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| John L. Shively/Lucy Rutter Marriage |
The Shively researchers are asking for help in understanding an interesting twist in the Shively genealogy. In Athens County, OH it seems the names John Leslie Shively and Leslie Rutter might be the same person. If anyone can provide clues to what is going on it will be greatly appreciated.
John Leslie Shively married Lucy Belle Rutter in Athens County, OH on 18-Aug-1901. John L. Shively is age 28 years old which would mean John was born ca. 1873. He is listed born in Jacksonville, Athens County, OH. His parents are listed as James Shively and Jane Shively.
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| Lesley Rutter Death Certificate |
From the death certificate for Lesley Rutter it is documented that he was born on 20-Mar-1872 in Athens County, OH and his parents were James Rutter and Jane Pierce (Louisa Jane Pierce). Lesley’s date of death is 27-Jan-1932 in Trimble Township, Athens County, OH. The 1900 Jacksonville Village, Trimble Township, Athens County, OH census finds Leslie Rutter born Mar-1876 age 24 living with his mother, Louisa Rutter born Dec-1832 age 67.
John L. Shively cannot be found on any Athens County, OH census records. Leslie (Lesley) Rutter is found on the census records from his birth to death. John L Shively is named on the marriage to Lucy Rutter. Starting in 1940 Lucy and daughters have changed their surname from Rutter to Shively. The census records from 1910-1930 list Lucy as married to Lesley Rutter. On the 1910 Trimble Township, Athens County, OH census is the household of Leck Rutter age 29, wife Luce age 27 and daughter Annie E. age 3. On the 1920 Trimble Township, Athens County, OH census is Leslie Rutter age 45, wife Lucy age 40, daughter Annie age 12 and daughter Edith 7 months. On the 1930 Trimble Township, Athens County, OH census is Leslie Rutter age 59, wife Lucy age 49, daughter Edith age 10 and daughter Bertha age 8. From the Ohio death certificates Leslie Rutter died on 27-Jan-1932. Listed on the 1940 Oakdale, Trimble Township, Athens County, OH census is the family of Lucy Shively age 59 widowed and daughter Bertha age 18. On the 1950 Trimble Township, Athens County, OH census is the household of Sylvester N. Styers age 35, wife Bertha D. age 28, son Charles E. age 9, daughter Deloris J. age 1 and mother in law Lucy B. Shiveley age 69 widowed.
Anna Ethel Shively was married on 31-Jul-1926 in Athens County, OH to Leonard “Lennie” W. Stires. She lists her father as Leslie Shively and mother as Lucy Rutter. On the Ohio Death Certificate Anna Stires was born on 22-Jun-1907 in Athens County, OH and died on 21-Nov-1951 in Athens County, OH. Her father is listed as Lesley Shivley and mother Lucy Rutter.
Edith Mae Shivley was born on 30-May-1919 in Athens County, OH and died 3-Nov-1986 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, OH. She was married to Charles E. Staffey.
Bertha Deloras Shively was married on 8-Aug-1940 in Athens County, OH to Sylvester Stires. She lists her father as Leslie Shively and mother as Lucy Rutter. From the Athens County, OH birth records a child named Rutter was born on 12-Feb-1922 with parents listed as Alex Rutter and Lucy Rutter. Bertha Deloras Shively was born on 12-Feb-1922 in Athens County, OH and died on 19-Dec-2017 in Athens County, OH.
A search for articles in the newspapers produced only one item relating to John Leslie Shively. Found in the Athens Messenger, August 22, 1901, Page 5, Column 5:
Marriage License
John L. Shiverly, Jacksonville, and Lucy Rutter, Burr Oak.
Located in the Athens Messenger, January 28, 1932, Page 1, Column 2:
Rutter Funeral To Be Conducted Friday
Burial To Be Made At Bishopville Cemetery
GLOUSTER, Jan. 28. — Funeral services for Alex Rutter, Oakdale, will be held Friday morning at 10 o’clock in charge of the Rev. M. S. Rogers of the Church of Christ and burial will be made in the cemetery at Bishopville. He was 59 years of age and is survived by his wife and three daughters — Mrs. Len Stires, Oakdale, and Anna and Bertha, at home.
Mr. Rutter died Tuesday from cancer of the stomach, following a lingering illness. He had been a resident of Trimble Township practically all his life.
From the Athens Messenger, January 3, 1968, Page 12, Column 4:
Lucy Belle Shivley
GLOUSTER — Mrs. Lucy Belle Shively, 87, Glouster Route 1, died early Wednesday at her residence.
She was born in Burr Oak a daughter of Enoch and Sarah Jane Rutter.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Steirs, Glouster, and Mrs. Edith Stacey, Zanesville; 20 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband.
Arrangements will be announced by the Van Fossen Funeral Home.
Copied from the Athens Messenger, January 4, 1968, Page 18, Column 2:
Shivley Services
GLOUSTER — Services for Mrs. Lucy Belle Shivley, 87, Glouster, will be Friday at 2 p.m., at the Van Fossen Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ernest Williams officiating. Burial will be in Hollister Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mrs. Shivley died Wednesday.
The following was taken from the Athens Messenger, November 22, 1951, Page 1, Columns 1-2:
Body Of County Woman Found In Parked Auto
GLOUSTER - The body of a Glouster area woman was found Wednesday afternoon in a parked car on a country lane, and and autopsy will be performed in an attempt to learn how she died.
