William Hiden Shiflett

Robert Klein bobklein99@comcast.net
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Line of Rosser and Lissie Morris Shifflett: George Minor Shiflett gmsjws@juno.com

Comments: We are still looking for verification of William Hiden Shifflett's parents. On his marriage to Lucinda Breeden, he lists his parents as John and Artemissa Shifflett.

4. William Hiden Shifflett b. Mar 1838/9 in Greene Co., VA s/o 3. Artemissa Shifflett

Married (1) 20 Dec 1860 in Greene Co VA
Eliza Ann Roberts b. 1843, d. 1892 in Greene Co., VA of consumption, d/o John and Lucy Lamb Roberts

Married (2) 15 Feb. 1893 in Albemarle Co., VA
Lucinda F. Breeden d/o James and Sarah Breeden. William and Lucinda divorced abt. 1900

5. George Minor Shifflett b. 17 Jun 1861 in Augusta Co., VA (per m. cert.) d. 17 Feb 1935 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, m(1) 4 Mar 1881 at Joseph and Mary Wood's home in Rockingham Co., VA to Virginia Ann (Ginnie) Woods b. 4 Mar 1864 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 4 Feb 1920 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, Buried: George Minor Shifflett Family cemetery inside Shenandoah Nat'l. Park, d/o George Herring and Mary A. Davis. NOTE: marriage record states her parents as Joseph Wood and Mary Davis, however her real father may have been George Herring. m(2) Lou (Mitty) Morris b. 1884 in Greene Co., VA, d/o Charles and Rebecca Lawson Morris. Mitty also had children with his brother, Bernard Shifflett prior to their marriage (see below).

Issue with Virginia Ann (Ginnie) Woods
6. Sarah E. Shifflett b. 15 Dec 1883 in Rockingham Co., VA [possible child of George & Virginia]
6. Alexander E. (Elic) Shifflett b. 24 Sep 1885 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 25 Apr 1975, in Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD, m. 8 Feb 1906 in Rockingham Co., VA to Myrtie Ann Elizabeth Davis b. 20 Oct 1886 in Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 8 Apr 1961 in Ringgold, Washington Co., MD, d/o Charles and Columbia Jane Shiflett Davis, Both Buried: Ringgold Church of Crist Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD

7. Willard E. Shifflett b. 2 Jan 1907 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 21 Jun 1981 in York, PA, m(1) abt 1926 to Mary Louella Hoover Scott, m(2) Thelma R. Unknown b. 16 Mar 1913, d. Nov 1986 in PA
7. Gracie Jane Shifflett b. 25 Mar 1908 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 5 Dec 1991, m. 20 Nov 1929 in Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD to Walter Cyrus Minnick, Sr., b. 5 Oct 1901, d. 15 Apr 1981

8. Walter Cyrus Minnick, Jr. b. 28 May 1934 in Ringgold, WV, d. 28 Mar 2003 in Blue Ridge Summit, PA

7. Cecil Clyde Shifflett b. 3 Nov 1909, d. 6 Feb 2004 in Quincy United Methodist Home, Quincy, PA, m. 20 Nov 1929 in Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD to Roland Pearre Miner, b. 13 Oct 1906 in Ringgold, MD, d. 16 Jan 1998 in Waynesboro, PA Both Buried: Ringgold Church of Crist Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD
7. Josie A. Shifflett b. abt 1910 in Rockingham Co., VA
7. William Owen Shifflett b. 5 Sep 1911 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 12 May 1998 in Quincy United Methodist Home, Quincy, PA, m. 30 Dec 1939 in Norfolk, VA to Acy Ruth Hatfield, b, 20 Jun 1918 in Baffle, Southampton Co., VA, d. 13 Jun 2012 in Millbury, MA, Both Buried: Ringgold Church of Crist Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD
7. Dennis Randolph Shifflett b. 3 Aug 1916 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 26 Jun 1990 in Los Angeles, CA, m. Geraldine A. Bohmann b. 16 Nov 1912, d. 6 Jan 2001, Both Buried: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside Co., CA
7. Mabel Agnes Shifflett b. 28 Aug 1919 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 08 Jul 2009 in Strawberry Fields, Mustang, OK, m. 21 Jan 1949 in Williamsburg, VA to Gordon Robert West b. 22 Jan 1906 in Chesterfield, VA, d. 10 Nov 1993 in Oklahoma City, OK, Both Buried: Chapel Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK

6. David William Shifflett b. 4 Sep 1887 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 28 Nov 1959 in Arlington Hospital, Arlington, VA, m. 7 Nov 1908 in Rockingham Co., VA by J. W. Dufflemeyer to Amanda Crawford b. 15 Apr 1893, d. 27 Jul 1973 in VA d/o Lydia Crawford, Both Buried: Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, VA

7. Walter T. Shifflett b. 26 Feb 1912 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. Jul 1993 in Winchester, VA
7. Clarence Shifflett
7. Gurney Shifflett b. abt 1915
7. Claude Lee Shifflett b. 16 Dec 1916, d. 25 Oct 1964 in Fairfax, VA, m. Helen Lebrick
7. Rachel Shifflett b. abt 1922
7. Calvin Coolidge Shifflett, b. 28 Dec 1928, d. 13 Jun 1977, m(1) Mary Ellen Leonberger, d. 6 Nov 2001, m(2) Charlotte E. Ward b. 23 May 1929, d. 16 Jun 1993 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL, Calvin & May Both Buried: Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, VA
7. Dorothy Shifflett

6. George Harrison Shifflett b. 7 Mar 1888 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. Jan 1952 in Smithsburg, Washington Co., MD, m. 6 Feb 1909 in Rockingham Co., VA by James W. Bible to Lessie Lee Wood b. 22 Dec 1888 in Greene Co., VA, d. 15 Dec 1972 in Smithsburg, Washington Co., MD, d/o Joseph and Louisa Shifflett Wood, Both Buried: Ringgold Church of Crist Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD

7. Josie Shifflett b. 1910 d. 21 Dec 1913
7. Lottie Pearl Shifflett b. 3 Mar 1912 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 12 Feb 2000 in Washington Co., MD, Buried: Harbaugh Cemetery, Rouzerville, PA, m. Blaine M. Tracy b. 14 Apr 1914, d. Jun 1984 in Washington Co., MD
7. George Ernest Shifflett b. 30 Aug 1914 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 1979 in Quincy, VA
7. Leonard Joseph Shifflett b. 10 Jul 1916 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 27 Sep 1989 in Washington Co., MD

8. Leonard Eugene Shifflett b. 9 Dec 1938 in Edgemont, VA, d. 21 Jun 2007 in Waynesboro, PA, Buried: Harbaugh Church Cemetery, Rouzerville, Franklin Co., PA
8. Other Living Children

7. Margaret Louise "Margie" Shifflett b. 15 Jan 1924 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 9 Mar 1991
7. Nellie Marie Shifflett b. 2 Jul 1926 in Rockingham Co., VA, m. 14 Nov 1945 to Richard Campbell Peiffer b. 13 Oct 1918 in Waynesboro, PA, d. 4 Jan 2006 in Leitersburg, MD, Buried: St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery
7. Leardie Harrison Shifflett

6. Moses Jackson Shifflett b. 31 Dec 1894 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 21 Aug 1977 in Virginia Beach, VA, Buried: Elkton Cemetery, Elkton, VA, Buried: Elk Run Cemetery, Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA m(1) 22 Jan 1915 in Rockingham Co., VA by Anthony Bainford to Mary Pearl Wood b. 3 Nov. 1899 Greene Co., VA, d. 17 Jul 1924 in Mineral, WV, d/o Joseph and Louisa Shifflett Wood, m(2) Emma Joanna Powell b. abt 1881 in WV, d. 5 Feb 1939 in Kaiser Co., WV, Buried: Elk Run Cemetery, Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA, m(3) Edith Louise Wilson b. 13 Sep 1908 in Elk Garden, Mineral Co., WV, d. 18 Jul 1946 in Potomac Valley Hospital, Mineral Co., WV, Buried: Elk Garden Cemetery, Mineral Co., WV

7. Delbert James Shifflett b. 30 may 1916 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 17 Jan 2006 in Virginia Beach, VA
7. Evelyn Mae Shifflett b. Mar 1919, m. Nov 1946 in Van Nuys CA to John McCoy, Jr.
7. Edith Marie Shifflett b. 19 Dec 1920 in WV, d. 31 Oct 2001 in Norfolk, VA, m. 20 Nov 1940 in Cumberland Co., MD to William Edward Shallis b. 13 Sep 1920 in Darby, PA, d. 9 Apr 1995 in PA
7. Foster C. Shifflett b. 13 Feb 1923 in WV, d. 8 Jul 2009

6. Lee Robert Shifflett b. 29 May 1897 in Rockingham Co., VA, m. 5 Jan 1916 in Rockingham Co., VA, by D. L. Gwattney, to Amanda Catherine Coleman b. 18 Jul 1898 in Beldor Hollow, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 10 Sep 1983 in Keezletown, Rockingham Co., VA, Buried: Keezletown Cemetery, Rockingham Co., VA, d/o William Winston and Delilah Columbia Lawson Coleman

There are some questions as to Lee’s correct name. Lee’s son Jack says that his father’s name was Robert Lee. The 1930 Rockingham Co. census has Lee G. and all other records have just Lee. Lee was a trackman working in Bemis, West Virginia in 1920. Lee was working as a Track Supervisor for the Western Maryland Railroad when there was a strike. Amanda left the family and Lee traveled with his children to Ohio. Lee and Amanda were the parents of the following children:

7. George Minor Shifflett, II. b. 25 Dec 1917 in Savage, MD, d. Jan 1972 in Elkton, VA, m. his 1st cousin Virginia Louise Wood, 21 Dec 1938 in Ellicott City, Howard Co., MD by Minister Carl Mumford, b. 3 Jun 1922 in Stonewall, Rockingham Co., VA, d/o Ellis Leonard Wood and Mary Ann Shifflett

8. Louis W. Shifflett, Sr. b. 13 Jan 1941 in Baltimore, MD, d. 10 Aug 2006 in Hanover, PA
8. Mary Louise Shifflett b. abt 1942, d. 26 Oct 1962 in Hanover, PA of a Heart Attack at age 20

8. Female Shifflett still living

8. Female Shifflett still living

7. Robert Lee Shifflett b. 7 Mar 1917 in Pocahontas Co., WV, d. 7 Apr 1917 in Pocahontas Co., WV
7. Arthur Jackson Shifflett b. 29 Oct 1920 in Flint, Randolph Co., WV, d. 8 Sep 2010 in York Springs, PA, Buried: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co., PA, m(1) Phyllis June Flannagan, m(2) 23 Jun 1941 in Ellicott City, Howard Co., MD to Catherine Mary Potee b. 11 May 1924 in Laurel, MD, d. 22 Mar 2006 in Hanover, York Co., PA, Jack and Catherine are Both Buried: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co., PA. They parents of 10 children all born at home in Severn MD except for the twins who were born in a Baltimore Hospital

8. Catherine Elizabeth Shifflett, b. 19 Sep 1943 in Severn, Arundel Co., MD, d. 24 Feb 2008 in Hampstead, Carroll Co., MD. She was married to Michael Key Toston, Sr. and had 4 children

7. Margaretta Shifflett b. 19 Apr 1925 in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., WV [Margaret was very young when her mother left Lee. Lee kept the two boys with him and placed Margaret in the home of a friend named Katie Bennett who had a daughter about the same age. Katie lived in Akron, Ohio.]
7. Other living Children

6. Mary Ann (Sis) Shifflett b. 10 May 1902, christened 9 Mar 1967, d. 20 Apr 1967 in Taneytown, Frederick, MD, m. 12 Oct 1920 in Roadside, Rockingham Co., VA to Ellis Leonard Wood b. 13 Apr 1900 in Greene Co., VA, d. 10 Nov 1974 in Carroll Co., MD, s/o Joseph Franklin and Louisa Shifflett Wood, Buried: Grace United Church of Christ Cemetery, Taneytown, MD

