David Howard Shirey and Amanda Somers

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Husband David Howard Shirey ¹

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            AKA: Howard D. Shirey 2
           Born: 4 Sep 1863 - Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Joseph Shirey (1811-1883) 3
         Mother: Margaret Kuhns (1818-1898) 4

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       Marriage: 4 Oct 1884 1

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Wife Amanda Somers ⁵

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         Father: Simon Somers (Abt 1816-1878) 6
         Mother: Margaret Blystone (Abt 1827-1913) 6

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Children

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1 M Floyd I. Shirey ¹

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2 F Edna M. Shirey ¹

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3 U [Unk] Shirey ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 U [Unk] Shirey ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - David Howard Shirey

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He resided not far from the Beatty Mines in Unity township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, following farming as an occupation.

He spent his childhood in his native place. For his education he attended the local public schools, but at the age of eighteen he was placed in charge of the home farm, which he operated for his mother until the time of her death, when he himself became its owner. He did much to improve and render productive his farm, which was regarded as a model one and was situated on Lincoln Highway in Unity township, about four and a half miles northeast of Greensburg. He erected there all new buildings, including a charming country house in which he made his home. He carried on general farming and operated a dairy, with a herd of twenty-five cows, selling the milk wholesale in Pittsburgh. In later years Mr. Shirey also entered the automobile business.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1246.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 689, 1062, 1246.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 689, 974, 1246.

4 Compiler's Speculation.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1062.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1061.