John Knight Shields (1858 - 1934)

Born 15 Aug 1858 in Bean Station, Grainger, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Sep 1934 at age 76 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

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Preceded by William R. Webb

John K. Shields US Senator (Class 2) from Tennessee 1913—1925

Succeeded by Lawrence Tyson

Biography

He practiced law with his father after 1873. He was Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, 1902-1910, and Chief Justice, 1910-1913; United States Senator from Tennessee, 1913-1925; he inherited his father's home, "Clinchdale," where he died in 1934.^[1]

His first wife was Mary G. Fulkerson (1858-1881), whom he married in 1881. She died that same year at age 23.

He as his second wife married Jeannette (Dodson) Cowan, daughter of William Edward Dodson and Charity Ann Swepson. They were married 7 Dec 1912 in Manhattan, New York City; both had been widowed.^[2] She was born 22 May 1861 and died 18 Sep 1934 at Clinchdale. She was the mother of Jeannette Cowan Heth.^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Shields Family by John Edgar Shields (Rockville, MD, 1968), p. 103,
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:243L-TRK : 10 February 2018), John Knight Shields and Janette Swepson Dodson Cowan, 07 Dec 1912; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,613,698.
3. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5S2-72Z8 : 18 July 2020), Senator John Knight Shields and Mrs Jeannette Shields, 1934.
4. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS4F-W53 : 26 August 2019), John K. Shields in entry for Jeannette Dobson Shields, 18 Sep 1934; Death, Grainger, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

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