Jacob Shively From Darke County, Ohio To Cass County, Indiana To Hamilton County, Ohio

Jacob Shively Ohio Death Certificate

Jacob Shively (Scheifele) was born 1-Nov-1859 in OH and died 7-Jun-1924 in Hamilton County, OH.  He was the son of John Scheifele (born 8-Jun-1823 in Germany died 30-Aug-1877 in OH) and Anna Maria Haug (born 14-Feb-1833 in Germany died 2-Nov-1917 in Darke County, OH). John and Anna Scheifele are both buried in the Highland Cemetery, Covington, Miami County, OH.

Jacob Shively married 1st to Nancy “Nannie” Evelyn Ishmael in Cass County, IN on 19-Mar-1883. This was the 2nd marriage for Nannie E. Ishmael who was married at least 4 times. Nannie Ishmael was born on 27-Jul-1850 in Cain, Fountain County, IN and died on 23-Apr-1927 in Kokomo, Howard County, IN. She was the daughter of Robert T. and Rachel Ishmael. Jacob married 2nd to Ida May Rich on 20-Jul-1898 in Wabash County, IN. Ida May Rich was born 4-Sep-1870 and died 10-Oct-1940 in Hamilton County, OH. She was the daughter of William Rich and Jean Wilson. Ida May Rich was married 1st to Frank Jones in Cass County, IN on 3-Jun-1893.

Listed on the 1870 Bradford, Adams Township, Darke County, OH census is the family of John Shively age 47 born in Wurtemburg Germany, wife Anna M. age 37 born in Wurtemberg Germany, daughter Amelia age 15 born in PA, son John age 13 born in PA , son Jacob age 10 born in Ohio, daughter Anna age 6, daughter Catharine age 4 and son Edward age 1. Listed on the 1880 Bradford, Adams Township, Darke County, OH census are Anna M. Shively age 47, son John age 23, son Jacob age 20, daughter Anna age 16, daughter Catharine age 14, son Edward age 11, son Frank age 6 and son David age 4. Located on the 1910 Precinct E, Cincinnati City, Hamilton County, OH census are Jacob Shively age 50, second marriage and wife Ida M. age 39, second marriage.Still in Cincinnati in 1920 they are listed on the 1920 Cincinnati, Precinct O, Hamilton County, OH census as Jacob Shively age 60 and wife Ida M. age 49. Jacob is listed as an Engineer for the railroad.

Jacob Shively married 1st to Nancy “Nannie” Evelyn Ishmael in Cass County, IN on 19-Mar-1883. This was the 2nd marriage for Nannie E. Ishmael who was married at least 4 times. Nannie Ishmael was born on 27-Jul-1850 in Cain, Fountain County, IN and died on 23-Apr-1927 in Kokomo, Howard County, IN. She was the daughter of Robert T. and Rachel Ishmael. Nancy “Nannie” E. Ishmael married 1st to Charles E. Lewis in Cass County, IN on 5-Oct-1871. She married 2nd to Jacob Shively in 1883 with this marriage ending in divorce in 1898. Nannie E. Ishmael Lewis Shively married 3rd in Howard County, IN on 11-Feb-1909 to Edward G. Power. He had been married 1st to Mary E. Turley who had died on 27-Oct-1908.  The marriage of Nannie and Edward Powers ended in divorce in 1909.  Nannie E. Ishmael Lewis Shively Powers married a 4th time to David W. Buskirk in Miami County, IN on 10-Aug-1909.

Located on the 1850 Pipe Creek Township, Madison County, IN census is the household of Thomas Ishmael age 28, wife Rachel age 29, son Thomas age 8, son John age 6, son William age 2, daughter Nacny age 6 months, Rachel Cumins age 72, Davis Stephenson age 17 and William Stephenson age 15. From the 1860 Cain Township, Fountain County, IN census is the family of Thomas Ishmael age 37, wife Rachel age 39, son John W. age 16, son William age 13, daughter Nancy E. age 10, son Reuben B. age 9, son Joel A. age 6, son Thomas age 3, daughter Ruth A. age 1 and farm laborer Franklin Baxter age 18. On the 1870 Kokomo, Howard County census are Rachel Boggs age 70 and domestic servant Nancy Ishmael age 19. Nannie E. Ishmael has married for the first time by 1880 and listed on the 1880 Ensley Township, Newaygo County, MI census are Charles Lewis age 29, wife Nancy age 29 and son Charley age 3. On the 1900 Center Township, Kokomo City, IN census are Charles E. Lewis born Oct-1876 age 23, wife Mary B. born Feb-1887 age 19, son Kenneth born Apr-1900 age 1 month and mother Nanny Shively born Jul-1854 age 45. Listed on the 1910 Center Township, Kokomo City, Howard County, census is the household of David W. Buskirk age 65 (his second marriage) and wife Nannie E. age 55.

Copied from the Logansport Reporter, Logansport, Indiana, April 26, 1890, Page 4:

Jacob Shively has his trouble double, while his engine was in the shop for repairs. Thursday, Jake went fishing at the Wabash dam and on his return he discovered that he had lost his pocket book containing a check on the bank for $120 and $10 in money. If found and returned to owner a liberal reward is offered.

Copied from the Logansport Reporter, Logansport, Indiana, May 24, 1898, Page 6:

Nancy Shively was yesterday granted a divorce and $500 alimony in the Miami circuit court from Jacob Shively. The defendant is a Pan Handle engineer and the suit was filed in the Miami circuit court by Larry and Mahoney.

The following was found in the Logansport Weekly Pharos, Logansport, Indiana, May 25, 1898:

In the circuit court at Kokomo yesterday the wife of Jacob Shively, of this city, was granted a divorce and $500 alimony. Plaintiff was represented in the trial by Larry & Mahoney. After the separation of the couple Mrs. Shively removed to Kokomo.

Jacob married 2nd to Ida May Rich on 20-Jul-1898 in Wabash County, IN. She was the daughter of William Rich and Jean Wilson.

Copied from the Logansport Reporter, Logansport, Indiana, May 7, 1900, Page 3:

Jacob Shively, of Smead street, for twenty-two years an employe of the Panhandle, has resigned his position and is preparing to make an extended trip through the south for the purpose of finding a new location. During her husband’s absence Mrs. Shively will visit friends in Frankfort, Ind.

