Charles Henry Shively And Nettie Davis In Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

 

Charles H. Shively Variety Store

Charles Henry Shively was born on 26-Nov-1872 in New Castle, Henry County, IN and died on 2-Oct-1962 in Las Vegas, Clark County, NV. He was the son of Peter Shively (1834-1893) and Susannah Shields (1836-1909).  Peter Shively was the son of Michael Shively (1807-1900) and Keziah Laboyteaux (1813-1860).  For additional information related to these families see the Shively blog articles written on Friday February 28, 2014 and Friday June 12, 2015. Charles Henry Shively married Nettie Davis in Oklahoma County, OK in Jun-1908. Nettie Davis was the daughter of Edwin R. Davis and Sarah Ellen King.  Charles Henry Shively was proprietor of a variety store called the Square Deal in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, MO from the 1920s through the 1940.  Per information in 1945 Norval A. Randol bought the Square Deal Variety Store and building on Broadway from Charles H. Shively who had operated it for 29 years.

Charles Henry Shively Death Certificate

Located on the 1880 Henry Township, Henry County, IN census is the household of Peter Shively age 46, wife Susannah age 41, daughter Ida age 16, daughter Olive age 15, daughter Adora age 13, daughter Laura age 13, son Charles age 8, son William age 7, son George age 5 and son Alonzo age 2.  Located on the 1900 Redding Township, Redding City, Shasta County, CA census is Charles H. Shively born Nov-1872, age 27 who is a clerk in a hardware store. On the 1910 Seattle City, King County, WA census is Charles H. Shively age 37 a traveling salesman, wife Bertha age 23 and son Gerald Davis age 1. On the 1920 Cape Girardeau City, Cape Girardeau County, MO census is the family of Charles H. Shively age 48 a retail merchant in a variety store, wife Nettie D. age 33 a sales woman in a variety store, son Gerald D. age 10 and son Gwen E. age 8. Listed on the 1930 Cape Girardeau City, Cape Girardeau County, MO census is the household of Charles H. Shively age 59 proprietor of a variety store, wife Nettie D. age 43 sales lady in variety store, son Gerald D. age 20 clerk in variety store, son Gwen E age 18 clerk in variety store and mother in law Sarah E. Davis age 69.  

Loren Stanton Shively And Katherine Medley In Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Missouri Death Certificate

Loren Stanton Shively was born 29-July-1881 in Edwardsport, Knox County, IN and died 16-April-1956 in Cape Girardeau County, MO. He was the son of Benjamin Shively and Rebecca Hoover.  Loren Stanton (L. S.) Shively was a conductor for the Frisco Railroad. He was married to Katherine Medley.

News articles were extracted from Missouri newspapers as follows:

The Weekly Tribune, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Friday, June 25, 1916, Page 3, Column 6: Mrs. Loren Shively of St. Louis   arrived in this city yesterday, where she will spend several days visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Medley, and other relatives and friends.

The Hayti Herald, Hayti, Missouri, November 4, 1915, Page 6, Column 3:

Mrs. L. S. Shively of St. Louis has been visiting in this city for the past several days. Mr. and Mrs. Shively were citizens of this city several years ago, and now Mr. Shively has a run out of this city and they will move again to Hayti.  We welcome them as citizens again.

The Hayti Herald, Hayti, Missouri, April 24, 1919, Page 6, Column 6:

The Caruthersville postmaster, Mrs. Gertrude McElvain, paid the Hayti postmaster, Mrs. C. S. York, a social call Wednesday afternoon.  Mrs. McElvain came over with her cousin, Mrs. L. S. Shively of this place who had gone over to the river city in her car.  Mrs. McElvain is the widow of the late Will McElvain, deceased, and has made and is making the best postmaster Caruthersville has had in a long time, according to the way the postmaster here speaks about her service, and we are sure she speaks with understanding since much of the financial business of this office is now transacted through the Caruthersville office, that being the Central Accounting Office of Pemiscot county, a new innovation introduced by the Burleson regimen, among the other good, bad and indifferent changes that have been made.

The Hayti Herald, Hayti, Missouri, July 10, 1919, Page 6, Column 4:

Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Shively and son, Edward, will leave tomorrow morning for Bicknell, Ind., making the trip in their automobile.  Mr. Shively will remain there only a short time, it being necessary for him to return to his Cape-Poplar Bluff run as conductor for the Frisco.  Mrs. Shively and son will remain there, later driving through northern Indiana, Michigan, and through the territory surrounding the Great Lakes.

The Hayti Herald, Hayti, Missouri, September 11, 1919, Page 5, Column 5:

Mrs. L. S. Shively and son, Edward, who have spent the last seven or eight weeks along the shores of the Great Lakes and visiting relatives and friends in Michigan and Indiana, returned home Sunday.  She reports having an excellent summer vacation.  She made the trip by automobile.