Margaret Shields, daughter of Isaac and Margaret McCollum Shields was born in Mediapolis, Iowa, March 21, 1867. She married Jacob Levi Kirkhart on September 12, 1893, in Northfield, Iowa.
To this union four sons were born. In 1943 the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. They came to Oklahoma in December 1902, and settled on a farm northeast of what is now Lucien, where they resided until the fall of 1910 when they moved into Lucien.
She was a member of the Methodist church and was quite active in church work. As a girl and young woman she was a member of the Presbyterian church. For 27 years she served as postmistress in Lucien. She passed away March 9 at her home in Lucien.
Survivors are her husband of the home; four sons, Kent, John and dale of Lucien and Robert of Enid; four granddaughters; one great-granddaughter; two sisters, Mrs. W.S. Woodside of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. J.J. Watson of Enid; and a brother, W.S. Shields of Perry. Two sisters and a brother preceded her in death.
The Enid Morning News, Enid, Oklahoma. Sunday, 19 March 1950.
Margaret Shields, daughter of Isaac and Margaret McCollum Shields was born in Mediapolis, Iowa, March 21, 1867. She married Jacob Levi Kirkhart on September 12, 1893, in Northfield, Iowa.
To this union four sons were born. In 1943 the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. They came to Oklahoma in December 1902, and settled on a farm northeast of what is now Lucien, where they resided until the fall of 1910 when they moved into Lucien.
She was a member of the Methodist church and was quite active in church work. As a girl and young woman she was a member of the Presbyterian church. For 27 years she served as postmistress in Lucien. She passed away March 9 at her home in Lucien.
Survivors are her husband of the home; four sons, Kent, John and dale of Lucien and Robert of Enid; four granddaughters; one great-granddaughter; two sisters, Mrs. W.S. Woodside of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. J.J. Watson of Enid; and a brother, W.S. Shields of Perry. Two sisters and a brother preceded her in death.
The Enid Morning News, Enid, Oklahoma. Sunday, 19 March 1950.
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