George W. Shively And Mary A. Mowery From Trumbull County, Ohio To Pettis County, Missouri

George W. Shively was born ca. 1836 in Trumbull County, OH and died 26-May-1889 in Pettis County, MO.  He was the son of John Peter Shively and Hannah Flick.  George was married to Mary A. Mowery in Trumbull County, OH in 1857.  Mary was born ca. 1837 and died in 1910.  Both are buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Sedalia, Pettis County, MO.

Listed on the 1850 Lordstown District No. 164, Trumbull County, OH census is the family of Peter Shively age 40, wife Hannah age 42, daughter Elizabeth age 20, daughter Mary A. age 18, son George age 17, daughter Margaret age 14, daughter Susannah age 12, son Andrew age 8, son John age 6 and daughter Nancy age 2.  Located on the 1860 Lordstown Township, Trumbull County, OH census are Geo. Shively age 26, wife Mary age 25, daughter Eta age 2 and daughter Olla age 2 months. Listed on the 1870 Heaths Creek Township, Pettis County, MO census is George Shively age 36, wife Mary age 34, daughter Etty age 12, daughter Ollie age 10, daughter Alison age 8, daughter Kitty age 6 and daughter Neely age 4. On the 1880 City of Sedalia, Pettis County, MO is the family of George W. Shively age 46, wife Mary age 44, daughter Etta age 22, daughter Olla age 20, daughter Kittie age 16 and daughter Nelley age 14.

Extracted from the Cleveland Herald, Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday, April 1, 1857, Page 3,  Column 3:

In Vienna, on the 18 ult, Geo. Shively, to Miss Mary Mowery.

Located in The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, Sedalia, Missouri, Tuesday, June 4, 1889, Page 3, Column 6:

May 26, at 11 a.m. at his late residence, East Third street, George Shively, aged 54 years. The deceased was a native of Lordstown, Ohio and resided in Sedalia many years.

The funeral will take place at 2:30 o'clock p.m. Tuesday May 29, from the Ohio Street Methodist church.

George W. Shively and Mary A. Mowery were the parents of at least the following children: 1) Etta Jane Shively born 9-Jan-1857 in OH, died 1-Aug-1918 in Pettis County, MO, married Thomas Garrett 2) Olive Belle Shively born 17-Nov-1860 in Ohio, died 20-Oct-1927 in Pettis County, MO, married 3-Nov-1898 in Pettis County, MO to Samuel C. Fuller  3) Alison Shively 1862-1872  4) Kitty Shively born 20-Dec-1865 in Lordstown, Trumbull County, OH, died 8-Feb-1920 in Pettis County, MO, married 11-Jun-1885 in Pettis County, MO to Mahlon D. Smith  5) Neal Shively born 12-Jun-1868 in Ohio, died 30-Aug-1955 in Oklahoma, married to John Henderson Byrum.

George Rudy Shively From Jefferson County, Kentucky To Pettis County, Missouri

It interests me to think about how many of our ancestors did move and to think of what they had to endure prior to the days of moving vans and interstate highways.  One Shively ancestor that made a move was George Rudy Shively who traveled approximately 450 miles from Jefferson County, Kentucky to  Pettis County, Missouri sometime between 1860 and 1868.

George Rudy Shively was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky on 22-Jan-1847.  He was the son of Christian Shively and Susan Jane Rudy.  Christian Shively was the son of  Henry Shively who was the son of Christian Shively.  This Christian Shively was one of the early settlers in Jefferson County.    It is known that George Shively's uncles, Samuel Rudy and John  Fredrick Rudy, moved to Pettis County, Missouri and that George's mother, Susan Rudy Shively, may have wanted to be close to her brothers and followed them to Missouri.

George Shively and Margaret "Maggie" Wright were married on 22-December-1868 in Pettis County, Missouri.  Maggie Wright was born on 31-May-1850 in Cooper County, Missouri and was the daughter of Andrew M. Wright.   On the 1900 census George and Maggie note there were 3 children born to their union and two children were still alive.  The two children that survived were daughters,  Anna Jane Shively and Susan M. "Susie" Shively.  Anna Jane married Samuel W. Coleman and Susan M. Shively married Frederic "Fred" Benz.  

This Shively family seemed to stay in the Pettis County as there are records from various sources for their passing.  Susan Jane Rudy Shively Powell, mother of George, passed away on 1-September-1887 in Pettis County.   The brother of George, Samuel Shively was born 11-January-1845 in Kentucky and died on 1-December-1863 and buried in Salem Cemetery.  George Rudy Shively died 24-March-1914 in Pettis County.   Margaret "Maggie" Wright Shively died on 5-February-1920.  

George Shively is found on the 1850 and 1860 Jefferson County, Kentucky census records.  By 1870 he has moved to Missouri and is located on the Pettis County, Missouri census record.  George remains on the Pettis County census records in 1880, 1900 and 1910.