James Shields married Margaret Cline October 9, 1849, at Cedarville, Chio. At any early age he learned to be a railroad engineer working on the Little Miami Railroad in Ohio and later on a road from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. For a short time he and his wife lived at Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis and in 1858 he retired to his farm in Jay county. Later they moved to Clinton county. In 1,863 they moved to Grant county and settled on the farm in Franklin township where James died in 1903 and was buried in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Marion, Indiana. James and Margaret Shields were the parents of four boys and four girls:
Name Birth Died
Hannah Alma Dec. 12, 1851 Cedarville, Ohio Jan. 11, 1930
Ann Elizabeth Sept. 28, 1855 Indianapolis, Ind. May 3, 1941
Hiram Preston June 10, 1859 Jay County, Ind. Oct. 16, 1931
Benjamin F. Dec. 4, 1861 Clinton County, Ind.
John Sherman Dec. 8, 1864 Grant Co., Ind. Mar. 19, 1926
Emma Alice Sept. 18, 1867 Jay County, Ind. Aug. 26, 1944
Arthur Bird May 1, 1870 Grant Co., Ind. May 9, 1913
Margaret Jan. 10, 1873 Grant Co., Ind.
I. Hannah Shields and John Fenstermaker were married Dec. 28, 1871. They always lived on a farm near Roseburg, where he died June 4, 1890. They were the parents of three boys and one girl. The following is a record of their descendants:
1. Clora. Died in young womanhood.
2. William Otis (Nov. 24, 1372) married Nellie Verne Harris (Aug. 11, 1879) Dec. 18, 1891. The following is a record of their children.
Larrence Elain (Jan. 4, 1899) married Veryl Harrell (July 9, 1912) July 12, 1933. They have one child, Frieda Verne (Dec. 28, 1941.)
Charles Arlan (May 24, 1902) married Charlotte Cox Nov. 20, 1926. They have three children, John (June 28, 1927), Phyllis (Dec. 16, 1929) and Arlene (July 15, 1936.)
Grace Amelia (Oct. 9, 1904) married Jessie Vernon Lee (March 21, 1899) in 1926. They have two children, Ester Marie (July 20, 1927) and Marjorie Jean (Oct. 2, 1928.)
3. Dayton married Maggie Ruggles. They have one daughter, Mary, who married Bernard Ancil, Oct. 11, 1941.
4. Clark married Tennie McCoy, of Arkansas. They have four girls and two boys: Mildred (May 26, 1915); Helen (April 16, 1915). Helen married a Mr. Bentley. They have two children, Nancy and Victor. Donna (May 20, 1920) married a Mr. Stoker. Charles (Nov. 21, 1921). Robert (Feb. 9, 1924). Marjorie Ann (Aug. 12, 1934).
II. Ann Shields married Phillamon Pugh Dec. 7, 1876. They lived on a farm near Mount Olive, in Grant county. Later they moved to 1305 South Adams street, Marion, Indiana. Mr. Pugh died Nov. 7, 1905. They had no children, though she has been a mother to more than four generations of her people. While there was no latch string, the door worked easily on their hinges-a haven for all.
III. Hiram Preston Shields married Hannah Freel, Dec. 24, 1881. He lived on his farm in Franklin township, where he died Oct. 16, 1934. They reared five children. A record of their family follows:
1. Omer (Oct. 12, 1882) married Anna Bryant (Jan. 13, 1886) Dec. 24, 1906. They had two children, a daughter, Anna Louise, who died when she was about five years old, and a son, Paul O. (Dec. 22, 1913).
2. Maggie married Elmer Nesbitt. They had one son, Gordan. Maggie died in March. 1928.
3. Glendora married Earl Clanin. They have two girls, Marybelle and Frances Lucille, and one son, Marvin Earl.
4. Ruby married Lester Eller. They have two boys and one girl, Raymond, Mildred and Gale.
5. Clifford married Mabel Frazee. They have two sons, William P. (Jan. 31, 1926), and John C. (Nov. 30, 1930).
IV. Benjamin Franklin Shields and Mary E. Farley (March 1, 1864) were married Dec. 31, 1887. Miss Farley was the daughter of Elisha S. and Aletha Foster Farley. She was born in Henry county, Indiana, and moved with her parents to Grant county, Indiana, in December, 1873. The following is a record of their three sons, Arthur , Richard and Russel.
