Peter Shirts

1808 - 1882  (73 years)

• Name	Peter Shirts
  Born	23 Aug 1808	St. Clair, Columbiana, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1882	Fruitland, San Juan, New Mexico, USA
  Person ID	I29	My Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Michael Shirts,   b. 1779, West Buffalo Township, Northcumberland, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1865, Columbiana, Libson, Ohio, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Vanderbeek,   b. 1783, St. Clair, Columbiana, Ohio, USA ,   d. Bef 1850, Ohio, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	Abt 1800
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Michael Shirtz Jr.,   b. 1779, Buffalo, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 20 Nov 1865, Columbiana County Home, Lisbon, Columbiana, Ohio, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Vanderbeck,   b. 6 Apr 1788, Six Mile Run, Somerset, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1865, St. Clair, Columbiana, Ohio, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1803	St. Clair Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States
  Family ID	F1950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Cameron,   b. 26 Dec 1808, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA ,   d. Jun 1850, Saunders County, Nebraska, USA  (Age 41 years)
  Married	8 Sep 1831	St. Clair, Columbiana, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. George Washington Shirts,   b. 13 May 1832, St. Clair, Columbiana, Ohio, USA ,   d. 21 Jun 1857, Fort Harmony, Washington, Utah, USA  (Age 25 years) + 2. King Darius Shirts,   b. 8 Jul 1833, St. Clair, Columbiana, Ohio, USA ,   d. 26 Mar 1882, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, USA  (Age 48 years)   3. Don Carlos Shirts,   b. 30 Nov 1834, Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, USA ,   d. 29 Jun 1922, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, USA  (Age 87 years)   4. Moroni Shirts,   b. 23 Dec 1834, Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, USA ,   d. Bef 1850  (Age 15 years)   5. Sariah Jane Shirts,   b. 22 Dec 1838, St. Louis, Missouri, United States ,   d. 20 Apr 1919, Heber, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 80 years)   6. Bassi Shirts,   b. Abt Feb 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA ,   d. Feb 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 0 years)   7. Sarah Ann Shirts,   b. 15 Sep 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA ,   d. 18 Sep 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA  (Age 0 years)   8. Elizabeth Shirts,   b. 10 Nov 1848, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA ,   d. 22 Nov 1937, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Aug 1808 - St. Clair, Columbiana, Ohio, USA Married - 8 Sep 1831 - St. Clair, Columbiana, Ohio, USA Died - 1882 - Fruitland, San Juan, New Mexico, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Peter Shirts Home This picture was probably taken in 1921. It was mailed from Bryce Canyon, Utah Sept. 2. 1921 in the form of a postcard to Mr. Henry Excell at Panguitch. The sender is assumed to have been Mr. Ruby Syrett who established Ruby's Inn near Bryce and is probably one of the men in the picture. In the winter of 1865-66 Peter Shirts and his family lived here. The house is situated near a rocky ledge which one side of the house. Peter had excavated under it to form a room in which he stored grain and produce and in which it was reported he found water. The house is located about 5 miles upstream from the old Paria townsite, and in a left hand canyon called Kitchen Canyon.
  		Peter Shirts story recreation 23 July 1951 "Our family has a heritage of forgiveness and charity, taught and demonstrated by my second-great-grandfather Peter Shirts, who, after having his life threatened by Indians, came to feed and teach them. This occurred in 1865 on the Paria River in southern Utah. Brigham Young sent Peter, known as ‘Daniel Boone of the Desert,' to raise a crop. He succeeded, and, wanting to reap the harvest, he stayed too late in the season to return home. He built a cabin front against the mountain by a spring of water and stored his crop in a granary dug into the mountain. During the winter, Indians laid siege, but Peter was secure. When they asked for food, he bargained that if he fed them, they must pull his plow in the spring. When a search party finally arrived, hoping to find Peter's bones, they found him plowing instead, with Indians pulling his plow." - Linda Curley Christensen
  		Hamilton Fort Plaque

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Peter Shirts and Margaret Cameron Certified Copy of Marriage Record
  		Peter Shirts Letter to Brigham Young reporting explorations Dated 5 July 1853 Source: Church Archives, Brigham Young Letters, 5 23/6 CR1234/1 Box 23, fd. 6, Reel 32
  		1850 US Census for Peter Shirts Peter Shirts 42 Fisherman George 19 Darius 18 Don Carlos 16 Saria 12 Ann E. 2
  		Peter Shirts Letter to Brigham Young requesting relocation of Spanish Fork saw mill Source: Church Archives, Brigham Young Letters, 27/19 CR1234/1 Box 27, fd. 19

  
  

  Histories		A Resident of old Fort Harmony A biography of Peter Shirts by Lee Beatty
  		The Roads to Utah Source: http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=3119
  		Peter Shirts Biography Created by: SMSmith Record added: Dec 28, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 17194475