Background
Shirley, Cassius Clay was born on November 28, 1859 in Russiaville, Howard Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Doctor Jackson and Waitsel (Seward) Shirley.
Shirley, Cassius Clay was born on November 28, 1859 in Russiaville, Howard Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Doctor Jackson and Waitsel (Seward) Shirley.
Asbury (now DePauw) University, 1877-1878. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1881.
Practiced at Kokomo, Indiana, 1881-1906, since at Indianapolis. Member firm of Miller (William H. H.), Shirley, Miller & Thompson. Prospective attorney 36th Judicial Circuit of Indiana, 1882-1884.
City attorney, Kokomo, 1884-1900.
Member Republican State Central Committee, 1890-1896, vice-chairman, 1894-1896. Delegate Republican National Convention, 1900.
Member Indiana Commission Saint Louis Exposition, 1902-1904.
Member Indiana State Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Association. Club: Columbia.
Married Blanche Klum, of Kokomo, Indiana, January 14, 1885.