Children Of William Marion Shiveley (Shively) And Nancy Elanore Easter In Adams County, Ohio And Scioto County, Ohio

William Marion Shiveley (Shively) was born 9-October-1840 and died 24-December-1925. He was the son of Jacob Shively and Elinor Hornback.  William Marion Shiveley was married on 14-January-1862 in Adams County, Ohio to Nancy Elanore Easter.  She died in Scioto County, Ohio on 29-May-1923.

William M. Shiveley and Nancy Elanore Easter were the parents of at least eleven children:  George Washington born 15-Aug-1863 died 26-September-1924, Charles Edward born 8-January-1864 died 30-July-1931, Alice Jane born ca 1866, William Marion born 9-March-1868 died 13-January-1920, Charlotte Ella born 1-January-1870 died 19-July-1924, Mollie Baltimore born ca 1871, Maggie May born 15-March-1873 died 8-April-1941, Cora Ellen born ca 1875, Jacob Austin born 17-Dec-1876 died 27-January-1881, Clark Ayres born 26-October-1878 died 14-October-1921 and Henry Anson born 7-April-1883 died 28-January-1917.  The family of William M. Shiveley (Shively) and Nancy Elanore Easter are located on the 1870, 1880, and 1900 Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio census records.  They are listed on the 1900 and 1910 Niles Township, Scioto County, Ohio census records.

A newspaper search was done to try to find additional information on the children of William Marion Shiveley and Nancy Easter.  Located in the Portsmouth Daily Times, Friday, September 26, 1924, Page 20, Columns 5-6:

George Shively, well known carpenter, dropped dead of heart trouble in his home, 1507 Kinney street, about six o'clock this morning. He had not been in the best of health for the past eight weeks, but during the past two weeks felt much improved. He had been able to be up and around the house and arose as usual this morning. He had been up only a short time when an attack of heart trouble caused his death.

Mr. Shively was born in the Selig community, near West Union, and came to this county after marriage and had spent all of his married life here. On August 25 last he was 62 years of age.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Christine Boss Shively, three sons, Clarence of this city; Nicholas, Roanoke; Stanley, Seattle, Wash., and two daughters, Mrs. W. J. Stanley, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Cecil Marshall, Cleveland.  A brother, Edward Shiveley, of this city and four sisters, Mrs. Jane Copas, Manchester, Mrs. May Fitzpatrick, Jacktown, Adams county, Mrs. Frank Johnson, Duck Run, and Mrs. Grant Rogers, Rome.  His aged father, Rev. William Shiveley, resides at Friendship.

Since coming to Portsmouth Mr. Shiveley had made many friends who will be sorry to learn of his death.

From The Portsmouth Times, Friday, July 31, 1931, Page 21, Column 7:

Charles E. Shively of 1125 Eighth street, died in Portsmouth General hospital at 12:05 p.m. Thursday. Death was due to complications.  He had submitted to a major operation about a year ago and had never fully recovered.

He was born in Rome, Adams county, Jan. 8, 1864, the son of Marion and Nancy Easter Shively.He came to Portsmouth in 1911 and has made his home here since then.He was for years employed as a carpenter at the Selby Shoe Co.    On Sept. 14, 1887 he married Alice Thornton and to this union six children were born.  He was a member of the First United Brethren church and of the K. of P. lodge.

He leaves his widow and children, Mrs. Mabel Wise, Mrs. Helen Meyers, Miss Minnie Shively of  Cincinnati, Miss Kathryn Shively of New York city, and Harry and Charles Shively at home.  He also leaves five grandchildren and these sisters, Mrs. James Copas, Cherry Fork, Mrs. Mollie Rogers, Rome, Mrs. May Kirkpatrick, West Union and Mrs. Cora Johnson, city.

Funeral services will be held at the Windel-Howland funeral home Saturday at 2 p.m. with Rev. T. C. Harper in charge.  Burial will be in Memorial cemetery, Wheelersburg.

