FIELDS BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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FIELDS, N. A. - b: 1834 Grayson Co, VA
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 679
residence: Fields Creek Twp

N. A. Fields, farmer, section 31, is a pioneer of this county, having came here May 
10, 1834, and he is now the oldest settler in Fields' Creek Township. He was born 
in Grayson County, Virginia, February 24, 1812, and was a son of Joseph and 
Margaret (Hash) Fields. The former, a native of Guilford County, North Carolina, 
was born in 1761 and died in 1844. He went to Grayson County, Virginia, when a 
young man, and was there married in 1780. His wife was born in that county in 
1764, and was there reared. They had a family of twelve children. In 1834 N. A. 
Fields accompanied his parents to Henry County, Missouri, settling where he now 
resides. He was the first deputy sheriff of Henry County, Missouri, appointed by 
the governor of the state. He early entered about 1,600 acres of land, and now 
owns some 700 acres. Mr. F. was married April 27, 1837, to Miss Mary E. Graham, 
a native of Smythe County, Virginia, born December 9, 1816, and her parents 
were Robert and Catherine (Crockett) Graham, both originally from Virginia, who 
settled in Johnson County, Missouri, in 1833, where they died. Mr. and Mrs. F. have 
a family of eight children, Margaret C., Mary M., Amanda, Selest, Helen G., Telitha 
G., James E. and Sarah E. They have lost three, Robert G., Joseph and an infant.

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