The William Sheridan Shelley Family of Jackson County MO:Information about Lucy Garland
Lucy Garland (b. 10 Oct 1870, d. 20 Dec 1957)
Notes for Lucy Garland:
The following noteswere written June 12, 1979 by A grandson, Stanley Compton and provided for the family Tree by his widow, Travis Compton.
Grandma( Lucy Garland Shelley ) came to Bernie, Stoddard County, Missouri when she was five years old. They moved from Indiana.Her fathers name was Samuel Garland. Her mothers name was Eliza Jane Ashby. She died when Grandma Lucy was about five years old. Lucy was born October 10, 1870. She had two brothers, Moses, and La Fayette, and one sister, Derry (Or Dairy). Lucy married Thomas Sherman Shelleywhen she was17 years old. Aunt Derry married Aaron Sanders. He was an Indian. She had seven children,three boys,one died around one years of age. one died around three years of age. Audie was the other one. There were four daughters,Ruby,Della,Annie,and Opal. Ruby died at two years and is buried at Alton Missouri. Annie married Andrew Roberts.
Grandpa and Grandma were married at Bernie Missouri. Will, Roy, and Lottie were born at Bernie. The family moved from Stoddard County to Shannon County, Bartlett, in 1895. John Wesley Shelley (Tom's father) lived near BartlettShelley bought forty acres southeast of Birch Tree and built a two room house. Tom and Lucy and family lived on the old Payne Place (Minnie Laydon's farm). In 1900 (Around April) they moved to a sawmill camp near Alton Mo. In August they left the sawmill camp in a covered wagon with two mules to go to Oklahoma. They worked (Picked cotton etc.) along the way, went into Texas briefly.They traveled with Derry & her family. As they returned Derry and her family stayed in Oklahoma.Tom & Lucy got back to Shannon county in November. Maggie was a baby (Less than one year old) when they made this trip. She & Claude and Lowell were born in Shannon County. In early 1900's they lived on Boone Shelley's Farm (Now owned by Lyle and Norma Spencer). That house burned around 1908. Mom (Lottie) started to school when they lived on Boone Shelley's place. She was Severn years old. Lona Dowler (Minor's Wife) was the teacher ( for four years at Oak Grove School). In 1902 they moved back to the old Payne Place, then to the old Lemon Place, then to John Shelley's place. They stayed there until 1905. Had a sale & moved to Paradise, Kansas. Uncle Luther lived there. In 1906they returned to Birch Tree, John Shelley's farm. Mom Lived there until until she got married in 1917.Tom and Lucy & family then moved to Lyons, Kansas. Dad and Mom (Zeke &Lottie) movedthere also. They all worked in the salt mines. In 1918 in Lyons nearly every one had the Flu. Mom nearly died. On October 25th,1919 Tom, Lucy, Maggie and Claude left Lyons on the train & returned to Birch Tree Mo. About this time they bought forty acres 1&1/2 miles southeast of Birch Tree. Tomas built a house on it and lived there until he died, March 16, 1945. In 1919 Mom & Dad moved from Lyons to Argentine Kansas. Dad worked in a steel mill. They went back to Lyons in a few months.
More About Lucy Garland:
Burial: 22 Dec 1957, Buckner Cemetery.
More About Lucy Garland and Thomas Sherman Shelley:
Marriage: 01 Sep 1888, Bernie Mo,Stoddard County, Mo.
Children of Lucy Garland and Thomas Sherman Shelley are:
- +William Sheridan Shelley, b. 17 Jul 1889, Stoddard County,Bernie, Missouri, d. 17 Jul 1974, Branson, Mo.Tanney County Hospital.
- +Leroy Shelley, b. 25 Sep 1891, Bernie, Stoddard County, Mo., d. 10 Mar 1973, Eldorado Springs, Missouri.
- +Lottie Mae Shelley, b. 16 Jul 1894, Bernie, Missouri, d. 29 Apr 1992, Truman Medical Center( Pneumonia).
- +Claude Newton Shelley, b. 03 Oct 1896, Birch Tree Mo, d. Oct 1964, Birch Tree Mo..
- +Maggie Estella Shelley, b. 04 Mar 1900, Birch Tree, Mo (Shannon County)), d. 23 Oct 1981, ,Buckner Missouri.
- Lowell Samuel Shelley, b. 14 Nov 1910, Birch Tree, Shannon County, Mo, d. Oct 1969, Kansas City Mo..