James Alexander Shields and Susan S. Welty

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Husband James Alexander Shields ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 10 Mar 1847 or 1848 - Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 4
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         Father: James M. Shields (1808-1889) 3 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Moorhead (1817-1903) 3 6

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       Marriage: 7 Sep 1876 4

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Wife Susan S. Welty ^{2 3 7}

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         Father: Daniel Welty (1820-1882) 2 8 9 10
         Mother: Mary Ann Drum (      -      ) 2 9

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth M. Shields ^{3 4}

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2 F Emily Drum Shields ^{3 4}

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3 M Wallace M. Shields ^{3 4}

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4 F Nancy Lang Shields ³

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5 M James Edward Shields ^{3 4}

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6 F Mary Shields ³

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General Notes: Husband - James Alexander Shields

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Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

He was educated in the common schools of Salem township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and New Alexandria academy. His first employment was clerking in the store of John M. Stuart at New Alexandria. In the winter of 1871-72 he was graduated from Duff's Business college at Pittsburgh. From 1872 until 1877 he was bookkeeper for Turney Bros. In 1877 he became a member of the firm of Shields & Mechling, dealers in hardware, stoves, tin-roofing, buggies and agricultural implements.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 161, 176.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 736.

3 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 125.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 161.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 123.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 841.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 161, 175.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 175.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 462.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 475.