John Craig Shields and Hannah J. Porterfield

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Husband John Craig Shields ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Mar 1836 - Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Father: Samuel Craig Shields (1809-1840) 1 2
         Mother: Sarah Frampton (1812-1890) 1 2

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       Marriage: Jan 1857 1

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Wife Hannah J. Porterfield ¹

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           Born: 19 Mar 1837 1
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         Father: George M. Porterfield (      -      ) 1
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1 M George R. Shields ¹

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2 F Alice Shields ¹

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         Spouse: James H. Myers (      -      ) 1

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3 M Samuel A. Shields ¹

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4 F Belle M. Shields ¹

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5 M James R. Shields ¹

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6 M J. Winfield Shields ¹

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7 F Etta Shields ¹

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8 F Elizabeth Shields ¹

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         Spouse: Fred Hayes (      -      ) 1

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9 M Edward Shields ¹

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10 F Anna Shields ¹

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11 F Blanche E. Shields ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Craig Shields

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His father dying when he was less than four years old, it became necessary
for him to do for himself when but a lad of thirteen or fourteen years. He was little prepared for the start, having had only meagre school advantages, attending the subscription schools for a brief period in the winter season, and to reach them walked two miles. However, he was resolute, and started out with the hope that inspires youth. He began doing farm labor and was employed at lumbering, working for wages for eight years, his first work bringing him only $8 per month. At the age of seventeen he was quite an experienced pilot on the Allegheny and Clarion rivers. When twenty-one he was in the lumber business, and ran lumber and pig iron down the rivers to the city of Pittsburgh. Soon after this he became engaged in farming which he then followed as an occupation. He had a fine farm of 125 acres located in Licking township, which was well improved, he himself having erected the buildings on it. The farm was well stocked, and its lands productive; on it were both coal and iron ore. He was elected to a number of township offices, such as supervisor, overseer of the poor, etc. For more than twenty years he served as justice of the peace, and in 1896 he was elected to the office of county commissioner.

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General Notes: Wife - Hannah J. Porterfield

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from Venango Co, PA

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1463.

2 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 63.