Located in the Logansport Journal, Logansport, Indiana, November 2, 1900, Page 4:

Wife Makes Mistake

Assaults Innocent Woman In Company With Her Husband

Jacob Shively was arraigned in Justice Guthrie’s court yesterday to answer to the charge of provoke preferred by Mrs. Josie Pierce. Mrs. Pierce alleges that Wednesday night she was walking up Market street, when Shively approached her and opened a conversation. She refused to foster the conversation and told him that she was a married woman and for him to tend to his own business. Just then Mrs. Shively appeared upon the scene and catching Mrs. Pierce by the neck struck her. Matters were finally settled in court, Shively pleading guilty and staying a fine.

Nannie E. Ishmael Lewis Shively married 3rd in Howard County, IN on 11-Feb-1909 to Edward G. Power.  The following articles concerning the marriage and divorce of Nannie and Edward G. Power are as follows:

Located in the Kokomo Daily Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana, February 13, 1909, Page 7, Column 2:

Mr. Edward G. Power, seventy-three and Mrs. Nannie Shively, fifty-six, were married Thursday evening, the Rev. C. W. Shoemaker of the Markland avenue M. E. church officiating. The groom was a widower and had his Courtland avenue home all furnished and prepared for the coming of his bridge. The wedding was celebrated in the presence of but a few friends. Friday night the bridal couple were visited by an old fashioned belling party, with hideous musical instruments, gongs and all that makes night hideous. Mr. Power had not purposed recognizing the visitors, or coming out of the house, but finally some of the more ambitious of this tormentors climbed to the roof and capped the chimneys, smoking the couple out, whereupon Mr. Power appeared with a shot gun. There was a scattering among the invaders. Mr. and Mrs. Power are excellent people. The bride was a widow and is a most worthy woman. The groom is a large land owner and a veteran of the civil war.

From the Logansport Times, Logansport, Indiana, February 19, 1909, Page 1, Column 6:

Edward G. Powers Married

Wonders will never cease here in the valley of the Wabash. Here is our old friend Edward G. Powers, formerly of the Young America neighborhood, who has withstood the storms of 73 winters, and he unites himself in marriage with Mrs. Nannie E. Shively, who has bloomed and blossomed through 50 autumns. The groom’s daughter, Ladoska Powers, was many years ago a faithful typesetter in the office of The Logansport Times. Our understanding is that Mr. Powers fell into the trap through and advertisement which he himself inserted. He wanted a wife, and he just said so in so many words, and the thing was no sooner said than done, and our wish if that they may live happy evermore. The bride lived at Kokomo, where they were married.

Unfortunately the marriage of Edward G. Power and Mrs. Nannie E. Shively did not go so well as reported in the Kokomo Daily Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana, March 11, 1909, Page 1, Column 5:

False Teeth Are An Issue

In Divorce Suit of Power Vs. Power

Husband Not Nice

In His Table Manners, Is Complaint Of The Wife — He Humiliated And Disgusted Her, She Says, By His Habits In The Home — She Lived With Him Two Weeks — She Wants $3,000 And Her Former Name

Many a craft on the matrimonial sea hits the rocks within a year from the time it is launched, but nearly all of them manage to keep afloat at least a fortnight. Even as short a voyage as that, however, is the record of the shallop of Edward G. and Nannie Power. They set sail on February 12, last, and went on the rocks on February 26 — two weeks later to a day.

It is not known that the law firm of Overson & Manning were ambitious to offer something distinctly new in the way of “fillin’” for a divorce complaint, but they are entitled to credit for putting forward something of that kind. The things charged in the complaint are not scandalous but they sound shockingly unsanitary.

The plaintiff in the suit is the wife, Nannie Power. She asserts that she began to drink of the cup of disappointment and humiliation almost from the day of her marriage to the defendant. She says he  became indifferent to her and entered on a course of conduct toward her that finally made it impossible for her longer to continue in his presence.

The complaint sets out that Power had table manners that were, to say the least, peculiar. It is asserted that he had false teeth and that upon finishing a repast and while the plaintiff was still seated at the table, he would take them out and “lick the teeth and plates”, a performance that filled the plaintiff with humiliation and disgust and made her sick.

It is charged, too, that the defendant was not given to practice of eating from an individual dish. It is asserted that it was his habit to help himself direct from the containing dishes. It is set forth, too, that his manner of partaking of the elements of good cheer were neither deliberate nor gentle, it being asserted that he was known frequently to “grab into a dish with both hands”.

It is further complained that neatness in his habits around the house was not one of the distinguishing traits of the defendant. That is not just the way it is put in the complaint — the “shorter and uglier word” filthy is used there. The plaintiff asserts that all of these disagreeable personal habits were not the only shortcomings of the defendant. It is asserted that he added to them the offense of vulgar language. It is averred that the plaintiff found life with the defendant under such circumstances unbearable. She says she was humiliated by his conduct and rendered ill by it, the impression being left that it was conducive to nausea. She stood it two weeks and then a separation was “the end of the chapter”, that a  resumption of the marriage relation is quite out of the question and that a suggestion of reconciliation is not to be considered. In brief, the complaint leaves an impression that the plaintiff has had enough.

In the concluding paragraph of the complaint it is revealed that the plaintiff wants to be paid reasonably well for the two weeks she lived with the defendant. She suggests alimony in the amount of $3,000. It is set out that the defendant has ninety acres of land in Harrison township and that his property holdings are of the value of at least $10,000. It seems that the defendant has become so repugnant to the plaintiff the the latter wants absolutely nothing out of him but a settlement. She does not even want the name he gave her, for she asks the court to restore to her her former name, Nannie Shively. There is also a request that the defendant be required to pay into the court a reasonable sum for the plaintiff’s use pending the final adjudication of the suit for divorce.

Nannie E. Ishmael Lewis Shively Powers married a 4th time to David W. Buskirk in Miami County, IN on 10-Aug-1909.

