Charles Wilson Shively And Bessie Grace Kenreigh Who Lived In Portage County, Ohio

 

Shively Store, Ravenna, Portage Co., OH

Charles Wilson Shively was born on 28-Mar-1881 in Diamond, Portage County, OH and died on 8-Aug-1933 in Ravenna, Portage County, OH. He was married on 14-Jun-1904 in Portage County to Bessie Grace Kenreigh who was the daughter of Noah L. Kenreigh and Mary Stollsmith. Bessie Grace Kenreigh was born on 1-Apr-1886 in Kansas and died on 29-Sep-1949 in Ravenna, Portage County, OH. Charles and Bessie are buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Portage County, OH.

Charles Wilson Shively was the son of Elijah J. Shively (born ca. 148 died 12-Mar-1896 in Stark County, OH) and Margaret Lucy Wilson (born 25-Oct-1848 Canfield, Mahoning County, OH and daughter of Samuel Wilson and Mary Porter). Elijah J. Shively was the son of Charles Shively (born 3-Jan-1823 in PA died 6-Mar-1905) and Lucy Ann Noel (born 3-Mar-1825 died 5-Oct-1907).

Charles Wilson Shively

Located on the 1900 Ravenna Village, Portage County, OH census are Margarit L. Shiveley born Oc-1850 age 49 widowed and son Charles W. born Mar-1881 age 19 a salesman in dry goods. On the 1910 Ravenna City, Precinct A, Portage County, OH is the household of Noan L. Kenriegh age 46 a commercial trading in machinery, wife Mary B. age 45 a sales lady in dry goods, son-in-law Charles W. Shively age 29 a merchant in dry goods and daughter Bessie G. age 24 a sales woman in dry goods. Listed on the 1920 Ravenna City, Portage County, OH census are Noah Kenreigh age 64 a traveling salesman in machinery, wife Mary age 58 a cashier in dry goods store, son-in-law Charles W. Shively age 38 a merchant in dry goods and daughter Bessie G. age 33 a book keeper in dry goods. 

Located in a scrapbook in the Portage County, OH library was the following newspaper obituary for Charles W. Shively:

Heart Attack Takes Life Of Business Man

Well Known Citizen Had Lived Here Many Years

Charles W. Shively, Ravenna business man, died very suddenly at his home, West Main street, at the hour of 8:35 o'clock, Tuesday morning, following a heart attack which developed shortly after he arose from the breakfast table.

He complained of a feeling of physical distress in his left side, but after resting for a time, said he felt better, and went to his filling station at the front of his residence. Soon afterward he experienced another attack and returned to the house, where his condition became rapidly worse to the end. He had been in apparent health and there was nothing to indicate the approaching stroke up to the moment of the sudden prostration.

Loyal Citizen

In the passing of Charles Wilson Shively Ravenna has lost a sterling citizen and the community a Christian gentleman, who gave himself to the promotion of its higher welfare. Whenever assistance was needed in the work of bettering conditions for social and moral uplift, he was there with ready response and willing hand. Briefly, it may be said of him that he tried to live to his ideals, which was a friend of his fellow man, a loyal citizen worthy of the high esteem in which he was held. His presence in the community was an asset and an inspiration.

He was born at Diamond Station in Palmyra township, March 28, 1881, son of Elijah and Margaret Wilson Shively where the family lived several years before going to Alliance, where his father died. The mother came to Ravenna with her two children some time afterward, where he attended high school. He then started to make his own livelihood, entering the employ of S. M. Reimold, Ravenna merchant and of the widely known dry goods house of D. M. Clewell. In 1906 he entered the mercantile business for himself in which he continued for many years until opening an Art Shop and Team Room on North Chestnut street from which he recently retired to open a filling station on his home premises. 

The following newspaper article was also found in the Portage County, OH public library:

Shively-Kenreigh

A beautiful home wedding was celebrated at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Kenreigh at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening. The contracting parties were Mr. Charles Wilson Shively and Miss Bessie Grace Kenreigh. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Elmer E. Whittaker in the presence of the family and immediate friends. The parlors were decorated with palms, ferns and flowers and the young people, after having taken the marriage vow, received the happy congratulations of those present. Mr. Shively is a popular clerk at Clewell's dry goods house and his many friends wish for him the largest success and great happiness. Miss Kenreigh is an accomplished young lady in music and by her genial manners and kindly services among the people of the city is held in the highest esteem. They begin their married life with the best regards of the many friends.

Joseph Warren Shively From Portage County, Ohio

In doing research for this week's blog and trying to find an article related to Valentine's Day the subject will be Joseph Warren (J. W.) Shively.  J. W. Shively passed away in Washington, D. C. on 14-February-1897.  Joseph Warren Shively was the subject of this blog on 30-April-2011.

Extracted from The Cleveland Leader, Monday Morning, February 15, 1897, Page 1, Column 2:

Kent Man Dies At Washington

Kent, O., February 14 --  Dr. J. W. Shively, of Kent, died in Washington, D.C., today.  He was connected with the Pension Department.   Dr. Shively was a director of the Kent National Bank and was a well-known gentleman.  The remains will be brought here for burial Tuesday.

