Martha A. Shields was born about 1861 in Virginia.
Sources
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHQ-3D5 : 2 January 2021), Martha A Shields in entry for Lindzey B Shields, 1870. Census Place: Clay, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 408B.
Letter from Sally Lambert, 01 Sep 2008
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha: