Joseph Shields and Rebecca Craig

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Husband Joseph Shields ^{1 2}

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         Father: Col. John Shields (Abt 1739-1821) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Wife Rebecca Craig ^{1 7 10 11}

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         Buried:  - near Cowansville, Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA

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         Father: Lt. Samuel Craig (      -Abt 1777) 7 10 12 13 14 15 16
         Mother: Jane Boyd (      -      ) 7 10 13 17

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Children

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1 M John Shields ²

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         Spouse: Mary Boyd (      -      ) 2

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2 M Samuel Shields ²

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Fulton (      -      ) 2

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3 F Jane Shields ²

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         Spouse: John Hall (      -      ) 2

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4 F Nancy Shields ^{1 18 19}

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           Born:  - Armstrong Co, PA
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           Died: 3 Jan 1864 1
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         Spouse: Benjamin Coe (      -1873) 1 18 19

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5 F Elizabeth Shields ²⁰

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6 M Joseph Shields ²⁰

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         Spouse: Anna Fulton (      -      ) 20

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Shields

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After marriage he went to live in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

1 Editor, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 414.

2 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 140.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 586.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 161.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 409.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 123.

7 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 315.

8 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 61, 140.

9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 477.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 408.

11 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16, 140.

12 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 174.

13 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1082.

14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 684.

15 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 15 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924), Pg 178.

16 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 14.

17 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16.

18 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 490.

19 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 141.

20 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 143.