This site was created by Larry Shively who is researching the history of the Shively families. The goal is to have a site where all Shively researchers can share and ask questions in regards to their Shively lines. The largest majority of the Shively family records are located in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. There are early records of Shively's also in Virginia and Kentucky. There are not many established Shively lineages back to Europe. There are documented lineages to Switzerland and Germany. Through the sharing of information from all of our research it is desired that all can learn about our Shively families.

Sunday, August 27, 2017

George W. Shiveley, 1st Wife Sarah A. Gibson And 2nd Wife, Eliza Jane Arbuckle Who Lived In Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Oliver Shiveley, Sr Death Certificate
George W. Shiveley was born ca. 1837 and died 27-Feb-1892 in Beaver County, PA. He married 1st Sarah A. Gibson who was born ca. 1842 and died in 1872. George married 2nd Eliza Jane who was born ca. 1837 and died 21-Sep-1902 in Beaver County, PA.  George Shiveley and Sarah Gibson had at least the following children: 1) John B. born 10-May-1866 and died 5-Jul-1940, 2) William born 1869 and died 15-Jan-1927 and 3) George born 1871. George Shively and Eliza Jane Arbuckle had at least the following children: 1) James Arbuckle born 3-Jun-1873 and died 8-Jan-1957, 3) Marmer or Marion born 1878, and Lawrence born 16-Sep-1881 and died 5-Apr-1881.  Living in the household of George and Eliza Shiveley on the census records is Oliver Shiveley born 13-May-1875 and died 4-Jul-1963.  On his death certificate his parents are listed as George W. Shiveley and Sarah Ecoff.  

George Shiveley enlisted on 8-Jul-1861 at Granville, Tippecanoe County, IN in the 19 Indiana Infantry and was discharged on 4-Apr-1862 with a disability listed as asthma. He enlisted on 25-Aug-1862 at Pavonia, Richland County, OH in the 7 Ohio Infantry and was discharged on 12-Jan-1863 on a disability. On the 1860 Huntington County, IN census is George Shiveley age 21 and a brick maker. On the 1870 Bridgewater Borough, Beaver County, PA is the household of George Shiveley age 29, wife Sarah age 27, son John B age 4 and son William age 2.  George is listed as a brick moulder.  On the 1880 Beaver County, PA census is the household of George Shivelay age 42 a brick moulder, wife Eliza J age 40, son John age 14, son William age 11, son George age 9, son James age 7, son Oliver age 5 and son Mariner age 2. Listed on the 1900 Bridgewater Borough, Beaver County, PA census is the household of Eliza Jane Shiveley born Jul-1839, son Oliver born May-1876 and son Lawrence born Sep-1881.  

Many thanks of appreciation are given to the staff at the Beaver County Historical Society for assisting in finding the Beaver County obituaries for this research.  Eliza Jane Shively left a will  which was probated in Beaver County on 1-Oct-1902.  The following newspaper obituary for Eliza Jane Arbuckle Shiveley is as follows:
(From Thursdays Daily)
Mrs. Eliza Jane Shively
Mrs. Eliza Jane Shively, widow of the late George W. Shively, of Bridgewater, died at her home in Mulberry street, Wednesday Sept. 21, 1902 at 1 p.m. in her 65th year. Mrs. Shively had resided in Bridgewater most of her life. She was a daughter of James Arbuckle. She was a member of the First M. E., and is survived by her sons, James, Oliver, Lawrence and Marmer and step-sons, John, George and William. Two sisters, Mrs. Hartley resides in Idaha and Mrs. Mericher in California.  Funeral services will be conducted at the First M.E. church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment at Beaver cemetery.

The following obituary was found for Oliver Shiveley, Sr:
Oliver Shiveley, Sr.
Oliver Shiveley, Sr. of 314 Fifth St., Beaver, died unexpectedly Thursday morning in his home of a heart attack.
He was born May 13, 1876 in West Bridgewater, a son of the late George and Sara Ecoff Shiveley, and was a resident of Beaver for 43 years.
Mr. Shively was a retired employe of the Kidd Drawn Steel Division of H. K. Porter Company in West Aliquippa.
He was also a member of the First Methodist Church of West Bridgewater.
Surviving are his wife, Melva Atkins Shively; two sons, Oliver H. Jr and DuWayne C. Shiveley, both of Beaver; and three grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the J. T. Anderson, Jr. Funeral Home, 205 College Ave., Beaver this evening from 7 to 9 and Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Extracted from the Beaver County, PA newspapers is the following:
Bridgewater's Oldest Resident Dies, Was Prominent In Community Affairs
James Arbuckle Shiveley, 83, 599 Market street, Bridgewater, who had the distinction of being Bridgewater's oldest resident to have been born there and never left, died this morning in Beaver Valley hospital after a short illness.
A son of the late George and Eliza Jane Shiveley, he was born June 3, 1873, and retired three years ago after working for the Keystone Bakery for 53 years. Secretary of the Bridgewater school board for 34 years, Mr. Shiveley, was a member of the Methodist church there, its official board and served as president of the Beaver Valley Holiness association for nine years.
Survivors are a daughter, Miss Blanche Shiveley, at home, and two brothers, Oliver, of Beaver, and Marion, of East Liverpool. His wife, Mrs. Ida Masters Shiveley, died in 1948.
Friends will be received at the residence after 7:30 o'clock tonight.