From The Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, June 9, 1924, Page 10:

Services For Engineer

Funeral services for Jacob Shively, railroad engineer, 2198 Shadwell st., Fairmount, who died at his home Saturday, will be held Tuesday from Fairmount M. E. Church. Interment will be at Spring Grove Cemetery. Shively served Chesapeake & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads a total of 40 years.

Copied from the Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, Indiana, April 23, 1927, Page 1, Column 2:

Brief Illness Fatal

Mrs. Nannie Shivley Dies From Flu And Pneumonia Attack

Mrs. Nannie Shivley, 73, died Saturday morning at 2:05 o’clock at the home of her son, Charles Lewis, 716 North Washington street. She was taken ill with the flu nine days ago, this developing into pneumonia which caused her death. Mrs. Shivley was born and reared in Howard and Tipton counties. She was married to Charles E. Lewis of Logansport in 1870 and his death occurred five years ago. Two children were born, the son at whose home her death occurred and a daughter who died at the age of five. Six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one brother, Joseph Ishman of Logansport, survive.

Until four years ago when she fell and broker her hip, Mrs. Shivley was a faithful attendant of the Main Street Methodist church of which she was a member.

The body was taken to the S. C. Moore funeral home and prepared for burial. Sunday it will be taken to the home of her grandson, Lester Lewis, 114 West Madison street, where friends are invited to call. The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Main Street M. E. church.

Extracted from The Cincinnati Enquirer, Friday, October 11, 1940, Page 23, Column 2:

SHIVELY--Ida May Shively (nee Rich), beloved wife of the late Jacob Shively, passed away October 10, 1940, at her residence, 2198 Shadwell st., in her 70th year.  Funeral from the Vitt & Stermer Fairmount funeral home, 1824 Westwood ave., Saturday, October 12, at 1:30 pm.  Services at the Fairmount M. E. Church, Tremont st. at 2 p.m. 

Remains may be viewed at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday

Mary "Mollie" Shively, Daughter Of Jacob W. Shively And Rebecca Mills In Darke County, Ohio

Mary Shively was born on 15-Sep-1854 in Darke County, OH and died on 21-Feb-1888 in Darke County, OH. Mary was the daughter of Jacob W. Shively (born 3-Nov-1823 Darke County, OH  and died 6-May-1896 in Darke County, OH) and Rebecca Mills (born 21-Dec-1829 Darke County, OH and died 8-Feb-1882 in Darke County, OH). Jacob W. Shively was the son of Daniel Shively (born 11-Jan-1792 Somerset County, PA and died 21-Aug-1841 in Darke County, OH) and Christina Heck (born 1-Dec-1794 Somerset County, PA and died 24-Mar-1833 in Darke County, OH).

Listed on the 1860 Greenville Township, Dark County, OH census is the family of Jacob Shively age 36, wife Rebecca age 30, son Isaac M. age 10, son Daniel M. age 8 and daughter Mary A. age 5. On the 1870 German Township, Darke County, OH census are Jacob Shively age 46 occupation butcher, wife Rebecca age 40, son Daniel M. age 18 and daughter Mary A. age 15.  Located on the 1880 Palestine, Darke County, OH census is the household of Jacob Shively age 56 occupation butchering, wife Rebecca age 50 and daughter Mary age 25.  

Copied from The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday, February 22, 1888, Page 6, Column 4:

A Bad Minister And His Victim

GREENVILLE, O., Feb. 21 - (Special) —This afternoon Rev. D. B. Johnson, having a wife and children living at Tippecanoe, out on $200 bond for living in adultery with Miss Shively of Palestine, was returned to jail on order of his bondsmen, the woman having died in childbirth at 1 o’clock this morning. Fears of the escape of the preacher were entertained. The poor, deceived woman and child will be buried tomorrow.

The following was extracted from The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday, September 21, 1886, Page 1, Column 6:

A Sinner In Saintly Garb

An Indiana Dominie Skips Out With One Of His Flock

RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 20 —(Special) — Rev. D. B. Johnson, who assumed the pastorate of a Cambellite church at New Paris, O., six miles distant from this city, last spring, has proved a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Latterly he has been dividing his time between New Paris and Palestine and concluded to remove there Friday. He went there and was to return today to begin moving. Saturday his wife concluded to take up the carpets and under one of them found two very loving letters from Mollie Shindley, a well connected Palestine miss, revealing deep dyed villainy. Straightway she went to Palestine, and following the services there last night there was a business meeting, at which Johnson was accused and made no denial, but still later decamped with the object of his illicit love. He leaves his wife and three children destitute and numerous unpaid bills.

An account of the happenings appeared in the Darke County Democratic Advocate, Greenville, Ohio, Thursday, September 23, 1886, Page 1, Columns 3-4:

An Unwise Virgin

Elopes With A Married Preacher

Startling Expose In A Church By An Outraged Wife - The Graceless Husband Runs Off With An Old Maid, Deserting His Family - Desperate Attempt Of A Heartless Pulpit Pounding Hypocrite 

(Special Dispatch To The Enquirer)

RICHMOND, Ind., September 20. — This little village of New Paris, six miles from this city over the Ohio border, is in a ferment to-day, and high, middle and low-toned society is shocked, and greatly shocked, at the wickedness of Rev. D. B. Johnson whose sin at last has found him out.

When the Enquirer reported drove into New Paris last night the downfall of one who was ever supposed to be good and pure, was on the lips of every one he met.

Rev. D. B. Johnson is a Cambellite preacher, or as they are called Elder. Early last spring he, was preaching at Spartansburg,, but wanted to go to New Paris and take charge of the congregation at that place, and it was finally agreed that he should come, and the brethren at New Paris advanced him $26, with which he settled some debts at Spartansburg and came on to New Paris.

The congregation fixed him up comfortably, buying him furniture, coming to this city and going his security for goods.  It wasn’t long until Brother Johnson was well beloved. He was such a real nice man, and though he had a real nice way of getting into debt, not attention was paid to this because he certainly would settle sin his real nice way.

Now it seems that Elder Johnson also had a charge at Palestine, a cosy village not farm from New Paris; and on divers occasions was wont to knock the dust from the pulpit cushions in the village church.

