Joseph Shields and Isabella McKnight

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Husband Joseph Shields ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 22 Nov 1783 - Indiana Co, PA 5
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           Died: 2 Aug 1823 5
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         Father: John Shields (1759-1840) 6 7 8
         Mother: Mary Marshall (      -Bef 1818) 3

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Isabella McKnight ^{1 4 5}

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           Died: 31 Mar 1847 5
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         Father: Alexander McKnight (      -      ) 9 10 11 12 13
         Mother: Isabella McBride (      -      ) 9 11 12 13

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Children

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1 F Mary Shields ⁵

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         Spouse: William Hanna (      -      ) 5

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2 F Eliza Shields ⁵

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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Isabell Shields ⁵

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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Alexander McKnight Shields ^{14 15 16}

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           Born: Abt 1817 - Indiana Co, PA
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           Died: Jan 1863 16
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         Spouse: Caroline Graff (1828-1882) 14 15 17
           Marr: 2 May 1850 16

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5 M John Shields ^{18 19}

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           Born: 20 Aug 1819 - Indiana Co, PA 5
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           Died: 22 Mar 1896 - Indiana Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Myrtilla Stewart (      -1897) 18

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6 F Ellen Shields ⁵

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         Spouse: Samuel Dixon (1815-      ) 5 20

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7 F Margaret Shields ⁵

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         Spouse: Joseph Cummins (1833-      ) 5 21
           Marr: 1859 21

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Shields

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He served in the War of 1812 on that memorable march of General Ferree from Pittsburgh through Ohio to Fort Meigs, dur-ing the winter of 1812-13, when nearly half of the company perished from sickness caused by malaria and exposure.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 446, 447.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 280.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1011, 1234.

4 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 41.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1011.

6 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 447.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 279.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1010, 1234.

9 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 446.

10 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 613.

11 Kate M. Scott, History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 711.

12 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 40.

13 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1106.

14 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 360.

15 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 712, 1011.

16 Paul Graff, History of the Graff Family of Westmoreland County (Philadelphia, PA: Privately published(?), 1891), Pg 49.

17 Paul Graff, History of the Graff Family of Westmoreland County (Philadelphia, PA: Privately published(?), 1891), Pg 48.

18 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1010.

19 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 15 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924), Pg 179.

20 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 363.

21 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 451.