John Shields
1864 - 1925 (60 years)
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Name John Shields Born 23 Dec 1864 Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1900 Marshall, Garfield County, Oklahoma Census 1910 Richland, Miami County, Kansas Census 1915 Valley, Miami County, Kansas Census 1920 Valley, Miami County, Kansas Census 1920 Paola, Miami County, Kansas Died 17 Apr 1925 Paola, Miami County, Kansas [2, 3] Buried Paola Cemetery, Paola, Miami County, Kansas [2, 3] Person ID I63 McKeown Last Modified 11 Aug 2023
Father Isaac Shields, b. 20 Dec 1834, Ireland , d. 20 Jun 1907, Noble County, Oklahoma (Age 72 years) Mother Margaret McCollum, b. 4 Apr 1836, County Antrim, Ireland , d. 9 May 1903, Noble County, Oklahoma (Age 67 years) Married 17 Sep 1857 Agherton, Derry, Ireland [3, 4] Family ID F16 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Elizabeth Law, b. May 1869, Nebraska , d. 1943, Paola, Miami County, Kansas (Age 73 years) Married 24 Jan 1894 University Place, Lancaster County, Nebraska Children + 1. Velma C. Shields, b. 29 Dec 1895, Orlando, Logan County, Oklahoma , d. 28 Oct 1960, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio (Age 64 years)2. Reemer Law Shields, b. 31 Mar 1897, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma , d. 30 Jul 1975, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California (Age 78 years)3. Byron B. Shields, b. 10 Dec 1899, Garfield County, Oklahoma , d. 15 Jan 1986, Kansas (Age 86 years)4. Elwood Isaac Shields, b. 8 Sep 1906, Nebraska , d. 7 Jul 1987, Paola, Miami County, Kansas (Age 80 years)5. Dorothy Margaret Shields, b. 19 Dec 1911, Paola, Miami County, Kansas , d. 8 Jul 1996 (Age 84 years)Last Modified 11 Apr 2019 Family ID F105 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 23 Dec 1864 - Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Married - 24 Jan 1894 - University Place, Lancaster County, Nebraska 
Census - 1900 - Marshall, Garfield County, Oklahoma 
Census - 1910 - Richland, Miami County, Kansas 
Census - 1915 - Valley, Miami County, Kansas Census - 1920 - Valley, Miami County, Kansas 
Census - 1920 - Paola, Miami County, Kansas Died - 17 Apr 1925 - Paola, Miami County, Kansas 
Buried - - Paola Cemetery, Paola, Miami County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Shields family circa 1902, John, Velma, Reemer, Byron and Mary Law Shields
John and Mary Law Shields Farm around 1900
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Notes - US Presbyterian Church Records. Round Prairie Presbyterian Church, Kossuth, Iowa. Page 74 Register of Baptisms.
John Shields, Parents Isaac & Margaret. When born _____. When baptized 28 May 1865.
[5] - Died In His 60th Year
John Shields died Friday, April 17, 1925, at his home, 207 North Pearl street, Paola, in his 60th year, following an illness of about four years with anemia. Last summer, Mrs. Shields had a severe attack and his condition was considered serious at that time, however, he gained strength and was apparently better until about four weeks ago when he took the influenza and his body was in too weakened a condition to resist the malady. Born in Mediapolis, Iowa, December 23, 1864, he moved to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1886, and in 1893 moved to Indian Territory. On January 24th, 1894, he was married to Mary Elizabeth Law, at Lincoln, Nebraska, and they lived in the Territory for thirteen years. Later the family came to Miami county in 1906 and settled in Richland township where they lived for six years and then moved to West Valley township, where they lived until February, 1924, at which time they moved to Paola.
Mr. Shields is survived by his wife and five children – Velma, wife of George Dean, lived in Chicago, Illinois; Reamer L. Shields, of San Francisco, California; Byron Shields, on the home place in West Valley township; Elwood and Dorothy at home. He also leaves four sisters, Mrs. Jas. Tull, Arapahoe, Nebraska; Mrs. J.L. Kirkhart, of Lucian, Oklahoma; Mrs. Jennie Watson, Lucian, Oklahoma; Mrs. Elizabeth Woodside, Denver, Colo. and one brother, William Shields, of Perry, Oklahoma. Reamer, the son in San Francisco, was unable to attend the funeral as he was in a hospital where he had undergone an operation for appendicitis.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the Presbyterian church, conducted by Rev. Daniels and interment was in the Paola cemetery.
To the world generally Mr. Shields was a man of high worth, but only to close friends was his true greatness known. The good wife, and the rest of the family, knew his excellence, of course, and so did those outside, who had the opportunity to know him intimately. With his hands he earned ground, and with his hands he made it a home; he married, reared children and gave them schooling, so that to-day they honor their parents, and brighten the name. Not much to do? Yes, more than the victor who taketh a city, more than the conqueror who enslaves and impoverishes, more than the rich who grind the poor. John Shields was an average American, the highest type to-day of the world’s manhood. – The Westenr Spirit. (Paola, Kansas).
The Public Mirror, Arapahoe, Nebraska. Thursday, 7 May 1925.
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- US Presbyterian Church Records. Round Prairie Presbyterian Church, Kossuth, Iowa. Page 74 Register of Baptisms.
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Sources - [S14] 1900 US census.
- [S8] Find a Grave.
- [S3] Obituary.
- [S55] Ireland, select marriages.
Name Margaret Mccollum
Gender Female
Marital Status Single
Marriage Date 17 Sep 1857
Marriage Place Agherton, Derry, Ireland
Father John Mccollum
Spouse Isaac Schoales
FHL Film Number 101385
Reference ID 176
- [S46] Presbyterian Church records.
- [S57] Newspaper article.
- [S14] 1900 US census.