Franklin O. Shields and Sarah E. Cabeen
Husband Franklin O. Shields 1
Born: 1 Nov 1863 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John Shields (1819-1896) 1 3 Mother: Myrtilla Stewart ( -1897) 1
Marriage: 22 Mar 1892 2
Other Spouse: Ella V. Cabeen ( - ) 2 - 5 May 1898 2
Wife Sarah E. Cabeen 2
Born: Christened: Died: 10 May 1893 2 Buried:
Children
1 M John Benton Shields 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Franklin O. Shields
At the age of seventeen he [left Pennsylvania and] went to the state of Illinois, where he engaged in farming. When twenty-one years of age, imbued with the spirit of pioneer ancestors, he filed claim upon 160 acres of government land in southwestern Kansas, and helped to organize the county of Scott. After proving title to his land he returned East. He became an important factor in the progress of the southern end of Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He introduced modern and more scientific methods of farming, proving the value of his principles by the success he had. He introduced the custom of dehorning cattle in his part of the state, and it was through his petitions that the government established the first rural free delivery mail route in the county. In 1905 he was elected justice of the peace of his township. Besides operating an extensive farm he conducted a small store, carrying a stock of general merchandise for the convenience of his community.
General Notes: Wife - Sarah E. Cabeen
from Mercer Co, IL
1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1010.
2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1011.
3
Thomas Lynch Montgomery, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 15 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924), Pg 179.
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