Millard Reuben Shively (Shiveley) And Elizabeth Canniford In Winnebago County, Illinois

Millard Reuben Shively was born on 28-Oct-1856 in PA and died on 27-Jan-1921 in Winnebago County, IL. Millard was the son of James C. Shively (born 3-Feb-1815 died 27-Oct-1890) and Susannah “Susan” Williamson (born 6-May-1824 died 22-Sep-1899). He was married to Elizabeth Canniford on 15-Dec-1887 in Winnebago County, IL. She died on 19-Mar-1945 in Winnebago County, IL. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Every (1836-1913) and Mary J. Canniford (1840-1923).

Located on the 1860 West Township, Huntingdon County, PA census is the family of James C. Shively age 45, wife Susannah age 36, son Samuel W. age 12, daughter Elizabeth C. age 10, daughter Susannah M. age 9, son Henry J. age 7, son Millard R. age 5, son Lemuel C. age 4 and daughter Sarah Jane age 4 months. Listed on the 1870 Towerhill Township, Shelby County, IL census is the household of James Shibly age 55, wife Susan age 46, son Samuel age 22, daughter Elizabeth age 21, daughter Susan age 19, son James age 18, son Millard age 14, son Lemuel age 12, daughter Sarah age 10, son Franklin age 9, son Russel age 7, son John age 4, and daughter Emma age 2. Listed on the 1900 Winnebago Village, Winnebago Township, Winnebago County, IL are Millard R. Shively born Oct-1856 age 43, wife Lizzie born Feb-1864 age 36 and daughter Hazel C. born Oct-1889 age 10.  Located on the 1910 Winnebago Village, Winnebago Township, Winnebago County, IL are Millard Shivley age 52, wife Elizabeth age 41 and daughter Hazel age 19. Found on the 1920 Winnebago Village, Winnebago Township, Winnebago County, IL are Millard R. Shiveley age 63, wife Elizabeth age 53 and daughter Hazel age 30. 

The following items were copied from the newspapers as follows: Rockford Weekly Gazette, Rockford, Illinois, Wednesday, April 6, 1887, Page 3, Column 4:

Winnebago

Mr. Millard Shively, clerk in the Sherman house, of Amboy, is in town, and DameRumor says he is soon to lead one of our fair maids to the altar.

Rockford Register Star, Rockford, Illinois, Saturday, December 17, 1887, Page 8, Column 1:

Winnebago

On Thursday evening the social event of the season will occur at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Canniford, when their daughter Lizzie will be married to M R. Shively, of this place. It is now quite apparent that the new extension to the Canniford residence was a necessity, and from the large number of invitations which have been sent out a very large and fashionable company is expected. Miss Canniford is one of the first young ladies of our village, and Mr. Shively is in every way worthy of the lady of his choice.

Rockford Register Star, Rockford, Illinois, Saturday, December 24, 1887, Page 7, Column 2:

Winnebago

EDITORS REGISTER — Fearing your regular correspondent might not give you all the news from our village, I desire to mention some items of interest to our people.

On last Thursday night, at the residence of W. J. Canniford, Mr. Shively was married to Miss Lizzie B. Canniford. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Cheyworth in a most charming manner. The presents were beautiful and appropriate and the supper would suit the taste of the most fastidious, and had it not been for the contingent which had not been provided for, the whole affair would have been beyond criticism. The yard and grounds seemed filled with a set of young loafers, who yelled like a crowd of wild Comanches and battered the house and window blinds with clubs, making the night hideous and marring in a measure the delightful harmony within. No doubt they belonged to the best families, but if our police had taken a few of the leaders to our lovely calaboose he would have conferred a great favor upon the company and it would have been a good lesson to the young culprits.

Dec 20.        ONE WHO SAW

The Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois, Friday, August 10, 1900, Page 4, Column 3:

Russell Shively of Pittsburg is the guest of M. R. Shively and family.

The Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois, Thursday, April 27, 1911, Page 8, Column 5:

Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Shively of Salida, Colo., spent last week at the home of M. R. Shively, leaving Monday for points in Iowa, after which they will return to their home in the west.

The Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois, Thursday, January 1, 1920, Page 25, Column 4:

M. R. Shiveley, left today for Shelbyville, Ill., to visit a sister he has not seen for over thirty-five years.

The Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois, Friday, July 16, 1920, Page 13, Column 7:

M. R. Shiveley was severely injured yesterday afternoon while painting the Joseph Moore farm residence in a fall of fifteen feet with ladder and planks falling on him. The greatest injury is in the chest and one limb. He is resting as easily as is possible today.

The Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois, Friday, January 28, 1921, Page 3, Column 3:

Millard R. Shiveley Of Winnebago Dies After Long Illness

Had Been Highly Respected Resident Of Winnebago Thirty-Eight Years

(Special to the Morning Star)

WINNEBAGO, Ill, Jan. 27 — Millard R. Shiveley, highly respected resident of Winnebago for the last thirty-eight years and widely known as an expert painter and decorator, answered the summons to the life beyond this evening at 8:45 o’clock at his home, his passing being attributed to complications which developed from serious injuries occasioned by a fall last July.

Deceased was born in Huntington, Pennsylvania, Oct. 28, 1856, a son of James and Susan Williamson Shiveley, and came to Winnebago in 1882, residing here continuously since.

Those Who Survive

Besides the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Canniford Shiveley, he is survived by a daughter, Miss Hazel Shiveley, living at home, four brothers, Charles L. Shiveley, of Salida, Colo., who was at his brother’s bedside then the end came. John and Russell Shiveley, of Geneva, Neb., and Henry Shiveley, of Curwensville, Pa., two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Wilson, of Coalport, Pa., and Mrs. Elizabeth Stilegebouer, of Shelbyville, Ill., and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Shiveley was a member of Star in the East lodge No. 166, A.F. & A.M., of Rockford, and was a man of clean character and strict integrity who measured up to the highest standards as husband, father and citizen. He was active in village affairs and found pleasure in performing deeds of kindness and mercy for those in sorrow or need. His well ordered and useful life was a valuable asset to the community and his demise will be sincerely mourned by a wide circle of friends.

The funeral services will be Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock form the First Presbyterian church, Rev. Charles Murray, officiating, and interment will be made in the Winnebago cemetery.

The Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois Tuesday, February 1, 1921, Page 12, Column 1:

Funeral Rites Of Millard Shiveley Largely Attended

Funeral services for Millard R. Shiveley, who passed away last Thursday evening at his home in Winnebago, were held in the First Presbyterian church in that village Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and were attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends.

The obsequies were conducted by the Rev. Charles Murray. Mrs. E. E. Mellen and Mrs. A. D. Newton sang “Lead Kindly Light”, Crossing the Bar” and “The Christian’s Farewell” and “Jesus, Lover of My Soul”, was rendered while friends were viewing the remains.

A profusion of floral tributes attested the esteem in which the departed was held in the community. Members of the Rockford and Winnebago Masonic lodges observed the impressive burial service of the order at the grave. The honorary pallbearers were J. Z. Smith, Harry Barrack, W. R. McGeachy, Elder Moore and Elmer Mellen, of Winnebago and Charles Peterson, of Rockford.

The Durand Gazette, Durand, Illinois, Thursday, March 22, 1945, Page 4, Column 5:

Mrs. Elizabeth Shively Dies

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Burpee-Wood funeral home in Rockford for Mrs. Elizabeth Canniford Shively, who died Sunday night at her home in Winnebago. Dr. H. P. Armstrong, of Beloit, former pastor of the Middle Creek Presbyterian church, officiated and burial was made in the Winnebago cemetery.

Mrs. Shively had been seriously ill a year ago, but had partially recovered and was downtown as late as Saturday. The entire community was shocked to learn of her death as she had made many friends during her long residence here and the 27 years she served as correspondent to the Rockford newspapers.

She was born in Rockford, but had resided in Winnebago for about 75 years. She is survived by an only daughter, Miss Hazel Shively of Winnebago. Her husband, Millard Shively died in 1921 and a sister, Miss Ada Canniford, and a brother, William, also preceded her in death.

Corda Mae Shively, Wife of David Barton Penniman, Who Lived In Winnebago County, Illinois

Photo Credit To Phyllis Wallington

Corda Mae Shively was born in Iowa on 14-Feb-1868, the daughter of Joseph H. Shively and first wife Nancy Elizabeth Shipp. Her grandparents were John B. Shively and Sarah Heaverin from Taylor County, KY. Corda Mae Shively had two sisters, Alma D. Shively who died young and Gertrude Shively who married Lowell H. Jones. Their mother, Nancy Elizabeth, died on 17-Jan-1874 and after her death they lived with John and Agnes Gochenour. Joseph Shively married second to Elnora E. Simpson and by this marriage Corda Mae Shively had a half-brother Claude Houston Shively and half-sister Helen A. Shively who married Albertus Lafferty.   Corda Mae Shively was married to David Barton Penniman on 13-Sep-1893 in Shelby County, IA.  She died on 15-Nov-1907 in the community of Argyle, IL and buried in the Willow Creek Cemetery. Willow Creek Cemetery is known by other names, one being the Scottish Cemetery, and lies in both Winnebago and Boone County, IL.

