Daniel Potter Shively Who Lived In Humboldt County, CA And Washoe County, NV

Daniel Potter Shively Death Certificate

 Daniel Potter Shively was born on 14-Dec-1867 in Eagle Prairie, Humboldt County, CA and died on 29-Dec-1940 in Reno, Washoe County, NV. He married 1st Mary Eda Sears, married 2nd Alice Rosetta Anderson (Ellis), married 3rd Angeline Marie Baker. Daniel was the son of William Beaser Shively I and Caroline Gould Winemiller. William Shively was the first son born 29-June-1829 in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio to Daniel and Elizabeth Shively.  William had three brothers and a sister. The 1859 census listed William as a Wagon Maker. William and his brother, James, traveled from Ohio to California via wagon. They first arrived in Chico, CA then to the gold fields in Weaverville, Trinity County, California.

Listed on the 1880 Hydesville Precinct, Humboldt County, CA census is the household of William B. Shively age 51, wife Caroline age 35, son J. Frank age 18, daughter Abby E. age 14, son Daniel age 12, son William age 7 and son Ernest age 3. Listed on the 1900 Hydesville Township, Humboldt County, CA census Daniel Shively born Dec-1867 age 32, wife Mary E. born Aug-1872 age 27, son Frederick W. born Dec-1889 age 10, son Alfred B. born Jul-1892 age 7, servant Charley born Mar-1850 age 50 and boarder Alfred Durrand born May-1872 age 28. On the 1920 Reno Precinct No. 9, Washoe County, NV census are Alice Shiveley age 54 Keeper of a lodging house and husband Daniel age 52. On the 1930 Stockton City, San Joaquin County Jail, San Joaquin County, CA census is Daniel Shively age 62.

Located in the Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nevada, Monday, December 30, 1940, Page 2, Column 2:

Dan Shively Is Dead Here

Dan Shively, seventy-three-year-old Sparks resident, died in a local hospital at five o'clock yesterday morning. He had been a patient there for a short time.

Mr. Shively was born in Humboldt county, California and had followed ranching most of his life. He came to Nevada thirty years ago and had resided in Sparks for the last eight years. He is survived by two sons, Fred Shively of Sparks and Alfred B. Shively of Napa, Calif.

Private graveside services were conducted this morning in Mountain View cemetery undeer the direction of the Ross Burke Company with the Rev. Warren L. Botkin as clergyman.

The life events of our ancestors as described in the newspapers can sometimes be very interesting.  Extracted from the newspaper files are some accounts concerning the life of Daniel Potter Shively.  This article was found in the Ferndale Enterprise, Ferndale, California, April 5, 1889, Page 4, Column 3:

Dan Shively and Jasper Corning are, and have for some time past been, engaged in running rafts from Larribee and Pepperwood to Rio Dell, going from Larribee to Rio Dell in one hour and a half, a distance of about twenty-one miles.-----Watchman.

The following was found in the Ferndale Enterprise, Ferndale, California, Friday, February 17, 1893, Page 5, Column 4:

Communicated

        Ferndale, Feb 13th, 1893

ED ENTERPRISE:--A party of Ferndale gentlemen visited Scotia one day last week and had the great pleasure of viewing the redwoods and taking a short trip on Capt Harris' new steamer Ruth, piloted by Mr. Dan Shively. She is a pretty and staunch little craft, power being furnished by a gas engine manufactured by the Union Gas Engine Co, San Francisco. She makes head way against the current at the rate of three miles an hour, covering the entire distance between Stotia and Dyerville in about seven hours, and returning in less than two hours. She rides very smoothly and the machinery does not jar the boat in the least, nor make scarcely any noise. Her cargo the day of our trip consisted of three tons of freight, in addition to quite a list of passengers. Capt Harris is well pleased with his investment and feels sanguine of success. He informed us that he expected to be able to navigate Eel river as far up as the Robinson mill on the South Fork during every winter, and in summer would bring his boat down to the lower river and do service hereabouts. The little craft is 30 feet in length, has 11 feet beam, and draws an average of 18 inches. Her cost complete landed at Scotia was $3,000. If you think these few lines are worth publishing please give them a place in your much valued paper. Respectfully: PLEASURE-SEEKERS

Ferndale Enterprise, Ferndale, California, Friday, October 4, 1895, Page 5, Column 1:

Last Sunday, during a quarrel at Rio Dell, Dan Shively was quite badly cut about the face by John Pascoe. The wounds are not serious. We are informed that bad blood has existed between the two for some time. --Oracle

Ferndale Enterprise, Ferndale, California, Friday, October 11, 1895, Page 5, Column 2:

The particulars of the Pascoe-Shively trouble at Rio Dell are given by the Rohnerville Herald as follows: "Dan Shively of Pepperwood and John  Pascoe of Bear river indulged in a social cutting scrape in Jim Berry's saloon at Rio Dell last Saturday night. It seems that Pascoe was going to have Shiveley arrested last fall but for some reason he failed to do so and bad blood has existed between the two ever since. Last Saturday night they met at Rio Dell, Pascoe pulled out his knife and cut Shively in the right cheek and under the left arm, the knife striking a bone and glancing off. Neither of the wounds were dangerous.