On one of these dust-knocking occasions he met Miss Mollie Shively, a maiden of some thirty summers, who was housekeeper for her father, her mother being dead. The Elder was the maiden all forlorn, and like David of old, converted her. But no scandal was created, and even when Mollie visited New Paris nothing wrong was ever suspected between the demure Mollie and the dignified Elder.

Finally Elder Johnson concluded to move to Palestine, where he could be near Mollie, and at the same time save sinners. The New Paris folks didn’t like this very much, but Elder Johnson went ahead and prepared to move.

Last Friday he went up to Palestine to preach Saturday night and Sunday while he was away Mrs. Johnson was arranging to move by packing the furniture and tearing up the carpets. She lifted the carpets in Mr. Johnson’s study, and under one corner found two letters, nice dainty letters, smelling of sweet perfume, and addressed in a feminine hand that she knew was not her own, to Rev. D. B. Johnson. She read them both, and in one of them this is what she found:

“September 4, 1886.

“MY DEAR BARTON: Your letter received, and oh! how I thank you for your dear, kind, loving words. I have at times thought I have been in love, but never have I had such feelings for any one as I have for you. Oh! God, how can I stand it. Claudy will be happy with us; will have great happiness when he is with his new mamma. If God blesses us with babies where will be no difference made between them and Claudy. Will we be as happy as we anticipate? I know we will. We will know nothing but ourselves and Claudy. Darling, I am your wife in heart if not in law, and now, darling, write to me and tell me how things are at home. Oh! how I long to be with you and near you! Good-by.

Your loving

Mollie”

The other letter was of similar import, and couched in more affectionate language. The poor wife was crushed, but she would not brook the betrayal. “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned,” and she panted for revenge. Taking the letters to J. A. Moore, attorney at law, she told her story and engaged his services. Then to the members of the church went she, and unfolded a tale that horrified them. But this was not all. Notices had been sent to the New Paris Mirror office for publication next Wednesday announcing that Rev. Daniel Barton Johnson would preach at New Paris next Sunday. These notices she had withdrawn, and the genius of the Mirror office was filled with wonder thereat.

EXPOSING THE VILLIAN.

The wronged wife on yesterday morning went to Palestine with the letters and a determination to expose the man who was masquerading in God’s livery. On her arrival she found her dear husband in the pulpit knocking out sinners in one-minute rounds, and Mollie in the congregation drinking the words that dropped from the lips of her married preacher lover.

Calling one of the deacons from the room, Mrs. Johnson told the story of her husband’s perfidy and showed the letters. When the services were over a business meeting was held and Elder Johnson was confronted with his wife’s story. He broke down under her scathing denunciation, and with tearful eye admitted his guilt, begging for forgiveness. But the stern old deacons could not condone his hypocrisy. His ministerial robes were stripped from him, and then and there he was banished from the church.

THE ELOPEMENT.

Some time during the night Daniel Barton Johnson and Mollie Shively fled together, and their whereabouts are unknown. A boy drove them away in a buggy, but the boy can not be found to tell where he took them. Mrs. Johnson telegraphed to New Paris and to this city to have the pair arrested when found, and officers over all the surrounding country are looking for them. Johnson was a New York street gamin sent West to find a home. He grew up in idleness and sin, but managed to secure an education. Before joining the church and becoming an elder he traveled with a gang of “singers” and his speciality was doing the “smear-cast act”.

He married the wife he so shamefully betrayed in Winchester, Ind. She was a widow,, some years older than he, but a lady of unblemished reputation, whose mother still lives in Tippecanoe, Ohio. Two children were born to them, one a boy now three years old, and the other a babe eighteen months old. All these he left in destitute circumstances, for even when he had money he seldom shared it with his family.

A RANK DEAD-BEAT.

Daniel Barton Johnson, with his other sins, is a rank dead-beat. He swindled many confiding friends around and about Palestine, his debts amounting to hundreds of dollars. At New Paris nearly every store-keeper is his victim in sums ranging from $1 to $80. He played it so fine that none were afraid to trust him.

The silly Molly Shively, who is certainly old enough to have known better, is the daughter of a respectable butcher in business at Palestine, and until now has been of reputation unblemished. Her father appears to take the matter philosophically, only saying: “Mollie has got into a bad scrape, and she must get out the best she can. I will send her no money nor try to find her.”

The Enquirer man this evening learns that an attempt will be made to capture Johnson, he being accused of embezzling a sum of money while acting as a agent for a patent fence machine.

The following regarding the death of Mary “Mollie” Shively’s father was found in The Greenville Journal, Greenville, Ohio, Thursday, May 14, 1896, Page 8, Column 2:

Palestine

Correspondence Journal

Jacob Shively, an old soldier and pioneer, died on Wednesday morning of last week and was buried on Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m.

Also from The Greenville Journal, Greenville, Ohio, Thursday, May 7, 1896, Page 5, Column 2:

Jacob Shively died at his home in Palestine, this county, Tuesday afternoon, after a lingering illness. His funeral takes place this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mr. Shively was at one time a prominent and popular business man of this city.

The following regarding the death of Mary “Mollie” Shively’s mother was found in The Greenville Democrat, Greenville, Ohio, Wednesday, February 15, 1892, Page 3, Column 2:

Mrs. Rebecca, wife of Jacob Shively, died at her residence in Palestine on Feb. 8th, 1882, aged 52 years, 6 months and 2 days.

Harrison Clay Shively And Gretchen H. Abts Who Lived In Franklin County, Nebraska

Harrison Clay Shively was born on 15-Jun-1854 in Darke County, OH and died 2-Sep-1931 in Franklin County, NE.  He was married to Gretchen H. Abts in Logan County, IL on 26-Oct-1879. Gretchen Abts was born on 11-Jan-1858 in Germany and died 18-Mar-1924 in Franklin County, NE.  Harrison Clay Shively was the son of John Shively and Nancy Barless (Harless). John   Nancy Barless (Harless) in Darke County, Ohio on 7-February-1844. John Shively was born 2-January-1814 and died 2-July-1885 at the age of 71 years and 6 months.  He is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa.  Nancy was born 10-September-1823 in Virginia and died 17-November-1899. She is buried in Union Cemetery, Macon, Franklin County, Nebraska.  From information on the 1880 Iowa County, Iowa census record John Shively is listed as divorced. For additional information see the Shively blog article written on Friday, 25-Jul-2014.

