William
Major
(Billy)
Shires
Born in Tenn.
Ancestors 
Son of David Shires
and Holly (Harris) Shires
Brother of
Sarah (Shires) Clymore, Miriah (Shires) Chunn, Obedience (Shires) Chunn, Jonathan W Shires, David J Shires jr, Diana (Shires) Harris and Ira Shires
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 75
in Maury, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Apr 2023
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Biography
Wm was born in 1841. He was the son of David Shires and Holly Harris. He passed away in 1916.
Sources
- In the 1850 census Wm (age 9) was in Maury, Tennessee, United States.
1850 Census:
"United States Census, 1850", database with images
citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
FamilySearch Record: MCD5-1VZ (accessed 21 April 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DYNQ-186 Image number 00609
Wm Shires (9) in Maury, Tennessee, United States. Born in Tenn..
- "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #142323520, Memorial page for William M Shires (17 Feb 1841-19 Feb 1916), citing Shires Cemetery, Pottsville, Maury County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Ron Johnson (contributor 48035319).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Billy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Billy:
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~1.56%
Hyla (Tryon) Jenks
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member HylaTryon
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Kelly (Popp) Kley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SH5636664 [compare], Ancestry member kellykley25
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