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Shields Family History

Benjamin Franklin Shields

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CLINE FAMILY HISTORY

Caleb Cline, my mother's grandfather, married Marria Booth. They lived near Winchester, Va. They had four sons and two daughters: Hiram Cline, my mother's father, of Cedarville, Ohio; Jacob, of Clinton county, Ohio; Caleb, of Jay county, Ind.; Lemnuel, of Herria, Ohio; Sarah Shrodes and Hannah Fruchey, of Cedarville, Ohio.

Caleb Cline, Sr., died about 1830, in Virginia. His wife, with all her families, moved to Cedarville, Ohio, in 1836, where she died in 1840, when mother, Margaret Cline, was seven or eight years old. She remembered her well.

Mother's father, Hiram Cline, born in 1790. He married Elizabeth Smith. They had two sons and one daughter. She died in 1817. lie then married Ann Kildow. They had four boys and four girls. One of these, Margaret Cline, became the wife of James M. Shields.

In a letter dated back in the 1880's, Margaret Shields received a 1st of names, births and deaths from her brother, Hiram D. Cline, copied from the old Cline Bible, with late deaths added.

Hiram Cline, born April 22, 1790. Died March 10, 1864. Age 74.
First wife, Elizabeth Smith, born April 16, 1791. Died Mar. 10, 1817. Age 26.
Everline Cline, born February 5, 1813. Jonathan Cline, born November 11, 1814.
Lemuel Cline, born November 3, 1816. Died August 9, 1846. Age 29.
Second wife, Ann Kildow, born March 3, 1798. Died Sept. 25, 1864. Age 66.
Elizabeth Cline, born March 25, 1821. Died Oct. 24, 1891. Age 70. Joseph Cline, born February 4, 1823.
John Wesley Cline, born January 1, 1827. Died December 25, 1899. Age 72.
Mary J. and Sarah Alma Cline, twins, born July 17, 1829. Mary J. died June 29, 1846.
Margaret Hannah Cline, born March 6, 1832. Died May 12, 1915. Age 83 years, 3 months, 6 days.
Hiram D. Cline, born December 20, 1834. Died June 19, 1888. Age 53.
James William Raney Cline, born October 20, 1840. Died about 1912. Age 78.

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