Robert W Shively And Wife, Rosalie M Rice, From Taylor County, KY To Mississippi County, MO

Robert W Shively/Rosella Rice

Robert W Shively was born 8-Jan-1826 and died 18-Aug-1903 in Mississippi Co., MO.  Robert was the son of John B Shively and Sarah Heaverin.  Robert married Rosalie M Rice on 6-Feb-1848 in Green Co., KY.  Rosalie (Rosella) was born 11-Mar-1834 and died 18-Dec-1897 in Mississippi Co., MO.  She was the daughter of John Rice and Mary Ann Newton.  

Robert and Rosalie Shively are found on the 1850, 1860, and 1880 Taylor Co., KY census.  Robert is listed on the 1900 Mississippi Co., MO census.   It is believed they were living in Taylor Co., KY in 1870 but no census record for the family has been found.  From the Missouri death certificate for daughter, Margaret Shively Raffety Vowels her birthplace  in approximately 1871 was Spurlington, Taylor Co., KY.  From the Missouri death certificate for daughter, Rosa Shively her birthplace on 17-Feb-1872 was Taylor Co., KY.   

It is believed that Robert W and Rosalie M Shively were the parents of at least the following children:  1) Thomas Ann (a female) born 23-Mar-1849  2) John Anderson born 27-Apr-1851 died 15-Jul-1901 married 1st Mrs. Frances Chambers and married 2nd Martha Ann Wyatt  3) Thrisie Jane born 1854   4) Sarah (Emma) Magdalene born 4-Jul-1856 died 10-Apr-1936 married Richard D. Wise  5) Mary V born 1-Nov-1858  6) David R born 1861  7) Samuel Joseph born 30-Jan-1866 and died 27-Jan-1951 in London, Laurel Co., KY married 1st to Nancy Ellen Shelton and married second to Marinda Lawson Meredith Taylor  8)Margaret Ann born 11-Oct-1870 died 27-Apr-1929 married 1st to Thomas Raffety and 2nd to George H Vowels  9) Rosialli (Rosa) born 19-Feb-1872 and died 29-Apr-1936 in Wyatt, Mississippi Co., MO and 10) Henry Rice born 18-Mar-1874 from family history in Kansas and died 11-Nov-1958 Shelby Co., MO married to Thresey Margaret Thompson on 4-Apr-1899 in Shelby Co., MO.

Land deeds in Taylor County, KY indicate that Robert W and Rosalie Shively had sold their land holdings in KY 1868.  In Taylor County, KY Deed Book 10, Page 287 dated February 1879 John Rice of the first part and R W Shively and Rosallie Shively, his wife, of the second part all of Taylor County are given 200 acres for the "natural love and affection John Rice has for the parties of the second part".  From the Missouri death records for daughters born about 1871 and 1872 it is believed that they were in KY.  From the Missouri death record for son Henry Rice Shively his birthplace in 1874 is listed as Kansas.

Robert W. Shively and wife, Rosalie M., are buried in Calvary Cemetery, Charleston, Mississippi Co., MO.

Help is requested in locating the family of Robert and Rosalie Shively in 1870.  It is believed they were in the area of Spurlington, Taylor Co., KY but the census record has not been located.  

There are many good original documents for the family of Robert W and Rosalie M Shively.  Above is the Kentucky death certificate for son, Samuel Joseph Shively.

Isaac Shively And Wife, Elmira A. Fitzwater, Who Lived In Mercer County, Ohio And Wexford County, Michigan

Mercer County, Ohio Marriage Certificate

Isaac Shively was born on 22-August-1847  in Darke County, OH and died 12-May-1920 in Wexford County, MI.  He was the son of David Miller Shively (1803-1883) and Esther Angle (1814-1888).  Isaac was married in Mercer County, OH to Elmira A. Fitzwater on 22-March-1874. Elmira A. Fitzwater was born 20-November-1850 and died 3-December-1913 in Wexford County, MI.  She was the daughter of Phillip Fitzwater and Adeline Hanley.  

