Estill was the 9th of 10 children (as far as I know) born to Clement Shreve and Martha Jane "Mattie" Meador.

On the 1900 US Census the family was living in Fordsville, Ohio, KY, he was age 7; his father was a farmer and they lived on the farm.

1910 Census, Fordsville, Estill was 16 and a student, it showed he could read & write.

Estill married Maude Lee May-Craig on 31 May 1913. He, Maude, and her two-year old son Chasteen Bart Craig, moved to Chatham, Sangamon, IL about 1915. There was a family feud (yes really!) between the Moxley's & May's, and I think that is why they moved away; perhaps he worked at a railroad in KY & was transferred? Estill did complete a WWI and WWII Draft Registration but was never called to serve (as far as I know).

Estill worked as a flagman and towerman for the Alton Railroad Company for approximately 48 years during their time in Chatham. They also had a huge garden, raised many vegetables, had a variety of berry & mint bushes, AND raised chickens and rabbits. They lived in a wonderful old two story house on Main Street (just a few blocks south from the city square park). I loved that house...so many wonderful memories! Estill was a quiet man, a good and hardworking man who provided well for his family. He loved to fish & I remember finding night-crawlers after a rain to use as bait to catch the catfish!

Other memories with my Papa: Catching fireflies in a jar; collecting eggs from the hen house; plucking feathers from a chicken he was preparing for dinner; eating fresh walnuts from a bushel basket; visiting him once at his job in the railroad tower, being so proud of him ... my grandpa was a railroad man!

Upon his retirement he and Maude moved to New Port Richey, FL to be near his step-son Chasteen & his wife, Virginia Belle Vorhes-Craig. They lived in a very nice mobile home and papa was able to do a lot of fishing, which he loved!