Elbert Lee Shirley and Margaret Tecoah Hughes. They are my great grandparents.

Elbert Lee Shirley was born 28 Sep 1850 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, and died 08 Jun 1928 in Sand Flat, Van Zandt County, Texas. He is the son of Benjamin Hershel Shirley (1823-after 1880) and Lucinda C. Brock (1824-after 1880).

Margaret Tecoah Hughes was born 08 Mar 1854 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, and died 21 Jan 1935 in Van Zandt County, Texas. She is the daughter of Hezekiah Hughes (1814-1894) and Sarah Deliah Mitchell (1823-1910)



Elbert and Margaret were married 13 Oct 1870 in Franklin County, Georgia. She was 16 and he was 20 years old when they married. They were the parents of 10 children:

1.   Robert Newton Shirley (1871-1903) m. Sallie D. "Sarah" Lauderdale
2.   Nannie Lou Shirley (1873-1908) m. Green Clark Berry
3.   Eugenia Palestine Shirley (1874-1931) m. William Perry Rucker Sr.
4.   Mary Florence Shirley (1876-1879)
5.   James Shirley (1879-1884)
6.   Della Shirley (1882-1971) m. Jefferson Avery Hollis
7.   John Bunyan Shirley (1884-1964) m. Minnie Lee Davidson
8.   William Hayden Shirley (1889-1980) m. Blanche Constable
9.   Henry Grady Shirley (1893-1969) m. Emma Kingston
10. Reba Sallie Shirley (1898-1966) m. Woodall O'Kuykendall Berry (my grandparents)