Born in Monroe County, Kentucky, USA
Daughter of James Simpson
and Elizabeth Ann (Hagan) Simpson
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Willis Turner (Wheat) Shirley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Sherman R Shirley, Maud Lue (Shirley) Sumner, Clara May (Shirley) Gittings, Betty Jane (Shirley) Hall and Annie Gertrude (Shirley) Sumner
Died
at age 80
in Monroe, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jul 2016
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Biography
Sources
- US Census, 1900 - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H7-RFL
- * 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 3, Monroe, Kentucky; Roll: M593_489; Page: 143A
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #33983821 (accessed 8 May 2023)
Sarah E Sympson (10) in Precinct 3, Monroe, Kentucky. Born in Kentucky.
- Marriage: "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
citing Marriage, Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 589,654.
FamilySearch Record: Q288-BXC3 (accessed 31 March 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9BF-79GT-D Image number 00308
Willis T Shirley marriage to Sarah C Simpson in Jan 1880 in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States.
- 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: Turner, Monroe, Kentucky; Roll: 434; Page: 277D; Enumeration District: 199
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #10936105 (accessed 8 May 2023)
Sarah Shirly (20), wife, Keeping House, in household of Thomas Shirly (23) in Turner, Monroe, Kentucky, USA. Born in Kentucky.
- 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1900; Census Place: Center Point, Monroe, Kentucky; Roll: 544; Page: 17; Enumeration District: 0083
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #5670077 (accessed 8 May 2023)
Sarah C Shearley (38), wife, in household of Turner Shearley (43) in Center Point, Monroe, Kentucky. Born in Kentucky, USA.
- Death: "Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965"
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1222 #463927 (accessed 8 May 2023)
Sarah E Shirley death 24 May 1942 (born 17 Dec 1861), daughter of Samuel Sympson & Elizabeth Hagan, in Monroe, Kentucky, USA.
- Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #29497704
Ancestry Record 60525 #101955276 (accessed 8 May 2023)
Sarah Elizabeth Shirley burial (died on 23 May 1942) in Old Soldiers Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky, United States of America. With photo of tombstone
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
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Rejected matches › Sarah C. (Simpson) Smith (abt.1862-1943) › Sarah Alice (Ryner) Simms (abt.1861-abt.1944) › Sarah (Mccrory) Simpson (abt.1861-) › Sarah Simpson (1862-) › Sarah L. Simms (1863-)
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