of GERTIE SHIRES and WILLIE DRIGGERS are:
82. i. LIVING7 DRIGGERS.
83. ii. LIVING DRIGGERS.
84. iii. LIVING DRIGGERS.
85. iv. LIVING DRIGGERS.
86. v. LEVA OLIVERINE DRIGGERS, b. February 14, 1910, Locust, Grayson, Texas; d. June 20, 1987, Denison, Grayson, Texas.
vi. FOY WALLACE DRIGGERS, b. October 21, 1911, Basin Springs, Texas; d. October 22, 1976, Denison, Grayson, Texas; m. LIVING WORBES.
More About FOY WALLACE DRIGGERS:
Burial: October 24, 1976, Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Texas
vii. BERNICE DRIGGERS, b. November 11, 1913, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas; d. December 05, 1919, Gordonville, Grayson, Texas.
87. viii. CARLOS DRIGGERS, b. April 01, 1915, Basin Springs, Texas; d. April 01, 1973, Denison, Grayson, Texas.
47. MOLLIE6 SHIRES (ROBERT P.5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born January 01, 1890 in Gordonville, Grayson, Texas, and died 1918 in Gordonville, Grayson, Texas. She married AARON GROVER LEWIS. He was born January 01, 1892 in Hagerman, Grayson County, Texas, and died May 19, 1965 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas.
More About MOLLIE SHIRES:
Burial: Berry Cemetery, Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas
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Burial: May 20, 1965, Georgetown Cemetery, Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas
Child of MOLLIE SHIRES and AARON LEWIS is:
88. i. LIVING7 LEWIS.
48. WALTER LEE6 SHIRES (ROBERT P.5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born February 09, 1895 in Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas, and died October 14, 1973 in Denison, Grayson County, Texas. He married CRAPE JONES May 15, 1915 in Pottsboro, Grayson, Texas. She was born July 15, 1897 in Batesville, Arkansas, and died February 05, 1960 in Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas.
More About WALTER LEE SHIRES:
Burial: October 18, 1973, Georgetown, Grayson County, Texas
More About CRAPE JONES:
Burial: Georgetown Cemetery, Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas
Children of WALTER SHIRES and CRAPE JONES are:
89. i. LIVING7 SHIRES.
ii. LIVING SHIRES, m. LIVING STEEL.
iii. LIVING SHIRES, m. LIVING THORNHILL.
49. FANNIE S.6 SHIRES (ROBERT P.5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born December 04, 1898 in Gordonville, Grayson, Texas, and died July 15, 1973 in Denison, Grayson, Texas. She married GEORGE COLUMBUS JONES December 19, 1919 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. He was born 1900, and died 1973.
Notes for FANNIE S. SHIRES:
Cedarlawn Memorial Park
Tombstone Inscription: JONES FANNIE SHIRES DEC 04,1898 JUL 15,1973
BORN GORDONVILLE, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
D/O- ROBERT P & SALLIE V KNIGHT SHIRES.
WED GEORGE COLUMBUS JONES, 1919 SHERMAN, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
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More About FANNIE S. SHIRES:
Burial: Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Grayson County, Texas
Children of FANNIE SHIRES and GEORGE JONES are:
90. i. LIVING7 JONES.
91. ii. LIVING JONES.
50. HOWARD RUBEN6 SHIRES (ROBERT P.5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born September 25, 1901 in Gordonville, Grayson County, Texas, and died May 26, 1974 in Denison, Grayson County, Texas. He married ANICE OPAL SEAT February 04, 1924 in Sherman, Grayson, Texas. She was born September 17, 1905 in Greenville, Texas, and died November 29, 1971 in Pottsboro, Grayson, Texas.
Notes for HOWARD RUBEN SHIRES:
Places of Residence: Gordanville, Hagerman and Pottsboro Texas
More About HOWARD RUBEN SHIRES:
Burial: May 28, 1974, Hagerman, Grayson County, Texas
Occupation: Lifetime as Railroad Laborer employed by Katy Railroad
More About ANICE OPAL SEAT:
Burial: December 12, 1971, Hagerman Cemetery Grayson Texas
Children of HOWARD SHIRES and ANICE SEAT are:
i. JEAN7 SHIRES.
