Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Matthew [2] Shields and Sarah Larimer




Husband Matthew [2] Shields 1 2 3 4




            AKA: Mathew Shields 5
           Born: 1814 - Westmoreland Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1882 - Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 


         Father: James Shields (1770-1841) 1 6 7 8
         Mother: Elizabeth Wilson (Abt 1774-1873) 1 4 6 7


       Marriage: 



Wife Sarah Larimer 2

            AKA: Sarah Larimore 9
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         Father: John Larimore (      -      ) 9
         Mother: Susan [Unk] (      -      ) 9




Children
1 F Elizabeth Shields 9

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           Died: Bef 1906
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2 F Susan Mary Shields 9

           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1906
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         Spouse: Daniel McKennedy (      -Bef 1906) 9


3 M John L. Shields 2 9 10

           Born: 6 Jun 1857 - near Salem, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 11
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Hannah G. Ramsay (1876-      ) 12
           Marr: Aug 1900 13


4 F Margaret Agnes Shields 9

           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1906
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5 M James W. Shields 9

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew [2] Shields


He and his brother, David, took charge of the old homestead farm which their father had conveyed to them at his death. Mathew sold his interest to his brother David about 1840, and bought a farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres from John Paul, located on Beaver Run, Salem township, and farmed there about thirty years. He then moved to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where he resided until October, 1877, then moved to Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. He retired from active business and rented his farm property. He served as school director about one term. He was a member of the Presbyterian church for over fifty-five years, and served a few years as trustee of the Salem church.

He died at the remarkable age of one hundred years.

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 630.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 216.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 245.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 913.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 332.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 347.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 245, 332, 645.

8 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 119.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 333.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 124, 335.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 124.

12 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 125, 335.

13 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 125.


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