Samuel Shields and Laura Eldora Yard

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Husband Samuel Shields ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 17 Feb 1894
         Buried:  - Barkeyville Cemetery, Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: Samuel Shields (      -      )
         Mother: Fannie Ann [Unk] (      -      )

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Wife Laura Eldora Yard ¹

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           Born: Abt 1865 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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         Father: Nicholas Yard (1832-1910) 3 4 5
         Mother: Sarah Tintsman (1836-1902) 5

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   Other Spouse: Eli Hovis Van Dyke (1852-      ) 1 - 5 Dec 1900 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6

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Children

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1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1466.

2 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 49.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 638.

5 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 39.

6 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #4994.