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James Shields Jr.

Birth: 16 Jul 1781
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Death: 23 Aug 1855 (aged 74)
Tuppers Plains, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Tiffany Cemetery

Tuppers Plains, Meigs County, Ohio, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 39.1566444, Longitude: -81.8455585
Memorial ID: 54404837 View Source

James Shields, a native of Ireland, came to America in the late 1700s. He migrated to Irwin Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It is there that he met and married Jane Martin, daughter of David and Nancy Martin, also natives of Ireland. David and Nancy were one of four families who were the first settlers of Irwin in 1799. After their marriage, James and Jane lived in Irwin for a time where their first four children were born and then moved westward in 1816, settling in Tuppers Plains, Ohio.
James and Jane were the parents of thirteen children: Nancy (Gray), Jane (Miller), Elizabeth (Dotterer), Margaret Jane (Hill), Marie (Hobart), Ephriam Harris, James Harvey, David Martin, Edward Douglas, Mary Ann (Hetzer), Sarah Ann (Rainier), Amanda (Gilbert) and Eliza Coaroline (Whaley) Shields.

James Shields, a native of Ireland, came to America in the late 1700s. He migrated to Irwin Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It is there that he met and married Jane Martin, daughter of David and Nancy Martin, also natives of Ireland. David and Nancy were one of four families who were the first settlers of Irwin in 1799. After their marriage, James and Jane lived in Irwin for a time where their first four children were born and then moved westward in 1816, settling in Tuppers Plains, Ohio.
James and Jane were the parents of thirteen children: Nancy (Gray), Jane (Miller), Elizabeth (Dotterer), Margaret Jane (Hill), Marie (Hobart), Ephriam Harris, James Harvey, David Martin, Edward Douglas, Mary Ann (Hetzer), Sarah Ann (Rainier), Amanda (Gilbert) and Eliza Coaroline (Whaley) Shields.

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Here Lies Buried
James Shields
who died
Aug. 23, 1855
Aged 74 years
1 month 7 days

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Jane Martin Shields

1792–1876

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Maintained by: Kathleen L Hoffman Potter
Originally Created by: Brent Biggs
Added: Jul 2, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54404837/james-shields: accessed ), memorial page for James Shields Jr. (16 Jul 1781–23 Aug 1855), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54404837, citing Tiffany Cemetery, Tuppers Plains, Meigs County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Kathleen L Hoffman Potter (contributor 47347602).

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