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From: "Spencer and Audrey" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Martha Jane White and the Shirleys - Bernie
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:15:05 -0600
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William Elisha Shirley born in AL 1829 or 1830 died 10-1-1910
Married to Caroline Seaton who was born 12-15-1835 and died 4-2-1916 both
are buried in Providence Cem in Sharp Co. AR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie Moore-Knowles" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Martha Jane White and the Shirleys - Audrey


> Alright Audrey!
>
> A real life descendant to ask questions of!
>
> So tell me, who is Mary Shirley White's parents? Elisha Shirley or is
Henry
> Shirley her father?
>
> And?
>
> Which one is your Little Doc in these 1880 records? Or is either one?
>
> 1880 CENSUS:
> Census Place: Johnson, Sharp, Arkansas
> Source: FHL Film 1254057 National Archives Film T9-0057 Page 138D
> Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
> Daniel WHITE Self M W 24 TN
> Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN
> Delitha J. WHITE Sister F W 37 TN
> Occ: At Home Fa: TN Mo: TN
> William WHITE Brother M S W 11 AR
> Fa: AR Mo: AR
> George W. WHITE Nephew M S W 6 IL
> Fa: TN Mo: AR
> Sarah WHITE Other F W 65 TN
> Fa: GA Mo: NC
>
>
> 1880 Census Place: Piney Fork, Sharp, Arkansas
> Source: FHL Film 1254057 National Archives Film T9-0057 Page 125B
> Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
> William WHITE Self M S W 25 TN
> Occ: Farmer Fa: KY Mo: TN
> David WHITE Brother M S W 22 TN
> Occ: Works On Farm Fa: KY Mo: TN
> Louisa WHITE Sister F S W 15 GA
> Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: TN
>
> Surely, these Whites in Piney Fork Township are connected to those in the
> Johnson Township?
>
>
> Bernie Moore-Knowles
> Phoenix, Arizona
>
> "I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood for you to
> question my honesty." ........Will Rogers
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Spencer and Audrey" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] Martha Jane White and the Shirleys
>
>
> > Here is what I have given to me from friends and family:
> >
> > Little Doc White (Daniel,Lindzey) aprox b:1850 married1880 Mary
E
> > Shirley prox b:1857
> > Kids
> > Martha Jane White - Walker feb 11,1889
> > Zela M White - Haynes feb 4 1896
> > Nannie J White -Conyers Dec 10 1884
> > William White Oct 1 1898
> > Eugene M White Nov 13 1886
> > Chester E Mar 19 1891
> > Callie S(Sarah Caroline) Nov 17 1882 =========
my
> > great grandmother married Joseph Franklin (Benjamin,Frank) b: 1889
> > married 11-17-1945. Both buried in Conyers Cem
> >
> > I have conflicting ages for Doc White b: 1850-1856.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Vera Reeves" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 4:10 PM
> > Subject: [ARIZARD-L] Martha Jane White and the Shirleys
> >
> >
> > > Lady, I really don't know where you store all your files.
> > > Here's some Sharp County marriage dates for you. I'm putting them
where
> > they
> > > might fit. You have to decide if they really do.
> > >
> > > > Descendants of William "Elisha" Shirley
> > > > 1 William "Elisha" Shirley b: 1830 in Alabama d: October 01, 1910
> > > > . +Caroline Seaton b: 1835 in Tennessee
> > > > ........ 2 Mary Shirley b: 1865
> > > > ............ +D. Lindsey "Doc" White b: Abt. 1855 in Tennessee m:
> August
> > > 05, 1880 in Sharp Co., Arkansas
> > >
> > > Note Mary's middle intial
> > > Mary E. Shirley 21 of Johnson
> > > m. 5 Aug 1880
> > > D. L. White 24 of Johnson
> > > shows age 21 if born in 1865 that's got to be wrong ???
> > >
> > > > ................... 3 Zela M. White
> > > > ....................... +? Haynes
> > > > ................... 3 Nancy J. "Nannie" White b: December 10, 1884
> > > > ....................... +Franklin M. Conyers
> > > > ................... 3 William White
> > > > ................... 3 Eugene M. White
> > >
> > > White, E. M. 22 of Cushman
> > > m. 28 Apr 1909
> > > myrtle A. Waters 22 of Sandtown
> > >
> > > > ................... 3 Callie White
> > > > ....................... +? Steward
> > >
> > > White, Callie 21 of Barren Fork
> > > m. 17 Apr 1907
> > > J. F. Stewart 17 of Polk Bayou
> > > letter of consent to the clerk signed by
> > > J. H. Stewart and E. T. Stewart
> > >
> > > > ................... 3 Chester E. White
> > >
> > > White, C. E. 19 of Poughkeepsie
> > > m. 14 Oct 1894
> > > Lissa VAnce 22 of Evening Shade
> > > don't see how this one can the the the Chester E. above unless he was
> born
> > > before the marriage of his parents.
> > >
> > > > ................... 3 Martha Jane White b: February 08, 1889 d:
April
> > 26,
> > > 1954 in Memphis, Shleby Co., Tennessee Burial: Elmwood Cemetery-Shelby
> > Co.,
> > > Tennessee
> > > >
> > > > ....................... +Perry Caswell Walker b: October 11, 1885 in
> > Sage,
> > > Izard Co., Arkansas m: January 28, 1920 in Grant Co., Oklahoma d:
> January
> > > 28, 1961 in Miami Ottawa Co., Oklahoma Burial: Elmwood Cemetery-Shelby
> > Co.,
> > > Tennessee
> > > >
> > > > ............................. 4 Ewal Garfield Walker
> > > >
> > > > ................................. +Virginia Clark
> > >
> > >
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