I would like the information on Casel Shirley family. I am researching the Ring lineage. My greatgrandmother was a Ring. One of Joseph Ring's daughter. Myrvin G. Harris

This is what I have on Casel. Let me know if you want the lineage also. Mildred Maxville - April 1932 Died on the 18th, C.S. Shirley of pneumonia. He was born May 4th, 1876 was a member of the Christian Church, and was a respected citizen. He married Miss Nettie Ring and there were five sons and two daughters. They are Clarence, Ethel, Ozro, Audie, Corbett, Mrs. J.N. Kent and Mrs. Fred Ring. Elder D.E. Barnett of Poughkeepsie conducted the funeral services in the presence of a large assembly. This came from a newspaper article given to me by Linda Shirley Roberson, daughter of Wayne Shirley, ggranddaughter of Casel. Shirley Family Narrative History of the Shirleys Our Shirley relatives moved to Arkansas in the 1840's from Tennessee along with many other families. One of the first Shirleys to settle in the area that later became Sharp County was Aaron Shirley and his family, who settled in the area around Maxville in 1847. The 1850 census for Lawrence County (Sharp County wasn't created until later) lists several Shirley families around Piney Fork Township. Several Shirley sons show up in records for Matheny's Confederate Co. during the Civil War. These families were well established in the Maxville area by the time that our forebear was born in 1875. Casel Shirley The Shirley name first enters our branch through unusual circumstances. Casel Shirley was born Casel Norman on May 3, 1875, in Maxville, near Cave City, Arkansas. His exact parentage remains a mystery, but we do know that he is the illegitimate son of one of the teenaged daughters of Isaac Norman. His name in the 1880 census is listed as Casel Norman, and at that time he was raised in his grandfather's house. His mother was most likely Sarah Norman, who married Andrew J. Shirley on August 7, 1881 in Sharp County. However, there is a remote possibility that the mother is Mary T. Norman, who married George W. Shirley on January 16, 1881. In 1875, Sarah would have been about 17, and Mary would have been 12. On Casel's death certificate, his mother is listed as Nancy Norman but she would have been 6 in 1875. Sarah, Mary and Nancy are all sisters appearing in Isaac Norman's household in 1880 along with grandson Casel, who is listed as such. As for his father, his name is listed as James Vance on the birth certificate. As this is a Norman family name (Isaac's wife's maiden name was Clarinda Vance), it is unclear whether this was Casel's real father or just a name inserted on the document. Also in 1880 there is a Vance family living on the property next to the Normans. Whatever the truth of his parentage, Casel adopted the name Shirley before his marriage in 1896. Casel lived all of his life in the Maxville area, where he farmed for a living. He married Jean Nettie Ring ( real name ) on October 8,1896 in Sharp County. Both the bride and groom were 20 years old, and the marriage was performed by D.C. Ring, magistrate and witnessed by H.H. Ring. Casel died of pneumonia on April 17, 1932, after a two-year illness. He is buried in Maxville Cemetery, Maxville, Arkansas. Casel and Nettie had seven children that survived infancy.

Hi folks... Just a reminder to all those descended from Edy (Eady) JEFFERY and John MILLIGAN of the Reed's Creek area of Sharp County... On Sunday, the 3rd of September, the annual MILLIGAN CAMPGROUND REUNION will take place at the old Campground Church/Cemetery at Reed's Creek. There is usually singing at the church, dinner on the ground, and lots of relatives everywhere! Come and join us for a few minutes, or stay most of the day... See ya there!! : ) Regina Regina Creekmore Weaver [email protected] President, Batesville Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~arwhite/BITBARK.html