Charlotte Ella Shively married Nickolas Thornton.  Extracted from The Portsmouth Daily Times, Wednesday, July 23, 1924, Page 9, Column 4:

Out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral of Mrs. Nickolas Thornton of West Union, Monday included George Shively, 1507 Kinney street; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey of Dry Run, Mrs. May Kilpatrick of Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Grant Roders and daughter, Iva, of Rome; Mr. and Mrs. Ned Copas of Manchester; Mr. and Mrs. Basil Ayers, Mr. and Mrs. George Ayers, of Lynx P.O.; Mrs. Edna Stilwell, of Pittsuburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Bertha Grant of Dayton; Miss Jessie Thornton, of Seamon; and Mrs. Sarah Shively of Manchester Pike.

Located in The Portsmouth Times, Wednesday, April 9, 1941, Page 11, Column 4:

WEST UNION, April 9 --Funeral services for Mrs. Mae Rogers Kilpatrick, 68, who was found dead at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Foster here early Tuesday will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the local Methodist church with Rev. W. L. Stafford in charge.  Burial will be in the I.O.O.F cemetery here with Latour Lafferty in charge.

Mrs. Kilpatrick resided here for years.  She lived for some years at Dunkinsville, where her first husband, Reuben Rogers, died.  Her late husband was Richard Kilpatrick.

Mrs. Kilpatrick is survived by the following children:  Mrs. Icy Scott, Mrs. Marie Prior, Mrs. Gladys Mann and Mrs. Robert Whitacre all of Columbus, Mrs. Foster of West Union, Mrs. Ruby Hanes of Buena Vista, a son Marion Rogers of West Union; two sisters, Mrs. Molly Rogers of West Union and Mrs. Cora Johnson of Portsmouth.

Twenty-five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.

The death of Henry Shively was reported in The Portsmouth Daily Times, Monday, January 29, 1917, Page 4, Column 6:

After a short illness with pneumonia, which followed an attack of measles, death Sunday night, at 10:30, claimed Henry Shively, aged 35, a well-known resident of Friendship, on the West Side.

Nancy Elanore Easter, Wife Of William Marion Shiveley (Shively), In Adams County, Ohio And Scioto County, Ohio

Ohio Death Certificate - Nancy Easter Shively

Nancy Elanore Easter was born on 7-April-1840 in Ohio.  She was the daughter of John Easter and Elanore Davidson.  Nancy Elanore Easter was married on 14-January-1862 in Adams County, Ohio to William Marion Shiveley (Shively).  She died in Scioto County, Ohio on 29-May-1923.  William Marion Shiveley was the son of Jacob Shively and Elinor Hornback. He was born 9-October-1840 and died 24-December-1925.

William M. Shiveley and Nancy Elanore Easter were the parents of at least eleven children:  George Washington born ca 1863, Charles Edward born ca 1864, Alice Jane born ca 1866, William Marion born ca 1868, Charlotte Ella born ca 1870, Mollie Baltimore born ca 1871, Maggie May born ca 1873, Cora Ellen born ca 1875, Jacob Austin born ca 1876, Clark Ayres born ca 1878 and Henry Anson born ca 1883.  The family of William M. Shiveley (Shively) and Nancy Elanore Easter are located on the 1870, 1880, and 1900 Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio census records.  They are listed on the 1900 and 1910 Niles Township, Scioto County, Ohio census records.

William Marion Shiveley/Nancy Elanore Easter

The following newspaper obituary was extracted from The Portsmouth Daily Times, Saturday, June 2, 1923, Page 9, Column 8:

  Mrs. Nancy Eleanor Easter Shively 

Mrs. Nancy Eleanor Easter Shively was born April 7, 1840, died May 29, 1923, aged 83 years, one month and 22 days.  She was united in marriage to Rev. William M. Shively, January 14, 1862.  To this union was born eleven children, six sons and five daughters, four sons having preceded her in death. She leaves one brother, five daughters, and two sons, 84 grand children, and 61 great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her death.  She united with the M. P. church at the age of 17 years and was happily converted and lived a devoted Christian life until death.  She was an indulgent mother, benevolent and kind to all with whom she associated.  She has gone to her reward.

