John Shields married Araminta Wroe and they were the parents of six children. They were: Clara, deceased at eighteen; Araminta, Margaret, Sarah Malona, Prestina, and Benjamin Wroe. An account of their decendants follows:
I. Araminta (May 12, 1854-1924) married Allen J. Overman (Feb. 18, 1853-Aug. 19, 1919). They had four children.
1. John (1376), who married May Dooley. Their children were Hulda. Elizabeth, Callie, Dorothy and Mary.
2. Joe (July 20, 1867) married Edith Palmer (Feb. 19, 1883). They had two children Joel P. and Edward. Joel married Jeanette Fogelson and they have one child.
3. Clara Ann (1881) who married Alfred J. Ballard. Their children were Jesse O., Mary Ann and Clara Jane.
4. Adah, who married Don Dailey. Their two children were Robert and Philip. Robert married Mary Fite, and they have three children, Mary Joann, Richard Allen and Linda Sue. Philip married Mabelle Pontius and their children are Judith Marie, Don David, and Jane.
II. Margaret married Harry Hoadley. Their children were Fred, Martin, Gertrude, Jesse and Wayne.
III. Sarah Malone married Pierce Haines. Their children were Mrs. Joseph Cantley, Mrs. Alberta Watkins, Frank, William, Inez and John.
IV. Prestina married Will Howell. They were the parents of two girls, Louise and Bernice. Louise married Verlin Street, and they are the parents of three children. Bernice married Russel Loesure and they are the parents of four children.
V. Benjamin Wroe Shields married Clara Parks. They were parents of five children, Ralph and Orpha, who died in infancy; and Date, Gladys and Carl. Date married Vada Cook and they had one son, Vaughn. Gladys married Fred Oden, and they have one son, Donald, and two girls.