Sunday, August 13, 2017

Samuel Shively (Sheibler) And Wives, Susannah Henry And Mary Henry, From Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

The subjects of the blog article written on May 17, 2014 were Samuel Shively (Shiebler) and his first wife Susannah Henry and second wife Mary Henry.  This week an ancestor of these families requested information on the Shively history.   

In the information written in 2014 mention was made of a newspaper article from The Democratic Press in Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio that Samuel evidently attempted to practice bigamy by being married to the both Henry sisters.   Samuel Shively was born 11-Oct-1842 in Pennsylvania, a son of Jacob Shively and (unknown) Kepple. Samuel died in Westmoreland County, PA on 9-Jul-1909. He was buried in Hillside Cemetery. His stone lists Samuel Shiebler 1842-1909, Co F 103 Pa Inf. and wife, Mary M (1852-1924).  He was first married to Susannah Henry a daughter of Frederick Henry III and Lydia Ann Gross.  Samuel and Susannah had at least three children:  William born 1868, Mary Jane born 1869, and Charles born 1874.  On 21-Apr-1874 in Montgomery County, OH Samuel married Mary Henry, sister of Susannah Henry.  Zachariah Taylor Henry who was a brother to Susannah and Mary reported the marriage of Samuel and Mary to authorities who arrested Samuel on charges of bigamy.  Samuel Shively and Mary Henry went on to have at least the following children:  Harry born 1875, John born 1879, Anna born 1880, Howard born 1882, Edward born 1884, Laura born 1886 and Lawrence born 1891.  After the separation from Samuel Shively on 3-Jul-1893 Susannah Henry Shively married a second time to Mark L. Campbell. 
Susannah "Susan" Henry was born 25-May-1846 and died 3-Jul-1914 in Westmoreland Co., PA.  Mary Henry was born 15-Sep-1852 and died 2-Apr-1924 in Westmoreland Co., PA.

An attempt was made to find additional information on the children of Samuel Shively. Following is some of the information found for this article:
Children of Samuel Shively and Susannah Henry
1. William E. Shively was born on 21-Aug-1867 and died 4-Dec-1961 in Turtle Creek, Allegheny County, PA.  He was married on 30-May-1901 to Katherine Ness Wishart. Katherine was a daughter of John Wishart and Katherine Hodge and was born in Scotland on 25-Jun-1870 and died in Allegheny County, PA on 15-Mar-1948. On census records William was listed as a farmer and then on the 1930 census he was a janitor at a school.
2. Mary Jane Shively was married to William Shuey on 8-Mar-1887. She was born 28-Apr-1869 and died 30-Jun-1962.
3. Charles Fredrick Shively was born 6-Apr-1873 in Westmoreland Co., PA and died 16-Jul-1946 in Pittsburg, Allegheny Co., PA  He was married to Mary Hudson on 15-Sep-1896. She was a daughter of William Hudson and was born 7-Sep-1870 and died 24-Jan-1937 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA. In 1910 Charles and Mary were living in Chicago, IL and he was a lamp trimmer for the gas company.  By 1930 they had moved to Allegheny Co., PA and he was a salesman for household supplies.

Children of Samuel Shively and Mary Henry
1. Harry L. Shively was born 1-Jan-1875 or 1876 and died 3-Nov-1963 in Westmoreland Co., PA.  He was married to Lucetta Baughman who was a daughter of James Baughman and Rose Oplinger.  She died in 1958 in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co., PA. On the 1910 census Harry was listed as a coal miner.
 2.John Frederick Shively was born 21-Apr-1878 in Greensburg, PA and died 24-Dec-1953 in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co., PA.  He was married to Lilly M Fox on 4-Sep-1906.  She was a daughter of James Fox and Alice Kenner and was born 7-Oct-1890 and died 29-Nov-1929.  On the 1910 census John was listed as a clerk in a grocery store and in 1920 was a track walker for the railroad.
3. Anna Shively born ca 1880
4. Howard Walter Shively was born 21-Dec-1882 in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., PA and died 17-Dec-1963 in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., PA.  He was married to Agnes M. Willard on 5-May-1904.  On the 1920 census Howard is a clerk in a grocery store and in 1930 he is a salesman for National Biscuit Company.  Howard Walter Shively and Agnes M. Willard had at least two children, a daughter Leona A. Shively and a son Kenneth Howard Shively who was born on 4-Sep-1910 and later married Gertrude.
5. Edward Cline Shively was born 28-Mar-1885 in Jeannette, Westmoreland Co., PA and died 14-Oct-1953 in South Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., PA.  He was first married to Margaret Sara Walker daughter of George Walker and Mary Smith.  Margaret was born on 15-Jan-1881 and died 15-Nov-1929.  He may have married a second time to Mary.  Edward was a motorman for the street railway or street car.
6. Laura Edna Shively born ca. 1886.  She may have married several times.  In Fayette Co., PA is a marriage for Laura Shively to Elijah Dean on 28-Oct-1915.  At some point Laura Shively was married to James Willard.  James Willard died on 3-Mar-1929 from a fractured spine and ribs after a bucket fell from a crane onto him.  There is a marriage for Laura Edna Willard and Walter Clair Kuhns for 5-Apr-1933. It is not understood why but she is still listed as Laura Willard on the 1940 Westmoreland County census records.
7. Lawrence Shively born ca 1891