Death notices for Corda Mae Shively Penniman were located in the newspapers.  The following was extracted from The Rockford Daily Republic, Rockford, IL, Friday Evening, November 15, 1907, Page 1, Column 6:

Death Of Doctor Penniman's Wife

Wife Of Argyle Physician Dies This Morning -- Leaves Two Children

Mrs. D. B. Penniman, wife of Dr. David B. Penniman, who has practiced in Argyle and Harlem since 1893, died at her home in Argyle this morning.  The funeral arrangements have not yet been made.  Mrs. Penniman was Miss Corda Shively of Shelby, Iowa.  Her father was a veteran in the Civil War, a member of the Kentucky volunteers.  Two children, Lawrence W. and Alford, survive.  She was a member of the Willow Creek Presbyterian Church.  The husband is a Mason and belongs to the M. W. A. and Mystic Workers.

The following obituary was located in The Rockford Morning Star, Thursday, November 21, 1907, Page 7, Column 2:

Obituary

Death Of Mrs. D.  B. Penniman Removed Lovable Woman From Earth

Corda Mae Shively, wife of Dr. D. B. Penniman, was born near Avoca, Iowa, Feb. 14, 1868.  Her mother died when she was 6 years old.  She was adopted, with her sister Gertrude, by Mr. and Mrs. John Gochenour of Shelby, Iowa.  She always spoke of Mrs. Gochenour as mother and loved her as much as she could an own mother.  She made her home with her foster parents at Shelby, Iowa, until the time of her marriage with Dr. D. B. Penniman, which occurred Sept. 13, 1893.  Soon after their marriage they came to Argyle, which was her home until the time of her death.  She attended Oberlin college in 1889, where she first met her future husband, who was then a student at the same college.  She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, two sons, Lawrence age 12, and Alford, age 5; her father, J. H. Shively of Dayton, Ohio; her foster mother; her sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Jones of Ida Grove, Iowa, and Mrs. Helen Lafferty, of Lancaster, Ohio, and a brother, Claude Shively, of Santa Monica, California.

She was buried in Willow Creek cemetery, near Argyle, November 17th.  Such is a brief statement of the outstanding facts of the life that to us seems to have come to an untimely end November 15th.  But it does not tell the complete story of the exceptionally sweet and beautiful life that she lived.  Indeed that story can never be told this side of heaven.

Fourteen years ago she came as a young bride and a total stranger to take the delicate and responsible place of the physician's wife in the Scotch settlement and surrounding neighborhoods.  How well she filled that place was very touchingly told by the hundreds who came to express their love and respect on the day of her interment.  The silent tears that fell from many eyes bore eloquent testimony of the high esteem and respect in which she was held.

The virtues that adorned her life were such as to command the love and respect of all.  She possessed an unusually equable and cheerful temperament.  Seldom has it been our lot to know one who lived so constantly in the high attitude of perpetual sunshine and good cheer.  In poor health for many years, often an intense sufferer, she put these things in the background, and faced the world and her duty with a smile and a song.  She stifled pain and gave the world a song instead of a groan.  She was utterly unselfish.  Her first thought was not of self, but for the comfort and happiness of others.  And the thousand kindnesses bestowed, on all classes alike, all of which were born out of a heart that beat in sympathy for all, will leave her memory doubly sacred to all who knew her.  Often she did more than her strength would warrant, but she found such supreme pleasure in the bestowal of kindness that those  who loved her best had not the heart to interfere.

She was passionately fond of music and was blessed with a beautiful soprano voice.  Perhaps one of the most pathetic things in her life was the fact that in the last years she was so largely prevented from using her voice by reason of throat trouble.  Often as she heard others sing have we seen her face and eyes tell of the hunger of the soul, to find its expression in song.  Often have we heard her tell of her deep regret that she could not do so.

She was a devoted Christian and loyal member of Willow Creek Presbyterian church Missionary society.  She did her life work with Christian fortitude and heroism and sadly will she be missed.

She will be missed by her husband, by whose side she stood and gave to him her best self in sharing with him the anxious toll involved in a practice that meant a travel of more than 9,000 miles a year. She will be missed by the two little lads who are left motherless just as their feet are entering life's rugged way.  She will be missed by the large circle of friends who knew and loved her so well.  But her work on earth is done.  In the holy hush of the Sabbath afternoon a procession a mile and a half in length followed her to the silent city of the dead, where all that was mortal was laid tenderly in the bosom of mother earth, beside her infant daughter, there to await the morning of the resurrection.  The day was one of rare beauty, but a plantive minor tone of melancholy touched our hearts.  Was not all nature dying with her?  The flowers had faded; the grass was brown and withered; the trees giant and naked.  But we know that the flowers will bloom again; that in the coming springtime the earth will be carpeted once more with green, and the trees will be covered with leaves.  Even so faith whispers to us in the night of death that our loved ones shall live again in another world.

CARD OF THANKS

To those friends and neighbors who manifested such sincere sympathy in our late sorrow we desire to extend our heartfelt thanks.      Dr. D. B. Penneman and Family