Shelbyville  Republican
 Saturday, April 12, 1930 (daily paper)
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C. P. ALLEY, WELL  KNOWN  HERE, DIES
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          Commodore P. Alley, 75 years old, well known to nearly all Shelbyville residents through his activity as a gardener, died at the home of one of his daughters, Mrs. William Fookes, 454 West Washington street, at 10:25 o'clock Friday evening, after a long illness.  Mr. Alley spent practically all his life in Shelbyville.  He was born near Milford, Decatur county, June 15, 1854, and was the last of a family of eight children.  His marriage to  Miss Martha Ellen Cherry  occurred January 11, 1877.  Mrs. Alley preceded him in death 23 years ago.  Five children, three of whom survive, were born to them.  They are:  Mrs. Fookes, at whose home the death occurred;  Mrs. John Bennett, of Shelbyville, and  George Alley, of Philadelphia.  Ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive.  Mr. Alley was a member of the First Christian church for many years.  He was a graduate of Hartsville College, which existed many years ago in Bartholomew county.  Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fookes on West Washington street, Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Paul Million officiating.  Burial will be in the family lot in Forest Hill cemetery, C.F. Fix and Son in charge.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover


Shelbyville Daily Democrat
Thursday, April 26, 1906
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RESPECTED  WOMAN  DIES
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          Martha Ellen Alley, wife of  C. P. Alley, died at their residence on Franklin avenue at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at the age of forty-nine years, six months and twenty days, of paralysis.  Mrs. Alley was born and reared in this county.  She was a daughter of  Mr. and Mrs. Eli Cherry, of Shelby township.  She was married to C. P. Alley in 1877 and their wedded lives have been crowned with peace, love and happiness.  She was a woman of loving, kind and amiable disposition, highly respected by all who knew her, and her death comes as a shock to her relatives and many friends.  Four children were born to this union.  The husband and three children, Della Fooks,  Grace Bennett  and  George Alley, her father and mother, survive her.  She joined the Pleasant Grove Christian church many years ago and has lived the life of a Christian woman.  She was also a member of the Pocahontas lodge of this city and her funeral will be under the auspices of that lodge.  The funeral will be held at the house at 2:00 o'clock p.m. Sunday, April 29, the Rev. H. H. Harmon, of the Christian church, officiating.  Interment will be made in Forest Hill cemetery in charge of Marshall G. Tindall.
Contributed by Nancy Vance Glover

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