SHIRLEY

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.

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

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


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


Buffalo grazing next to Hwy. AA	Photographed: 30 Aug. 2002


Grandma Patti's tornado damage	May 2005

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

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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


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