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Mansfield Shirley

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
1867 (aged 14–15)
Texas, USA
Burial
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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According to the Shirley Association Genealogical Research website, Mansfield Shirley was shot and killed in 1867 in a fight with law enforcement officers somewhere in the Indian Territory, and since the family moved from MO to Texas about 1864, it's possible he died somewhere in Texas.
- Suzie Nash

He is listed in the 1870 census.

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Name: Mansfield Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852-1853
Birthplace: North Carolina
Page Number: 293
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
J Shirley M 72 Virginia
Eliza Shirley F 52 Virginia
Mansfield Shirley M 17 North Carolina
John A Shirley M 12 Missouri

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Name: Mansfield Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Town Carthage Marion Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Birthplace: Missouri
Page: 65
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Shirley M 66 Virginia
Eliza Shirley F 45 Virginia
Allison Shirley M 18 Missouri
Myra Shirley F 12 Missouri
Edwin Shirley M 11 Missouri
Mansfield Shirley M 8 Missouri
Cravens Shirley M 2 Missouri

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Name: Mansfield Shirley
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Jun 1869
Event Place: Collin, Texas, United States
Spouse's Name: Virginia Fisher

This marriage record has the handwritten words: ERROR ERROR ERROR marked over it.

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*** Many thanks to RMLeahy (#46809355) who writes: Cemetery office has no record of this burial. A more likely spot, given time frame, would be Pioneer Cemetery. UNDER INVESTIGATION

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According to the Shirley Association Genealogical Research website, Mansfield Shirley was shot and killed in 1867 in a fight with law enforcement officers somewhere in the Indian Territory, and since the family moved from MO to Texas about 1864, it's possible he died somewhere in Texas.
- Suzie Nash

He is listed in the 1870 census.

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Name: Mansfield Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852-1853
Birthplace: North Carolina
Page Number: 293
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
J Shirley M 72 Virginia
Eliza Shirley F 52 Virginia
Mansfield Shirley M 17 North Carolina
John A Shirley M 12 Missouri

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Name: Mansfield Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Town Carthage Marion Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Birthplace: Missouri
Page: 65
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Shirley M 66 Virginia
Eliza Shirley F 45 Virginia
Allison Shirley M 18 Missouri
Myra Shirley F 12 Missouri
Edwin Shirley M 11 Missouri
Mansfield Shirley M 8 Missouri
Cravens Shirley M 2 Missouri

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Name: Mansfield Shirley
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Jun 1869
Event Place: Collin, Texas, United States
Spouse's Name: Virginia Fisher

This marriage record has the handwritten words: ERROR ERROR ERROR marked over it.

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*** Many thanks to RMLeahy (#46809355) who writes: Cemetery office has no record of this burial. A more likely spot, given time frame, would be Pioneer Cemetery. UNDER INVESTIGATION

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