William Sylvester Shively And Adaline Coberly Who Lived In Fresno County, California

William Sylvester Shively was born on 9-May-1860 in Harrison County, MO and died 22-Jan-1947 in Fresno County, CA. He was the son of John M. Shively (1828-1863) and Lutitia (Letitia) Buntin (1824-1910). For more information on John M. and Lutitia Shively see the Shively blog article written on February 12, 2011.  William Sylvester Shively married Adaline Coberly and was the daughter of Isaac Neal Coberly and Mary Florine Sullivan.  Adaline was born on Aug-1868 and died on 19-Sep-1953 in Fresno County, CA.

Located on the 1860 Union Township, Harrison County, MO census is the household of John M. Shively age 31, wife Luticia age 36, son Isaac H age 7, son John W. age 5, daughter Mary E. age 4, daughter Martha A. age 2 and son William S. age 2 months. Listed on the 1870 Union Township, Harrison County, MO census is the family of Luticia Shively age 46, son Isaac H. age 17, daughter Mary E. age 14, and son William S. age 10. On the 1900 Fresno County, CA census is the family of Wm. S. Shively born May-1860 age 40, wife Adaline born Aug-1868 age 31, son Floyd E. born Aug-1887 age 12 and son Ernest born Mar-1890 age 10. 

Extracted from The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, Wednesday, January 22, 1947, Page 15, Column 5:

William S. Shively

William S. Shively, 86, of 3148 Iowa Avenue, a retired farmer, died today in a Fresno hospital after an illness of two years.

Shively was born in Harrison County, Kansas. He came to Fresno in 1900, moved to Santa Rosa in 1912 and returned here in 1943.

Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Adaline Coberly Shively; a son, Ernest Shively of Fresno; two nieces, Mrs. Murty Weaver of Fowler and Mrs. Emma Murrelli of Orange Cove, and a nephew, J. L. Shively of San Mateo.

The funeral will be held Friday at 1 P.M. in the Boice Chapel in Clovis, with Rev. V. F. Anderson of the Twelfth Street Baptist Church officiating and burial in the Clovis Cemetery.

Located in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, Saturday, September 19, 1953, Page 16, Column 6:

Mrs. Adaline Shively

FOWLER--Mrs. Adaline Shively, 85, a long time resident of this district, died today following a long illness. She was the widow of the late William S. Shively of Fresno; the mother of Ernest Shively of Auberry; the sister of Mrs. Alice Hawthorne, Mrs. Blanche Burns, Terry Coberly and Lester Coberly, all of Fresno, Cecil Coberly of Clovis, Clarence Coberly of Los Angeles and William Coberly of Oklahoma.

Funeral services will be announced by the Jorgenson Funeral Home of Fowler.

Additional information regarding Letitia Shively, mother of William S. Shively, was found in the Fowler Ensign, Fowler, California, Saturday, July 23, 1910, Page 4, Column 1:

Mrs. Letitia Shively Dies At Ripe Old Age Of Eighty-four

Mrs. Letitia Shively, mother of Mrs. G. W. Fuller died at her daughter's home in Fowler Monday, July 18, 1910 at the age of 86 years 2 months and 27 days.

Mrs. Shively was a native of Kentucky. At the time of the Civil War her husband lost his life for his country's sake and she was left alone with three small children to care for. Within a short time her eldest son died and the remaining son and daughter were present at the time of her death which occurred after a very long life the most of which had been in continuous service for others.

Mrs. Shively became a Christian in early womanhood and through all the years of trials, sorrows and difficulties which were lot after the death of her husband she never lost her faith in God, the Father and Christ, the Son.

The funeral services were held from the First Christian church, of which the deceased was a member, Tuesday morning at ten o'clock and in the absence of the pastor, were conducted by Rev. G. C. GIffen. A quartette sang "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me" and "Abide With Me" and Mrs. Nettie Pugh sang "We Are Going Down The Valley".

Interment was made in the Fowler cemetery at the close of the church service.

There are left to mourn the absence of the beloved mother the daughter, Mrs. G. W. Fuller of Fowler and a son W. T. Shively of Parlier with their families.

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We take this means of expressing our thankfulness to the friends who so kindly assisted us and gave expression in many ways to their sympathy for us during the protracted illness and the recent death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Leticia Shively

                                                                            Mrs. F. B. Fuller

                                                                            W. S. Shively