* * * *
The Shirleys' youngest child, Cravens, was referred to by the family as "Shug," and later as "Doc." Mystery surrounds this son. Although his name was originally Cravens, the family often referred to the boy as John Alva later on. Aunt Annie, Shirleys' ex-slave, reported to the Dallas Times-Herald in her 1894 interview that this boy had not been seen for years, and that Mrs Shirley assumed he was dead.
Excerpt from the book called Starr Tracks: Belle and Pearl Starr by Phillip W. Steele
Contributor: Sponkit (49791051)
* * * *
Name: John A Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857-1858
Birthplace: Missouri
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
* * * *
Name: Cravens Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Town Carthage Marion Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
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
* * * *
The Shirleys' youngest child, Cravens, was referred to by the family as "Shug," and later as "Doc." Mystery surrounds this son. Although his name was originally Cravens, the family often referred to the boy as John Alva later on. Aunt Annie, Shirleys' ex-slave, reported to the Dallas Times-Herald in her 1894 interview that this boy had not been seen for years, and that Mrs Shirley assumed he was dead.
Excerpt from the book called Starr Tracks: Belle and Pearl Starr by Phillip W. Steele
Contributor: Sponkit (49791051)
* * * *
Name: John A Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857-1858
Birthplace: Missouri
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
* * * *
Name: Cravens Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Town Carthage Marion Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
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
* * * *
* * * *
The Shirleys' youngest child, Cravens, was referred to by the family as "Shug," and later as "Doc." Mystery surrounds this son. Although his name was originally Cravens, the family often referred to the boy as John Alva later on. Aunt Annie, Shirleys' ex-slave, reported to the Dallas Times-Herald in her 1894 interview that this boy had not been seen for years, and that Mrs Shirley assumed he was dead.
Excerpt from the book called Starr Tracks: Belle and Pearl Starr by Phillip W. Steele
Contributor: Sponkit (49791051)
* * * *
Name: John A Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857-1858
Birthplace: Missouri
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
* * * *
Name: Cravens Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Town Carthage Marion Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
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
* * * *
The Shirleys' youngest child, Cravens, was referred to by the family as "Shug," and later as "Doc." Mystery surrounds this son. Although his name was originally Cravens, the family often referred to the boy as John Alva later on. Aunt Annie, Shirleys' ex-slave, reported to the Dallas Times-Herald in her 1894 interview that this boy had not been seen for years, and that Mrs Shirley assumed he was dead.
Excerpt from the book called Starr Tracks: Belle and Pearl Starr by Phillip W. Steele
Contributor: Sponkit (49791051)
* * * *
Name: John A Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1857-1858
Birthplace: Missouri
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
* * * *
Name: Cravens Shirley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Town Carthage Marion Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
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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