Friday, August 4, 2017

Anna Mary (Maria) Scheiblen And Barbara Mary Scheiblen From Huntington County, Indiana

Johann Jakob Scheiblen (Scheiblin) married Anna Maria Roesin in Feldberg, Baden, Germany on 4-Apr-1831.  Johann Jakob Scheiblen was born on 29-Jan-1809 and was a son of Johann Goerg Scheiblen and Barbara Trefzer. Anna Maria Roesin was the daughter of Jakob Roesin and Anna Maria Schmidlin. Johann Georg Scheiblen and Barbara Trefzer were married on 24-Nov-1805.  

The family of Johann Jakob Schieblen and Anna Maria Roesin are listed on the passenger list of the ship Albany which arrived in New York on 7-Apr-1847.  The family includes Jacob age 38, Anne age 25, Marie age 10, Barbe age 4, Jacob age 8 and Frederic age 6. Frederick Scheiblin (Scheiblen) was the subject of the Shively blog on 16-Jul-2017 and Jacob Scheiblen was the subject of the Shively blog on 21-Jul-2017.  This weeks blog gives information on Anna Mary Scheiblen and Barbara Mary Scheiblen.

"Ann Mary" Shively married George Barnhart on 5-Oct-1851 in Huntington County, IN. The 1860 census record for Village of Huntington, Huntington County, IN list the family of George Bernhart age 42, wife Anna M. age 25, daughter Eleanor age 5, daughter Catharine age 2, and daughter Louisa age 2 months. On the 1870 Town of Huntington, Huntington County, IN census is the household of George Barnhart age 42, wife Mary age 36, daughter Elinora age 14, daughter Catherine age 11, daughter Barbara age 9, daughter Louisa age 7, and daughter Mary age 5.   

Information regarding the death of George Barnhardt was found in The Huntington Democrat, Huntington, Indiana, Thursday, March 18, 1886, Page 3, Column 3:
The city and county has lost a good citizen in the death of Mr. George Barnhardt, which occurred at his home in the First ward, last Tuesday. He was sick but a few days, but his disease baffled medical skill from the first and death soon came. Mr. Barnhardt, very probably, did not have an extensive acquaintance throughout the county as some have, but he was an honest, upright and moral man. For many years he kept the little barber shop on West Market street, and there day, after day, he could be found always pleasant and cheerful. He came to this place from Philadelphia thirty-eight years ago. He was born in Germany, but came to America several years before he came to the West. He leaves a widow (a second wife) and five daughters, four of whom live in Cincinnati and one in Newport, Ky., to mourn his death, but their grief is shared by all who knew him intimately. The funeral takes place to-day (Thursday) at 2 o'clock, from the Lutheran church, of which he has long been a faithful member. Deceased was 67 years and 7 months of age. Death was caused by inflammation of the bowels.

Mary Barbara Scheiblen was born 7-Nov-1843 in Germany and died 6-Dec-1910 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH. She was married to Henry Fred Kellermeyer who was born 10-Feb-1837 and died 18-Oct-1915.  Both are buried in Walnut Hills Cemetery in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH.  The daughters of Anna Mary Scheiblen Barnhart seem to have lived with Mary Barbara Scheiblen Kellermeyer after Anna Mary's death.  Listed on the 1880 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH census record is the household of H. F. Kellermeyer age 42, wife Mary B age 37, niece Lenore Barnhart age 24, niece Katy Barnhart age 22, niece Louise Barnhart age 20 and niece Mary Barnhart age 14. On the 1900 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH census is the family of Henry Kellermeyer born Feb-1837 age 63 married 28 years, wife Barbara born Sep-1843 age 56, having born 4 children with 1 child living, daughter Isabella born Oct-1881 age 18, niece Elener Barnhardt born Oct-1855 age 44, niece Katie Barnhardt born Dec-1857 age 42, and niece Mary Barnhardt born Jul-1866 age 33.

Located in The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Friday, December 9, 1910, Page 7, Column 1:
KELLERMEYER - Mary B. Kellermeyer (nee Scheiblin), age 67 years, beloved wife of Henry Kellermeyer, Tuesday, December 6 at 10:45 p.m., at residence, No. 318 Hopkins st. Funeral Saturday from the German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church at 2 p.m. Friends invited.