Ferndale Enterprise, Ferndale, California, Friday, September 25, 1903, Page 5, Column 3:

Dan Shively and wife of Pepperwood, publicly deny that the late trouble beween them at the Revere House, Eureka, was over the wife's attention to another man. They state further that in their dispute Mrs. Shively became hysterical and attempted to jump out of the window, and that the husband did not try to throw her out, but right to the contrary saved her from jumping out.

Ferndale Enterprise, Ferndale, California, Friday, October 6, 1905, Page 1, Column 4:

A man named Gribble shot his saloon partner, Dan Shively, at Pepperwood Sunday night, the bullet striking Shively's ribs and being deflected, only a flesh wound resulting. The trouble arose over a card game.

Ferndale Enterprise, Ferndale, California, Tuesday, October 17, 1905, Page 10, Column 2:

Dan Shively, who was shot at Pepperwood recently by his saloon partner, a man named Gribble, has been taken to the Sequoia Hospital in Eureka. Shively's wound was not considered dangerous at first, but complications set in which made his recovery somewhat doubtful for a time.

Ferndale Enterprise, Ferndale, California, Friday, October 25, 1907, Page 1, Column 5:

Mary Edda Shively has commenced suit for divorce from Dan Shively. The parties are residents of the Pepperwood section.

Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nevada, September 25, 1914, Page 5, Column 1:

Notice is hereby given that all of the right, title and interest of Daniel Potter Shively in and to the Elite Saloon at the corner of Commercial Row and North Virginia street, in the city of Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, has been sold to W. P. Burgard, and any and all creditors of the said Elite Saloon Company are hereby notified to present their said claims to the undersigned, at the Elite saloon, on or before they 30th day of September, 1914.  W. P. Burgard

Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nevada, Wednesday, February 13, 1918, Page 8, Column 6:

Pays $100 Fine For Selling Morphine

Dan Potter Shively, who was arrested on February 7 and charged with selling morphine, admitted his guilt  before Justice of the Peace Devine in the Reno justice court this morning and was fined $100, which he paid. Shively was arrested whilel he was in the act of slipping a package of morphine under a door in Douglas alley.

Stockton Independent, Stockton, California, Saturday, August 24, 1929, Page 5, Column 5:

Two hundred bottles of beer, brewing apparatus and three sacks of empty bottles were seized as evidence and Daniel Shively, 61, arrested on charges of violating the Wright act in raid by Police Detectives J. H. Hargert and R. C. Paker on 1944 South Grand street.

Nevada Stae Journal, Reno, Nevada, Tuesday, July 17, 1934, Page 4, Column 3:

Shively Pleads Guilty

SPARKS, July 16. -- Dan Shively pleaded guilty this morning in the Sparks police court to the charges of disturbin the peace Sunday night. He was put on probation for a period of 90 days and time for passing sentence was continued.

Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nevada, Friday, May 3, 1940, Page 2, Column 5:

Sparks Man Hurt

Daniel Shively of Sparks received treatment in Washoe general hospital today for injuries he received when he was struck by a car yesterday. Attendants said he suffered a fractured right arm. The accident happened on Fourth street, he told the attendants.

                            

William Beaser Shively I And Wife Caroline Gould Winemiller Who Lived In Humboldt County, California

Shively, California (formerly known as Bluff Prairie and Paradise) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is 2.25 miles north-northwest of Redcrest, California  and about 40 miles south of Eureka, California on the right bank of the Eel River. William B. Shively was an early pioneer in this area and is the individual the community is named after.  An article on William Beaser Shively can be found on the Shively Blog written on Saturday July 23, 2011.

The Shively researchers are very fortunate that the great grandson of William B. Shively I, John W. Hoeft, has shared his research.  The blog this week is from Mr. Hoeft’s research for which he must be given the credit and big thank you of appreciation.

William Beaser Shively I

William Shively was the first son born 29-June-1829 in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio to Daniel and Elizabeth Shively.  William had three brothers and a sister. The 1859 census listed William as a Wagon Maker. William and his brother, James, traveled from Ohio to California via wagon. They first arrived in Chico, CA then to the gold fields in Weaverville, Trinity County, California.

