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.

                            

Sarah Elizabeth Shively Waugh Who Died In Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado

Sarah Elizabeth Shively was born on 3-Aug-1846 in Ohio and died 29-Feb-1936 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO. Sarah is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, CO. She was the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Shively.  She was a sister to Alexander Potter Shively (see Shively blog article written on 5-Sep-2021) and William Beaser Shively (see Shively blog article written on 23-Jul-2011).  Sarah Elizabeth Shively married Robert Waugh on 31-Oct-1866. Robert was born on 3-Mar-1838 in Brook County, WV and died on 10-May-1929.

Listed on the 1870 Center Township, Henry County, IA census is the household of Robert Waugh age 31, wife Lizzie age 24, son Robert E age 2, father D.B. Waugh age 69, House worker Hannah Howe age 15 and farm worker Edmund Chenaur age 18.  Listed on the 1880 Center Township, Henry County, IA census are Robert Waugh age 43, wife Elizabeth age 31, son Earnest age 11, son David C. age 8, daughter Ethel M. age 2, daughter Clara E. age 2, father David B. Waugh age 79, father-in-law Daniel Shively age 83 and mother-in-law Elizabeth Shively age 76.  On the 1900 Precint 27, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO are Robert Waugh born Mar-1838 age 62 mining man, wife Sarah E. born Aug-1846 age 53 married 33 years, son Clyde D. born Feb-1879 age 21, daughter Clara E. born Sep-1877 age 22, son-in-law Joseph F. Lilly born Feb-1869 age 31, daughter Ethel born Sep-1877 age 22 married 1 year, roomer Dr. Frank Crane born Jan-1840 age 59, roomer Anna Crane born Jun-1844 age 55, roomer Lyman Hamlin born Aug-1877 age 22, roomer Harry C. Converse born Feb-1875 age 24, roomer Zoe D. Underhill born Mar-1848 age 52 and maid Mary Murkog born Jan-1867 age 33. Robert and Elizabeth Waugh are listed on the 1910 and 1920 Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO census records.

The following newspaper obituary was found in The Duchesne Courier, Duchesne, Utah, Friday, May 17, 1929, Page 1, Column 6:

        Maj. Robert Waugh Died At Colo. Springs

Former Indian Agent at Whiterocks Passes Away After Short Illness

Major Robert Waugh, 91, one of the oldest Civil war veterans in the state of Colorado and well known in the Ulntah basin, having been Indian agent here from 1890 to 1893, and the father of R. E. Waugh of Myton, died at the family residence at Colorado Springs the latter part of last week following a short illness.  Major Waugh, who was regarded as one of the grand old men of the Grand Army of the Republic, celebrated his ninty-first birthday, March 3, this year.

Major Waugh was born in Brook county, West Virginia, March 3, 1838.  His father's farm was partly in West Virginia and partly in Virginia. He was educated in the district normal school there and at Alexander academy.

He voted for Abraham Lincoln for president and, then the latter declared a state of war existed between the United States and the Confederate States of America, enlisted in the Union army. He saw service with the First West Virginia volunteer Infantry, Company B.  He served with the Union force for three and a half years, receiving a commission.

Following the Civil war he entered the Indian service of the government. He was United States agent at Whiterocks from 1890 to 1892 inclusive. He moved to Colorado Springs in 1894 and has resided there ever since.

Major Waugh was prominent in the affairs of the G. A. R.  He has been commander of the past and wrote much valuable history in a great 27 pound book which was presented to the post by the late Winfield Scott Stratton and which is to preserve the biographies of the members of the post.

He is survived by his widow, Sarah Elizabeth Shively Waugh, whom he married October 31, 1866. Besides the widow two sons, Robert Ernest Waugh of Myton, and David Clyde Waugh of Colorado Springs and two daughters, Miss Clara Elizabeth Waugh of Colorado Springs and Mrs. J. F. Lilly of Glendale, Calif., survive.

Many thanks go to Toni Miller, Library Associate in the Special Collections, at the Penrose Library in Colorado Springs for locating the newspaper obituary for Sarah Elizabeth Shively Waugh.  Extracted from the Colorado Springs Gazette, Sunday, March 1, 1936, Page 1, Column 4:

Mrs. Sarah E. Waugh Expires At Her Home

Widow of Maj. Robt. Waugh  

Came To City in 1895; No Funeral Plans Yet

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Waugh, widow of Major Robert Waugh, died at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her residence, 6 Boulder Crescent.  Mrs. Waugh, who came to Colorado Springs 41 years ago, was born August 3, 1846, at Steubenville, O.

She was married to Major Waugh in 1866. He died here May 10, 1929.

Mrs. Waugh was a member of the First Presbyterian church and also of the Women's Bible class of that church.

She is survived by two sons, Robert Ernest Waugh of Myton, U., and D. Clyde Waugh of Colorado Springs, and two daughters, Clara Elizabeth Waugh and Mrs. J. F. Lilly of Glendale, Calif.

Funeral arrangements are being made by the Decker mortuary.

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).