John Shahan Shields and Sarah Haggard settled on the Osage Fork River in Missouri in 1837. In 1841, John became the first sheriff and tax collector of Wright County. He was also one of the three members of the first county court in Wright County. A Goodspeed history said he was "very accommodating" and that he would accept spun-thread stockings, livestock, etc. from poor people who did not have the cash with which to pay their taxes. He became the first sheriff of Laclede County, Missouri in 1849. He was a lawyer, judge and justice of the peace in Laclede County for many years. He and Sarah and his father Benjamin are buried in Shields Cemetery in Webster County, Missouri.
John Shahan Shields and Sarah Haggard's children were:
Mary Ann Shields Montgomery b 1832
Benjamin Thomas Shields b 1833
John C. Shields b 1835
Benjamin Franklin Shields b 1837
William Breedlove Shields b 1842
Sarah Ann Shields b 1844
Amanda Samantha Shields b 1846
Benjamin T. Shields b 1852
John Shahan Shields and Sarah Haggard's children were:
Mary Ann Shields Montgomery b 1832
Benjamin Thomas Shields b 1833
John C. Shields b 1835
Benjamin Franklin Shields b 1837
William Breedlove Shields b 1842
Sarah Ann Shields b 1844
Amanda Samantha Shields b 1846
Benjamin T. Shields b 1852
John Shahan Shields and Sarah Haggard settled on the Osage Fork River in Missouri in 1837. In 1841, John became the first sheriff and tax collector of Wright County. He was also one of the three members of the first county court in Wright County. A Goodspeed history said he was "very accommodating" and that he would accept spun-thread stockings, livestock, etc. from poor people who did not have the cash with which to pay their taxes. He became the first sheriff of Laclede County, Missouri in 1849. He was a lawyer, judge and justice of the peace in Laclede County for many years. He and Sarah and his father Benjamin are buried in Shields Cemetery in Webster County, Missouri.
John Shahan Shields and Sarah Haggard's children were:
Mary Ann Shields Montgomery b 1832
Benjamin Thomas Shields b 1833
John C. Shields b 1835
Benjamin Franklin Shields b 1837
William Breedlove Shields b 1842
Sarah Ann Shields b 1844
Amanda Samantha Shields b 1846
Benjamin T. Shields b 1852
John Shahan Shields and Sarah Haggard's children were:
Mary Ann Shields Montgomery b 1832
Benjamin Thomas Shields b 1833
John C. Shields b 1835
Benjamin Franklin Shields b 1837
William Breedlove Shields b 1842
Sarah Ann Shields b 1844
Amanda Samantha Shields b 1846
Benjamin T. Shields b 1852
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