Richard O. Shively From Jefferson County, Ohio to Linn County, Iowa

Richard O. Shively was born on 22-Sep-1870 in Jefferson County, OH and died on 29-Jul-1949 in Linn County, IA.   He was the son of George W. Shively (born 7-Aug-1844, died 1-Jul-1922) and Margaret Brindley (died 27-Mar-1919).  George W. Shively was the son of Richard Shively and his second wife, Jane Smith.  Richard Shively was the son of John Shively and Nancy Hall.  Richard O. Shively was married to Bertha Leora Hanna in Linn County, IA on 22-Jan-1896.  Bertha was the daughter of Elizabeth Hamilton Lacey and her 2nd husband Matthew Hanna. Bertha was born on 23-Jun-1874 in Wayne County, OH and died 4-Oct-1938.

Listed on the 1880 Warren Township, Jefferson County, OH census is the family of George Shively age 36, wife Margaret, son Richard age 9, son Louis age 8, daughter Ida age 5 and son Henry age 2.  Located on the 1900 Linn County, IA census are Richard Shively born Sep-1870 age 29, wife Bertha L. born Jun-1874 age 25 and daughter Hazel A. born Dec-1896 age 3.  On the 1910 Marion City, Marion Township, Linn County, IA census is the family of Richard O. Shively age 39, wife Bertha L. age 35, daughter Hazel A. age 13, son Frank W. age 9, son Robert W. age 6 and son Melvin M. age 6 months. On the 1930 Marion City, Marion Township, Linn County, IA census is the household of Richard O. Shively age 58, wife Bertha age 55, son Robert age 26 and son Melvin age 20. 

Extracted from the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Friday, July 29, 1949, Page 29, Column 5:

R. O. Shively Is Dead; Funeral at 2:30 Sunday

R. O. Shively, 78, of 2534 Fifth avenue, Marion, a retired Milwaukee railway employe, died at 3:17 a.m. Friday in a Cedar Rapids  hospital following a short illness.

Mr. Shively was born in Ohio, Sept. 22, 1870. He went to Central City in 1892 and was married there Jan. 22, 1896, to Bertha L. Hanna. Mr. and Mrs. Shively moved to Marion in 1903. Mrs. Shively died Oct. 4, 1938. Mr. Shively retired in 1937. He was a member of the Central City Christian church and of Unit 29, Brotherhood of Retired and Veteran Railway Employes.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Sheldon of Asbury Park, N. J.; three sons, Frank of Milwaukee, Robert of Cedar Rapids and Melvin Shively of Chicago; three grandchildren and a great-granddaughter; two brothers, Plummer and Lewis Shively, and two sisters, Mrs. Martha Wilson and Mrs. Nora Kneubuhl, all of Columbus, Ohio.

Services will be conducted at the Yocom chapel at 2:30 p.m. Sunday by the Rev. C. V. R. DeJong. Burial will be in Oak Shade cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.

Bertha Leora Hanna Shively

The following newspaper obituary was found in the Marion Sentinel, Marion, Iowa, Thursday, October 6, 1938, Page 8, Column 2:

Services Today For Mrs. Bertha Shively

Death came early Tuesday morning to Mrs. Bertha Leora Shively at the family residence, 2534 Fifth avenue, Marion, her home for 35 years. The end came after a two years illness. She was born June 23, 1874 at Bevan, Wayne county, Ohio, the daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Hamilton Hanna. In 1881 the family moved to Hayes Center, Nebr., and ten years later came to Central City, Iowa, where on January 22, 1896, she was married to Richard O. Shively who survives, together with their four children, Mrs. Hazel Sheldon of Chicago and Frank W., of Milwaukee, Robert W. of Perry, and Melvin M. of Chicago.

Other surviving relatives are a brother, H. J. Lacey of Culbertson, Nebr., and three grandchildren, Jeanne Sheldon of Chicago; Betty Shively of Milwaukee and Donald Chase Shively of Perry. Mrs. Shively was a grand-niece of Senator Mark Hanna of Ohio. She held her membership in the Christian church at Central City.

