James Shields and Elizabeth Wilson

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Husband James Shields ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: John Shields 5
           Born: 1770 - near Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 4 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 1841 1 6
         Buried:  - Congruity Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: Mathew Shields (      -      ) 7
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Wilson ^{1 2 3 5}

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           Born: Abt 1774
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Mar 1873 1 6
         Buried:  - Congruity Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Matthew [1] Shields ^{1 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 

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2 M John Shields ^{1 4 5 6}

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           Born:  - Franklin Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1882 - Franklin Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rebecca Craig (      -      ) 4

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3 M Robert Shields ^{1 5 8}

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           Born: 1803 1 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1894 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Borland (Abt 1801-1861) 1 8
           Marr: 31 Aug 1826 1 8

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4 M James Shields ^{1 5 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1882 - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

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5 M Matthew [2] Shields ^{1 5 6 10}

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            AKA: Mathew Shields 7
           Born: 1814 - Westmoreland Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1882 - Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Larimer (      -      ) 10

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6 M David Shields ^{1 2 5 6}

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           Born: 1816 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1882 - Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah E. Humes (      -      ) 2

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7 M Wilson Shields ^{1 5 6}

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           Born: Abt 1808
     Christened: 
           Died: 1889 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Ruth Neel (Abt 1826-1910) 5
           Marr: 1846 5

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8 F Sarah Shields ^{1 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Ray (      -      ) 1 6

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9 F Mary Shields ^{1 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1882
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Dickey (      -      ) 1 6

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General Notes: Husband - James Shields

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He was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, near Chambersburg, and in 1798 moved to Westmoreland County, settling four miles northeast of New Salem, in New Salem township. He bought one hundred acres of land, to which he subsequently added one hundred and twenty acres, on which he built a house.

In the year 1808, he and his wife came from Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, to Westmoreland County, on horseback and with their one child carried in a pocket hung to the saddle bow. John Shields did not live past middle age, but his widow, Elizabeth, reached the great age of more than a century, her death occurring at about the time of the close of the Civil War.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Wilson

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She was a member of the wealthy Wilson family of near Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in whose honor Wilson College was named because a member of the family donated a large sum of money to that institution.
In 1872, she, the eldest daughter in a family of ten children, became sole heir to the extensive Wilson estate, embracing some five thousand acres of land, together with other valuable personal property.

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 347.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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