7. Norman Wilson Wood b. abt 1921 in VA, d. 26 Jan 1966 in Taneytown, Frederick, MD, Buried: Reformed Church Cemetery
7. Virginia Louise Wood b. 3 Jun 1922 in VA, d. 8 Jun 2013 in Emmitsburg, Frederick Co., MD
7. Burnice Elizabeth Wood b. 24 Jul 1923 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 22 Sep 1989 in Frederick, MD, m(1) William Thomas Smith b. 1919, m(2) Homer Hansbrough, m(3) Marvin C. "Muggy" Spurlock b. 21 Sep 1937 , d. 28 Jul 1993
7. Salomon R. Wood b. 1924 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 1924 in Rockingham Co., VA Death Certificate # 28537
7. Pauline Josie Wood b. 9 Nov 1925 in Charlottesville, VA, d. 1 Apr 2016 in Emmitsburg, Frederick Co., MD

6. Joseph Shifflett b. 15 Aug 1900 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 12 May 1965 at Davis Memorial Hospital, Elkins, Randolph Co., WV; Buried: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Elkins, WV, m. 6 May 1919 in Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD by Rev. J. H. Webb to Rosa Belle Hansbrough b. 16 May 1900 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 8 Sep 1983 at Davis Memorial Hospitalin Randolph Co., WV; d/o Morias Jordan and Sarah Jane Isabelle Crawford Hansbrough

7. Joseph Medford Shifflett b. 5 Apr 1920 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 24 Sep 1944 in Bemis, Randolph Co., WV. Never married, Buried: Glady Cemetery, Glady, Randolph Co., WV
7. Ronald Lee Shifflett b. 14 Nov 1921 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 3 Nov 2007 in Clarksburg, WV
7. Maynard Elwood Shifflett b. 30 Sep 1923 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 28 Mar 1993 at Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins, Randolph Co., WV, m. 24 Apr 1945
7. Orval Ray Shifflett b. 24 Jun 1925 in Bemis, Randolph Co., WV, d. 2 May 2003 in Elkins, Randolph Co., WV, Buried: American Legion Little Arlington Cemetery, Cravensdale, WV, m. 4 Nov 1946 in Randolph Co., WV to Nellie Jane Phares b. 23 Mar 1926 in Randolph Co., WV, d. 3 Jul 1996 in Randolph Co., WV
7. Clarence Edward Shifflett b. 26 Jun 1930 in Bemis, Randolph Co., WV, d. 9 Nov 2000 at his home in Elkins, Randolph Co., WV, m(1) 9 Apr 1954 in Washington, D.C. to Mildred Sue Cosner b. 14 Mar 1931, d. 6 Dec 1959 in Elkins, Randolph Co., WV m(2) Still Living
7. Calvin Hansbrough Shifflett b. 4 Jan 1933 in Bemis, Randolph Co., WV, d. 13 Aug 2019 in Oakland Garrett Co., MD, m. 22 Feb 1952 in Baltimore Co., MD to Mary Frances Hedrick b. 1 Oct 1933 in Bemis, Randolph Co., WV, d. 23 Nov 2017 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co., WV. Both Buried: Elkins Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Elkins, Randolph Co., WV

6. Charles Howard Shifflett b. 1902/3 in Rockingham Co., VA, m. 28 May 1928 in Stanardsville, Greene Co., VA by J. N. Ragsdell, to Vernie S. (Sissy) Shifflett b. 10 May 1902 in Greene Co., VA, d. 20 Apr 1993 in Louisa Co., VA, d/o George L. and Rebecca A. Lawson Shifflett

7. Arthur Lee Shifflett, b. 1925 d. 5 May 1992, Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, m(1), m(2),m(3) Audrey A. Jenkins b. 13 Jan 1936 in MD, d. 19 Jun 1988 in Prince George's Co., MD, Buried: Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD
7. Margaret Darlene Shifflett b. 18 Feb 1927 in Rockingham Co., VA
7. John Otis Shifflett, Sr. b. 25 Feb 1929 in Greene Co., VA, d. 8 Dec 1898 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Gordonsville, Orange Co., VA
7. Anna Irene Shifflett b. 18 Feb 1932 in Greene Co., VA
7. Mary Lee Shifflett b. 29 Jan 1934 in VA, d. 23 Jul 2007 in MD, Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD
7. Charles Willard Shifflett b. 05 Apr 1936 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. Sep 1, 2003 in Bealeton, Fauquier Co., VA
7. James Harold Shifflett b. 27 Apr 1937 in Fairfax Co., VA, d. 26 May 1946 in Arlington, VA
7. Ollie Phillip Shifflett b. 4 Jul 1938 in VA, d. 3 Apr 2017 in VA

6. Zada Bernice "Sadie" Shifflett b. 17 Jul 1904 (1906), d. 17 Apr 1981 in Page Co., VA, m. 21 Mar 1923 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA by D. B. Seal to Dewey Lee Hansbrough b. 24 Dec 1898 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 13 Dec. 1966 in Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., VA, s/o Morias Jordan and Sarah Jane Crawford Hansbrough

7. Mary Kathleen Hansbrough b. 21 Feb 1924 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 3 Dec 2012 in Bridgewater, Rockingham Co., VA m. Apr 1939 in Greene Co., VA to Simmie Atkins b. 6 Jun 1903, in VA, d. 1 Apr 1985 in VA
7. Ruby Jane Hansbrough b. 22 Jun 1926 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 23 Feb 2011 in Rockingham Co., VA, m. 3 Jul 1943 to Leon Henry Dean b. 13 Sep 1919 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 20 Feb 1996 in Rockingham Co., VA, s/o Joseph Henry Dean, Sr. and Hester Florence Lam, Both Buried: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, McGaheysville, Rockingham Co., VA
7. Homer L. Hansbrough b. 09 Jun 1928 in VA, d. 01 Aug 2005
7. Hubert Leon Hansbrough b. 15 Apr 1932 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 10 Sep 2000 in Rockingham Co., VA, Buried: Elk Run Cemetery, Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA
7. Reba Alline Hansbrough b. 30 Apr 1934 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 16 Jul 1934 in Rockingham Co., VA
7. Other Living Children

