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.