{"id":309,"date":"2018-07-11T09:20:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T14:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=309"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:44:40","slug":"shirley-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/shirley-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan A. Shirley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-307\" src=\"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/shirley.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/shirley.png 289w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/shirley-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Nathan A. Shirley (Monroe\/Chickasaw Counties)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State Senate:\u00a0<\/strong>1874-1879<\/p>\n<p>Also served as a constable of Chickasaw County. I have been unable to locate Shirley on a census thus far. He could be the Nathan Shirley who married a Mary Ware in Monroe County in 1876 and had children named Maggie (b. 1884) and Nathaniel (b. 1887).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5969\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5969\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/shirleysig.png\" alt=\"Signature of Nathan Shirley from an 1874 petition to Governor Ames\" width=\"500\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/shirleysig.png 576w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/shirleysig-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Nathan Shirley from an 1874 petition to Governor Ames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2235\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/shirley-2\/shirley2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2235 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shirley2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shirley2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shirley2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, July 9, 1870<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5968\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/shirley-2\/jan2474petition1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5968\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jan2474petition1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Petition of legislators, Jan 24, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jan2474petition1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jan2474petition1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petition of legislators, January 24, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2233\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/shirley-2\/shirley-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2233 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shirley-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shirley-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shirley-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, February 5, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4657\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/robert-gleed\/petition-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4657\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/petition-150x150.png\" alt=\"Petition signed by 8 legislators, Mar 21, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/petition-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/petition-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petition of legislators, March 21, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2238\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/shirley-2\/shirley3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2238 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shirley3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shirley3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shirley3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, March 31, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6292\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/samuel-riley\/clarion_ledger_1876_04_01_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6292\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, April 1, 1876\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clarion_Ledger_1876_04_01_1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, April 1, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5201\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/shirley-2\/shirleyletter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5201\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5201\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shirleyletter-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to James Hill, May 9, 1877\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shirleyletter-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shirleyletter-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to James Hill, May 9, 1877<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan A. Shirley (Monroe\/Chickasaw Counties) State Senate:\u00a01874-1879 Also served as a constable of Chickasaw County. I have been unable to locate Shirley on a census thus far. He could be the Nathan Shirley who married a Mary Ware in Monroe County in 1876 and had children named Maggie (b. 1884) and Nathaniel (b. 1887).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6306,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309\/revisions\/6306"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}