Michigan Death Certificate

The family of Isaac Shively and Elmira Fitzwater are found on the 1900 Butler Township, Mercer County, OH census.  Listed in the household are Isaac Shively age 52 born August 1847, wife Almira age 47 born November 1850, daughter Nellie age 20 born December 1879, son William age 18 born December 1881, son Amer age 16 born August 1883, son Joseph age 15 born March 1885, son Walter age 12 born July 1887, son Daniel age 8 born October 1891, and son Royl age 7 born April 1893.  The family is found on the 1910 Butler Township, Mercer County, OH census.  In the household are Isaac Shively age 63, wife Elmira A age 59, daughter Nellie age 30, son William H age 28, son David C age 18, son Royal C age 17, son Joseph E age 24, mother in law Adeline Fitzwater age 86.  

The newspaper obituary for Joseph E. Shively was located in The Piqua Daily, Piqua, OH, Monday, August 10, 1970, Page 10, Columns 1-2:

Joseph E. Shively, Retired Hobart Mfg. Foreman, Dies

Joseph Earl Shively, 85, of 418 S. Wayne, died at 4:15 a.m. in Piqua Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient two days after having been in failing health several years.

Born in Mercer County, March 13, 1885, he was a son of Isaac and Elmira Fitzwater Shively.  He was married to the former Maude Baker on June 5, 1907 in Spencerville.  They moved from Spencerville to Piqua in 1924.

Mr. Shively was a retired foreman at Hobart Manufacturing Co. and a member of the Evangelical United Methodist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Maude, a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Grunert (Vonda) of Piqua; two sons, Ashley B. Shively and Paul L. both of Piqua; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and five brothers, Roy Shively of Manton, Mich., George of Fife Lake, Mich., Ray of Modesto, Calif., Carl of Bakersfield, Calif., and Hamer of Eugene, Oregon.

He was preceeded in death by three brothers and a sister.

Services will be conducted by the Rev. Carl Hahn at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Cron Funeral Home with burial in Miami Memorial Park.

Friends my call Tuesday at the funeral home between 3 and 5 p.m. and 7 and 9 p.m.

On Vacation

Michael Schauffele, A Schauffele Researcher And Co-Administrator Of The Shively/Schauffele Family Tree DNA Project

The Shively DNA project has grown and had success with many DNA matches. Earlier this year Michael Schauffele agreed to become co-administrator of the project. The project considers itself very lucky to have Michael's participation and interest in genealogy and also his knowledge of German history and the historical records.  This is especially important because his Schauffele DNA matched others in the project who had the surname Americanized to Shively.  Michael has written the following article as a means of introducing himself to the Shively researchers.

News from the Schauffele - Schaufele – Schaufelin - Scheifelin - Scheifele – Shively (and more) Branch of the Shively Family Name Project at Family Tree DNA.  

                    By co-administrator Michael Schauffele, Visalia, California.

As this is the first time that I am contributing to the admiring work of the main administrator Larry Wayne Shively which he is doing for all members of the Shively Name Project, I think that it makes sense to introduce myself to the members of the project.

I am Michael Schauffele, born 1942 in the city of Stuttgart, Germany. During my time as a student in the 1960-ies on the University of Stuttgart Germany I started with genealogical researches on my ancestry about 50 years ago, when it was still possible to visit local priest’s offices to retrieve personal data from ancestors out of the original church books!

At this time, beside special literature about families of celebrities, nothing existed what could support quick findings about ones ancestors as it is possible today through the Internet and websites like ancestry.com.

To study those records it was even necessary being able to read the old German writings like “Sütterlin”.

If someone is interested to learn how this writing looks, he should just look up the following link: https://www.google.com/search?q=s%C3%BCtterlin+schrift&biw=1536&bih=854&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQsARqFQoTCK_R4Zq0yscCFck4iAodE8EDHw

I was so fortunate having learned this writing from my parents and that I took time to practice it more or less as a hobby during my time on high school.