Sheriff George Bateman identified the body as that of Mrs. Anne Ethel Stires, 44, Glouster Route 1, mother of nine children. She was found in an automobile owned by Albert Davis, 35, also of Glouster Route 1, Bateman said.
Coroner John H. Elias gave no opinion as to cause of death, pending the report of an autopsy to be performed at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Columbus, by Dr. Horace Davidson, a pathologist.
Mrs. Stires’ body was found at about 3 p.m. by three youths who had been sent to the scene by the car’s owner, Davis, with instructions to put gasoline in the auto.
Davis, questioned later by Bateman, said he had left Mrs. Stires several hours about daybreak after having spent several hours in the parked car, and that he thought she either was asleep of intoxicated at the time he left her.
The auto was parked on a lane leading north from the Antle orchard road, about four miles north of Glouster.
From stories told to him, Sheriff Bateman pieced together this account of Mrs. Stires’ activities Tuesday night:
Tuesday evening, Mrs. Stires and her husband, Lennie, made a tour of several taverns in Glouster, and after returning home, quarreled. The husband did not say what the quarrel was about. Mrs. Stires left the house at about 10:30 p.m.
Davis picked the woman up on the country road sometime later. He and the Stirreses are neighbors, and he said he often gave rides to husband and wife. He parked the car, leaving it at about dawn.
Wednesday afternoon, he asked the three youths — Richard Losey, 16; Joe Perry, 22, and Joe Losey, 14, all of Glouster Route 1 — to take gasoline to the car, telling them its location. The youths got some fuel in a jug, and reaching the car, saw Mrs. Stires inside.
They attempted to arouse her, and when they were unable to do so, went to Glouster and notified Marshal Ray Fulton, who in turn called Bateman.
The body was on the right side of the seat in the coupe, a 1940 model, and was slumped toward the left. Mrs. Stires was fully dressed in overall trousers, black blouse, blue coat and brown oxfords. There were no marks apparent on her body.
There was no gasoline in the tank of the auto, but the ignition key was turned off.
Marhsal Fulton confirmed the statement that Mr. and Mrs. Stires were in several drinking places in Glouster early Tuesday evening. He said when he made a routine check later in the evening, he did not see them.
In the area Wednesday evening in addition to Bateman and Elias was Prosecuting Attorney James F. Shumaker.
Six of Mrs. Stires’ nine children reside at home, the youngest being aged 3.
The following was found in the Athens Sunday Messenger, November 25, 1951, Page 24, Column 3:
Stires Rites To Be Sunday
GLOUSTER — Funeral services for Mrs. Anne Ethel Stires, 44, who body was found in a parked car near here, will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the C. F. Wallace Funeral Home.
Friends may call at the funeral home. Burial will be in Hollister Cemetery.
Mrs. Stires is survived by her husband, Lennie Stires; six daughters, Mrs. Pauline Perry, Glouster, Mrs. Margaret Osborne and Maxine Stires, both Columbus; Isabel, Wilma and Jane Lou Stires, at home, and three sons, William, Robert Lee and Jimmie, all at home.
She is also survived by her mother, Mrs. Lucy Shivley, Glouster; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Mae Steffey, Zanesville; and Bertha Stires, Glouster and six grandchildren.
Extracted from The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio, Wednesday, November 5, 1985, Page 2, Column 3:
Edith M. Staffey
Edith M. Staffey, 67, of 212 Eastwood Drive, died at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, 1986, in Bethesda Hospital, following a long illness.
She was born May 30, 1919, in Athens County, daughter of John and Lucy Shivley.
Her husband, Charles Staffey, died Sept. 12, 1985.
Surviving are five sons, Robert and Harold Staffey, both of 212 Eastwood Drive, Dwain Staffey of Maysville Avenue, Charles Staffey Jr. of Wheeling Avenue and Richard Staffey of Marietta Street; three daughters, Mrs. Cecil (Annabelle) Butler of 527 Baker St., Marguerite Bagley of Woodlawn Avenue and Mary Bevere of Linden Avenue; a sister, Bertha Stiers of Athens; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at DeLong and Baker Funeral Home, where friends may call one hour prior to services. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Found in the Athens Messenger, December 21, 2017, Page 2, Column 2:
Bertha Stires
GLOUSTER — Bertha D. Stires, 95, of Glouster, passed away Dec. 19, 2017 at Hickory Creek in The Plains. Bertha was born Feb. 12, 1922 in Oakdale.
Surviving are her son, Gary Stires of Glouster; daughter, DeLoras Long of Glouster; grandchildren, Jesse, John, Melissa and Crystal; and great-grandchildren, Jessie Lee, Wade, Jenna, Savannah, Morgan, Alec, Ryan, Emily and Nicholas.
Bertha was preceded in death by her father; mother, Lucy Shivley; husband, Sylvester Stires; sons, Charles and Frank Stires; and two sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p..m., Tuesday, Dec. 26, at the Brown Funeral Home in Murray City with Rev. Tim Poling officiating. Burial will be in Hollister Cemetery in Hollister.
Calling hours will be observed Tuesday, Dec. 26, from noon to time of service.
Letters of condolence may be sent to the family at www.brownfuneralservice.net
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