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James Shields

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Birthplace: Augusta County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: February 02, 1848 (76-77)
Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, United States
Place of Burial: Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Shields and Nancy Shields
Husband of Penelope Shields
Father of Meedy White Shields; Elizabeth Baldwin and James Shields
Brother of Jennet Tipton; Thomas Shields; Richard Stockton Shields; David Shields; William Shields and 7 others

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About James Shields

James Shields (10 Mar 1770 - 2 Feb 1848) married Penelope White; went to Indiana in 1808 and established Shields Fort at the present city of Seymour



James was 6th of "The Ten Brothers".

James married Penelope and went to Indiana in 1808 and established Shields Fort at the present city of Seymour.

He became or infested in a milling operation in Indiana, see attached document


GEDCOM Source

MH:S256 Ancestry Family Trees Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network.Original data: Family Tree file @R6@ MH:SC4507 Ancestry Family Trees Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=9761635&pid=963 0

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James Shields's Timeline

1771
March 10, 1771
Augusta County, Virginia, Colonial America
1804
July 8, 1804
Sevier, TN, United States
1807
1807
Tennessee, United States
1848
February 2, 1848
Age 76
Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, United States
February 2, 1848
Age 76
Riverview Cemetery, Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, United States
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