Margaret Amelia Shirley
1828 - 1911 (83 years)
Generation: 1
1. Margaret Amelia Shirley was born on 18 Feb 1828 (daughter of James Shirley and Mary Grantham); died on 04 Mar 1911 in Smithfield, Middleway, WV. Margaret married Solomon Adams Bates on 19 Dec 1849. Solomon (son of William Bates and Mary Kay ?) was born on 10 Apr 1816 in Newtown, King and Queen Co, VA; died on 03 May 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Mary Bates was born about 1852.
- James Bates was born about 1854.
- Ruth Helen Bates was born about 1856.
- Lucy Howard Bates was born about 1858.
- William Grantham Bates was born on 11 Jan 1860 in Middleway, WV; died on 19 Mar 1921 in Middleway, WV.
- Robert Lee Bates was born about 1862.
- Sophie Shirley Bates was born about 1864.
2. James Shirley James married Mary Grantham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Grantham Children:
- 1. Margaret Amelia Shirley was born on 18 Feb 1828; died on 04 Mar 1911 in Smithfield, Middleway, WV.