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Post by John Fuhring on Feb 7, 2020 1:01:33 GMT -5
Hello. My great grandfather was Dr. John Shirley. According to family history, he and his brother William arrived in New Orleans from Ireland just as the Mexican War was starting. John Shirley enlisted in the U.S. Army when it marched through. He received medical training as a hospital steward during the war. After the war, he volunteered to see to the medical needs of the Civilized Tribes and the Indian Agency officials in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), becoming the first official government doctor there. He and his brother were well liked and trusted by the Native Americans and were allowed to set up an elaborate network of trading posts throughout the Territory before, during and after the Civil War. After the CW, he supplied the government agencies and military with food, animal feed and hardware through government contracts. His untimely death in 1875 was due to an accidental poisoning by his own medicine. I would very much like to know where he came from in Ireland and if the Shirley name can still be found in Ireland.
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Post by Admin: Ken on May 27, 2021 12:25:38 GMT -5
Your query motivated me to gather all that I knew about your family, to spend hours searching for more and then to incorporate what you posted above into a new USA Branch on the Shirley website
I have now created a new Branch #106 for your family. Navigate to the USA lineage section in the Non-members' area of the website to see.
Please contact the Shirley Association if you find errors or can add new information. Thanks, Ken (Shirley Association)
106. Shirleys of Caddo Co OK Dr John Shirley and brother William Shirley were brothers, born in Ireland, early pioneers of Oklahoma Territory, operating several trading posts in and around Caddo Co New
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Post by Frances Cutting on Oct 11, 2021 20:24:05 GMT -5
I am researching a John Lucius Smith who appeared in Edgefield Co SC in 1870 census. He was single, and 30 yrs old. In the 1880 census, his wife was a widow with three sons. Oral family history said John Lucius Smith was running from the law in Texas and came to South Carolina because he knew the sheriff. Also that his surname was Shirley. Fast forward to now, my son did ydna test that indicates the surname is Shirley. There were six y matches, 5 were Shirley. One was Kelley.
We are trying to find this man’s family. He said he was a physician and practiced medicine in Aiken Co. SC. His wife was Anna Helen Glover. We find no death record, just the wife as widow in 1880 census.
I have autosomal dna on three of his descendants and the ydna test. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Post by Frances Cutting on Oct 12, 2021 10:19:03 GMT -5
I am researching a John Lucius Smith who appeared in Edgefield Co SC in 1870 census. He was single, and 30 yrs old. In the 1880 census, his wife was a widow with three sons. Oral family history said John Lucius Smith was running from the law in Texas and came to South Carolina because he knew the sheriff. Also that his surname was Shirley. Fast forward to now, my son did ydna test that indicates the surname is Shirley. There were six y matches, 5 were Shirley. One was Kelley. We are trying to find this man’s family. He said he was a physician and practiced medicine in Aiken Co. SC. His wife was Anna Helen Glover. We find no death record, just the wife as widow in 1880 census. I have autosomal dna on three of his descendants and the ydna test. Any help will be greatly appreciated. |
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Post by Frances Cutting on Oct 12, 2021 10:20:06 GMT -5
Sorry to post twice. Not tech.
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