On 11-July-1853 William Shively appeared before a Justice of the Peace in the Weaverville Township of Trinity County, California and claimed 160 acres of land in Humboldt County, CA.  On 16-July-1853 the land was recorded by Lewis K. Wood, the recorder for Humboldt County, CA. At 8 ½ AM on 16-July-1853, Book A, Pages 331 and 332, James L. Shively acquired 160 acres at the same time and date.  The land was located at “Eagle Prairie” on the Eel River.

From the recording of land in Humboldt City (Eureka) both Shively’s traveled along the Eel river to Dugan’s Pool, crossed Grizzly Bluff and followed the trail southwest along the Blueslide trail to Eagle Prairie. Upon arrival at Eagle Prairie the brothers felled numerous trees and built a log cabin in the foot hills.

It appears that before 1860 James Shively left for Nevada County, CA. He met and later married Sarah A. Pollard in 1865.

William had grown potatoes and wheat on his property. In 1865 he met a widow with two sons, Charles A. and Joseph F. Winemiller. William married Caroline Gould Winemiller on 25-February-1865 in Humboldt County.  Caroline was the daughter of John Bean Gould, another Humboldt County pioneer. The Shively’s had two children at Eagle Prairie before moving down river to Bluff Prairie. The Shively’s had three children while living at Bluff Prairie.

William was involved with lumber, farming and fruit raising all of his life.  After Caroline’s death William moved to Pepperwood, CA.

William died on 13-August-1894.  He was buried at Hydesville Cemetery next to his wife.

William Beaser Shively I was born 29-Jun-1829 Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH and died 13-Aug-1894 Pepperwood, CA. He is buried at Hydesville California Cemetery. William Beaser Shively I married Caroline Gould Winemiller on 25-Feb-1865. (Caroline Gould had married 1^st Joseph Winemiller. They had two sons, Charles A. and Joseph F. Winemiller). Caroline Gould Winemiller Shively was born 1843 in Illinois and died 6-Apr-1888 in Bluff Prairie, CA.

William B. Shively II Taken 1900, Eureka, CA

Children of William Beaser Shively I and Caroline Gould Winemiller Shively include: 1) Abbie Elizabeth Shively born 15-Oct-1865 Eagle Prairie, CA died 19-May-1950 Eureka, CA; married 1st Jasper W. Corning, married 2nd George H. Bland, married 3rd Avon Edwards 2) Daniel Potter Shively born 14-Dec-1867 Eagle Prairie, CA died 29-Dec-1940 Reno, NV; married 1st Mary Eda Sears, married 2nd Alice Rosetta Anderson (Ellis), married 3rd Angeline Marie Baker  3) William Beaser Shively II born 22-Nov-1872 Bluff Prairie, CA died 27-Sep-1940 Eureka, CA; married 1st Winifred Belle Spaulding, married 2nd Adelia Dora Greenlaw  4) Ernest Wesley Shively born 4-Jun-1876 Bluff Prairie, CA died 5-Aug-1921 San Francisco, CA; married 1st Alice R. Wheeler, married 2nd Ada Evelyn Sherburn 5) Maud Evelyn Shively born 26-Jun-1881 Bluff Prairie, CA died 8-May-1932 Crescent City, CA; married 1st Edward Calkins, married 2nd Beecher Jess, married 3rd Charles H Frye. 

Charles Budds

William and Caroline also indentured (adopted) the following Native American children of the Wiyot Tribe living  in the Eagle Prarie, CA area: 1) Ben, possibly Brigham – nothing is known about Ben. The 1860 census indicates his age as 9 years old which would put his birth about 1851  2) Charles Budds born in Eagle Prairie about 1851 to Indian Pete, died 21-Mar-1916 Bluff Prairie, CA, buried Bull Creek, CA, Shively Family Burial Plot. (After William B. Shively’s death in 1894 Charles Budds lived with Charles Winemiller. In 1900 Charles Budds lived with Daniel Shively on his ranch in Bluff Prairie, CA. Eventually Charles lived with William B. Shively II on the family ranch until his death in 1916).

Shively's In Eagle Prairie Or Rio Del Or Rio Dell, Humboldt County, California

The Shively blog written on July 23, 2011 featured William Beaser Shively And Wife, Caroline Gould, In Humboldt County, California. The following newspaper article extracted from The Humboldt Times, Thursday, February 11, 1965, Page 15, Column 1 mentions the Shively families in the history.

RFD

By Andrew Genzoli

RIO DELL HAS A HISTORY -- On February 16, voters of Rio Dell will make history, when they decide for or against incorporation.  A large, busy community, Rio Dell is outgrowing a "hand-to-mouth" existence, and now looks to a dignified permanency.

Rio Dell has a good historical background.  Our correspondent, Evelyn McCormick proves this, as she becomes today's "guest columnist".

