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Charles Marion Shields

Birthdate:
Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Death: January 24, 1916 (76)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States
Place of Burial: McDonough Memorial Cemetery, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Wells Shields and Christianna Payne Shields
Husband of Nancy Jane Shields and Zipporah Shields
Partner of Melvinia "Mattie" Shields
Father of Dolphius Theodore Shields; Jane Shields; Talley Talis Shields; Alice Shields; Laura Shields and 8 others
Brother of Moses A. Shields; David T. M. Shields and Elisha Shields

Occupation: Hotel Keeper, Amacean Place
Managed by: Adam Robert Brown
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About Charles Marion Shields

3rd Great Grandfather of Michelle Obama (Robinson), First Lady and Toni Morrison. Charles Marion Shields worked as a farmer and a teacher. DNA testing and research point to him as the father of Melvinia’s son, Dolphus Shields. That would make Charles Mrs. Obama’s great-great-great grandfather.

Family photograph here: New York Times

Photo caption: "Henry Wells Shields is the man with the white beard. His wife, Christian Patterson Shields, sits to his right. Charles Marion Shields is the third man standing from the right. Courtesy of Jarrod Shields, in honor of Melvin Shields."

Citations

  1. American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama” by Rachel L. Swarns, published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Links

http://www.crghenry.org/interesting_facts/obama/obama_connection.html


Son of Henry Wells Shields & Christian Patterson Shields.

Charles Marion Shields had 4 marriages:

1st to Zipporah Robinson (1839-1872), married 1867.

2nd to S. Emma Robinson (1836-1874), married 1873.

3rd to Nancy Porter (1850-1929), married 1874.

4th to Melvina McGruder (1844-1938).

There were children born to each marriage/relationship & the Find A Grave Memorial listed below was my source of information for this family. Please see URL below for details.

Charles Marion Shields has a prominent grave marker with the Masonic Symbol, indicating his membership in that social fraternity.

Source:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31556362/charles-marion-shields

  • Residence: 1860 - Northern District, Clayton, Georgia, United States
  • Residence: 1870 - Georgia, United States
  • Residence: 1880 - District 775, Henry, Georgia, United States
  • Residence: 1900 - Militia District 775, Stockbridge Township, Henry, Georgia, United States
  • Residence: 1910 - District 498, Henry, Georgia, United States
  • Residence: 1860 - Northern District, Clayton, Georgia, United States
  • Residence: 1870 - Georgia, United States
  • Residence: 1880 - District 775, Henry, Georgia, United States
  • Residence: 1900 - Militia District 775, Stockbridge Township, Henry, Georgia, United States
  • Residence: 1910 - District 498, Henry, Georgia, United States

Atlanta Constitution - 25 Jan 1916

The friends of Mr and Mrs C M Shields, Mrs S B Mosely, Mrs J A Massey, Mrs Georgia Blackburn, Mrs Mark Britt, J H Shields and Mack Shields, are invited to attend the funeral of Mr C M Shields at the residence, 215 Oakland avenue, Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The interment will take place at McDonough, Ga, Wednesday.

Contributed by Debbie Z.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31556362/charles-marion-shields

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Charles Marion Shields's Timeline

1839
July 16, 1839
Birth of Charles Marion Shields
South Carolina, United States
1859
April 10, 1859
Birth of Dolphius Theodore Shields
Kingston, Bartow County, Georgia, USA
1863
1863
Birth of Jane Shields
1867
January 1867
Birth of Talley Talis Shields
Clayton County, GA, United States
1868
1868
Birth of Lela Shields
1869
1869
Birth of Alice Shields
1871
1871
Birth of Etta Shields
1874
1874
Birth of Laura Shields
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