However some of the priests from centuries ago practiced their writing in a way which made it very complicated and time-consuming to understand the records. Their language was also sometimes different to the today’s common language.

Sometimes it was even necessary to lay a sheet of parchment paper over the original document to copy the records letter by letter to separate the text of your interest from the overlapping of the writing between two and sometimes three lines!

By the end of 1970 the records of the data of my personal ancestors consisted in about 900 persons including about 400 records of ancestors from my mother’s side which I could get from an uncle!

With the researches of my direct fatherly line I run into my “Brick Wall” with the data of my forefather of 11 Generations back in history with the name Hans Scheifelin, who I called “the elder” born about 1580 in a town in Germany which I was reading in the records of his son’s Hans Scheifelin “the younger” wedding on September 20, 1642 in Cannstatt, Dukedom of Württemberg, as “Ginz”. 

After graduating from the University of Stuttgart as a structural and civil engineer I had to take care of my business career and therefore I couldn’t spend time for more intensive genealogical researches.

2003 at the age of 58 and 61 my wife and I moved for good from Germany to California.

During 2007 and 2008 I started to register personal data of my ancestors on ancestry.com. Short after that I was contacted by Larry Wayne Shively who informed me about the existing family name project Shively on Family Tree DNA.

Larry told me that the name Shively was, for easier pronunciation, an Americanized form of German names Schauffele, Scheifele and the like. There was even a Michael Schauffele among the ancestors of some members of the Shively project.

In 2013 Larry could finally convince me to join his project and I signed in with Family Tree DNA, ordered my test kit and turned in my Y-DNA test. The result was a surprise! I found a 100% Y-DNA12 match with Daniel II Shively from Texas. And sometimes later this match was confirmed by a match with Daniel’s 1^st grade cousin Mike Shively from Ohio.

Until then the two cousins Daniel II and Mike Shively knew only the name and data of their great grandfather Leonhard Anton Scheiffele/Shively, born 7. Feb.1843 in Steinenkirch, Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany, who emigrated 1867 together with a brother from Germany to the United States, married Mary Horn and died in Youngstown, Ohio, USA on 19. May 1910.

A professional genealogist from Germany traced the ancestors of Leonhard Anton Scheiffele/Shively for 11 more generations back to Hans Scheiffelin born about 1500 most likely in the town Gingen upon the river Fils then still Dukedom of Württemberg, Germany.

These findings were very exciting news for myself because after a half century since I run into my “Brick Wall” I could realize that I was wrongfully reading the name of the town of origin of my ancestor Hans Scheifelin “the elder” as “Ginz” instead of “Gingen”!

Equipped with this information I traveled to Germany in summer 2014 convinced to be able to find more data in the archives in Germany. I also traveled to the town of Gingen searching for possible descendants of my forefathers from there.

I found and visited Horst Scheifele in Gingen and could win him for the Y-DNA 25 test. Some days ago I received the result: It was a perfect match with my own Y- DNA!

This result confirms that my match with Daniel II Shively from Texas and Michael Shively from Ohio is a fact.

Horst Scheifele will soon join the Shively project.

The Schauffele - Schaufele – Schaufelin - Scheifelin - Scheifele – Shively (and more) Branch within the Shively family name project is growing. I am staying in contact with many close and far relatives in Germany, Switzerland, USA, Argentina, Chile and Australia.

I think that everybody who is interested to learn more about his ancestors will be inspired by the results of this findings and how they came together as a combination of researches in documents, archives and testing the Y-DNA.

Therefore I want to ask everybody with a family name of this name group to make the Y – DNA test and to join the Shively family project. I also ask everybody who knows about living males among his relatives with such a family name or the like to try to win them for the test.

Our great goal is to find as many as possible lines tracing back to a common forefather with whom our name began.