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Yocum chapel, in charge of the Rev. C. V. R. DeJong, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Out of respect for Mrs. Shively's wishes, her body will be cremated and her ashes interred in the family lot in Oak Shade cemetery.

The newspaper obituary for Bertha L. Hanna Shively's mother was extracted from the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Friday, April 5, 1912, Page 10, Column 2:

Obituary Of Mrs. E. Jobes

Elizabeth Hamilton was born in Springville, Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1830, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Shively of this city, April 2, 1912, being 82 years of age. She was married three times, her husbands being Mr. Amos Lacey, Mr. Matthew Hanna, and Mr. Kerby Jobes, all of whom are deceased. Her family consists of seven surviving children, six by her first husband and one by her second husband. Mrs. Jobes was a woman of strong personality, a great worker, a good mother, and a friend to all who needed her. She was a member of the Methodist church and did the best she could to help humanity. She came from Central City to Marion about four years ago, and made her home here ever since. The funeral services were held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Shively, on Fifth avenue, and were conducted on Thursday afternoon by Rev. S. R. Beatty, pastor of the Methodist church, interment being made in Oak Shade cemetery.

Edward Franklin Shively And Wife, Margaret Elizabeth Harlan Who Lived In Montgomery County And Butler County, Ohio

Edward Franklin Shively was born on 11-Nov-1878 in Montgomery County, OH and died on 15-Sep-1950 in Butler County, OH.  He was the son of Joseph Ullery Shively (1850-1936) and Martha "Mattie" A. Brubaker (1856-1920).  Edward Shively married Margaret Elizabeth Harlan on 24-Dec-1906 in Montgomery County, OH.  She was the daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Harlan.  Margaret died on 15-Jun-1967 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  

Located on the 1880 Madison Township, Montgomery County, OH census is the household of Joseph Shively age 29, wife Margaret age 23, daughter Edith age 3, son Ed age 1, brother in law William Brubaker age 21, brother in law John Brubaker age 18, brother in law Johnathan Brubaker age 13, E. Hamet Brubaker age 10, servant Rebecca Booker age 26 and servant Arthur Brumbaugh age 14.  Listed on the 1900 Madison Township, Montgomery County, OH census is the family of Joseph U. Shively born Oct-1850 age 49, wife Mattie A. born Sep-1856 age 43, son Edward F. born Nov-1878 age 21 and servant Lydia Connor born May-1882 age 18. Located on the 1910 Dayton City, Dayton Township, Precinct C, Montgomery County, OH census is the household of Edward F Shively age 31, wife Margaret age 27, daughter Ruth age 4 months, father in law Benjamin Harlan age 59, mother in law Margaret Harlan age 56 and brother in law Byron Harlan age 24. On the 1930 Middletown City, Butler County, OH census is the family of Edward Shively age 51, wife Margaret age 46, daughter Ruth age 20 and son Edward age 4 years 8 months. 

The following newspaper obituary was found in the Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio, Friday, September 15, 1950, Page 2, Columns 1-3:

E. F. Shively, Prominent Banker Here Quarter Of Century, Dies

A man who made banking history in Middletown before his retirement less than two years ago, E. F. Shively, 72, died at 5:45 a.m. today after an illness of six months.

Mr. Shively, who still was a director of the First American Bank, which he served as vice president and director for almost a quarter of a century, was active in many civic endeavors until ill health forced him further to retire into private life.

Mr. Shively was a recognized authority on banking when he came to Middletown in January of 1925 to become a director of the then First and Merchants National Bank, predecessor of the First National Bank. He had been a national bank examiner for a number of years, and his vast knowledge of the banking business was recognized throughout the state.

Born and educated in Dayton, Mr. Shively was a graduate of Trotwood High School and received his financial background in studies at Miami-Jacobs Business College in Dayton.