92. ii. JOHNNIE SHIRES.
93. iii. LIVING SHIRES.
94. iv. LIVING SHIRES.
95. v. DOROTHY DEAVA SHIRES, b. September 03, 1924, Hagerman , Grayson County, Texas; d. February 09, 1992, Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas.
96. vi. BEVERLY CHARLENE SHIRES, b. December 03, 1944, M.K.T. Hospital, Denison, Grayson, Texas; d. April 21, 1990, Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
vii. BARBARA DARLENE SHIRES, b. December 12, 1944, M.K.T. Hospital, Denison, Grayson, Texas; d. December 16, 1944, M.K.T. Hospital, Denison, Grayson, Texas.
More About BARBARA DARLENE SHIRES:
Burial: Hagerman , Grayson County, Texas
51. CECIL C.6 SHIRES (JACOB WALTER5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born October 07, 1908, and died July 24, 1988 in Denison, Grayson County, Texas. He married LIVING COOK.
Child of CECIL SHIRES and LIVING COOK is:
i. LIVING7 SHIRES.
52. RUBY M.6 SHIRES (JACOB WALTER5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born December 07, 1900 in Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas, and died August 1997 in Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma. She married GARVIN REX CHAFFIN October 1920 in Gordonsville, Grayson County, Texas. He was born August 06, 1887 in Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi.
Children of RUBY SHIRES and GARVIN CHAFFIN are:
97. i. LIVING7 CHAFFIN.
98. ii. LIVING CHAFFIN.
99. iii. LIVING CHAFFIN.
iv. LIVING CHAFFIN, m. (1) LIVING BETTS; m. (2) LIVING ?.
v. LIVING CHAFFIN, m. (1) LIVING TITUS; m. (2) LIVING MONKS.
53. LIVING6 RANNALS (DELLIA5 SHIRES, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1)
Child of LIVING RANNALS is:
i. LIVING7 RANNALS.
54. LIVING6 SHIRES (JESSIE JAMES5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) He married LIVING BIERBOWER.
Children of LIVING SHIRES and LIVING BIERBOWER are:
i. LIVING7 SHIRES, m. LIVING WHITE.
ii. LIVING SHIRES, m. LIVING HODGES.
55. RAYMOND H.6 SHIRES (JESSIE JAMES5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1916, and died 2004. He married DOLLIE ?.
Children of RAYMOND SHIRES and DOLLIE ? are:
i. ROGER7 SHIRES, m. JERRY JO ?.
ii. GARY SHIRES, m. TYLENE ?.
56. LIVING6 SHIRES (JOSEPH SOLOMAN5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) He married LIVING MCALLESTER.
Children of LIVING SHIRES and LIVING MCALLESTER are:
i. LIVING7 SHIRES.
ii. LIVING SHIRES.
57. SYLVIA LEE6 SHIRES (JOSEPH SOLOMAN5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) She married (1) LIVING SCOTT. She married (2) LIVING CYRUS.
Children of SYLVIA SHIRES and LIVING SCOTT are:
i. LIVING7 SCOTT.
ii. LIVING SCOTT.
iii. LIVING SCOTT.
58. GLENN WILSON6 SHIRES (JOSEPH SOLOMAN5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born February 04, 1912 in Gordonville, Grayson, Texas, and died May 29, 1988 in Denison, Grayson County, Texas. He married GEORGIA DOROTHY PEPPERS, daughter of GEORGE PEPPERS and DELLA ARMSTRONG. She was born 1914, and died 2002.
More About GLENN WILSON SHIRES:
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
Children of GLENN SHIRES and GEORGIA PEPPERS are:
100. i. DAVID PINKY7 SHIRES.
ii. GAYLE EUGENE SHIRES.
iii. JAMES GALEN SHIRES.
iv. ORA DELLA SHIRES, m. ? WOODS.
v. LYNDA KAY SHIRES, m. ? FULCE.