Extracted from The Portsmouth Daily Times, Saturday, December 26, 1925, Page 11, Column 5 is the following newspaper obituary:

William Shively

William Shively, 85, a pioneer resident of Adams county died Thursday at his home in Rome, his death being due to gangrene.  He is survived by one son, Edward of this city and numerous relatives at Friendship, West Side.  Burial took place Saturday afternoon in the Friendship cemetery.

William Marion Shiveley (Shively) And Wife, Nancy Eleanore Easter, From Adams County, Ohio

William Marion Shiveley (Shively) served in the U.S. Navy and has a Civil War Navy pension file. The pension file is full of genealogy information.  William was born 9-Oct-1840 in Stout, Adams County, Ohio and died 26-Dec-1925.  He was married to Nancy Eleanore Easter on 16-Jan-1862 in Adams County, Ohio.  

William M. Shiveley on the 30-Aug-1864 at Cincinnati, Ohio enrolled as a Landsman in the Navy on the vessel named Paw-Paw in the Civil War and was honorably discharged at Mound City, IL on the 28-Jun-1865.  He lived at Stout, Adams County, Ohio until the fall of 1874 and then to Selig, Adams County, Ohio. At enlistment he was 5 feet 5 1/2 inches tall, fair complexion, had blue eyes, fair hair and was a farmer.  On 30-Aug-1864 he was a Landsman on the Great Western to 3-Sep-1864, then on the Peosta September 4 and 5, 1864, then the Paw-Paw from 6-Sep-1864 to 27-Jun-1865 when he was discharged as ward room cook.

In the pension file in the general affidavit "State of Michigan", County of St. Clair. In the matter of pension claim No. 7149 of Wm M. Shiveley of Steamer Paw-Paw U.S. Navy on this 21st day of May 1888, personally appeared before me the undersigned authority, duly authorized to administer oaths Nelson Thompson aged 45 years, a gentleman well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn says in relation to aforesaid case,    I was a seaman on the U.S. Steamer Paw-Paw and was personally acquainted with the above named Wm M. Shiveley.  I first became acquainted with him on the receiving ship Great Western at Caro about first of Sept 1864 from which we were transferred to the flag ship Peosta and then to the Paw Paw. On the day before we transferred to the Paw Paw from the Peosta at Paducha Kentucky the said Shiveley was assisting in loading coal and became exhausted and overheated and became for a while unconscious.  This was in the early part of Sept said Shiveley was with diarrhea within a day or two after his overheat, which resulted in a chronic form from and continued until discharge.  I know these facts from being present and know Shiveley was assigned as cook by reason of inability to do hard work..........Nelson Thompson"

The general affidavit "State of Ohio, County of Clinton.  In the matter of claim for pension, William M. Shiveley, Landsman of the U.S.S. Paw Paw No. 31 Navy #5972..Personally came before me, a Notary Public in and for aforesaid County and State, Ira Conger, age 57 years, residing at Union Township, County of Clinton, State of Ohio, who being duly sworn, declare in relation to the aforesaid case as follows:  I was a member of the same crew with the claimant and knew him intimately serving on the same vessel.  In the forepart of September 1864, while coaling a vessel at Paduca Ky, he became exhausted from sun-stroke, which resulted in catarrh of the head and throat and disease of heart, and also in the month of Feb. 1865.  While in the harbor at Cash Island opposite Mound City, Ill, during ice-run, while on duty, he contracted rheumatism, from exposure.  I know these facts from personal observation while on duty with claimant as well as while in camp."

The following information on the death of William Marion Shiveley was located in the pension file:  Stout, Ohio    Dec 30th 1925      Dear Sir:  William Marion Shiveley and old soldier whose pension checks com to P.O. Manchester Ohio  died Dec. 24th 1925 at 2 A.M.   He died at his daughters Mrs. Grant Rogers, Stout, Ohio - He was confined to his bed for 2 weeks with erysipelas.  She asked me to write the Pension Department as to the probability of receiving his pension for 20 days that he lived from his last draw.  They need toward paying expenses as to his funeral.  Please let me know by return mail.  Yours very truly, R.Y. Littleton, M.D."

Additional information on William Marion Shiveley and Nancy Eleanore Easter was written in the Shively blog dated 3-Mar-2012.