6. Lewis Roosevelt Shifflett b. 28 Oct 1907 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 1 Jan 1972 in Fairfax Co., VA, Buried: Fairfax Memorial Gardens, Fairfax, VA, m. 3 Apr 1925 in Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA( by J. W. Stearn) to Leona Dean b. 11 Feb 1911 in Page Co., VA, d. 20 Jan 2000 in Timberville, Rockingham Co., VA(living in Elkton at time of marriage), d/o James Thornton and Edna Mae Breeden Dean, Both Buried: Fairfax Memory Gardens Cemetery, Fairfax, VA

7. Louis Randolph Shifflett b. 26 Jan 1927 in Island Ford, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 10 May 1940 in Island Ford, Rockingham Co., VA
7. Ruth Marie Shifflett b. 11 Oct 1928 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 9 Dec 2001 in Rockingham Co., VA, m. 10 Jul 1946 in McLean, Fairfax Co., VA to Howell D. Trousdale, Sr. b. 2 Nov 1924 in Ridgeway, Crawford Co., IL, d. 2 Feb 19997 in Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., VA
7. Warren Richard Shifflett b. 2 Jan 1930 in McLean, Fairfax Co., VA, d. 21 Nov 1982 in Providence, Providence, RI, Buried: Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Johnston, RI, m. Evelyn A. Beal b. 19 Apr 1925, d. 7 Sep 2002 in Boston, MA, Buried: Knollwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Canton., MA
7. Foster Allen Shifflett b. 21 Sep 1933 in McLean, Fairfax Co., VA, d. 4 Feb 1991 in Orange Co., VA, m. 14 Jun 1957 in Arlington, VA to Irene Lindy Weeks, b. 13 Feb 1929 in Bethel, VA, d. 27 Mar 1999 in Albemarle Co., VA
7. Elinor Jane Shifflett b. 7 Mar 1937 in McLean, Fairfax Co., VA, d. 28 Feb 2009 in Orange Co., VA, Buried: Hillcrest Cemetery, Louisa Co., VA
7. Other Living Children

6. Jacob Vernon Shifflett b. 8 Aug 1908 in Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 29 Aug 1995 in Sterling, VA, m. 1930 in Fairfax Co., VA to Velvia Louise Wood b. 1 Apr 1914 near Bemis, Randolph Co., WV, d. 4 Aug 1997 in Sterling, Loudoun Co., VA, d/o Lenora Fansler (raised by Wilson Wood).

7. Paulette Shifflett b. 23 Feb 1946 in Spencerville, MD, d. 13 Jun 2006 in Loudoun Co., VA, Buried: Sterling Cemetery, VA
7. Other Living Children

6. Clarence Shifflett d. at age 14
6. Three children died of diphtheria at the same time

Issue with Lou (Mitty) Morris
6. George Earman Shifflett b. 15 Mar 1921 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 20 Jul 1922 in Rockingham Co., VA
6. Virginia Anne Shifflett b. 8 May 1922 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 7 Mar 2008 in Rockingham Co., VA, m. 2 Jun 1936 to James D. Sullivan, Sr., b. 17 Jun 1918 in Greene Co., VA, d. 23 Apr 1998 in McGaheysville, Rockingham Co., VA, Both Buried: Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Rockingham Co., VA
6. James Ashby Shifflett b. 7 Nov 1926, d. 30 Nov 1947, Buried: Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore City, MD, m. Dolly Unknown

6. Clarence Monroe Shifflett, Sr. b. 30 Oct 1924 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 10 Jun 2006 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Dyke, Greene Co., VA, m. 3 Jul 1946 in Albemarle Co., VA to Arvina Marie Roberts b. abt 1928 in Greene Co., VA

7. They had 10 children

6. Luther E. Shifflett b. Oct 1929, d. at 18 mos.
Children of Lou (Mitty) Morris, bef. she m. George Minor Shifflett:
6. George Wilbert Morris b. 15 Jun 1911 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 13 Mar 1991
6. Fred Lester Morris b. 27 Aug 1914 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 31 Oct 1988
6. Robert L. Morris b. 21 Oct 1916 in Dyke, Greene Co., VA, d. 24 Aug 1979

5. Mary Emma F. Shifflett b. 10 Feb 1864 in Greene Co., VA (Greene Co. Birth Record) m(1) 3 Oct 1892 in Greene Co., VA by J. W. Dufflemeyer to William B. Keyton, b. abt 1857 in Albemarle Co., VA, s/o Lively and Sophia Shiflett Keyton m(2) 20 Aug 1907 in Albemarle Co., VA to Joel Wesley Breeden b. 1855 in Page Co., VA, d. 1918 in Augusta Co., VA. William and Mary Emma divorced and “Emma” and a daughter Rella were using the last name Shifflett in the 1900 Albemarle Co., VA Census.

Issue with William Keyton:
6. Rella Ann Shifflett b. 8 Sep 1893 in Greene Co., VA, d. 12 Jul 1960 in Waynesboro, Augusta Co., VA, m(1) 20 Jun 1912 in Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD to Herman Lewis Layne b. 5 Jul 1893 in VA, d. 25 Nov 1972 in Waynesboro, Augusta Co., VA, s/o George Lewis and Jennie I. Humphries Layne
Issue with Joel Wesley Breeden
6. George Arthur Breeden b. 22 Aug 1896 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 11Oct 1973 in Staunton, Augusta Co., VA, Buried: Edgewood Cemetery, Rockingham Co., VA, m. 4 Aug 19193 in Augusta Co., VA to Willie Ann Bowen b. 8 May 1891 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 15 Jun 1983 in Waynesboro, Augusta Co., VA

5. Louisa Ella Josephine Shifflett b. 20 Feb 1866 in Greene Co., VA, Birth Record m(1) 22 Apr 1884 in Greene Co., VA by Christian Hartman to Jno. Miley Frazier s/o M. and M. Frazier