101. vi. LIVNG SHIRES.
vii. MAGGIE JANELL SHIRES, m. ? AMOS.
59. JODY TROY6 SHIRES (JOSEPH SOLOMAN5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born December 03, 1921 in Bryon County, Oklahoma, and died December 09, 1993. He married TOMMY JANE LASHLEY.
Children of JODY SHIRES and TOMMY LASHLEY are:
i. MARY7 SHIRES, m. ? GROSZ.
ii. WANDA E. SHIRES, m. ? NELSON.
iii. JANE SHIRES, m. ? MYGRANTS.
iv. JODY L. SHIRES.
v. LIVING SHIRES.
102. vi. LIVING SHIRES.
60. ROYSE LOWELL6 SHIRES (HENRY LEONARD5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1917, and died 1998. He married AGNESS E. BAKER. She was born 1919.
Children of ROYSE SHIRES and AGNESS BAKER are:
103. i. GARALD ROYSE7 SHIRES, b. 1941.
104. ii. GLENDA E. SHIRES, b. 1958.
61. ALTON WAYNE6 SHIRES (HENRY LEONARD5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born 1909, and died 1985. He married IRENE HODGES.
Child of ALTON SHIRES and IRENE HODGES is:
i. BOBBY JEAN7 SHIRES, b. 1929.
62. FRED JOSEPH6 SHIRES (JOSEPH MADISON5, JOSEPH M.4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born March 30, 1903 in Gordonville, Grayson, Texas, and died January 1976 in Denison, Grayson County, Texas. He married MARY E. GREEN, daughter of ETHRIDGE GREEN and EVA DRINNON. She died 2004.
Children of FRED SHIRES and MARY GREEN are:
105. i. FRED DONVIN7 SHIRES, d. November 30, 1995, Liberty, Oklahoma.
ii. LIVING MAC SHIRES.
106. iii. LIVING SHIRES.
iv. LIVING BETH.
v. MARJORIE SHIRES, m. ? PRICE.
63. WILLIE EMMA6 SHIRES (CHARLEY PETER5, JACOB B.4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born November 30, 1890, and died August 31, 1978 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. She married JAMES EZEKIEL WILLINGHAM. He was born 1884, and died 1970.
Children of WILLIE SHIRES and JAMES WILLINGHAM are:
i. JULIE PEARL7 WILLINGHAM.
ii. ANNIE WILLIE WILLINGHAM.
iii. LILLIAN ALENE WILLINGHAM.
iv. SARAH RUTH WILLINGHAM.
v. WANDA CATHERINE WILLINGHAM.
vi. JOE WILLINGHAM, b. 1914; d. 1980.
vii. ROBERT EZEKIEL WILLINGHAM, b. 1916; d. 1916.
viii. NANCY NETTIE WILLINGHAM, b. 1917; d. 1917.
ix. ELLEN WILLINGHAM, b. 1920; d. 1999.
x. JOHN LEE STEVEN WILLINGHAM, b. 1922; d. 1922.
64. JACOB IRA6 SHIRES (CHARLEY PETER5, JACOB B.4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born June 19, 1895 in Maury County, Tennesee, and died April 14, 1972 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas. He married (1) LIVING JUNKERSFELD. He married (2) OLIVE CASSIE ARCHER August 02, 1919 in Tarrant County, Texas. She was born June 18, 1901 in Tarrant County, Texas, and died April 26, 1977 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
Notes for JACOB IRA SHIRES:
Jacob Ira Shires Sr. known as "Jake"
More About JACOB IRA SHIRES:
Burial: Laurel Oaks Cemetery, Lake June Road, Mesquite, Texas
Notes for OLIVE CASSIE ARCHER:
Laurel Land Cemetery Space 4, Lot 127 Section 45
More About OLIVE CASSIE ARCHER:
Burial: Laurel Land Cemetery, R. L. Thornton Frwy, Dallas, Texas
Children of JACOB SHIRES and OLIVE ARCHER are:
i. LIVING7 SHIRES, m. (1) HERBERT RICHARD QUEEN; b. July 24, 1915, Channing, Texas; d. May 21, 1969, Dallas, Dallas, Texas; m. (2) LIVING PAGE.
