George Wilbur Shively was born on 19-Sep-1870 in Hudson, Summit County, OH and died on 30-Jan-1934 in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA. He was married on 15-Aug-1899 in Summit County, OH to Grace Lillian Grover. Grace was born on 15-Jan-1870 in Pennsylvania and died in 1923 in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA. Grace was the daughter of Harvey Grover and Susan Wise. George Wilbur Shively was the son of Andrew Jackson Shively born 1-Jul-1835 died 14-May-1916 in Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA and Sarah Ackroyd Jones born 20-Feb-1837 in England died 5-Oct-1913 in Hudson, Summit County, OH. Andrew Jackson Shively was the son of Mr. Shively born in Germany and Mary Best also born in Germany.
The following was located in The Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, Friday, April 28, 1899, Page 3, Column 2:
A farewell party was given Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wagoner in honor of George Shively. The latter will leave this city within a very short time to accompany Frank A. Wilcox to Erie, where he has accepted a position in the office of the new rubber company there.
Those who were present at the party, 16 in number, are the members of the Pedro club, to which Mr. Shively belonged. The evening was spent at the card tables, playing progressive pedro, after which Mr. Shively was taken by surprise in being presented with a fine gold watch charm, Thad W. Rice making the presentation speech. Lunch was served and the evening was very pleasantly passed.
Extracted fromThe Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, Friday, August 4, 1899,, Page 3, Column 2:
Invitations are out announcing the wedding of Miss Grace Lillian Grover, to George Wilbur Shively, August 15, at 8 o’clock, at the home of the bride, 430 East Center street. Mr. Shively is at present living in Erie, Pa.
The account of the wedding of George Shively and Grace Grover was found in The Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, Wednesday, August 16, 1899, Page 3, Columns 2-3:
A quiet wedding took place at the home of Mrs. Susa A. Grover, 430 East Center street, Tuesday evening, the contracting parties being George W. Shively, of Erie, Pa., and Miss Grace L. Grover, who has been engaged in teaching in the Akron public schools for several years.
Rev. T. E. Monroe, pastor of the First Congregational church, performed the ceremony promptly at 8 o’clock, using the double ring service. Will F. Neubauer was the groom’s attendant, while Miss Maude Grover, sister of the bride, was her maid of honor. Only the members of the two interested families were present at the ceremony. A wedding supper was served,
The young people left Tuesday night, for Erie, where a newly furnished home is prepared to receive them. Mr. Shively is engaged as an accountant with the Erie Rubber company, he having gone to that position from the India Rubber company’s office in this city, with F. A. Wilcox, last spring. He had lived in Akron for many years previous to that time, and has a large circle of friends here. The bride, as mentioned elsewhere, was one of the popular teachers in the local public schools.
The out of town guests were, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shively, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Shively, Mrs. Angle Shively, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shively and son, and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Lewis, of Hudson; Mrs. Charles Bellows and sons, Verne and Wilbur, of Chicago; Mrs. T. B. Reid and daughter, Luella, of Orville; Mrs. Charles Morrow and son and Miss Eva M. Newton, of Cleveland, and Thad. W. Rice, of Castalia.
The newspaper obituary for George Shively was found in the Latrobe Bulletin, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, January 31, 1934, Page 5, Column 3:
George W. Shively
Suffering from poor health for several years, George. W. Shively, aged 64 years, of Jeannette, secretary of the Pennsylvania Rubber Company, passed away,, yesterday.
Mr. Shively had been secretary of the rubber company for 27 years.
He was the first president of the Jeannette Chamber of Commerce, and third president of the Jeannette Kiwanis Club. He was also one of the organizers of the Jeannette War Service Union, was Red Cross representative for a number of years and was chairman of the Jeannette Playgrounds committee. He was also a charter member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 750, F. and A.M. He was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Advent. He is survived by two sisters.
Another account of the death of George Shively was found in The Punxsutawney Spirit, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, January 31, 1934, Page 2, Column 5:
JEANETTE, Pa., Jan. 31 — (INS) - George W. Shively, 64, and executive of the Pennsylvania Rubber Company since its inception in 1899 and for 27 years its secretary, was dead here today. He was an active member of several clubs and lodges. His wife died in 1923. Surviving are two sisters.