6. Mary A. Frazier b. Jul 1887 in Greene Co., VA, d. 30 Jul 1917, m. 15 Oct 1902 in Greene Co., VA to John W. Breeden b. Apr 1879
6. Mily Franklin Frazier b. 23 Oct 1886 in Greene Co., VA, d. 7 Apr 1957 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. 22 Oct 1907 in Albemarle Co., VA to Sarah Elizabeth Frances Breeden b. 26 Aug 1889 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 29 Dec 1952 in Albemarle Co., VA, Both Buried: Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Free Union, Albemarle Co., VA

7. Sidney Charles Frazier b. 20 Dec 1908 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 6 Dec 1982 in Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD, Buried: Cedar Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD, m. 5 May 1927 in Albemarle Co., VA to Susie Lee Shifflett, b abt 1910 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. bef. 1988, d/o Richard Brazil Shifflett and Emma E. Morris

8. Odell M. Frazier b. 22 Apr 1929 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 22 Sep 1993 in Page Co., VA
8. Oakley Homer Frazier d. 28 Jan 1931 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 22 Sep 1973 in VA, Buried: Scottsville Cemetery, Albemarle Co., VA

7. Ella Frazier b. Apr 1910 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. Jul 1910 in Albemarle Co., VA
7. James Franklin Frazier b. 10 Mar 1912 in Greene Co., VA, d.13 Feb 1965 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. Bessie O. Monger, b. 8 Mar 1908 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 5 Mar 1992 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d/o Henry Alfred (Albert) Monger and Mary Emily Morris, Both Buried: Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Free Union, Albemarle Co., VA
7. Agnes Frazier b. 30 Nov 1913 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 12 Jun 1995 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. Willie Edgar Monger b. 4 Aug 1911, d. 22 Dec 1972 in Albemarle Co., VA, Both Buried: Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Free Union, Albemarle Co., VA

8. Shirley Mae Monger b.19 Jul 1939 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 11 Dec 2005 in Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Free Union, Albemarle Co., VA
8. Ted Allen Monger b. 8 Feb 1948, d. 8 Oct 2007 in WV
8. Other Living Children

7. Ellie Frazier b. 1916 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 1918 in Albemarle Co., VA
7. Grover McKinley Frazier b. 25 Jun 1918 in Greene Co., VA, d. 30 May 1988 in Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Holly Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, m(1) Elizabeth Frances McCauley b. 1923 in VA, d. 1962 in VA, d/o David Ezra McCauley and Sarah Jane Shaver, m(2) Judith Ann Unknown
7. Noah Frazier b. 1920 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 1922 in Albemarle Co., VA
7. Katie Rose Frazier b. 14 Jan 1923 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 1 Mar 1978 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. William Foster McCauley b. 11 Sep 1911 d. 24 Jul 1988, Both Buried: Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Free Union, Albemarle Co., VA
7. Virginia Mae Frazier b. 2 Nov 1924 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 24 Feb 2004 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. Harry W. Moore b. 30 Jun 1897, d. 5 Aug 1963, Both Buried: Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Free Union, Albemarle Co., VA
7. Katherine Frazier b. 1927 in Albemarle Co., VA
7. Lemuel Mason Frazier b. 01 Sep 1929 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. abt 1931
7. Larry Joseph Frazier b. 15 Oct 1931 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 12 May 1991 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. Lonnie D. O’Flaherty, b. 22 Jun 1931, d. 3 Jun 2009 in North, ID, Both Buried: Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Free Union, Albemarle Co., VA Birth certificate for Larry Joseph Frazier says Joseph Larrie Frazier

6. Eliza H. Frazier b. Apr 1895 in VA
6. Noah McKinley Frazier b. 13 Apr 1898 in Greene Co., VA, d. 25 Mar 1917 in Rockingham Co., VA
6. David W. Frazier b. abt 1903 in Greene Co., VA, m. 10 Apr 1932 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA to Virgie Via b. abt 1907 in Albemarle Co., VA, d/o William Alexander Via and Mildred Addie Sandridge

5. John W. L. Shifflett b. 1868 in Greene Co., VA, d. May 1947, m(1) 9 Dec 1888 in Greene Co., VA by J. W. Dufflemeyer to Delila Frazier b. 1866, d. Sept 1894, d/o Mery Walker and Maria Frazier, per marriage license info submitted by Eugene Powell: J. L. Shiflett m. D. Frazier, 9 Dec. 1888, both age 22, both single, both born Greene Co., VA, he was listed as the son of W. H. & E. A. Shiflett, she was daughter of M. W. & M. Frazier; m(2) 14 Feb 1897 to Ada Shaffer b. 1881/6 d/o H. W. and V. Wiseman Shaffer, m(3) 24 Dec 1902 in Greene Co., VA to Caroline Columbia Frazier d/o Henry Timberline Frazier and Eliza Susan Lawson, m(4) 3 Mar 1913 to Hulda Frazier b. 1868 d/o Thomas and Julia Ann Frazier Note from Cathy Phillips: [I also found a John W. L. Shifflett age 60 years with a wife Laurie age 40 years in the 1920 Greene Co., Virginia census. I am not sure if this the the same John W. L. Shifflett. However, John’s great nephew told me that he thought John was married about six times.]

Issue with Deliah S. Frazier:
Issue with Ada Shaffer:
Issue with Mahulda Jane Frazier:

Issue with Caroline Jane (Columbia) Frazier:
6. Henry Bernard Shiflett b. 7 Feb 1896 in VA, d. 26 Aug 1970 in Baltimore, MD, m. Gertrude Florence Shiflett b. 14 Oct 1887 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 30 Aug 1986 in Church Hospital, Baltimore, MD, d/o Ralph Shiflett and Georgianna A. McAllister, Both Buried: Prize Hill Cemetery, Boonesville, Albemarle Co., VA
6. Edward Shifflett b. abt 1900 in Greene Co., VA, d. 19 Jul 1936 in Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Free Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Albemarle Co., VA, m. 13 Dec 1919 in Rockingham Co., VA to Anna Blanche Shifflett b. abt 1903 in VA, d/o Joseph Millard Shifflett and Lottie Maggie Conley
6. Lewis Shifflett b. abt 1902
6. Margaret (Maggie) Pearl Shifflett b. 7 Mar 1907, d. 3 Feb 1988 in Waldorf, MD, Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Newport, MD, m. 10 Mar 1926 in Albemarle Co., VA to Alton Eugene Thompson b. 25 Oct 1886, d. Dec 1976 in MD

