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Rebecca Jane (Thrailkill) Shirley (1840 - 1914)

Rebecca Jane Shirley formerly Thrailkill
Born in Bibb, Alabama, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 74 in West Point, Clay, Mississippi, United Statesmap
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Biography

When Rebecca Jane Thrailkill was born on August 17, 1840, in Centreville, Alabama, her father, Jonathan, was 53, and her mother, Mary, was 42. She married Jonathan Travis Shirley on February 7, 1856, in Montgomery, Mississippi. They had 15 children in 26 years. She died on September 10, 1914, in West Point, Mississippi, at the age of 74, and was buried there.

Sources

  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4LH-XK4 : 12 April 2016), Rebeca Thrailrill in household of Mary Thrailrill, Choctaw county, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States; citing family 594, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6GJ-C5F : 26 July 2017), Rebeca Y Shirley in entry for J T Shirley, 1860.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4L1-HRF : 12 August 2017), Rebecca Shirley in household of Jonathan Shirley, Northeast, Attala, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 75A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0641; FHL microfilm 1,254,641.
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9X8-MYY : accessed 3 September 2017), Rebecca J Shirley in household of John T Shirley, Beat 2 Liberty Chapel, Attala, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 3B, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,800.
  • "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVG2-WDRM : 11 July 2016), Rebecca Jane Thrailkill Shirley, 1914; Burial, West Point, Clay, Mississippi, United States of America, Greenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 122423661, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.




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