Brief Life History of Charles Michael
When Charles Michael Shirley was born on 15 March 1808, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Shirley Jr., was 46 and his mother, Mary Martha Yates, was 40. He married Sarah Ann Henderson on 5 May 1829, in Green, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Grayson, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Paradise Township, Coles, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 29 October 1872, in Wilson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 64.
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- C M Shirley, "United States Census, 1860"
- Charles Y Shirley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Charles H Shirley, "United States Census, 1850"
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1810
Grayson county was organized in 1810, out of parts of Ohio and Hardin counties — the 54th formed in the state— and named in honor of Col. Wm. Grayson.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places so named, such as Shirley (Warwickshire), Shirley in Millbrook (Hampshire), Shirley (Surrey), Shirley in Owston (Yorkshire), and Shirley (Derbyshire). The placenames probably derive from Old English scīr ‘bright’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though some may have scīr ‘district, shire’ as the initial element if they lie on a boundary; for example, the Warwickshire place lies on the Warwickshire-Worcestershire boundary. The name Shirley first appears in Ireland in the late 17th century, following the granting of lands to a Shirley family in the barony of Farney, Monaghan.
History: William Shirley (1694–1771) was born in Sussex, England, and came to MA in 1731. He rose in the colonial service, was appointed governor in 1741, and was responsible for the British capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, in 1745.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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