Calvin W. Verity, president of the First National Bank, said this morning upon learning of Mr. Shively's death, "he served for a quarter of a century as a top official in our bank, and he will be greatly missed by our officers, board of directors and employes."

"Mr. Shively in his very quiet way gave consideration to the problems that were brought before him, and he was able to be helpful over the years to a great many people."

"While Mr. Shively had been retired for almost two years, until recently he had been an active member of the board, and because of his experience, his advice and counsel will be greatly missed."

While his duties as executive vice president of the bank were time-consuming and demanding, he still found time to lend his talents to civic activities and to his Presbyterian faith.

He was a life member of the board of governors of the Civic Association and of its executive committee, served the YMCA as a director, and found a place in his busy life to share his knowledge with the various committees of the Ohio Bankers Association and the Butler County Bankers Association.

During World War II, he was chairman of the Middletown War Loan Committee and directed six war loan campaigns under the supervision of the U. S. Treasury Department, raising funds in the Middletown area to assist in financing the war. In each drive under Mr. Shively, the quotas were exceeded by wide margins.

A member of the First Presbyterian Church, he served it for many years both as a deacon and as an elder.

Mr. Shively retired from the First National Bank as executive vice president in January of 1949, but still remained an adviser as a director of the bank. At that time he moved his residence from Route 25, now occupied by Dr. and Mrs. E. O. Bauer, and with Mrs. Shively moved to the Bauer's apartment at 64 South Main St.

Surviving him are the widow, Mrs. Margaret Shively; one son, Edward H. Shively of Middletown; one daughter, Mrs. Norman Hagedorn, and two grandchildren, Charles and James Hagedorn. 

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Wilson Funeral Home. The Rev. Russell Galloway of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Wilson Funeral Home on Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m.

Extracted from the Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio, Saturday, June 17, 1967, Page 8, Column 4:

Ex-Bank Executive's Widow Dies In Florida

Private graveside services for Mrs. Margaret E. Shively, 84, formerly of 2901 Grand Ave. and widow of Edward F. Shively, will be held at Woodside Cemetery, with Dr. Irvin Emmons officiating.

Mrs. Shively moved from Middletown to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., about two months ago. She died Thursday in a rest home in Florida after an extended illness.

Her husband was executive vice president of the First American Bank & Trust Co. and the First National Bank of Middletown.

Surviving are a son, E. H. Shively of Raymond, Maine; a daughter Mrs. Ruth Hagedorn of Ft. Lauderdale; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Arrangements are by the Wilson Memorial Home. There will be no visitations.

John Henry Shively, Son Of Stephen Mitchell Shively, From Taylor County, Kentucky

John Henry Shively Death Certificate

John Henry Shively was born on 12-Oct-1884 in Taylor County, KY and died 20-Apr-1951 in Steuben County, IN. John was the son of Stephen Mitchell Shively and his 2nd wife Matilda Wise. Stephen Mitchell Shively was the son of John B. Shively and Sarah "Sally" Heaverin. John B. Shively was the son of John Shively and Susannah Hayden.

John Henry Shively was married on 5-Nov-1910 in Knox County, IL to Ethel Bailey Broyles.  Ethel was born 28-Jul-1888 in Boyle County, KY and died 30-Dec-1976 in Boyle County, KY.  She was the daughter of Thompson Broyles and Bettie D. Goode.  Around 1926 Ethel married a second time to Harve Collier.  John Henry would have still be living at this time so he and Ethel must have gotten a divorce.

A newspaper article indicates that in February 1911 J. H. Shively moved to Galesburg, Knox County, IL where he had accepted a position as "motorman".  Another newspaper article from March 1913 indicates he had been badly hurt by a motor car and that one limb would have to be amputated. John is listed on the WWI Registration card as tall, slender, brown eyes and black hair but no physical disqualifications so not sure if mentioned amputation had to be done.  At the time or registration John and Ethel were living in Georgetown, Scott County, KY where he was a collector for Singer Sewing Machine Company. 