7. Robert Eugene Thompson b. 25 Apr 1928 in Mechanicsville, MD, d. 8 Jun 1978
7. Mary Ellen Thompson b. 23 Aug 1929 in Charlotte Hall, MD, d. 31 Jan 2008 in Avery Co., NC, m. Richard Clayton McKinney b. 30 Aug 1920 in Avery Co., NC, d. 10 Feb 1998 in Mitchell Co., NC, Both Buried: Yellow Mountain Cemetery, Avery Co., NC
7. Other Living Children

6. Other Living Children

5. William Erastus (Raz) Shifflett b. 10 Oct 1870 in Greene Co., VA, d. 1 Jul 1962 in Martinsburg, WV, m(1) 5 Jul 1891 in Greene Co., VA by J. W. Dufflemyer to Fluanna Lutia (Ludie) Morris b. 2 Mar 1874 in Greene Co., VA, d. 17 Mar 1953 in Alexandria, VA d/o Noah J. and Rachel Morris. See their separate chart. m(2) Hallie Etta Coffinbarger
5. Rosser (Alfred Rossen) Shifflett b. 16 Mar 1874 in Greene Co., VA, d. 16 May 1850, m. 16 Mar 1894 (10 Jan 1895) in Greene Co., VA to Mallisa Florence (Lissie) Morris b. abt 1876 in Greene Co., VA, d. 31 Mar 1958 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, Both Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d/o Noah J. and Rachel Morris.

6. Laura Belle Shifflett b. 26 Nov 1896 in Greene Co., VA, d. 23 Apr 1979 in Greene Co., VA, Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA m. 28 Sep 1917 in Albemarle Co., VA to Franklin McKinley Shifflett b. 5 Jun 1899 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 26 Sep 1964 in Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Free Union Brethren Church Cemetery, Albemarle Co., VA

7. Walter M. Shiflett b. 17 Jul 1921 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 26 Aug 1922 in Albemarle Co., VA
7. Washington Shiflett b. 2 Jan 1923 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 2 Mar 1923 in Albemarle Co., VA
7. Earl Carl Shiflett b. 24 Jun 1927 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 4 Jun 1987 in Veterans Hospital Miami, Dade Co., FL
7. Other Living Children

6. George Allen Shifflett b. 26 Oct 1898 in Free Union, Albemarle Co., VA, d. 13 Jan 1974 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. 6 Jul 1922 to Bertha Mae Shifflett b. 12 Mar 1894 in Free Union, Albemarle Co., V, d. 5 Jun 1977 in Albemarle Co., VA, d/o Lindsay and Cynthia A. Morris Shiflett, Both Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA

7. George McKinley Shifflett b. 29 Jun 1923 in White Hall, Albemarle Co., VA
7. Ethel Mildred Shifflett b. Nov 1925 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, m. Apr 1947 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA to Robert L. Gibson b. 4 Mar 1926 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 20 Feb 2002 in Albemarle Co., VA

8. Sylvia Dale Gibson b. 27 Apr 1956 in VA, d. 13 Sep 1997
8. Other Living Children

7. Thomas Randolph Shifflett b. 26 Oct 1927 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d. 11 Sep 1981 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, m. Margaret Dinwiddie b. 2 May 1916 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d. 18 Jun 1966 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d/o Harry E. Dinwiddie, Sr. and Margaret Maupin
7. Carl Washington Shifflett b. 26 Oct 1931 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d. 6 Apr 1990 in VA, Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VAm. Anna Mae Powell b. 3 May 1930 in VA, d. 5 Jan 2002 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d/o Roosevelt V. Powell and 10 Aug 1907
7. Stuart Allen Shifflett b. 3 Dec 1935 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d. 24 Sep 1997 in Jacksonville, AR, Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Leonard, Fannin Co., TX

6. Buford Shifflett b. May 1899 in VA, d. bef. 1963
6. David Shifflett b. abt 1901 in VA
6. Lillie Pearl Shifflett b. 13 Apr 1904 in VA, d. 23 May 1932 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. William Oscar Shiflett b. 30 Jul 1898 in VA, d. 25 May 1980 in VA s/o Jacob (Sandy) Sun Shiflett and Mary Frances Lamb

7. Eva Marion Shiflett b. 6 Mar 1926, d. 11 Aug 2000
7. Other Living Children

6. Blanche Shifflett b. 1904
6. William Davis Shiflett b. 13 Apr 1905 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 14 Feb 1963 in Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA. obit lists sisters as: Mrs. James T. Wright of Alexandria, Mrs. McKinley Shiflett, Mrs. W. E. Rhodes and Mrs. Bessie Beech, all of Charlottesville
6. Smith Washington Shiflett b. 22 Feb 1909 in Free Union, Albemarle Co., VA, d. 2 Aug. 1982 in Albemarle Co., VA, m(1) Keturah Ann Pritchett b. 10 May 1913, d. 8 Aug 1977 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, Both Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, m(2) Ruby Maude Amos b. 26 Aug 1909 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, d. 15 Jun 1990 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Holly Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA
6. Gladys Eleanor Shiflett b. 3 Jun 1911 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. 7 Nov 1990 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. 22 Oct 1928 in Washington, D.C. to James Lee West Sr. b. 16 Jun 1906, d. 26 Feb 1958 in Alexandria, VA

7. James Lee West, Jr. b. 28 May 1935 in Fairfax, VA, d. 24 Sep 1954
7. Janice West b. 23 Dec 1941 in Charlotte, NC, d. 16 Aug 1993

6. Virginia Shiflett b. 3 Mar 1913 in Albemarle Co., VA, d. Jan 1969 in Albemarle Co., VA, m. Walker Cue Rhodes b. 25 Aug 1907, d. Aug 1975 in Albemarle Co., VA
6. Bessie Mae Shiflett b. 4 Aug 1918 in Albemarle Co., VA, d,. 31 Mar 2001 in Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, m(1) William Beech, m(2) Thornton Sprouse
6. Private still living

5. James Warren Shifflett b. 18 Feb 1876 in Greene Co., VA, d. 20 Feb 1961 in Gordonsville, VA, Buried: Elkton Cemetery, Rockingham Co., VA, m. 26 Mar 1898 in McGaheysville, Rockingham Co., VA to Ella J. Davis b. 21 Oct 1878, d. 3 Jul 1956 d/o Charles and Columbia Jane Shifflett Davis [James Warren Shifflett’s name was spelled with two F’s and two T’s on most of the records found. However his obit was spelled with an added “e” as “Shifflette”. His son William Everette and his heirs also use the “e”.]

