Andrew Jackson Shields (1829 - 1877)

Born 7 Feb 1829 in Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Susan (Cover) Shields — married about 1866 in Pennsylvania, United States

Died 25 Mar 1877 at age 48 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Son of Ebenezer Shields and Margaret Morrison.

Husband of Susan (nee Cover or Robinson)

Father of Harriet E. Shields and Ida May Shields.

Research Notes

According to John Edgar Shields, History of the Shields Family, p. 48: "Andrew Jackson Shields is known to have had two daughters, Cora and Ida, and a son, Craig. Ida was a teacher for some years in the elementary school in Gettysburg and enjoyed a reputation as a strict disciplinarian. Craig Shields' name appears in the records of Maryland volunteers who served in the Union Army in the Civil War; he is later listed as a member of the Emmitsburg Presbyterian Church." Craig Shields, however, is not a son of Andrew Jackson Shields. Craig Buchanan Shields b 24 Aug 1843 York Springs, Adams, PA, d. 31 May 1916 Gettysburg, Adams, PA Son of George Shields. ^[1]

Find A Grave has different parents for Andrew Jackson Shields: It says he was born in Emmitsburg, MD 7 Feb 1829 and died in Adams Co., PA--no explanation of why he was living in Illinois: "The son of Andrew Jackson & Susan (Cover) Shields, in 1860 he was a millwright living in Madison County, Illinois. He stood 5' 9" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Marine, Madison County, Illinois, July 30, 1861, and mustered into federal service at St. Louis, Missouri, August 7 as a private with Co. D, 59th Illinois Infantry. On August 1, 1863, he transferred to Co. G, 15th Veteran Reserve Corps, and honorably discharged at term's end August 6, 1864, at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.

There may be more than one Andrew Jackson Shields, both married to wives named Susan. See, for example, the 1890 Veterans' Census for South Franklin Township, Adams, Pennsylvania. It is reported therein that Susan Shields was a widow and that Andrew J. Shields served as a private in G Company, 15th Pennsylvania Infantry, enlisted 27 Jul 1861 and discharged 6 Aug 1864.^[2]

He married Susan Robinson October 21, 1866, in Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland, and fathered Ida May (b. 11/15/67 - married a Biddle) and Sydney Isadore (b. 08/27/70). At his death, he was a resident of Orr Glen, Adams County, and Susan later lived in Franklin Township, Adams County." ^[3]

The LDS Pedigree Resource File, however, has Susan Cover as the wife, not the mother, of Andrew Jackson Shields. ^[4]

Jackson Shields is listed in Bond County, Illinois in the 1860 Census. age 29, born in Maryland, laborer, for miller Cyrus Ripson. ^[5]

1870 Census, Hamilton Township, Adams, PA: Shields, Jackson age 40 mill wright born MD; Susan Shields age 26 b PA; Harriet E. Shields age 5 b PA; Ida May Shields age 2 b MD. ^[6]

1880 Census, Liberty, Adams, Pennsylvania: Susan Shields is a widow living with daughters Hattie, Ida and Dora.

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Susan Shields Self Female 34 Pennsylvania, United States

Hattie Shields Daughter Female 16 Pennsylvania, United States

Ida Shields Daughter Female 12 Pennsylvania, United States

Dora Shields Daughter Female 9 Pennsylvania, United States

James Kebil Other Male 9 Pennsylvania, United States

^[7] No marriage record found.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16961760
2. ↑ "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K891-SH2 : 11 March 2018), Andrew J Shields, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,245.
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134148445
4. ↑ "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SRKL-61Y : accessed 16 August 2018), entry for Jackson /SHIELDS/, cites sources; file (2:2:2:MM31-6CV), submitted 12 May 2011.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4K-XZ4 : 13 December 2017), Jackson Shields in entry for Wade Hampton, 1860.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZLM-XCT : 12 April 2016), Jackson Shields, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 2, family 10, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,788.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW64-LH3 : 16 July 2017), Susan Shields, Liberty, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 55, sheet 233A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,085.

• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2MKT-PXM : 11 March 2018), Andrew J Shields, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,636,076.