John Shively is listed on the 1910 Galesburg Township, Knox County, IL census in the household of Ernest True and occupation of hired man. On the 1920 City School Precinct, Georgetown City, Scott County, Ky census in the household of Sallie B. Long is listed John Shively age 36 married and an agent for sewing machine company. On the1930 Harrodsburg City, Mercer County, KY census John Shiveley age 45 single is listed as a repair worker for sewing machine company.

The following newspaper obituary was found in the Steuben Republican, Angola, Indiana, Wednesday, April 25, 1951, Page 12, Column 3:

SHIVELY

John H. Shively, 66, died early Friday at the home of a sister, Mrs. Charles Patterson, of near Fremont. Also surviving is another sister, Mrs. Mary Raffety of Louisville, Kentucky. Funeral services for Mr. Shively were held Sunday afternoon at the Reams Funeral Home with the Rev. Carl Litchfield officiating and burial was in the Lakeside cemetery.

The following was located in The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Kentucky, Friday, December 31, 1976, Page 7, Column 3:

Mrs. Ethel B. Collier

MITCHELLSBURG (Spl.) -- Mrs. Ethel Broyles Collier, 88, of Mitchellsburg, died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Elliotts Health Care Center, Harrodsburg, after a long illness.

Born in Boyle County July 28, 1888 to the late Thompson and Betty Goode Broyles, she was a widow of Harve Collier. She belonged to Mitchellsburg United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a step-daughter, Mrs. Margaret King of Danville; a foster brother, Gilbert Broyles of Mitchellsburg; three nieces and five nephews including Clarence and Louis Broyles, both of Mitchellsburg, W. G. Broyles of Danville and Arthur Broyels of Parksville; 11 great-nephews and 13 great-nieces.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday and Coyle Funeral Home by the Rev. Gene Wilkins with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Perryville.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

Serving as pallbearers will be Noah Parsons, Carl Best, Louis, Arthur, Ira Lee and W. G. Broyles.

Mollie N. Shively Who Lived In Payne County, Oklahoma

Mollie N. Shively was born on 30-Nov-1864 in Indiana and died on 30-Oct-1957 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. Mollie was the daughter of William Shively (1831-1885) and Margaret J. Woodsides (1840-1898). Listed on the 1860 Ninevah Township, Johnson County, IN census are William Shively age 29, wife Margaret age 22 and daughter Susan E. On the 1880 Harvey Township, Cowley County, KS census is the family of William Shively age 52, wife Margaret age 41, daughter Susan age 19, daughter Annie N. age 18, daughter Mary N. age 15 and song Charles W. age 12.  On the 1910 Stillwater City, Payne County, OK census in the household of H. Chambliss is M. N. Shively age 45.  On the 1920 Stillwater Ward 2, Payne County, OK census is Mollie N. Shively age 55 and roomer Laura French. Listed on the 1930 Stillwater Ward 2, Payne County, OK census are M. N. Shively age 65 a housekeeper in private family and niece Effie Moore age 25.

Mollie N. Shively was married first to James C. Day. Mollie was married second to William L. Swartz on 28-Aug-1910 in Payne County, OK.  At some point Mollie N Shively abandoned her married names and resumed using her maiden name. She died on 30-Oct-1957 and is buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne County, OK.

The happy ending for Mollie’s search for her daughter is told in the following newspaper accounts.  Extracted from the Stillwater Gazette, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Friday, July 29, 1932, Page 1, Column 5:

Mother Finds Child After 35-Year Wait

Mrs. Mollie Shivley, Stillwater, Locates Daughter Who Had Been Missing For Many 

Years

The thirty-five year search of a Stillwater woman for her daughter, who was taken from her when the child was 5, has resulted in success, it was learned Wednesday and Mrs. Mollie Shivley, living on Duncan street, has established communication with her daughter.

Mrs. Susie Long is the daughter’s name and her home is in Southgate, Calif.

For many years Mrs. Shivley considered her daughter dead, when efforts to locate her struck blind trails. Recently, especially in the last two years, the mother was heartened in her search by scattered bits of information that finally led to the establishment of communications. R. D. Lahman family, for whom Mrs. Shivley worked for some time, aided materially in the search.

