John Shields and Elizabeth Speedy

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Husband John Shields ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1788 - Rayne Twp, Indiana Co, PA
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           Died: 1872 4
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         Father: John Shields (1759-1840) 2 5 6
         Mother: Mary Marshall (      -Bef 1818) 3

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Speedy ^{2 3 7}

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           Born: Abt 1795
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           Died: 1860 4
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         Father: Andrew Speedy (      -1827) 4 8
         Mother: Margaret McKee (      -Aft 1827) 4 8

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Children

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1 M J. Wilson Shields ^{2 9}

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           Born: 2 Feb 1835 - Rayne Twp, Indiana Co, PA 4
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           Died: Aft 1891
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         Spouse: Mary Thompson (      -      ) 4 9
           Marr: 12 Mar 1861 4

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General Notes: Husband - John Shields

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He was born in Rayne township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where he owned six hundred acres of good farming land. He was also a stock dealer, purchasing droves of cattle and driving them to the eastern markets. In his early life he was quite a successful bear and deer hunter, but soon abandoned that dangerous pastime for his farm work and stock business. He was a member and elder of the Presbyterian church. He was a whig and afterwards a republican in politics. He served two terms as justice of the peace, besides filling several other township offices. He was later elected county commissioner.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 410, 447, 527.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 279.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1011, 1234.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 280.

5 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 447.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1010, 1234.

7 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 447, 527.

8 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 527.

9 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 519.