James Shields

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Husband James Shields ¹

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1 M James Shields ¹

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         Spouse: Fanny [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - James Shields

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He was one of the early settlers of Butler County, Pennsylvania.

He was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States. He owned 400 acres of land, while John Shields owned 300 acres. [Venango Twp, Butler Co, PA]

James Shields located permanently near the coal mines at Forestville in 1798. [Mercer Twp, Butler Co, PA]

James Shields came from Cumberland County in 1798, and located where the Block family would later reside. He died on the place an aged man.

James Shields was one of the first settlers, and lived on the farm afterward owned by William White.

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1152.