Born in Polk, Tennessee
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Shields
and Elizabeth (Lee) Shields
Sister of
John Caswell Shields, William Banner Shields, Eliza Jane Shields, Joseph W. Shields, Marshall Napoleon Shields and Susan E. (Shields) Harris
Wife of
Phidilla Columbus Howell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary C. (Howell) Boone
Died
at age 22
in Bradley, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Feb 2018
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Biography
Martha was born in 1845. She was the daughter of William Shields and Elizabeth Lee. She passed away in 1867.
Possible daughter is Mary C. Howell, born 1862 in Tennessee
Sources
- 1850 Census, Polk Co., Tenn., pp. 219-220. "Ann Eliza" a conjecture from initials A.E.
Martha E. Shields Howell, buried in Shields-Harris Cemetery, Bradley County, TN; b 15 Jan 1845, d. 9 Nov 1867, wife of P. G. Howell, according to Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11468588/_
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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 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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:
-
~6.25%
Mary (Shields) Campbell
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mkcampbell44
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Clyde Senger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member clyde1929
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Vivian (Horton) Mitchell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YP8231339 [compare]
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