Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Shields, Henry 1822 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   HENRY SHIELDS, a resident of Beech Creek Township, is the oldest of three
children, of whom William and Bersheba (Festler) Shields were the parents. He
was born in Meigs County, Ohio, April 1, 1822, whence he went with his parents
to Washington County, Penn., in May, 1826. They remained in that State about six
years, when they removed to what is now Noble County, Ohio. His education is
limited, and was all acquired in the primitive log schoolhouses of that day. On
August 22, 1844, he was united in matrimony to Minerva D. Gilkerson, and of the
ten children that have been born to them only these five are now living: Andrew
J., George H., James H., Sarah E. and Dora B. In April, 1865, Mr. and Mrs.
Shields moved with their family to Greene County, Ind., where they have ever
since lived. Mr. Shields has successfully followed farming all his life, and now
owns a splendid farm of 197 acres, and engages in buving and selling stock. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Shields belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church at Solsberry, and
are foremost in all laudable enterprises of their community. His politics are
Republican, and he takes an active interest in public affairs. All who know him
are enthusiastic in his praise as a moral and upright citizen

Additional Comments:
Beech Creek Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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