6. Selona "Lona" Shifflett b. 3 Jul 1900 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 10 Feb 1978 in Gordonsville, Orange Co., VA, m(1) 4 Apr 1920 in Rockingham Co., VA, to George Earmon Davis b. 9 Mar 1897 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 8 Nov 1977 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, Buried: Keezletown Cemetery, Rockingham Co., VA, s/o Sampson and Martha Eaton Davis, m(2) Irving Holliday Miller

7. Roy James Samuel Davis b. 13 Oct 1922 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 19 Feb 1977 in Orange Co., VA, m. Gurtha Elizabeth Walker b. 13 Mar 1925 in Louisa Co., VA, d. 13 Nov 2004 in Orange Co., VA, Both Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Gordonsville, Orange Co., VA
7. William Fredrick Carroll Davis, Sr. b. 20 Oct 1930, d. 29 Apr 1994 Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
7. Other Living Children

6. William Everette Shifflette b. 4 Jul 1903 in Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 4 Jun 1986 in Gordonsville, Orange Co., VA, Buried: Elk Run Cemetery, Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA, m(1) 25 Dec 1922 in Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD to Agnes Mozella Wood b. 22 Jan 1903 in Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 11 Apr 2001 in Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA, Buried: Rest Haven Cemetery, Shenandoah Co., VA, d/o Joseph Franklin Wood and Louisa C. Shifflett, m(2) Mary Unknown, m(3) Ethel M. Vondra b. 3 Apr 1910 in VA, d. 27 Feb 2004 in Orange Co., VA

7. William Earl Shifflette, Sr. b. 16 Dec 1923 in VA
7. Almeda Mae Shifflette b. 6 Jul 1926 in Page Co., VA, d. 3 Apr 2006 in Shenandoah, VA, m. 6 Oct 1948 to Ira William (Bill) Good b. 30 Apr 1921 in Page Co., VA, d. 14 Jul 2011 in Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., VA
7. Other Living Children

5. Bernard (Barnet) Henry Shifflett b. 8 Dec 1878 in Greene Co., VA, d. 26 May 1947 min Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA, Buried: Elk Run Cemetery, Elkton, Rockingham Co., VA m(1) 18 Mar 1900 in VA to Isabel Fannie B. Davis b. 14 Nov 1882 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. May 1921 in Rockingham Co., VA, d/o Charles and Columbia Jane Shifflett Davis. met(2) Lou Mitty Morris

Issue with Isabel Fannie Davis:
6. Wilmer Charles Shifflett b. 10 Feb 1902 in Swift Run, VA, d. 15 Sep 1998 in Quincy, PA
6. Elmer James Shifflett b. 22 Aug 1902 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 1994
6. Nellie Jane Shifflett b. abt 1906
6. Earman Lee Shifflett b. 4 Jun 1910, d. Mar 1985 in Cumberland, MD
6. George Washington Shiflett b. abt 1916
6. Ruth Elizabeth Shifflett b. 6 Apr 1921 in Beldor, Rockingham Co., VA, m(1) Paul Nashland, m(2) Lewis Robert Padula b. 14 Jun 1915, d. 29 Dec 1993.

Issue with Lou (Mitty) Morris:
6. George Wilbert Morris b. 15 Jun 1911 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 13 Mar 1991
6. Fred Lester Morris b. Aug 27 1914 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. Oct 31, 1988
6. Robert L. Morris b. 21 Oct 1916 in Dyke, Greene Co., VA, d. 24 Aug 1979

5. Florence Agnes "Nora" Shifflett b. Apr 1882, d. 1950 in August Co., VA, m. 28 Jun 1899 in Greene Co., VA to John Richard Scott Raines b. 1870, d. 8 Dec 1942 in Waynesboro, Augusta Co., VA s/o Fannie Raines. Both Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro, VA, Living in Waynesboro in 1947

7. Loney A. Raines b. 8 Apr 1902 in VA, d. 20 Sep 1980 in VA, m. as his 2nd wife Noah Jackson Morris b. 23 Oct 1892 in VA, d. 11 Oct 1980 in VA, Both Buried: Port Republic Cemetery, Rockingham Co., VA
7. Gertrude Mae Raines b. 27 Oct 1910 in VA, d. 26 Jan 1982, m. Herman H. Harris b. 15 Dec 1905 in VA, d. 5 Jan 1991, Both Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro, VA
7. Mareta Elizabeth Raines b. 7 Sep 1912 in Rockingham Co., VA, d. 7 Apr 1992 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA, m. Unknown Bowles
7. Eva Virginia Raines b. 7 Sep 1914, d. 07 Jul 1997 in Waynesboro, Augusta Co., VA, m. Cecil Franklin Johnson b. 25 Dec 1908, d. 11 May 1981 in Waynesboro, Augusta Co., VA
7. Rev. William Herbert Raines b. 2 Aug 1918 in VA, d. 12 Jun 2011 in Richmond, VA, m. Tessie E. Unknown

7. Rev. Wilbert E. Raines, Sr. b. 5 Sep 1920 in Lynwood, Rockingham Co., VA, d. 20 Aug 2006 in Waynesboro, Augusta Co., VA , m. Lillie Elizabeth Unknown b. 16 May 1919, d. 4 Nov 2003, Both Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro, VA

8. Wilbert Edward Raines, Jr. b. 3 Dec 1943, d. 31 Dec 2000, Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro, VA

7. Agnes Raines, b. 1923 in VA, d. 7 Sep 1937 in VA, Buried: Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro, VA, she is listed on the same tombstone as her mother and father

Note: obituary lists her name as Florence Agnes Raines
7. Other Living Children

Submitted by Laban West landswest@yahoo.com

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Ginny Woods Shifflett and children Lewis, Jake, and Sadie. Photo taken c. 1910

Alexander & Myrtie Shifflett family c. 1920

Alex, Myrtie, Gracie Jane, Cecil, and Wilmer (son of Bernard)

Bernard Shifflett

Moses Jackson Shifflett (bro. to Alex)

L to R: George Miner, Bernard, Gracie Jane (dau. of Alex & Myrtie), Myrtie, Cecil, and Alexander Shifflett. Photo taken in yard of Alex & Myrtie's home at the jct. of Beldor and Simmons Gap Rd. in Rockingham Co.

