Charles Ambrose Shively And Wife Katie May Cope Who Lived In Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Charles Shively And Katie Cope Marriage

Charles Ambrose Shively was born 7-Aug-1875 and died 19-Jun-1904. Charles A. Shively was the son of Peter Shively and Eva Green.  Charles married Katie May Cope in Northampton County, PA on 16-Sep-1899.  They had one son, Roland Shively, born 8-Dec-1901 and died 27-Nov-1968.  Katie Cope Shively married Harvey W. Peiffer in Northampton County, PA on 3-Sep-1906.  

Charles Shively was the son of Peter Shively and Eva Green.  Peter Shively was born 28-Jan-1836 and died 5-Mar-1926 in Lehigh County, PA.  Eva Green Shively was born 13-June-1849 and died 18-Jun-1915 in Lehigh County, PA.  Peter Shively was the son of George Shively and Sarah Abel.   George Shively was born 17-Aug-1807 and died 19-Feb-1863. Sarah Abel was born 5-May-1805 and died 29-May-1875.  For additional information on George Shively and Sarah Abel read the Shively blog article written on 18-Jul-2015.

Katie Cope Shively And Harvey Peiffer Marriage

The following article was extracted from The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Tuesday, June 21, 1904, Page 1, Column 1:

Asleep When Death Came

Charles A. Shively Sat On Track And Was Struck By Train

Had Been On Fish Trip

Exhausted From Loss Of Sleep He Sat Down on Track And Was Struck--

Parents Reside At Catasauqua

Charles A. Shively, who resided near the Bixler-Jones foundry between Freemansburg and Bethlehem, met sudden death Sunday morning at 4:30 o'clock on the Central Railroad of New Jersey tracks. He was employed by the Bethlehem Steel Company and worked on Friday night and was through then at the shops until Monday morning. He did not sleep on Saturday and on Saturday evening started with some friends on a fishing trip to the Lehigh near Freemansburg. After fishing during the night Shively started for home. He sat down to rest on the outside edge of the sills of the cast-bound track and fell asleep.

The engineer of the freight saw the huddled figure of a man sitting close to the rails, his head bent over in his hands and sounded the whistle. The figure failed to move, though the shrill blasts blew loud and long. It was impossible to stop the train. Death was instantaneous. A deep cut back of the right ear, the back of the skull split, and a broken shoulder blade were the fatal injuries. The body was carried to the Central Railroad station and later brought by Undertaker Weirbach, of South Bethlehem, to the late home of the deceased, where Coroner Schleicher held a view yesterday morning.

The deceased was the son of Peter and Eva Green Shively, of Catasauqua, and was born in Lower Saucon township on August 7, 1875. He was married on September 17, 1889, to Miss Kate Cope, who survives him, as does a little son, Roland. His parents, three sisters, Mrs. Milton Serfoss, of Freemansburg; Mrs. James Kratzer and Mrs. Elmer Trine, of Catasauqua, and three brothers,  Edward, Herbert and William, of Catasauqua, also survive. The funeral will take place on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. Interment will be made at Catasauqua.

George Shively And Wife, Sarah Abel, Who Lived in Bucks County, PA

The subject of the Shively blog on 3-July-2015 was James W. Shively.  James W. Shively (1866-1953) was the son of John Shively and Sarah Elizabeth Bickert. John Shively was the son of George Shively born 17-Aug-1807 and died 19-February-1863 in Bucks County, PA and Sarah Abel.  Additional information was found on the children on George Shively.

On the 1850 Saucon Township, Northampton County, PA census is the household of George Shively, wife Sarah, daughter Maria, daughter Mary Ann, daughter Margaret, son Peter, daughter Cecilia, son William, daughter Sarah, son John, daughter Susanna and daughter Hannah.  On the 1870 Lower Saucon, Northampton County, PA census Sarah Abel Shively is listed in the household of son Peter Shively, wife Eva and mother Sarah age 65.

The following newspaper obituary was extracted from The Allentown Leader, Allentown, PA, Thursday, January 1, 1903, Page 1, Column 3:

Death Of Mrs. Sloyer

Mrs. Maria Sloyer, widow of Abram Sloyer, died at her home near Springtown, aged 72 years and 14 days.  She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Shively.  She was the mother of 15 children.  The following survive:  William H. and Preston, Springtown; David, Williams Township; Abraham, Finesville, N.J.; Aaron, Bingen; Auguste, Durham; Daniel, Alliance; Goerge, Hellertown; Mrs. John Bigg, Springtown and Mrs. Milton Youngken, Quakerstown.  She is also survived by three brothers and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Fisher, Wooster, O.; Mrs. Mary Ann Fisher, Spring Valley; Peter Shively, Catasauqua; William Shively, Hellertown; and John Shively, Maryland.

The PA death certificate for Mary Ann Shively Reiss records born 22-Jul-1830 and died 31-Aug-1923.  The cause of death is listed as accidental burns of entire body caused by smoking her pipe and clothing caught fire. Located in the Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA, Saturday, September 1, 1923, Page 16, Column 6:

Woman, 93, Dies Of Shock When Her Pipe Starts Fire

Bethlehem, Sept. 1. --  Mrs. Mary Reiss, 93, living with her daughter, Mrs. Nathaniel Stahler, on the Friedensville-Center Valley road, was killed in her bedroom there about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, when her clothing caught fire from a pipe she was smoking.  The shock and burns caused her almost instant death.  She had been unable to leave her room the last six years, being feeble.

Margaret Shively was born ca 1833.  She was married to John Kroft Fisher.  They lived in Wooster, Wayne County, OH.

The PA death certificate for Peter Shively records born 28-Jan-1836 and died 5-Mar-1926 in Lehigh County, PA.  The newspaper obituary is found in the Easton Express, Easton, PA, March 6, 1926:

Peter Shively

Peter Shively, probably the oldest resident in point of years in Catasauqua, died in the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Trine, that place, yesterday.  Mr. Shively had attained the age of 90 years and 1 month, and his demise is attributed to ills incidental to advanced age.

He was born in Bucks county and for years was employed as a blacksmith, later owning his own establishment.  Fifteen years ago he retired and made his home in West Catasauqua, seven years later taking up his residence in the Trine residence.

These children survive:  Mrs. Emma Frey and William Shively, Fullerton; Edward Shively, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Elmer Trine, Catasauqua and Mrs. Amanda Serfass, Hellertown.

Drucilla "Cecelia" Shively Snyder was born ca 1837 and died 1900.  Extracted from The Allentown Leader, Allentown, PA., Wednesday, March 14, 1900, Page 2, Column 5:

Dead On The Bushkill

Mrs. Drucilla Snyder, wife of William Snyder, residing along the Bushkill Creek, near Rock Mill, died of dropsy, aged 63.  Besides her husband she leaves four son, Charles W. and Elmer E. Snyder, Easton; Oscar W. and Allen Snyder, Forks Township; one daughter, Mrs. Albert Caskey, Palmer Township.  Three brothers, P. Shively of Lehigh County, William Shively of New Jersey, and John Shively of Maryland and two sisters, Mrs. Abraham Slover of Lower Saucon and Mrs. John Rice of Lehigh County, also survive.

The PA death certificate for William H. Shively records born 2-Sep-1839 and died 15-Mar-1925 in Hellertown, Northampton County.  Cause of death was cancer of the face. 

John Shively was born 1843 and died 1928.  He is buried in Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, Caroline County, MD.  He was married to Sarah Elizabeth Bickert who was born 6-Sep-1848 and died Feb-1917.