On the other hand I have to report that the permanently growing Y-DNA database contains a lot of zero distance matches to the Y-DNA of our name group but with completely different names and even more interesting in many other countries like in Scandinavia, all over the European main continent and on the British Islands.

This is the reason why I also joined other projects in Family Tree DNA like the German and the Viking project!

Over one thousand years ago young Viking warriors, the younger sons who inherited nothing from their fathers, spread out over northern and central Europe and even into the Ukraine seeking for women and for opportunities to settle. It is quite possible that our male ancestors are descendants of these adventurers!

I hope I could win your attention for exciting themes. I have the intention to report from time to time on our project’s website about new findings in the name branch mentioned above and other interesting news.

For everybody in our project who is interested in serious and reliable researches for ancestors in Germany I can recommend the professional genealogist with which I am working together. He is a far relative on my mother’s side and he is actually the president of the German Association of professional genealogist. Depending on the goal of the customer such researches take time and cost money but sometimes it can be less than you think because those professionals have access to documents and data which they and colleagues have already researched for other customers.

If someone is interested I can forward his description of desired researches. He will get an estimate and probably already an answer regarding the chances of possible findings.

Thank you for being a member of the Shively family project!

Sincerely yours!

Michael Schauffele

Andrew J. Shively And Wife Sarah A. Jones In Mahoning County and Summit County, Ohio

Andrew J. Shively was born on 1-July-1835 in PA and died 14-May-1916 in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA. The PA death certificate lists his parents as Mr. Shively born in Germany and Mary Best born in Germany.  Andrew J. was married on 23-April-1857 in Summit County, OH to Sarah A. Jones (Vol. B, Page 775).  Sarah A. Jones was born on 20-February-1847 in England and died 5-October-1913 in Hudson, Summit County, OH.  She was the daughter of Joseph Jones and Mary Eckroid.  Sarah A. Jones Shively is buried in Markille Cemetery, Hudson, Summit County, OH.

Andrew and Sarah Shively are listed on the 1860 Milton Township, Mahoning County, OH census.  Andrew's occupation is listed as a blacksmith.  They are listed on the 1870 and 1880 Hudson Township, Summit County, OH.  Andrew and Sarah Shively were the parents of at least the following children:  Mary E. born 27-November-1857 died 26-January-1922 in Hudson, Summit County, OH and married to E. E. Lewis; Perry Nicholas born 21-November-1859 died 26-February-1933 Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, OH and married to Mary J. Carroll; Emma born 1862 died 1946 Lake County, OH and married to Herman Martin; Ida Mary born 27-September-1865 died 30-March-1922 in Orrville, Wayne County, OH and married to T. B. Reid; Frank Henry Shively born 24-June-1868 died 25-January-1933 in Cuyahoga County, OH; George Wilbur Shively born ca 1871 married to Grace Lillian Grover; Sarah born ca 1875 died 19-August-1956 PA and  married to Charles G. Morrill.

The following newspaper obituary was extracted from the Courier Crescent, Orrville, OH, Friday, May 19, 1916, Page 4, Column 5:

A. J. Shively, who had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Burr Reid, the past winter, but since the first of March with his son George W. at Jeanette, Pa., died Sunday morning, May 14, at 5 o'clock.  The body was brought to Hudson, O., to the home of a daughter, Mrs. E. E. Lewis, where the funeral services were held.  He is survived by four daughters and three sons, 32 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren, all of whom were present at the funeral. Deceased was laid to rest in the Hudson cemetery by the side of his wife, who preceded him in death by two and one-half years.  Mr. and Mrs. Burr Reid and Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Prechtel and son, of this city, attended the funeral on Tuesday.

The following newspaper article was extracted from the Orrville Courier, Orville, OH, Friday, July 28, 1905, Page 4, Column 3:

Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Shively, uncle and aunt of Mrs. T. B. Reed, of Evansville, Wis., spent from Friday to Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Reed and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Leeds, the latter a sister of Mr. Reed.

