SHIRLEY  MISSOURI

The name was originally Walton's Mill, or Walton Mills, under which name a post office was established in 1876.  George or Joseph Walton had a gristmill &sawmill there. In 1895 the post office was re-established by James Shirley, a store-keeper, & since that time has borne his name.  Local legend says that the Shirleys of Washington County are related to the famous outlaw Belle Starr (nee Myra Maebelle Shirley) & that she was born here in 1848 in the area of what is now the town of Shirley.   Her father was John Shirley & there was a Johnathan Shirley living here in 1840 according to the census of that year.  By 1850 Belle's family was living in Carthage, Missouri. 

 

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Grave of James Shirley.   Shirley Family Cemetery below Sunnen Lake dam off of Hwy. AA.  Photographed: 27 Oct. 2000

Shirley Family Cemetery is in cedar grove below earthen dam of Sunnen Lake.  A portion of the lake is visible in right background.  Spillway (pictured below left) is not visible in this picture but would be about 100 feet to the right.   Photographed: 27 Oct. 2000

 

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Looking at spillway from area just above cemetery.  Photographed: 27 Oct. 2000

Foot bridge going to cemetery which is in the cedar grove to left background below earthen dam.  Photographed: 27 Oct. 2000

FOR A BEAUTIFUL AERIAL VIEW OF
SUNNEN LAKE GO THE YMCA OF THE OZARKS SITE

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P & L Grocery Hwy. 8 just east of AA intersection.  Photographed:  27 Oct. 2000

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Log Cabin - Photographed:   27 Oct. 2000

 

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Shirley Union Church - Off of Hwy. 8 west.  Built 1860 & attended by all denominations. Photographed: 24 Oct. 2000

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Shirley Union Church Cemetery
Photographed:  June, 2003

 

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Grassy Hollow Southern Baptist Church on Grassy Hollow Road.  Photographed: 10 June 2001

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Grassy Hollow Church Cemetery
Photographed: June, 2003

 

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Reed Lumber Co. Intersection of Hwy. 8, Grassy Hollow Road, & AA .

Photographed:  27 Oct. 2000

 

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Shirley Fire Department on Hwy. AA near Hwy. 8.

Photographed: 30 Aug. 2002

 

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Lakewood Baptist Church ~ Hwy. AA near Hwy. 8.
Photographed: 30 Aug. 2002

 

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Buffalo grazing next to Hwy. AA

Photographed:  30 Aug. 2002

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Grandma Patti's tornado damage

May 2005



NEAR SHIRLEY  MISSOURI

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Lost Creek Branch near Shirley about 2 miles out in the woods on un-named road off of Grassy Hollow Rd.
Photographed: 10 June 2001

 

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Cave opening in creek bed.   There was a small, trickling waterfall over the edge just right of center toward the back of the picture.  Photographed: 10 June 2001

From opposite side looking in the direction the above picture was taken from.  This area was absolutely beautiful!  Way out in the woods, quiet & peaceful.

 

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Another view of the cave taken from below.
Photographed: 21 Aug. 2001

Rock outcropping farther down the creek. 21 Aug. 2001

 

Campbell~Ohanlon Farm

For complete tombstone transcriptions of the entire Shirley Cemetery go to:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mowashin/cemetery/oldshirley.html

 

 

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