The newspaper obituary for John Shively was located in The Greenville Journal, Greenville, Ohio, Friday, July 31, 1885, Page 5, Column 5:

Another Pioneer Gone

John Shively died July the 20th, 1885, at Marengo, Iowa, aged 71 years, 6 months and 4 days. He was the oldest son of Daniel and Christena Shively, and was born in Montgomery Co., O., Dec. 29th, 1813, near West Liberty. He came with his parents to Washington township, Darke Co., in June, 1817, being among the first settlers there. He remained with his parents until of age, when he learned the cooper trade which he followed for time. He married Miss Nancy Harless in 1843, but after marrying he again resumed farming. In 1856 he went to Logan Co., Ill, where he followed farming until 1867, when he went to Kansas, but returned to Lamarr, Barton Co., Mo., where engaged in butchering, but his son, Jacob W., getting drowned in Spring River and his daughter, Mary being thrown from a buggy by which she lost here life, he became discouraged and returned to Darke county where he remained until six years ago, when he went to Iowa. John was one of those steady, honest men who never wanted a dollar unless he thought he had honestly earned it.

                                     Darke, O., July 27th, 1885.

Listed on the 1860 Prairie Creek Precinct, Logan County, IL census is the family of John Shively age 46, wife Nancy age 37, daughter Sarah J age 15, son J. W. age 12, daughter Mary age 8, son Harrison age 6 and James Shields age 40.  Nancy Shively is listed on the 1880 Chester Township, Logan County, Illinois census in the household of her son.  John Shively is listed on the 1880 Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa census in the household of his married daughter Sarah Beardshaw age 35.  John Shively is listed as age 65 and divorced.  On the 1900 Marion Township, Franklin County, NE census is Harrison Shively born Jun-1854 age 45, wife Gretchen born Jan -1858 age 42 married 21 years having 11 children with 8 living, daughter Florence born Aug-1880 age 19, daughter Minnie A. born Aug-1884 age 15, son John H. born Nov-1885 age 14, daughter Adelia J. born Dec-1888 age 11, daughter Grace E. born Feb-1892 age 8, daughter Clara M. born Oct-1894 age 5, son William H. born Oct-1896 age 3 and son Daniel H. born Feb-1900 age 3 months. On the 1910 Bloomington Township, Franklin County, NE census is the family of Harrison C. Shively age 55, wife Gretchen age 52 married 30 years having 12 children with 9 living, daughter Minnie age 25, son John age 24, daughter Juliette age 21, daughter Grace age 18, daughter Clara age 15, son William age 13, son Harry age 10 and son Albert age 6. On the 1920 Bloomington Township, Franklin County, NE census are Harrison Shively age 64, wife Gretchen age 62 immigrated 1859 naturalized 1879, son Harry age 23,  and son Albert age 16. Listed on the 1930 Franklin City, East Bloomington Township, Franklin County, NE census are Harrison C. Shively age 75, daughter Minnie A. age 45 and son Harvey D. age 30.

Located in The Franklin County News, Franklin, Nebraska, Thursday, March 27, 1924, Page 1, Column 3:

Mrs. H. C. Shively

Gretchen H. Abts was born in Germany, January 11, 1858; she died at her home in Franklin, Nebraska, March 18, 1924, at the age of 66 years, 2 months and 7 days.

Shortly after her birth she was brought to America with the other members of the family. The family resided for a short time at Peoria, Illinois, removing in 1861 to Fairbury, Illinois. Here the home remained for many years.

From the home at Fairbury she went out to be united in marriage to Harrison C. Shively, the marriage occurring in Logan county, Illinois, on October 26, 1879.

Mr. and Mrs. Shively lived in Logan county until 1882, in which year they move to Dewitt, Illinois, where they resided for about two years. In 1884 they moved west and located in the Macon, Nebraska, neighborhood, where they lived for twenty-one years. Then followed a residence of one year some miles west of Bloomington. At the end of the year they fixed their home on a farm at the edge of Bloomington, where they remained for about fourteen years. Leaving the farm in 1920, they lived for a few months in Bloomington, and then removed to Franklin, where the family home has since been located.

Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Shively, nine of whom survive the mother; Mrs. Mary F. Williams, of eastern Wyoming, near the city of Edgemont, South Dakota; Minnie A. Shively, of Franklin; Mrs. June A. Owen, of Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Grace Tupper, of Edgemont, South Dakota, Mrs. Clara M. Kelley, of Bloomington, Nebr.; Harry W. Shively, of Edgemont, South Dakota; Harvey D. Shively and Albert W. Shively, of Franklin, Nebr.; and John H. Shively of Bloomington, Nebr.

Mrs. Shively is also survived by eleven grandchildren and numerous other relatives.

For a number of years Mrs. Shively has been the victim of a nervous disorder which made her later life a period of suffering an distress. Added to this in more recent years came a bodily ailment which gradually weakened her resistance until the frail tenement of life could bear no more, and she passed quietly away.

In early life Mrs. Shively became a Christian and united with the membership of the Methodist Episcopal church in Fairbury, Illinois. In 1892 her membership was transfered to the church at Macon, and in 1905 to the church at Bloomington, where she has ever since remained a member.

Until the recent years of her suffering came upon her, Mrs. Shively was an earnest worker in the church and in all the affairs of the Kingdom of God. She gave her service lovingly and unstintedly.

Her Christian character was lovely in every way. She was wonderful as a wife and mother, and the memory of her will linger like a benediction in the lives of her loved ones and all who knew her.

For the night is past and everlasting day has dawned. To her the gates swing wide; she leaves a world of transient things, with its sorrow and its heartbreak and enters with unspeakable delight a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God, where all sorrow is banished, and all tears are wiped away.

The funeral was held from the home Friday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. N. G. Palmer, pastor of the Methodist church. Interment was made in Greenwood cemetery.

