Jefferson Shields (1819 - abt. 1910)

Born 1819 in Frederick, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Manahan) Shields — married about 1843 in Frederick, Maryland

Descendants

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Biography

Jefferson was a tanner and leather roller. His sons Samuel and Charles also worked in a tannery.

Son of Ebenezer Shields and Rachel Robison.

Husband of Anna Manahan.

No death record found.

John Edgar Shields in The History of the Shields Family (1968) has the following children for Jefferson and Anna: Daughters: Minnie Shields, b 1856, d 1936 ^[1] Buried St Johns UCC Cemetery, Sabillasville, Frederick, MD

• Alice Shields Brant
• Emma Shields
• Virginia Shields Patterson
• Sons: Samuel Shields, res. Baltimore and later Cumberland, MD
• James Alonzo Shields b 23 Nov 1848 d 10 Sep 1926
• Charles Frederick (?) Shields of Columbus, OH ^[2]

1850 Census, Smithsburg, Washington, MD 1 Sep 1850: Jefferson Shields, age 31 farmer b MD; Ann Shields age 33 b MD; Albert Shields age 7 female b MD; Mary E Shields female age 5 b MD; Melissa A. Shields age 4 b MD; James L Shields age 2 b MD; Luertia J Shields age 1 month b MD ^[3]

1860 Census, Hauvers District, Frederick, Maryland Jefferson Shields age 41 b MD; Ann Shields age 43 b MD; Albert Shields (male) age 17 b MD; Mary Shields age 15 b MD; Ann Shields age 13 b MD; James Shields age 11 b MD; Samuel Shields age 10 b MD; Ellen Shields age 8 b MD; Clara Shields age 4 b MD; Charles Shields age 3 b MD; Margaret Shields age 2 b MD; Warner Miller age 30 b MD ^[4]

1870 Census, Dist. 13 (Cumberland P. O.), Allegany, Maryland Shields, Jefferson age 49 b MD, rolling leather; Ann Shields age 51 b MD; Mary Shields age 24 b PA; Samuel Shields age 18 b MD; Charles Shields age 14 b MD; Virginia Shields age 12 b MD. ^[5]

Jefferson Shields s/o Ebenezer Shields & Rachel Robison. b 1819 d 1910 m Ann Manahan 1817-1892; Jefferson was deferred from the Civil War because he was crippled (had a peg leg?) He lived and farmed in Fountaindale, Md. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83433988
2. ↑ The History of the Shields Family, p. 104
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD42-J58 : 12 April 2016), James L Shields in household of Jefferson Shields, Smithsburgh, Washington, Maryland, United States; citing family 1944, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M69Z-RSH : 12 December 2017), Jefferson Shields, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSP-J6G : 12 April 2016), Jefferson Shields, Maryland, United States; citing p. , family 1119, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,066.
6. ↑ "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SP9R-GZG : accessed 20 August 2018), entry for Jefferson /Shields/, cites sources; file (2:2:2:MMSZ-2QW), submitted 10 May 2011.