J. T. Shirley passed quietly away on Monday morning, Oct. 23, in the 79th year of his age. Some seven weeks previous to his death, Mr. Shirley was stricken with an infection of the gall bladder which gradually drained his strong, though aged, form, nothing his great vitality sustaining him so long under the depleting attacks of this disease. He bore his sufferings with great fortitude and when the end approached, was perfectly prepared to obey the last summons. He was a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and died as he had lived, in the full triumph of the Christian faith. He was the father of Mrs. J. T. Estes, Aledo; Walter Shirley, Weatherford; Arthur Shirley, Fort Worth, Mrs. Frank Barnett, Cresson; Jim Shirley, Vivian Shirley, Mrs. Elbert Crook and Mrs. Lee Hunter, Springer, N. M.; all of whom were present at his bedside and ministered to him in his last illness; also Mrs, Frank Forrest, deceased. Two sister, also survive him, Mrs. J. D. Boyd, Granbury, and Mrs. Tom McWhorter, Dennis. The remains were buried in Cresson cemetery by those of his wife, on Tuesday afternoon, at two o'clock, Rev Coilier, of Forest Hill, Texas, conducted the funeral services. A large gathering of citizens and friends were present to attend the last sad rites.
James Travis Shirley was born Feb. 6, 1844 in Abbeville, District, S. C., moving to Georgia when a small child and later going to Huntsville, Miss., Where he lived until the beginning of the Civil War. At the age of 18 years he joined the Confederate Army and served throughout the war. On Jan. 26 1868, he married Mary E. Fair, in Bankston, Miss. He remained near Bankston until Nov. 1878, when he moved to Texas, locating near Granbury in Hood county. After the death of his wife in April 1914, he made his home with his youngest daughter for five years. The last three year of his life was spent with his oldest daughter near Aledo.

Shirley, James Travis
Co. C. 1st Regiment Mississippi Artillery
Confederate States Army
CIVIL WAR

b. 02/06/1844 South Carolina
d. 10/23/1922

In February, 1862, he joined the Confederate army, enlisting in Company C, First Regiment of Mississippi Artillery, and served until the close of the war. He participated in all the engagements in which his regiment took part, with the exception of the siege of Vicksburg, during which time he lay ill in the hospital with typhoid fever, and was a conservative soldier, always found at his post of duty.
James Travis Shirley died October 23, 1922.

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