The newspaper obituary for Harrison Clay Shively was found in the Franklin County Sentinel, Franklin, Nebraska, Thursday, September 3, 1931, Page 1, Column 2:

H. C. Shively Called

Passed Away At Home In Franklin Wednesday Morning After Long Period Of Failing Health

The many friends will be pained to learn of the death of Harrison Shively, who passed away at the home in the northwest part of Franklin Wednesday morning at 8:30, following a period of poor health covering five or six years, the last six weeks having witnessed a more rapid failing, his death being caused by a series of heart attacks.

Harrison Clay Shively was born June 15, 1854 in Darke county, Ohio, and died in Franklin, Nebraska, September 2, 1931, aged 77 years, 2 months and 18 days. He was married to Miss Gretchen Abts in Logan county, Illinois, and to them twelve children were born, three passing away in infancy. Those left to mourn the death of their father are Mrs. Mary Florence Block, Edgemont, S. D.; Miss Minnie Shively, at home; Jack Shively, Bloomington; Mrs. June Owen, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Grace Tupper, Edgemont, S. D.; Mrs. Clara Kelley, Bloomington; Harry Shively, Riverton; Harvey Shively, Parks; Albert Shively, at home. He also leaves nineteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His wife died March 18,1924. He also is survived by one sister, ten years his senior, who lives at Marengto, Iowa.

Mr. Shively had long lived in Nebraska, coming to a farm northeast of Franklin in 1884. The family moved to Bloomington in the spring of 1905, and to Franklin in 1920.

The deceased was a loving father, a true friend and neighbor and a man who stood for the better things of life. He was a member of the Methodist church and his host of friends mourn his passing and extend every sympathy to the bereaved ones.

Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, in charge of Rev. E. H. Unvert and interment will be in Greenwood cemetery in the family lot. All of the children will be present with the exception of Mrs. Owen who could not come.

John And Amelia Shively Who Lived In Darke County, Ohio

 

John Shively and wife, Amelia Garman (Gorman), are located in the records of Darke County, Ohio. The children of John and Amelia are listed on the pupil list above. John Shively was born in April 1857 died 26-Jul-1934 and wife Amelia was born 16-Feb-1862 died 15-Apr-1931. John and Amelia were married in Miami County, OH on 15-Nov-1882. They were the parents of Estella F. born 25-Feb-1884 died 1966 and married Charles H. Wise on 20-Jan-1906 in Darke County, OH buried Harris Creek Cem., Miami County, OH; Walter Ogle born 10-Apr-1886; William Ned born 1-Apr-1888, died 28-Mar-1963 Columbus, OH Columbus, OH married 14-May-1909 to Ella Miller; John Henry born 9-Oct-1890 died Feb-1979; Esther M. born 8-Apr-1892 died 28-Oct-1974 married Calvin L. Nischwitz but divorced in 1926; Edward R. born 26-May-1894; Ralph H. born 1903 and J. S. born 12-Jan-1908.  (For more information on John Shively see the Shively blog article from 2-Aug-2013).

Listed on the 1900 Adams Township, Darke County, OH census is the household of John Shively born Apr-1857 age 43, wife Amelia Feb-1862 age 38, daughter Estella born Feb-1884 age 16, son Walter O. born Apr-1886 age 14, son Willie N. born Apr-1888 age 12, son John H. born Oct-1890 age 9, and daughter Esther M. born Apr-1892 age 8. Located on the 1910 Adams Township, Darke County, OH census is the family of John Shively age 53 married 29 years , wife Amelia age 48 born 8 children 6 living, son John age 19, daughter Ester age 18, son Ralph age 7. Listed on the 1920 Adams Township, Darke County, OH census is John Shively age 62, daughter Amelia age 57, son Walter age 32, son John H. age 28, daughter Ester M. age 28, son Ralph H. age 17, and mother-in-law Mary Gorman age 80. Recorded on the 1930 Adams East Township, Darke County, OH is the household of John Shively age 73, wife Aldlian age 68, daughter Ester age 37, lodger (daughter) Estella Wise age 46, lodger (son) Walter Shively age 44, lodger (son) John H. age 38, and lodger (mother-in-law) Mary Gorman age 91. Listed on the 1940 Adams Township, Darke County, OH census is the household of Stella Wise age 56, brother Walter Shively age 54, brother John Shively age 49, and sister ester Shively age 47.

The teacher listed on the pupil list was G. M. Weybright. Guy Mannering Weybright was born 17-Apr-1878 in Miami County, OH and died 20-Dec-1954 in LaJunta, Otero County, Colorado.  He was married on 29-Aug-1899 in Darke County, OH to Elizabeth S. DuBois. 

The following article was located in the Piqua Leader Dispatch, Piqua, Ohio, Wednesday, August 5, 1903, Page 2, Column 3:

Deserted

His Young Wife And Left Bradford Behind

Guy Weybright, Well Known School Teacher, Is Missing There

Bradford citizens are a good deal exercised over the somewhat mysterious disappearance of Pro Guy Weybright, a school teacher of that place.

It is said that he was last seen on Thursday evening of last week and that he took his departure without apprising anyone on his intension to do so. No word having been received from him, it is presumed that he has deserted his wife, a highly respected young woman. A brother of the missing man came to the village Monday and it is said claimed that he had purchased Weybright's horse and buggy, but L T DuBois, the father of Mrs. Weybright, refused to let him have them. From this incident it is believed that the brothers have planned flight together or that the claimant of the outfit is aiding his brother to escape without being traced. No reason for the young man's leave-taking has been divulged, though of course the ordinary rumors are afloat in the village.

Weybright is quite well known throughout the county from his connection with local politics. He moved among the best people of Bradford and was well thought of. 

Located on the 1900 Adams Township, Darke County, OH census is the family of Guy M. Weybright born Apr-1878 age 22 and wife Elizabeth born May-1880 age 20. Located on the 1910 Precinct 16, Otero County, Colorado is the household of Harry DuBois age 20, Guy Weybright age 32 and Elizabeth Weybright age 20.

