JESSE SHIELDS, the youngest of the "Ten Brothers," was born in Virginia on Mar. 10, 1782. When three years old he was taken to Shields Fort in Tennessee. In 1808 he migrated to Ripperdan's Valley, Harrison County, Ind. His wife was Catherine Fox, who died in 1877, aged 92. He was a man of prominence in the County. He had 12 children. He died Sep. 16, 1848, and is buried at Old Cross
Roads Graveyard, near Mauckport, Indiana.
From "Three Kansas Pioneer Families: Stalker-Shields-Martin" by John A. Shields, privately published in a limited edition of 200 copies, May, 1949.
Jesse Shields was the smallest and youngest of the ten sons of Robert and Nancy Stockton Shields. He was born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia Mar. 10, 1782. In the autumn of the year 1784 he was taken with the family to Sevier County, Tenn., where he lived until 1808. In 1803 he was married to Catherine Fox, of Sevier County, who was born Mar. 26, 1786, and died at Mauckport, Ind., July 18, 1877. Jesse Shields was one of the emigrant party of Shields who left Sevier County in 1808 and settled along the Ohio River in Indiana. He and his family settled at Ripperdan's Valley, Harrison County, Ind., ten miles southwest of Corydon. He became a man of prominence in county affairs, and died Sept. 16, 1848. He was buried in the Shields plot of the Old Cross Roads Grave Yard on the pike between Corydon and Mauckport, about two miles from the latter place. They had twelve children.
From "The Shields Family" by John A. Shields, privately published December, 1917, reprinted March 1, 2017.
JESSE SHIELDS, the youngest of the "Ten Brothers," was born in Virginia on Mar. 10, 1782. When three years old he was taken to Shields Fort in Tennessee. In 1808 he migrated to Ripperdan's Valley, Harrison County, Ind. His wife was Catherine Fox, who died in 1877, aged 92. He was a man of prominence in the County. He had 12 children. He died Sep. 16, 1848, and is buried at Old Cross
Roads Graveyard, near Mauckport, Indiana.
From "Three Kansas Pioneer Families: Stalker-Shields-Martin" by John A. Shields, privately published in a limited edition of 200 copies, May, 1949.
Jesse Shields was the smallest and youngest of the ten sons of Robert and Nancy Stockton Shields. He was born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia Mar. 10, 1782. In the autumn of the year 1784 he was taken with the family to Sevier County, Tenn., where he lived until 1808. In 1803 he was married to Catherine Fox, of Sevier County, who was born Mar. 26, 1786, and died at Mauckport, Ind., July 18, 1877. Jesse Shields was one of the emigrant party of Shields who left Sevier County in 1808 and settled along the Ohio River in Indiana. He and his family settled at Ripperdan's Valley, Harrison County, Ind., ten miles southwest of Corydon. He became a man of prominence in county affairs, and died Sept. 16, 1848. He was buried in the Shields plot of the Old Cross Roads Grave Yard on the pike between Corydon and Mauckport, about two miles from the latter place. They had twelve children.
From "The Shields Family" by John A. Shields, privately published December, 1917, reprinted March 1, 2017.
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Agnes Shields Watson
1804–1878
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Anna Shields Burford
1806–1895
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Margaret Shields Bean
1809–1879
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John Shields
1810–1841
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Rachel S. Shields Barkwell
1812–1876
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Catherine F. Shields Hisey
1818–1867
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William Thompson Shields
1820–1900
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Infant Daughter Shields
1825–1825
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Lydia Helen Shields Aydelott
1826–1891
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Mark Fox Shields
1832–1858
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