(Note:  if interested in more information on a Lawrence Shively see the Shively blog written on August 13, 2011.)

James B. Shively And Wife, Emma Pollock, Who Lived In Mason County, West Virginia

James B. Shively was born Oct-1857 and died 25-Mar-1916.  He is buried in Beale Chapel Cemetery, Apple Grove, Mason County, WVA.  He was the son of Phillip B. Shively (born 7-Sep-1818, died 20-Nov-1873) and Mary Wright (born 25-May-1826, died 31-Jan-1894). James B. Shively was married to Emma Pollock, daughter of Thomas Pollock and Elizabeth Kennedy, on 3-Feb-1897.  Emma Pollock was born on 27-Mar-1858 and died 9-Jun-1938 in Gallia County, OH.  Listed on the 1900, Hannan District, Mason County, WVA census is the household of James Shiveley age 42 occupation postal clerk, wife Emma age 43 and son James age 1.   On the 1910 Mount Olive Precinct, Mason County, WVA is the family of J B Shively age 53 occupation railway postal clerk, wife Emma age 52 and son Morton J age 12.

This article was extracted fro The Weekly Register, Point Pleasant, WVA, Wednesday, June 24, 1896, Page 4, Column 1:

Postal Clerk Hurt

Had A Very Narrow Escape From Death

J. B. Shiveley, a postal clerk on the O. R. R., met with an accident Sunday morning which nearly resulted in his death and which will confine him to his home for time at least.

On the morning of the accident Mr. Shiveley had just come from home and attempted to board the south bound mail at Ben Lomond, while it was passing the station at a high rate of speed.  He missed his footing, however, and fell between the platform and the ends of the tracks of the cars.  The space was very small and he was pretty badly squeezed and bruised before the train passed.  How he escaped being crushed beneath the wheels is almost a miracle.

During the absence of Mr. Shiveley, Geo. Gambrill, from Parkersburg and Grafton division has been given the run; while E. M. Doll, from the Baltimore and Grafton division, takes Gambrill's place.

The following newspaper article was extracted from The Weekly Register, Wednesday, February 10, 1897, Page 4:

Home Wedding

From Thursday's Daily

Wednesday, Feb. 3d, at high noon, at Gallipolis, Rev. d'Argent pronounced the words that united in bonds of wedlock, Mr. Jas. B. Shively, of Apple Grove, this county, and Miss Emma Pollock, of the firm of C. B. Hanson & Co.  The marriage was solemnized at the home of Mrs. Capt. John Holloway, on Front street, in the presence of the immediate relatives and a few particular friends.  It was a quiet wedding and the ceremony was the impressive words prescribed by the Presbyterian church that bind together man and wife in scared vows of love and fealty.  Immediately after the ceremony they left via Point Pleasant, over the K. & M., for Apple Grove, where a handsomely furnished house await their arrival.  They go to house-keeping at once and make that place their permanent home.

The Gallipolis Journal in speaking of the affair says:  "The bride is the third daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Pollock, of Bush's Mill.  She came to this city in 1885 and accepted a position in the dry goods store of Montgomery & Smith, subsequently with Hanson & Williams, R. A. Jack, of Huntington, and C. A. Smith & Bros.  By her perseverance and industry she saved quite a little sum, which two years ago she used to become a member of the firm of C. B. Hanson & Co.  She was a zealous worker and by her many admirable traits won a legion of friends.  Until Saturday last she retained her interest in that establishment, when it was disposed of to C. B. Hanson, Miss Maud Summers and Sidney Cowden, who have always been identified with that firm and will strive to maintain its present good reputation as one of the leading dry goods stores.  Mr. Shively is a young man of sterling habits and worthy of the estimable lady he has captured.  His vocation is that of postal clerk and in this capacity he has served on the Ohio River Railroad ever since President Cleveland's first administration. May their future be bright is the wish of the Journal".

