BIO:  SHIELDS, John, s/o Jacob & Jane (Williams) Shields

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com   (Diana Flynn)

SHIELDS,   WILLIAMS,   REED,   MOORE


"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF
INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS.
& CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884.

SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA
HAMILTON TWP.
PAGE 738
JOHN SHIELDS was born in Lawrence County, Ind., April 12, 1826,
son of Jacob and Jane (Williams) Shields, natives respectively of
Kentucky and North Carolina, who came to Indiana Territory--the
father to Orange County, and the mother to Lawrence County, she
being the daughter of Vinson Williams.  In about 1853-54, the father
moved to Sullivan County, where he lived until his death in 1875;  the
mother still survives him.  John Shields passed his youth in his native
county, where he received the rudiments of an education.  In December,
1849, he came to Sullivan County, locating on 181 acres, and has since
increased this farm to 393 acres, besides what he has given to his
children.  His wife was Miss Nancy, daughter of John and Mary (Reed) Moore,
to whom he was married in Lawrence County, April, 1849.  Her birth occurred
in Estill County, Ky., January 1, 1830.  They have five children--Sarah A.,
Ziva C., James M., William P. and Jacob E.--and are members of the
Christian Church.  Mr. Shields is a Democrat and a public-minded citizen.
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