Rosser Shifflett

William (Raz) Shifflett 1960 WV submitted by Julie Crosswell

Submitted by George M. Shiflett gmsjws@juno.com

Rosser Shifflett with great-granddaughter

son George A. with mother Lissie Morris Shifflett

Rosser and Lissie with their great-granddaughter Brenda

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Marriage License Entry
Submitted by Laban West landswest@yahoo.com

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Information: Date/Town or Country/Groom/Bride/G-age/B-age/Status: Single, Single/P.o.B.: Greene, Greene
Residence: Greene, Greene/G-parents, B-parents/G-occ./person perf. ceremony.

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Newspaper Articles
Submitted by Laban West landswest@yahoo.com

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May 1921 (Local Newspaper)

MOTHER KILLED, BABY HURT BY SHOT FROM INFANT SON

FIVE YEAR OLD BOY DISCHARGES SHOTGUN INTO HIS MOTHER'S BREAST
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BABY'S LEFT ARM SHOT OFF
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MOTHER WAS PICKING SPLINTER FROM BABY'S FOOT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

        Mrs. Bernard Shifflett, of Roadside, seven miles east of Elkton, was shot and almost instantly killed and her eleven-months-old daughter Ruth had her left arm shot off and a deep flesh wound inflicted yesterday morning when a loaded shotgun with which five-year-old George Shifflett was playing discharged and hit the mother and babe at close range.
        The mother was dead when the father reached the home shortly afterwards, and the baby was brought to the hospital here during the afternoon by Dr. J.R.Shacklett, where Dr. J.H.Deyerle amputated her arm between the elbow and the shoulder.

MR. SHIFFLETT ABSENT
        According to reports of the tragedy, Mr. Shifflett, who is a farmer had gone to work and the older of the seven children at home had gone to school at Roadside leaving the baby, the five-year-old son, George, and a daughter older than him at home with the mother.
        The mother was sitting on a bed picking a splinter out of the baby's foot, which she was holding on her lap. The older child got the shotgun from some place in the house and was tampering with it according to the reports, when it discharged, the full load of shot entering the mother's chest, and at the same time mangling the babe's arm and chest. It is believed the boy had procured the shell and placed it in the gun at some previous time, unknown to the parents.
        The older daughter at home ran at once and told her father, who was about three hundred yards away that brother had shot the baby. Mr. Shifflett hastened to his home to find that not only was the child seriously wounded, but that his wife was lying across the bed in a dying condition.

MOTHER DIES AT ONCE
        Dr. J.R.Shacklett, at Elkton, was immediately summoned and on his arrival pronounced the mother dead and set about to dress the baby's injuries. As soon as arrangements could be made, the infant was brought to the Rockingham Memorial Hospital where Drs. Deyerle and Shacklett amputated the mangled member near the shoulder.
        Mrs. Shifflett was about forty years of age, and before marriage was Miss Fannie Davis, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis of Roadside. Surviving are the husband, six children, Wilmer, 20 years old, Elmer, 17, Nellie, 15, Herman, 13, George, 5 and Ruth, eleven months, her parents, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Elic Shifflett, of Beldor; Mrs. Warren Shifflett of Simmons Gap; Warren Davis of Green County; Arthur Davis of Simmons Gap; Luther Davis of Bemis, W. Va.; and George Davis whose address could not be learned. Funeral services, it was announced, will be held from the Davis home this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock.

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1991, Waynesboro, PA

TOMBSTONES STOP CAR FROM PLUNGING INTO PA. RESTAURANT
By BRIAN J COUTURIER, Staff Writer, Waynesboro, PA

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - A visit to a hillside cemetery could have sent an 89 year old mourner to his death Friday afternoon when a runaway car struck the Waynesboro man, police said.
        Wilmer Shifflett, 89, of 111 Mt. Airy Ave., was run down by his own 1980 ford while visiting his wife's grave at Burns Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro Police said.
        Shifflett reported that he was trapped halfway underneath the car for about 90 minutes before a man walking a dog discovered the accident. Shifflett was treated for a chest injury and released after observation at Waynesboro Hospital, police and a hospital spokeswoman said.
        The accident, discovered at 4:52 p.m., could have been catastrophic if the car had continued its course, police said.
        The cemetery, located on a hill above Pa. Rt. 16 near downtown, is across the street from the McDonald's and Pizza Hut restaurants in Waynesboro. "Those tombstones stopped the car or it would have been McDonald's" Waynesboro Patrolman Lynn Lowman said. "It would have been an ugly scene." The road, also known as East Main Street, is usually very busy with bumper-to-bumper traffic at a nearby signal in the late afternoon. Several tombstones stopped the car from leaving the cemetery, police said. "If those tombstones weren't there I would still be out there investigating," Lowmann said.
        Police said Shifflett was lucky to have survived and credited the tombstones for averting disaster. "He would have been killed and there would have been a lot of people injured" if the tombstones hadn't stopped the car, Lowman said.
        Shifflett, who could not be reached for comment, was placing flowers on his wife's grave when the car, which had been left running, began to back down the hill. Shifflett ran after the car in an attempt to stop it and apparently was dragged along. The car glanced off one tombstone and hit several others before stopping after traveling about 400 feet, police said.
        Shifflett ended up underneath although it appears the car did not roll over his body. The car, an automatic, was found with its gearshift in reverse, police said.

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