ii. JACOB IRA SHIRES JR., m. (1) LIVING ROSON; m. (2) LIVING WELLES.
iii. LIVING SHIRES, m. LIVING WISE.
iv. LIVING SHIRES, m. LIVING ADAMS.
v. LIVING SHIRES, m. LIVING FYFFE.
vi. LIVING SHIRES, m. LIVING WAMBLE.
vii. RUBY LOUISE SHIRES, b. October 09, 1923; d. January 10, 1972, Dallas, Texas; m. LIVING WOULFE.
65. JOHN RAINEY6 SHIRES (JOHN WALKER5, WILLIAM M.4, WILLIAM M.3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born February 16, 1901 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died December 19, 1966 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married PEARL MOORE, daughter of THOMAS MOORE and LOUISE JARATT. She was born May 10, 1907, and died January 12, 1985 in Maury County, Tennessee.
More About JOHN RAINEY SHIRES:
Burial: December 1966, Shires Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
More About PEARL MOORE:
Burial: January 1985, Shires Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee
Child of JOHN SHIRES and PEARL MOORE is:
107. i. LIVING7 SHIRES.
Generation No. 6
66. WILLIAM MAYFIELD7 CHUNN
(JOHN LOGAN GRANBERRY6, WILLIAM ANDREW5, MORIAH4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born December 31, 1925 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died April 24, 1998 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee. He married SARAH EVELYN BLACKBURN November 06, 1948 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. She was born October 04, 1928 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died September 08, 1988 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.Child of WILLIAM CHUNN and SARAH BLACKBURN is:
i. BILLIE GAIL8 CHUNN, b. December 17, 1949, Maury County, Tennessee; m. THOMAS HAROLD BROWN, April 16, 1971, Maury County, Tennessee; b. October 18, 1948, Williamson County, Tennessee.
67. LIVING7 CHUNN (HARMON THOMAS6, THOMAS JEFFERSON5, MORIAH4 SHIRES, DAVID3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) He married LIVING TURPIN.
Child of LIVING CHUNN and LIVING TURPIN is:
i. LIVING8 CHUNN, m. LIVING JOHNSON.
68. CLIFTON DEWITT7 FOWLER (LILLIE ESTELLE6 SHIRES, JOHN SIDNEY5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born September 05, 1904. He married LIVING MOSLEY.
Children of CLIFTON FOWLER and LIVING MOSLEY are:
i. LIVING8 FOWLER.
ii. LIVING FOWLER.
69. MARY ESTELLE7 FOWLER (LILLIE ESTELLE6 SHIRES, JOHN SIDNEY5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born April 24, 1908. She married LIVING HUGHES.
Child of MARY FOWLER and LIVING HUGHES is:
i. LIVING8 HUGHES.
70. LUCY LILLIAN7 FOWLER (LILLIE ESTELLE6 SHIRES, JOHN SIDNEY5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born October 02, 1914 in Grayson County, Texas, and died 1990 in Dallas County, Texas. She married (1) JEFF SHORT. He was born 1907, and died 1937. She married (2) CLAUDE MCCARLEY. He was born 1908, and died 1988.
Child of LUCY FOWLER and JEFF SHORT is:
108. i. LIVING8 SHORT, b. 1937.
71. JOHN DANIEL7 FOWLER
(LILLIE ESTELLE6 SHIRES, JOHN SIDNEY5, WILLIAM HENRY4, JACOB3, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON2, CHRISTIAN NAPOLEON1) was born February 01, 1917. He married (1) LIVING RAINEY.Endnotes
1. Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee Century Review 1805-1905, (Maury County, TN: 1905), 280.
2. Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler, Maury County Marriage Records 1852-1867, (1986), 33.
3. Sherman, Texas, "Sherman Democrat," January 2 & 3, 1952, 2.
4. Eddy County, New Mexico Marriage Book 19, 10649.
5. New Mexico Military Discharge Records 1900-1999 Book 1, 358.
