John Shields and Rebecca Craig

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Husband John Shields ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born:  - Franklin Co, PA
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           Died: Aft 1882 - Franklin Co, PA
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         Father: James Shields (1770-1841) 1 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Wilson (Abt 1774-1873) 1 3 5 6

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Wife Rebecca Craig ⁴

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         Father: Joseph Craig (Abt 1770-Abt 1842) 7 8 9
         Mother: Nancy (Agnes) Moorhead (1777-1835) 10 11

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Children

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1 F Nancy Shields ^{4 12}

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         Spouse: John Sword (      -      ) 4 12

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2 F Elizabeth Shields ⁴

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         Spouse: Robert Foster (      -      ) 4 13

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3 F Sarah Shields ¹⁴

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         Spouse: John Walker (      -      ) 14

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General Notes: Husband - John Shields

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Franklin Co, PA; near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

He was brought by his parents from Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, to Westmoreland County, when he was a child, carried in a pocket hung to the saddle bow. He later returned to Franklin
County some time before the Civil War and eventually died there.

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 630.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 245.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 913.

4 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 119.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 347.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 245, 332, 645.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 408.

8 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 315.

9 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16, 111.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 66.

11 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 111.

12 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 73.

13 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 116.

14 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 120.