Daniel Webster Shively And Ida Elston Who Lived In Darke County, Ohio

Daniel Webster Shively was born 3-May-1858 in Montgomery County, Ohio and died 4-Aug-1930 in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio. He was the son of Isaac N. Shively and Elizabeth McNeal.  Daniel Webster Shively married Ida Elston on 23-Dec-1880. Ida was born 13-Sep-1861 in Darke County, Ohio and died 25-Apr-1948. She was the daughter of William C. Elston and Elizabeth Rebecca Griffis. Daniel and Ida are buried in the Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio.

It was interesting that many of the census records for this Shively family were taken and recorded by a Shively member.  Isaac N. Shively recorded the following entry on the 1850 Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio census: Isaac N. Shively age 34, wife Elizabeth age 23, daughter Sarah H. age 2 and in the household Wm McNeal age 12.  Listed on the 1870 Darke County, Ohio census is the family of Isaac Shively age 54, wife Elisabeth age 43, daughter Sarah H. age 21, son John W. age 17, daughter Mary F. age 17, son Daniel W. age 12, and daughter Ida M. age 6. John W. Shively recorded the following entry on the 1880 Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio census: Isaac Shively age 63, wife Elizabeth age 53, son Webbster age 22, daughter Ida age 16 and grandson Roscoe Helvy age 4.  Daniel W. Shively recorded the following entry on the 1900 Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio census:  Daniel W. Shively born May-1858 age 42 married 19 years, wife Ida E. born Sep-1861 age 38, son Frank E. born Mar-1882 age 18, son Harry born May-1889 age 11, son Eugene born Mar-1894 age 6 and servant Bertha Hoke born Nov-1878 age 21.

The following newspaper article was found in the Palladium Item, Richmond, Indiana, Saturday, September 17, 1921, Page 3, Column 1:

New Paris, O.

NEW PARIS, O.--Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Shively at Greenville, O., the birthday anniversaries of Mrs. Shively and Mrs. T. R. Murphy, of New Paris, were celebrated jointly by a dinner. The birthday cakes were resplendent with the correct number of candles and made a pleasing centerpiece. A happy day was spent by the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Murphy and daughter Mary Frances, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Samuels, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Samuels, Miss Mary Bowles, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmallenberger and son Joseph, and Miss Marie Hughes, all of New Paris, and Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Shively, of Greenville.

The following obituary was extracted from the Palladium Item, Richmond, Indiana, Wednesday, August 6, 1930, Page 10, Column 8:

Daniel Webster Shively

GREENVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 6.--Funeral services fro Daniel Webster Shively, 72 years old, prominent local retired clothier, who died at his home on Wayne avenue Monday morning at 9:45 o'clock from the affects of a paralytic stroke, which he suffered Sunday were conducted from the residence at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. Rev. O. O. Arnold officiated. Burial was made in the Greenville cemetery.

The following was found in the Palladium Item, Richmond, Indiana, Thursday, April 29, 1948, Page 10, Column 4:

Mrs. D. W. Shively

GREENVILLE.--Mrs. Ida E. Shively, 86 years old, widow of clothing merchant, died Sunday. She resided at 300 Harrison avenue. Mrs. Shively had been in failing health for the last five years. She had lived in Greenville since 1902 and was a member of one of Darke county's pioneer families.

Born and reared on a farm near Sharpeye in Washington township, Mrs. Shively spent here entire life in this county. She was the daughter of the late William and Rebecca Griffin Elston. Her husband died in 1930.

Survivors include two sons, Harry Shively, Route 3, Greenville; and Eugene Shively, Greenville; five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. K. F. Thomas, Cleveland.

Funeral services for Mrs. Shively were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Miller Funeral home. Rev. Frank Thomas was the officiating minister. Burial was in the Greenville cemetery.

Jacob Shively (Scheifele) And Wife Ida May Rich Who From Darke County, Ohio

Jacob Shively Death Certificate

Jacob Shively (Scheifele) was born 1-Nov-1859 in OH and died 7-Jun-1924 in Hamilton County, OH.  He was the son of John Scheifele (born 8-Jun-1823 in Germany died 30-Aug-1877 in OH) and Anna Maria Haug) born 14-Feb-1833 in Germany died 2-Nov-1917 in Darke County, OH). John and Anna Scheifele are both buried in the Highland Cemetery, Covington, Miami County, OH. Listed on the 1880 Bradford, Adams Township, Darke County, OH census is the household of Anna M. Shively age 47, son John age 23, son Jacob age 20, daughter Anna age 16, daughter Catharine age 14, son Edward age 11, son Frank age 6 and son David age 4.

Jacob Shively married Ida May Rich. Ida May Rich was born 4-Sep-1870 and died 10-Oct-1940. She was the daughter of William Rich and Jean Wilson. They are listed on the 1920 Cincinnati, Ward 20, Hamilton County, OH census. Jacob is listed as an Engineer for the railroad. Extracted from The Cincinnati Enquirer, Friday, October 11, 1940, Page 23, Column 2:

SHIVELY--Ida May Shively (nee Rich), beloved wife of the late Jacob Shively, passed away October 10, 1940, at her residence, 2198 Shadwell st., in her 70th year.  Funeral from the Vitt & Stermer Fairmount funeral home, 1824 Westwood ave., Saturday, October 12, at 1:30 pm.  Services at the Fairmount M. E. Church, Tremont st. at 2 p.m.  Remains may be viewed at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday.

The following was found in The Cincinnati Enquirer, Tuesday, October 15, 1940, Page 13, Column 3:

Church Gets Widow's Estate

After leaving $500 to a friend and $104 for the care of her grave, Mrs. Ida May Shively, 2198 Shadwell Avenue, gives the residue of her estate to Fairmount Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Shively, widow of Jacob Shively, railroad engineer, executed her will July 17, 1934.  She ordered that her funeral arrangements be looked after by her friend, Mrs. Julia Woosley, 2516 Bartlett Street, and as a "loving remembrance" she bequeathed $500 to Mrs. Woosley.  Ralph E. Pott, attorney, is named executor under the will, which filed with Judge Frank S. Bonham in Probate Court yesterday.

Mrs. Shively died last Thursday.  Her Shadwell Avenue real estate is estimated at $2,700. No estimate was made as to her personal estate.

