John Burris Shively was born on 16-Jun-1914 in Brown County, OH and died 22-April-1984. He married Daisy Alice Phillips who was born about 1919 and died ca. 2006 in Newport, Kenton County, KY. She was the daughter of George Thomas Phillips and Laura Spegal. The following news paper article was found in The Kentucky Post, Covington, Kentucky, Tuesday, March, 15, 1966, Page 9, Columns 1-3:
Antique Buff Loves Collection
By Judy Shoemaker
Staff Writer
Mrs. John (Daisy) Shively, is the proud possessor of a survey map of a Kentucky county, signed by the pen of none other that Daniel Boone, dated 1782.
"My husband isn't quite the antique buff I am," Mrs. Shively smiled. Her husband owns the Shively Trucking Co. The couple reside in their new home of one month at 16 Rob Roy, Ft. Thomas.
They have one daughter, Sue Ellen, 11.
"My first cousin, Mrs. Elizabeth Miller of Cythiana, first discovered the Daniel Boone survey map. It might be a map of Harrison County or Bourbon County. We aren't sure.
"She was looking through my grandfather's trunk when she found it. I've kept it framed," Mrs. Shively said.
Her grandfather, George Cox Phillips, born in Bristol, England, in 1819, came to Kentucky in 1827.
Mrs. Shively has letters written by her grandfather to his relatives in England. Mrs. Shively read parts of one letter. "We have no silken chords or musical instruments about us better than a five-cent juice harp....we live in a rough log cabin with strong oaken floor, no soft costly carpet, but our dry winter wood blazes cheerily on a big hearth. No landlord ever calls....." Mrs. Shively's grandfather added.
Mrs. Daisy Shively's father, a farmer, was born when his dad, George Phillips, was 62. Daisy was born when her dad was 65. "My mother was 18 years younger than my father," Mrs. Shively said.
Mrs. Shively said, "About six years ago I became interested in antiques and found some interesting ones in my grandfather's trunk."
She displayed an 1870 "Old Blue Book Speller," wool cords that dated to Civil War days, a wood carved German whistling man statue which has a bellows in it and even a flat iron from Civil War days.
Other antique favorites include picture post cards from 1900, "my father's vest, one he wore at age two," and 1865 sugar bowl, a psalm book and scrapbook from the turn of the century.
Mrs. Shively, member of First Baptist Church, Ft. Thomas, and Eventide Homemakers, continued reading her grandfather's letter to relatives he left in England.
"Well, let me brag and you too, as you sip your maderia wine while I take a snort of Kentucky whisky."
This newspaper article was extracted from The Kentucky Postk Covington, Kentucky, Saturday, February 12, 1966, Page 4, Columns 2-5:
History In A Trunk
Woman's Paper Tells Of Boone's Survey
By John Harris
Staff Correspondent
CYNTHIANA, KY.; Christopher McConnico was a big land owner in these parts 180 years ago. He owned 14,137 acres on the Main Licking River in what is now Harrison and Bourbon counties--but which was Fayette County at that time.
Little else is known about Mr. McConnico. There is no information on the gentleman among old records at Harrison County Courthouse.
Knowledge of his vast holdings in 1786 comes from a copy of an old survey in the possession of Mrs. John Shively, 16 Rob Roy, Ft. Thomas.
Found In Trunk
Mrs. Shively obtained the ancient document from her mother, who in turn had found it among papers in an old trunk, owned by Mrs. Shively's grandfather. Mrs. Shively still has the old trunk in which the document was found.
George Cox Phillips, her grandfather, died in 1889. "I can find no connection between my grandfather and Mr. McConnico and I have no idea why he had the copy of the survey in his trunk," Mrs. Shively says.
A comparison of the plat with an aerial map of central Kentucky indicates the land area probably is located between the South Licking and the Main Licking Rivres.
Dan Boone On List
Another interesting aspect of the tattered and yellow document is that is lists Daniel Boone as one of those making the survey.
This may have well been the famous Kentucky pioneer who established Boonesboro in Madison County and fought the Indians in the area.
14,137 Acres Surveyed
History reveals that Boone was in Kentucky until 1788 when he left for West Virginia after being forced to abandon his claims to land around Boonesboro because of invalid titles........
Fee-----Two Bits
On the back of the document was the following: "Copy survey, Grant 20th February 1788, examined. Fee 25 cents."
Mrs. Shively's grandfather, in whose trunk the survey was found, came to the U.S. in 1821, settling in Cincinnati, where he was employed by the wealthy Nicholas Longworth.
He later moved to Bourbon County where he worked digging ponds. During this time he married a Harrison County soman and bought a farm there.
"I would be interested in any information your readers can giver concerning McConnico," Mrs. Shively said.
John Burris Shively was the son of Robert Earl Shively who was born on 24-Mar-1885 in Adams County, OH and died on 18-Apr-1954 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH and Anna Pearl Burriss (1887-1914). Robert Earl Shively was the son of James Henry Shively who was born 18-Jan-1861 in Adams County, OH and died 5-Feb-1905 in Harnersville, Brown County, OH and Mary Franklin Brown (1861-1936). James Henry Shively was the son of Jacob Shiveley (1815-1868) and Elinor Ann Hornback Smith (1819-1880).
The following newspaper obituary for John B. Shively was found in The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, 23-April-1984, Page 32, Column 5:
SHIVELY
John B., beloved husband of Daisy Phillips Shively, devoted father of Sue Ellen Shively, dearest step-son of Ruth Shively, dearest brother of Mildred Johnston, Betty Martin, Harold and Dr. Robert Shively, also survived by 11 nieces and nephews, Sunday April 22, 1984. Residence 16 Robroy Avenue, Ft. Thomas Ky. Age 69 years. Funeral services at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday, Dobbling Funeral Home, Ft Thomas. Visitation Tuesday from 4 until 7:30 P.M. Memorials, if desired, to the Building Fund of the First Baptist Church, Highland Heights Ky, or to the Brighton Center, Newport Ky.
