Shirley was born in 1811. He passed away about 1872.
Sources
"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6B-9XB : 4 December 2014), Shirley Bussell and Sally Berry, 15 Aug 1830; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 82, Roane, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD4-JCL : 12 April 2016), Sherly Bussell, Claiborne county, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States; citing family 368, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sherley by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sherley:
Bussell-386 and Bussell-30 appear to represent the same person because: I seem to have created a duplicate because Wikitree didn't come up with any search results... due to the variations in spelling I imagine.