John Shively And Wife Nancy Barless (Harless) In Darke County, Ohio To Logan County, Illinois

John Shively/Nancy Barless(Harless) Marriage

A Shively researcher requested genealogy information on the family of John Shively who married Nancy Barless (Harless) in Darke County, Ohio on 7-February-1844. John Shively was born 2-January-1814 and died 2-July-1885 at the age of 71 years and 6 months.  He is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa.  Nancy was born 10-September-1823 in Virginia and died 17-November-1899. She is buried in Union Cemetery, Macon, Franklin County, Nebraska.  From information on the 1880 Iowa County, Iowa census record John Shively is listed as divorced.

Listed on the 1850 Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio census record is the household of John Shively age 37, wife Nancy Shively age 27, daughter Sarry J. age 6, son Jacob age 2, son Daniel H. age 1 and Sarah Harless age 11.  On the 1860 Prairie Creek Precinct, Logan County, Illinois census is the family of John Shively age 46, wife Nancy age 37, daughter Sarah J age 15, son J. W. age 12, daughter Mary age 8, son Harrison age 6 and James Shields age 40.  Nancy Shively is listed on the 1880 Chester Township, Logan County, Illinois census in the household of her son.  John Shively is listed on the 1880 Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa census in the household of his married daughter Sarah Beardshaw age 35. (In the records the surname is also found as Beardshear and Beardshere). John Shively is listed as age 65 and divorced.

Harrison Clay Shively was a son of John Shively and Nancy.  He was born 15-June-1854 in Darke County, OH and died 2-September-1931 in Franklin County, NE.  He married Gretchen Hans Abts in Logan County, IL on 26-Oct-1879.   According to information from Macon, Nebraska 125th Anniversary 1872-1997 noted by Lottie Shively Comneau, Fort Worth, Texas is the following:  Among the early settler in the Macon area were Harrison Clay Shively and his wife, Gretchen (Mary) Hans Abts.  They came to the area from Darke County, Ohio after the birth of their fourth child, Minnie, in 1884.  They lived in a sod house not more than 2 or 3 miles southeast of Macon.  In this area, 8 more children were born to Harrison and Gretchen.  Of the 12 children, 9 survived to adulthood, no mean feat for those times and conditions.  Harrison was born in Ohio, of Swiss descent, Shively being Anglicized from Scheuberlein.  His fore bearers came to the US in the early 18th century. Gretchen Abts came to the US in about 1865 from Ellismon, Ostfriesland, Germany as a child of seven.

From the newspaper obituary published in the Sentinal, 27-March-1924:  Gretchen H. Shively was born in Germany, January 11, 1858; she died at her home in Franklin, Nebraska, March 18, 1824, at the age of 66 years, 2 months, 7 days. Shortly after her birth she was brought to America with other members of her family.  They family resided for a short time at Peoria, Illinois, removing in 1861 to Fairbury, Illinois.  There the home remained for many years.  From the home at Fairbury she went out to be united in marriage to Harrison C. Shively, the marriage occurring in Logan county, Illinois, on October 26, 1879.

Mr. and Mrs. Shively lived in Logan county, Ill., until 1882, in which year they removed to Dewitt, Ill., where they resided for about two years.  In 1884 they moved west and located in the Macon neighborhood, where they lived fro twenty-one years.  Then followed a residence of one year some miles west of Bloomington.  At the end of the year they fixed their home on a farm at the edge of Bloomington, where they remained for about fourteen years.  Leaving the farm in 1920, they lived for a few months in Bloomington, and then removed to Franklin, where the family home has since been located.  

Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Shively, nine of whom survive the mother:  Mrs. Mary F. Williams, of eastern Wyoming, near the city of Edgemont, South Dakota; Minnie A. Shively, of Franklin; Mrs. June A. Owen of Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Grace Tupper, of Edgemont, SD; Mrs. Clara Kelley of Bloomington, Neb.; Harry W. Shively of Edgemont, SD; Harvey D. Shively and Albert W. Shively of Franklin and John H. Shively, of Bloomington, Neb.  Mrs. Shively is also survived by one sister and four brothers; by eleven grandchildren and numerous other relatives.

For a number of years Mrs. Shively has been the victim of a nervous disorder which made her latter life a period of suffering and distress.  Added to this in more recent years came a bodily ailment which gradually weakened her resistance until the frail tenement of life could bear no more, and she passed quietly away.

John Shively And Wife, Amelia Garman (Gorman), Who Lived In Darke County, Ohio

John Shively and wife, Amelia Garman, are located in the records of Darke County, Ohio.  John Shively was born in April 1857 died 26-July-1934 and wife Amelia Garman (Gorman) was born 16-Feb-1862 died 15-April-1931. John and Amelia were married in Miami County, OH on 15-Nov-1882. They are listed on the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio census records.  They were the parents of Estella F. born 25-Feb-1884 died 1966 and married Charles H. Wise on 20-Jan-1906 in Darke County, OH buried Harris Creek Cem., Miami County, OH; Walter Ogle born 10-Apr-1886; William Ned born 1-Apr-1888, died 28-Mar-1963 Columbus, OH married 14-May-1909 to Ella Miller; John Henry born 9-Oct-1890 died Feb-1979; Esther M. born 8-Apr-1892 died 28-Oct-1974; Edward R. born 26-May-1894, Ralph H. born 1903, and J. S. born 12-Jan-1908. 

Located in The Piqua Daily Call, Thursday, July 26, 1934, Page 12, Column 3:

Veteran Bradford Railroad Man Dies

Bradford, O., July 26. (Special)---John Shively, 77, retired veteran railroad employee and farmer died at 1 o’clock this morning at the Greenville hospital following treatment there of the past several weeks.  The deceased underwent an operation Tuesday.

He was widely known throughout this vicinity having moved to his home one mile west of Bradford some years ago.  He was born in Pennsylvania.  His wife preceded him in death.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church in Bradford.

Survivors include four sons, William of Columbus; Walter, John Jr., and Ralph at home; two daughters, Mrs. Stella Wise and Miss Esther Shively at home; two brothers, David of Columbus and Frank of Fort Worth Texas; one sister, Mrs. Anna South of Columbus and two grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements had not been completed, plans being withheld upon receipt of word from the deceased’s brother in Texas