William Shields was the son of John Shoemaker Townsend and Susannah Dickey Townsend.
Siblings of Shields:
Anna Eliza 1843-1865 m John T Cowan
(she died of typhoid fever 40 days after she was married)
Margaret Lisle 1847-1865 died of typhoid fever
Mary Emma 1849-1942 m Robert E Cowan
John Maxwell 1851-1865 died of typhoid fever
David Albert 1853-1865 died of typhoid fever
Craig Hill 1855-1938 m Anna C Rose
Daniel D 1857-1954 m Emma Langdon
Edmund Kirk 1860-1949 m Hattie A Davis
Sarah Cordelia 1861-1950 m William Muirhead
Charles E 1864-1946 m Grace McMillian
Shields's father John had been drafted to serve in the Civil War but Shields, the oldest son of John and Susan felt it would be much better for him to go - he was younger to take the rigors of service and he felt that he would rather go than to take on the responsibilities of the large family. In those days men were allowed to send a substitute so Shields went for his father. He never returned for he died for lack of care in a prison in Tyler, Texas. He is buried there but a marker was placed in the family lot with the others in Crystal Cemetery.
(page 127 Genealogy of Three Loudoun County, Virginia Shoemaker LInes Compiled by Lillian (Shumaker) Lankerd 1962 This info on Shields was by Mrs. John Dentler, daughter of Sarah C Townsend Muirhead)
Siblings of Shields:
Anna Eliza 1843-1865 m John T Cowan
(she died of typhoid fever 40 days after she was married)
Margaret Lisle 1847-1865 died of typhoid fever
Mary Emma 1849-1942 m Robert E Cowan
John Maxwell 1851-1865 died of typhoid fever
David Albert 1853-1865 died of typhoid fever
Craig Hill 1855-1938 m Anna C Rose
Daniel D 1857-1954 m Emma Langdon
Edmund Kirk 1860-1949 m Hattie A Davis
Sarah Cordelia 1861-1950 m William Muirhead
Charles E 1864-1946 m Grace McMillian
Shields's father John had been drafted to serve in the Civil War but Shields, the oldest son of John and Susan felt it would be much better for him to go - he was younger to take the rigors of service and he felt that he would rather go than to take on the responsibilities of the large family. In those days men were allowed to send a substitute so Shields went for his father. He never returned for he died for lack of care in a prison in Tyler, Texas. He is buried there but a marker was placed in the family lot with the others in Crystal Cemetery.
(page 127 Genealogy of Three Loudoun County, Virginia Shoemaker LInes Compiled by Lillian (Shumaker) Lankerd 1962 This info on Shields was by Mrs. John Dentler, daughter of Sarah C Townsend Muirhead)
William Shields was the son of John Shoemaker Townsend and Susannah Dickey Townsend.
Siblings of Shields:
Anna Eliza 1843-1865 m John T Cowan
(she died of typhoid fever 40 days after she was married)
Margaret Lisle 1847-1865 died of typhoid fever
Mary Emma 1849-1942 m Robert E Cowan
John Maxwell 1851-1865 died of typhoid fever
David Albert 1853-1865 died of typhoid fever
Craig Hill 1855-1938 m Anna C Rose
Daniel D 1857-1954 m Emma Langdon
Edmund Kirk 1860-1949 m Hattie A Davis
Sarah Cordelia 1861-1950 m William Muirhead
Charles E 1864-1946 m Grace McMillian
Shields's father John had been drafted to serve in the Civil War but Shields, the oldest son of John and Susan felt it would be much better for him to go - he was younger to take the rigors of service and he felt that he would rather go than to take on the responsibilities of the large family. In those days men were allowed to send a substitute so Shields went for his father. He never returned for he died for lack of care in a prison in Tyler, Texas. He is buried there but a marker was placed in the family lot with the others in Crystal Cemetery.
(page 127 Genealogy of Three Loudoun County, Virginia Shoemaker LInes Compiled by Lillian (Shumaker) Lankerd 1962 This info on Shields was by Mrs. John Dentler, daughter of Sarah C Townsend Muirhead)
Siblings of Shields:
Anna Eliza 1843-1865 m John T Cowan
(she died of typhoid fever 40 days after she was married)
Margaret Lisle 1847-1865 died of typhoid fever
Mary Emma 1849-1942 m Robert E Cowan
John Maxwell 1851-1865 died of typhoid fever
David Albert 1853-1865 died of typhoid fever
Craig Hill 1855-1938 m Anna C Rose
Daniel D 1857-1954 m Emma Langdon
Edmund Kirk 1860-1949 m Hattie A Davis
Sarah Cordelia 1861-1950 m William Muirhead
Charles E 1864-1946 m Grace McMillian
Shields's father John had been drafted to serve in the Civil War but Shields, the oldest son of John and Susan felt it would be much better for him to go - he was younger to take the rigors of service and he felt that he would rather go than to take on the responsibilities of the large family. In those days men were allowed to send a substitute so Shields went for his father. He never returned for he died for lack of care in a prison in Tyler, Texas. He is buried there but a marker was placed in the family lot with the others in Crystal Cemetery.
(page 127 Genealogy of Three Loudoun County, Virginia Shoemaker LInes Compiled by Lillian (Shumaker) Lankerd 1962 This info on Shields was by Mrs. John Dentler, daughter of Sarah C Townsend Muirhead)
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