William Sylvester Shively And Adaline Coberly Who Lived In Fresno County, California

William Sylvester Shively was born on 9-May-1860 in Harrison County, MO and died 22-Jan-1947 in Fresno County, CA. He was the son of John M. Shively (1828-1863) and Lutitia (Letitia) Buntin (1824-1910). For more information on John M. and Lutitia Shively see the Shively blog article written on February 12, 2011.  William Sylvester Shively married Adaline Coberly and was the daughter of Isaac Neal Coberly and Mary Florine Sullivan.  Adaline was born on Aug-1868 and died on 19-Sep-1953 in Fresno County, CA.

Located on the 1860 Union Township, Harrison County, MO census is the household of John M. Shively age 31, wife Luticia age 36, son Isaac H age 7, son John W. age 5, daughter Mary E. age 4, daughter Martha A. age 2 and son William S. age 2 months. Listed on the 1870 Union Township, Harrison County, MO census is the family of Luticia Shively age 46, son Isaac H. age 17, daughter Mary E. age 14, and son William S. age 10. On the 1900 Fresno County, CA census is the family of Wm. S. Shively born May-1860 age 40, wife Adaline born Aug-1868 age 31, son Floyd E. born Aug-1887 age 12 and son Ernest born Mar-1890 age 10. 

Extracted from The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, Wednesday, January 22, 1947, Page 15, Column 5:

William S. Shively

William S. Shively, 86, of 3148 Iowa Avenue, a retired farmer, died today in a Fresno hospital after an illness of two years.

Shively was born in Harrison County, Kansas. He came to Fresno in 1900, moved to Santa Rosa in 1912 and returned here in 1943.

Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Adaline Coberly Shively; a son, Ernest Shively of Fresno; two nieces, Mrs. Murty Weaver of Fowler and Mrs. Emma Murrelli of Orange Cove, and a nephew, J. L. Shively of San Mateo.

The funeral will be held Friday at 1 P.M. in the Boice Chapel in Clovis, with Rev. V. F. Anderson of the Twelfth Street Baptist Church officiating and burial in the Clovis Cemetery.

Located in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, Saturday, September 19, 1953, Page 16, Column 6:

Mrs. Adaline Shively

FOWLER--Mrs. Adaline Shively, 85, a long time resident of this district, died today following a long illness. She was the widow of the late William S. Shively of Fresno; the mother of Ernest Shively of Auberry; the sister of Mrs. Alice Hawthorne, Mrs. Blanche Burns, Terry Coberly and Lester Coberly, all of Fresno, Cecil Coberly of Clovis, Clarence Coberly of Los Angeles and William Coberly of Oklahoma.

Funeral services will be announced by the Jorgenson Funeral Home of Fowler.

Additional information regarding Letitia Shively, mother of William S. Shively, was found in the Fowler Ensign, Fowler, California, Saturday, July 23, 1910, Page 4, Column 1:

Mrs. Letitia Shively Dies At Ripe Old Age Of Eighty-four

Mrs. Letitia Shively, mother of Mrs. G. W. Fuller died at her daughter's home in Fowler Monday, July 18, 1910 at the age of 86 years 2 months and 27 days.

Mrs. Shively was a native of Kentucky. At the time of the Civil War her husband lost his life for his country's sake and she was left alone with three small children to care for. Within a short time her eldest son died and the remaining son and daughter were present at the time of her death which occurred after a very long life the most of which had been in continuous service for others.

Mrs. Shively became a Christian in early womanhood and through all the years of trials, sorrows and difficulties which were lot after the death of her husband she never lost her faith in God, the Father and Christ, the Son.

The funeral services were held from the First Christian church, of which the deceased was a member, Tuesday morning at ten o'clock and in the absence of the pastor, were conducted by Rev. G. C. GIffen. A quartette sang "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me" and "Abide With Me" and Mrs. Nettie Pugh sang "We Are Going Down The Valley".

Interment was made in the Fowler cemetery at the close of the church service.

There are left to mourn the absence of the beloved mother the daughter, Mrs. G. W. Fuller of Fowler and a son W. T. Shively of Parlier with their families.

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We take this means of expressing our thankfulness to the friends who so kindly assisted us and gave expression in many ways to their sympathy for us during the protracted illness and the recent death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Leticia Shively

                                                                            Mrs. F. B. Fuller

                                                                            W. S. Shively

Austin Elmer Shively And Wife Rosa May Moore Who Lived In Fulton County, Indiana

Austin Elmer Shively

Austin Elmer Shively was born 14-Sep-1873 in Fulton County, IN and died 2-Apr-1949 in Fulton County, IN.  He was the son of William Shively and Mary Ellen Heeter.  William Shively and Roselia Shively, father and sister of Elmer Shively, were the subjects of the March 15, 2013 blog.  Elmer Shively was married to Rosa May Moore on 19-Dec-1896 in Fulton County.  Elmer and Rosa were the parents of the following children:  Devon (1898-1972), Lester (1902-1942), Raymond (1903-1966) and Mary born 1913.  Elmer and Rosa are listed on the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 Henry Township, Fulton Co., IN census records. Elmer is listed in the household of his son, Devon, on the 1940 Henry Township, Fulton County census record.

The following obituary was extracted from the Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, IN, Monday Evening, December 5, 1938, Page 9, Column 6:

Mrs. Elmer Shively Summoned By Death

Rochester, Ind., Dec 5 -- Mrs. Elmer Shively, 61, well known resident of the Athens community, died Sunday night at the home of her son, Lester Shively of Mishawaka.  Death followed a long illness.  Mrs. Shively had been in the home of her son for the past five months.

Mrs. Shively was born June 1, 1877, in Fulton county, daughter of Lafayette and Hannah Moore.  She spent her entire life in Fulton county.

Surviving are:  husband, Elmer Shively; three son, Devon Shively of Rochester and Lester and Raymond Shively of Mishawaka; one daughter, Mrs. Inez Walker, Mishawaka.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from Athens Church of God with Rev. Daniel Slaybaugh in charge.  Interment will be made in Mr. Hope cemetery in Athens.

Located in the Logansport Pharos-Tribune,  Monday Evening, April 4, 1949, Page 8, Column 6:

Hold Rites Today For Fulton Farmer

Rochester, Ind. -- Funeral rites for Austin Elmer SHively, 75, will be conducted at the Foster funeral home at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. Daniel Slaybaugh,  Akron.  Burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens.

Mr. Shively, a farmer of Newcastle township, died early Saturday morning at Woodlawn hospital after a four weeks' illness.

A lifelong resident of Fulton county, he was born September 14, 1873, the son of William and Mary Ellen Shively.  On December 19, 1896, he was married to Rosie May Moore who preceded him in death.

Surviving are two sons, Raymond, Mishawaka; and Devon, Rochester; one daughter, Mrs. Harry Miller, Akron; four brothers, Noah, Martin, and Charles, all of Rochester; and Everett, Akron; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Bryant and Mrs. Ola Shively, Akron; 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.  Another son and daughter are dead.