The following was located in The Weekly Register, Wednesday, January 11, 1905, Page 3:

A Most Enjoyable Affair

One of the most enjoyable social functions given in Mercer's Bottom in years, was a dance given by Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shively at their beautiful home "Elmhurst", Wednesday January 4, 1904.  The house was profusely decorated with holly and mistletoe, the color scheme throughout being red and green.

Throughout the evening a bouffet lunch was served.  Mrs. Shively is an adept in the culinary art and on this occasion excelled herself.

Those in attendance were Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Keister, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hogsett, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. George, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Stribling, Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Hogsett, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Wallis, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Wallis, Mrs. O. Worthington Lusher. Misses Elizabeth Sayer, Nora Carter, Oretha Keister, Bonnie Lusher, Bertha George, Hattie Keister, Willie Keister, Kate Hogsett, Anna Hunter, Hattie Wallis, Jessie Wallis, Mary, Rudolph and Marie Kirk. Messrs. Tilden Thorn, of Parkersburg, Will Stribling, Henry Hogsett, Chas. Hayman, Homer Small, Randall Hogsett, Joe Hogsett, Leland Lusher, Lee Brown, Howard Brown, James Barker, Edward Harbor, Grover Harbor, Robert Seely, and Ed. Putney.

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George Schaible (Shively) And Wife, Katherine Helfra Beidleman (Biddleman), In Luzerne County, PA

The subjects of this weeks Shively blog are a work in progress. Any additional information that can be added to this family will be welcomed as records found were limited. 

George Schaible (Shively) was born ca 1825 in Germany.  He was married 6-January-1868 in Wilkes Barre, PA to Katherine Helfa Beidleman (Biddleman). She was married first to Jacob Beidleman.  Jacob Beidleman and Katherine had two sons, Joseph Henry Beidleman born 30-Aug-1855 and Martin William Beidleman born 11-Mar-1856.  A Civil War Pension for the children of the veteran, Jacob Beidleman, was submitted by the widow and her second husband George Schaible (Shively). 

At the left is a document from the Civil War pension papers.  This document supports the relationship between the surname Schaible and Shively:

State of Pennsylvania

County of Lucerne           Personally appeared before one Prothonotary for said County George Schaible to me known to be entitled to credit and on oath declared he is the identical Person named as Guardian of minor children of Jacob Beidleman late of Co. G 47th Reg Pa Vols and named in Pension Claim No 162.806.   That no widows claim has ever been made in this case previous to this one.  That his Attorney made a mistake in spelling claimants name in the original Papers.  He spelled it George Shively. It should have been spelled by him George Schaible. George Schaible is a German name and in English is pronounced the same as Shively.  The signatures of deponent to former Papers and to these will be found to be the same.    George Schaible

Located on the 1870 City of Scranton, Lucerne County, PA is the family of George Shivelly age 45, born in Germany, works in black smith shop; wife Catherine  age 34, born in Germany; Henry Bediman age 15, making cigars; Martin Bediman age 14, making cigars; and John Maddigor age 16, making cigars, born in Germany.    No other census information could be found for George Schaible or George Shively.

A PA death certificate for Martin William Biddleman was located.  He died in Newton Township, Lackawanna County, PA on 7-Feb-1930.  He was a widower and his wife was listed as Helen Burgon.  His parents were Jacob Biddleman and Katherine Helfra.  He was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Lackawanna County.  

The following was extracted from The Scranton Republican, Scranton, PA, Wednesday, August 17, 1892, Page 5, Column 1:

George Shively died of old age at the Hillside Home at 9 o'clock yesterday morning.

It is not known if this is George Schaible (Shively).  If it is the same he would have been 67 years of age in 1892.

No additional information could be found on George Schaible (Shively), Katherine (Catherine) Helfra Beidleman, Joseph Henry Beidleman or Martin William Beidleman.