Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Shields and Myrtilla Stewart




Husband John Shields 1 2

           Born: 20 Aug 1819 - Indiana Co, PA 3
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           Died: 22 Mar 1896 - Indiana Co, PA 3
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         Father: Joseph Shields (1783-1823) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Isabella McKnight (      -1847) 3 4 7


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Wife Myrtilla Stewart 1

            AKA: Myrtilda Stewart 2
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           Died: 14 May 1897 3
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         Father: Alexander Stewart (      -Bef 1880) 2 8
         Mother: Susan Sutton (1798-1863) 2 9




Children
1 M Alexander S. Shields 3

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2 M Joseph M. Shields 3

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3 F Ellen E. Shields 3

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         Spouse: [Unk] Rue (      -      ) 3


4 M John W. Shields 3

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5 M William S. Shields 3

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6 M Franklin O. Shields 1

           Born: 1 Nov 1863 3
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         Spouse: Sarah E. Cabeen (      -1893) 3
           Marr: 22 Mar 1892 3
         Spouse: Ella V. Cabeen (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 5 May 1898 3


7 M James K. Shields 3

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General Notes: Husband - John Shields


He was born, and lived his whole life within, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. After the death of his mother he owned and resided on Spring Farm, later the home of his son. He was an elder in the Bethel Presbyterian Church for thirty-five years.

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Sources


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 345, 473.

9 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 473.


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