Rio Dell's Settlers

By Evelyn McCormick

Many changes have taken place in Eagle Prairie since the first which man walked through the gateway in the redwoods in 1850.  Prior to that date Indians had walked over its vast meadows and wooded sidehills.  After 115 years, its residents have asked for the privilege of voting on incorporation for the proposed city of Rio Dell.

Eagle Prairie came to be known as Rio Del (one "l"). Bordering the Scotia-Rio Dell Bridge, the Italian community was known as Wildwood.  Another community of residents between the Blue Slide area and Rio Del was the Bellevue District. During the 1940's all the communities were united, and officially adopted the name of Rio Dell (two "lls").

The first while travelers knew the flat acreage circled by the Eel River as Eagle Prairie. Reddick McKee of the United States Indian Agency came through in 1850. He wrote in his Washington, D. C., Journal that no one resided on Eagle Prairie at that time.  McKee was the first to try to open an overland trail from Santa Rosa to the north.

This fertile prairie was described to be an area of humid atmosphere bounded by the Eel River on the north, south and east and only by Indian trails to the west. Explorers to this area came via Grizzly Bluff to Blue Slide.

On July 16, 1853, W. B. Shively of Chico, and his brother, James, claimed 160 acres of land in Eagle Prairie.  The claim was made at "eight and one-half o'clock" in the Humboldt County Recorder's office.  Lewis K. Wood was recorder. Witnesses to the claim were John L. Young and Thomas Bell.  It is recorded in Book A, Page 331.

Shively immediately built a log cabin behind what was later to become Rio Dell House, the site of the old Moore Hotel.  The hotel was built in the 1870's.

The new land owner cultivated and sowed the land with oats, barley and potatoes, the latter being the favorite crop of farmers in the Eel River Valley.

The late Mrs. Pearl Corning Croco of Bellview was the granddaughter of W. B. Shively.  Shively's wife was Carrie Gould Winemiller (a widow with two sons).  She was the daughter of John Bean Gould, an early settler.

In 1856 a man named Kelsey arrived on the prairie.  He proposed exploring and marking a wagon road to the Russian River.  His companion was Seth Kinman, a well-known Humboldt historical character.

They left Eagle Prairie following the southwest side of the river until passing Colonel Washington Monument on Monument Peak in the Bear River Mountains, southwest of Mount Pierce.  Virgin timber and other obstacles in their path compelled them to give up their plans.

W. J. Sweasey and his party arrived in Eagle Prairie in 1856.  They reported the prairie settlement was the first white settlement they had encountered since leaving Healdsburg. They had used an overland rail to the present site of Fort Seward.

At Fort Seward they built a raft of redwood logs and ferried down the river, fording shallow places several times until arriving at Eagle Prairie.  The wagons carried on the raft were the first ones to come to Humboldt County on the south.

In 1860 Indians caused some trouble to the settlers. They were moved to Hoopa that same year.  Shively, who helped to round up the Indians, adopted two of their children and raised them to adulthood.  The Wiyot (Weott) Tribe's territory terminated on the southern border of the prairie.  Local mountains separated these Indians from the less-cultured Indians to the south.

Between 1862 and 1864, the Indians drifted back to this area.  According to Ferndale Enterprise of September 17, 1864, the Shively family was burned out by Indians who set fire to their grain fields.

W. B. Shively's daughter, Abbie, was reported to be the first white child born on the prairie.  A son, Dan, was born to the couple in 1867.  In 1868 the Shively family moved to Bluff Prairie (now Shively, named in the early settler's honor).

A deed dated November 5, 1864, shows that James A. Harris settled in Eagle Prairie.  His wife was Abbie Gould, a sister of Mrs. W. B. Shively.

By 1865 the Indian situation had improved and a wagon road welcomed settlers to the area. A William Duckett from Michigan was an Eagle Prairie farmer at this time.

During the 1860's and 1870's the area began to grow.  By 1873, Azel A. Fuller of Massachusetts owned 320 acres on the prairie.  An Oregon settler, Archibald Crisman, also owned 320 acres here.  A Humboldt Times, dated January 22, 1876, told of Crisman's developing a vein of coal in the bluffs opposite the lower part of Eagle Prairie.  The vein was reported as of long quantity and questionable quality.  Max Crisman (a grandson of Crisman) resides in Belleview today.

Hiram W. Dean filed for 160 acres of government land on the south end of Eagle Prairie, later called the Wildwood Tract.  Rio Dell's Dean Creek was named for him.  His original house (two story) later called the Old Brown House and more recently called the Storybook House, still stand on Orchard Road.

The era of Lorenzo D. Painter began in 1879 when he began building the city of "Rio Del", later changed to "Rio Dell".

Whether or not Rio Dell steps into a new era, that of an incorporated city, will be decided by the voters at next Tuesday's election, it still has a good chapter of Humboldt history.