1. Arthur (Sept. 29, 1888) married Hazel V. Shields, daughter of John S. and Myrtle Shields, in 1910. They had two daughters, Janet Evelyn (June 5, 1912) and Virginia Ellen (Feb. 26, 1914). Janet married Anthony Young. Virginia married Raymond Spencer (Dec. 22, 1909). They have four children, Marcia Minette (Oct. 21, 1934), Michael (Oct. 12, 1938), Shila (Nov. 8, 1939), Kristi Karen (Aug. 23, 1942). Arthur later married Grace E. Barr, of New York City. They had two children, Mary Pauline (July 8, 1921) and James Russell (May 18, 1923). Arthur died April 21, 1924, in Flushing, N. Y., and is buried there.
2. Richard (Sept. 18, 1890) unmarried.
3. Russel (Aug 16, 1892) married Della Miller, of Van Buren, March 31, 1917.
V. John Sherman Shields married Myrtle Belle Sharp, March 25, 1893. He followed carpentering and contracting in and around Marion for a number of years. Later he moved to a farm in Fulton county, Indiana, where he died March 19, 1926, and is buried in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Marion. They had two children:
1. Hazel Shields Bauman.
2. Agnes (June 24, 1903) married Harold F. Bauman (Oct. 4. 1907). Their children are: John Thomas (March 18, 1932) deceased. James Richard (Jan. 28, 1934). Robert Leurs (Dec. 31, 1935). Barbara Janette (June 25, 1937-Oct. 29, 1943). Patricia Sue (Nov. 8, 1939) died at birth, and Charles David (Sept. 21, 1941).
VI. Emma Alice Shields married William Brock (June 3, 1862)' February 4, 1889. For several years they lived on the Battle Ground farm near Jalapa, Indiana, later moving to Jonesboro, where Air. Brock served as trustee for four years. He died Nov. 27, 1931. The following is a record of their six children:
1. James E. Brock (Nov. 22, 1891) married Maude Kendall Aug. 23, 1916. They have two boys, James Kendall (Jan. 1, 1918) and George A. Wiliiam (Aug. 26, 1920). James K. married Hazel Jean Schefft and they have two children, Robert Charles (Dec. 8, 1942) and Richard James (Nov. 7, 1944). George William married Laura Human.
2. Allen Paul Brock (Sept. 9, 1893) married Mabel Dooley June 24, 1914. They have had two children, Preston Aldine (Oct. 24, 1917) and Elizabeth Irene. Preston married Lois Maynard Nov. 5, 1938. They have one child, Roseann, born May 29, 1942.
3. Mary Olive (Oct. 8, 1895) married Warren Stair. They had five children, Mildred (March 14, 1914), William (Aug. 24, 1916), Mary Emma (Oct. 7, 1919), Annabell (Sept. 28, 1920), and Nellie Louise died in infancy. Later Mary married James Draper.
Mildred married Everett Price. They had two children, Donna Louise (Sept. 27, 1934) and Loretta Lee (March 30, 1936). Later Mildred married Charles Wiley.
Mary Emma married Paul Matney in June, 1938. Annabell married Ralph Matney. They have four children. Larry (Dec. 11, 1938), James Lee (Jan. 2, 1939), Mary Lou (March 27, 1941), and Diane (Dec. 13, 1944).
4. Edna Edith (Dec. 18, 1899) married Harold C. Craig (May 10, 1897) February 28, 1920. Their children were Martha Jean (April 13, 1921), Robert Brock (July 10, 1924-Jan. 6, 1927), John Philip (Nov. 27, 1921), and Charles Arthur (Nov. 20, 1934).
5. Richard Mark Hanna (April 27, 1903) married Beulah Grandsinger. They have three children: Richard (July 20, 1928), Almira (Feb. 15, 1930), and Thomas Walter (Jan. 10, 1931).
6. Margaret Ann (Sept. 4, 1907) married Harold Mahoney (July 9, 1907) on August 18, 1929. They have two children, Jane Ann (Aug. 11, 1930) and Alice Carolyn (Dec. 2.0, 1935).
VII. Arthur married Maude Vardaman Nov. 14, 1894, at the M. E. church in Jalapa. Their two children were Geraldine (Aug. 2, 1902) and Robert (March 10, 1904). Geraldine married Clarence Booher. Their two children are William Arthur (Teddy) March 11, 1934) and Joy Elaine (July 14, 1940). Robert married Georgia Lillard. They have two children, James Edwin (July 29, 1934) and Linda Louise (Nov. 9, 1936).
VIII. Margaret married Maurice Smith Aug. 29, 1899. They lived on their farm near Landessville, where he died in 1910. They had two children, Lucile (Feb. 17, 1902), and Francis Delilah (July 26, 1906). Francis married Russel E. Wilson June 22, 1927.