Baraga County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shields, Hugh C. June 12, 1891
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L'Anse Sentinel June 13, 1891
Obituary

After suffering from a long and painful illness induced by a cancer on the tongue 
Mr. Hugh C. Shields passed peacefully into the silent realm of death, at the house 
of his brother, Alexander G. Shields, Friday morning, June 12, 1891. 

Mr. Shields was born in Glasgow - February 5, 1849. He moved to Canada in 1853, 
and to Lake Superior in 1858 in company with his brother James. He remained at 
Portage Lake until the summer of 1867, when he went to California. He remained in 
the west about 18 years and then returned to Lake Superior, making his home with 
his brother in L'Anse most of the time since. 

In the month of February, 1890, he was taken with what was at first supposed 
simply a sore throat. An examination was made by physicians the following May when 
his malady was pronounced to be a cancer of the tongue. After treatment for 
several months by the local physicians of this and Houghton counties it was 
decided to submit his case to a celebrated specialist at Milwaukee. An operation 
was performed and the cancer removed, as was supposed, and Mr. Shields felt much 
relieved for several months after. But the malady returned with renewed vigor and 
it was soon apparent that there was no hope for his recovery. 

The funeral services will be held at the M.E. church, L'Anse, tomorrow (Sunday) 
afternoon, at two o'clock. The local lodge of the A.O.U.W., of which order the 
deceased was a member and the Select Knights in uniform will attend in a [sic] 
body and take charge of the remains.

The deceased was noted for his unassuming, kind and hearty manner - one who would 
not fail to win and retain the affection of his relations and the esteem of 
friends. All those who know him, and they are many, will extend the hand of 
sympathy to his sorrowing relatives in their bereavement. 

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