William Everett Shireley

Brief Life History of William Everett

When William Everett Shireley was born on 15 June 1880, in Lynx, Adams, Ohio, United States, his father, Dawson Emery Shiveley, was 24 and his mother, Hester Viola Potts, was 19. He married Alice Florance Wolfe on 29 August 1902, in Lynx, Adams, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Jefferson Township, Adams, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Ohio, United States in 1932. He died on 4 March 1932, in Nile Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in McKendree Cemetery, Nile Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Everett Shireley
1880–1932
Alice Florance Wolfe
1879–1953
Marriage: 29 August 1902
Denver Franklin Shiveley
1903–1980
John Nelson Shiveley
1905–1999
Emery Adam Shiveley
1906–1973
Everett Earnest Shiveley
1909–1960
Anna Bell Shireley
1911–1912
Peachie Marie Shiveley
1913–1999
Clara Pearl Shiveley
1915–1993
Mary Lucille Shiveley
1921–2009

Sources (24)

  • William Shively, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Willie E Shiveley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Wm E. Shireley, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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Variant of Shively .

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