Additional information regarding J. W. Shively was located in The Cleveland Leader, Thursday Morning, November 23, 1876, Page 3, Column 2:

Dr. J. W. Shively, who for the past ten years has been a resident of this place and who has enjoyed a very extensive practice, is about to open an office in Harkness Block, corner of Euclid and Wilson avenue, Cleveland, and locate permanently in that city.  The doctor's many friends will regret to learn of this move, and yet all will join with us in hoping that he will soon realize a remunerative practice in his new and broader field of labor. --Kent Bulletin

Joseph Warren Shively and wife are buried in the Standing Rock Cemetery, Kent, Portage County, Ohio.  Joseph Warren Shively was born on 24-September-1833 and died 14-February-1897.  His wife, Amelia Kent, was born 26-September-1837 and died 13-June-1912.

Joseph Warren Shively And Wife, Amelia L. Kent Of Portage County, Ohio

Civil War Navy Survivors Certificate

Recently on Footnote a unique set of records were located entitled Navy Survivors Certificates from the Civil War.  These records are the pension applications for the veterans who served in the Navy.  Included in these records is the application for Dr. Joseph Warren Shively.  The records within this application are a wonderful history source for the genealogist working on this Shively line.

Dr. Joseph Warren Shively enlisted in the Navy on January 15, 1861 and was discharged on March 18, 1865.  He held the rank as surgeon ranking with Lieutenant and was stationed in Cairo, Illinois.  His original pension was issued as $12.50 from October 31, 1885.  On May 25, 1889 this amount was increased to $18.75.  The justification for the pension were listed as disease of the heart and nervous system.  Reasons listed on the application for the pension included rheumatism, pain in right shoulder, affliction of the heart and bladder and general neurosis.

  Included in the pension information is a copy of the marriage certificate for Joseph W. Shively and Amelia L. Kent.  They were married in Cuyahoga County, Ohio on 5-October-1863.

 Also included in the information is a death certificate from the District of Columbia for Joseph Shively.  The date of death is listed as February 14, 1897 at the age of 63 years.  It states he was born in Columbiana County, Ohio.  He was buried in Kent, Portage County, Ohio.  

  Following is part of the information extracted from the application:  I am the claimant & base my claims for a pension on the following grounds.  When I entered the U.S. Naval Service in 1863 I was a healthy man as the act of the Medical Board which passed upon my professional & physical fitness will attest & when I left in 1865 I was broken in health as the Medical Survey held upon me a few month previously will show.   After my resignation which was chiefly due to ill health I resided for one year at Massillon, Ohio, my former home.  I then suffered from palpitation, irregularity & other abnormal symptoms of the heart.  I was afflicted with frequently recurring carbuncles & boils.  I suffered from a wearing pain in my right scapula & shoulder.  I also had frequent attacks of bladder irritation.  These symptoms have followed & clung to me ever since.  Sometimes better, sometimes worse.  A close correlation seems to exist between them.  Of late years, say four or five, my heart has been better but my shoulder & bladder are getting worse.  The trouble in my shoulder consists of pain, numbness, & loss of power & motion of the muscles attached to the scabula & supper arm.  I have no rhumatism in these parts of the body.  The bladder trouble consists in frequency of micturation with pain & distress and atony of that organ.  The urine is sometimes loaded with the urates & phosphates & sometimes perfectly normal.  I have found both sugar & albumen in it.  For about ten years after moving to my present residence, E, I, from 1866 to 1875 I was engaged in the drug business, thinking my health was better suited to it, then home country practice.  Since 1875 I have been engaged in the practice of medicine doing an office village practice chiefly but whether practicing my profession or otherwise employed I have been fearfully handicapped by my infirmities in the race for success.  During the first ten years after my resignation, I depended mainly for medical advice & treatment upon my former preceptor & friend Dr. A. Metz  of Massillon O. now deceased who were he alive now might (    ) testify to my continued ill health  after leaving the Navy & to my good health prior to entering it.  I have also consulted my medical colleagues of this place (Drs. Sawyer, Sherman & Price).  I have been largely guided by their advice & suggestions.  But treatment has uniformly failed or been at best only palliative.   I have found the best treatment to consist in general tonics such as strychnine  (  ) & (   ) & rest.  I formerly fancied my heart trouble to be organic, that of my shoulder to be due to aneurism or tumors beneath the capaula.  My bladder affliction to depend upon enlarged prostate. But later I have come to the conclusion that all my troubles are  ( ) neurotic dependent upon a broken down (   ) or on some profound & permanent derangement or injury of the nervous system caused, brought about, by over work & ailments malarial, climatic & other unsanitary influences, to which I was exposed during my service in the Navy.   One thing is certain, that I entered the service a strong & healthy young man, and that I left it & since remained a broken down man.  That pains & infirmities have been my constant  companions that I have been more or less incapacitated from doing the common acts of life properly let alone performing manual labor.

      Witness

        S. P. Wolcott                                            Joseph W. Shively

        R. A. Thompson