The story is one of tragic efforts that extended over the long period of years during which the little girl was growing in womanhood. Mrs. Shivley’s first husband, Jim Day, deserted her thirty-five years ago. The mother related that he kidnaped his daughter, Susie, then 5, and his whereabouts could not be located. The years sped along and no word was learned. The Days lived near Skiatook when the family was broken up.

Now it has been learned that Jim Day took his small daughter to Wichita, Kans., and remarried. Neighbors took custody of the little girl shortly after. She remembered her mother and efforts to find her were made, but the child had no proper information.

Later Susie went to Kansas City, later to California. Through recent newspaper advertisements, Kansas acquaintances enabled Mrs. Shivley to pick up the trail. She has a letter from her daughter, as has Mr. Lahman. The father, Jim Day, died a year ago in Wichita, it has been learned.

A second account of the story was found in The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, August 9, 1932, Page 19, Column 4:

Mother’s Long Hunt Succeeds

Forty-Year Maternal Quest Ends In Los Angeles

Babe Stolen Four Decades Ago Found At Last

Daughter Leaves To Bring Parent To Home Here

Kidnaped forty years ago when a babe in arms, Mrs. Susie Long, 8424 San Carlos avenue, South Gate, last night was preparing to return to her mother, Mrs. James C. Day of Stillwater, Okla., to end a search of four decades.

When Mrs. Long was three years of age her father, James C. Day, in a fit of spite stole the baby from his wife. He kept her hidden for three years and then permitted her adoption by another family. The baby then became Susie Collins and as years passed she forgot her mother and was told by her father that she had died. Sue Collins grew up, married George F. Long and moved to California. A daughter was born to her eleven years ago and the years rolled away with the stolen child now forty-three years of age, living in the belief that she was without parents or relatives.

Faith Survives

This long passage of time, however, did not dim the faith of the mother that her baby daughter was yet alive and that some day she would find her. Ever since the kidnaping the mother has tried to locate her missing child. Postmasters over the entire country have received her plea to aid in her search, newspapers have carried notices requesting any information from any source. But all to no avail.

Then into the moving world came the radio.

Annually stations broadcast the search of the mother and still no word came that would end the hunt and let the mother know the whereabouts of her long-last child. Two weeks ago another broadcast went out from a Kansas City station. A woman in St. Joseph, Mo., a girlhood chum of Susie Collins, heard the plea. She wrote to the lonely mother in her Oklahoma home, telling here of her school days and friendship with a girl who answered the description given.

Trail Confused

The mother as years passed had taken her maiden name of Mollie Shively and her daughter had changed by marriage from Collins to Long. This added more difficulties to the mother’s search. She did not lose hope, but renewed her efforts through the postoffices. Finally came word that she might find her daughter in California. Then the Los Angeles search with its final ending at the modest home in South Gate. Letters and photographs were exchanged and a forty-year search was over.

The kidnap victim is going to Oklahoma, accompanied by her daughter, and they will bring back with them to spend the declining years of her life the mother who never lost hope when time seemed to work against fulfillment of her faith.

The following newspaper obituary was located in the Stillwater News-Press, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Sunday, November 3, 1957, Page 4, Column 3:

Mrs. Shively Dies At 92

Services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Monday in Strode chapel for Mrs. Mollie E. Shively, 92, 311 Maple ave., who died Wednesday at Caney, Kans.

The Rev. Henry A. Morton of the First Methodist church, will officiate with interment at Fairlawn cemetery under the direction of the Strode funeral home.

Mrs. Shively was born in Indiana on Nov. 30, 1864, and moved to Payne county in 1890. She was a member of the Methodist church.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Susie Day Long, Joshua Tree, Calif., and three nephews, Jap Owens, 723 N. Ramsey st., Cal Owens, 116 S. Ridge road, and Carl Sample of Oxford, Kans.