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Robert Silas Shields

Male 1884 - 1962  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Silas Shields was born 11 Dec 1884, Tennessee (son of Rufus Grandson Shields and Mary M. Clark); died 23 Sep 1962; was buried Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Draft Registration: 12 Sep 1918, Whitfield County, Georgia
    • Census: 1920, District 4, Hamilton County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 1, Bradley County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 4, Bradley County, Tennessee

    Robert — Gussie. Gussie was born 1896, Georgia; died 1976; was buried Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Hellen Shields was born Abt 1915, Georgia.
    2. Sarah Trice Shields was born Abt 1916, Georgia.
    3. Robert Ivan Shields was born Abt 1918, Georgia.
    4. Margaret R. Shields was born Abt 1921, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rufus Grandson Shields was born 3 Apr 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Robert Shields and Eliza Floyd); died 30 Aug 1932; was buried Fraziers Chapel Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Whitfield County, Georgia
    • Census: 1930, Upper Tenth, Whitfield County, Georgia

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 98.

    Rufus married Mary M. Clark Abt 1884. Mary (daughter of John Bitner Clark and Mary James) was born 25 Aug 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Feb 1942, Whitfield County, Georgia; was buried Fraziers Chapel Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary M. Clark was born 25 Aug 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of John Bitner Clark and Mary James); died 25 Feb 1942, Whitfield County, Georgia; was buried Fraziers Chapel Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, Whitfield County, Georgia
    • Census: 1930, Upper Tenth, Whitfield County, Georgia
    • Census: 1940, District 1294, Whitfield County, Georgia

    Children:
    1. 1. Robert Silas Shields was born 11 Dec 1884, Tennessee; died 23 Sep 1962; was buried Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.
    2. Amber Wade Shields was born 2 Jul 1887, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Mar 1940, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried Fraziers Chapel Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    3. Solomon Berry Shields was born 17 Jun 1889, Tennessee; died 5 Jun 1930, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia; was buried 6 Jun 1930, Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    4. Hettie Keren Shields was born 26 May 1893, Tennessee; died 12 Sep 1909; was buried Concord Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    5. John Luther Shields was born 28 Feb 1895, Tennessee; died 24 May 1954; was buried Concord Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    6. Sabra K. Shields was born Apr 1897, Tennessee.
    7. Steward A. Shields was born Jun 1899, Tennessee.
    8. Missy Shields was born Abt 1902, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert Shields was born 24 Jun 1816, Floyd County, Indiana (son of Robert Shields and Sabra S. White); died Bef 17 Jan 1878.

    Notes:

    Will probated 17 January 1878.
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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77, 97.

    Robert married Eliza Floyd 3 Jan 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee. Eliza (daughter of Floyd) was born Abt 1820, North Carolina; was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Eliza Floyd was born Abt 1820, North Carolina (daughter of Floyd); was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77.

    Children:
    1. Catherine Shields was born Abt 1845, Tennessee.
    2. 2. Rufus Grandson Shields was born 3 Apr 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Aug 1932; was buried Fraziers Chapel Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    3. Frances Jane "Fannie" Shields was born 15 Feb 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Jul 1884; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Deborah Shields was born 14 Mar 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Pinkney Shields was born Abt 1852.
    6. Coren H. "Cora" Shields was born 20 Jul 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Jul 1929, Whitfield County, Georgia; was buried 29 Jul 1929, Boyd Family Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    7. Robert L. Shields was born Abt 1863, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  John Bitner Clark was born 1 Jul 1824, Tennessee (son of James O. Clark); died 7 Aug 1862; was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen, 1980, p 4.

    John — Mary James. Mary (daughter of Randal James and Martha Thurman) was born 1825, Tennessee; was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary James was born 1825, Tennessee (daughter of Randal James and Martha Thurman); was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen, 1980, p 4.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Clark was born Abt 1845, Tennessee.
    2. Martha Jane Clark was born Abt 1847, Tennessee.
    3. Margaret Emaline Clark was born 9 Apr 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Sep 1925; was buried Shults Cemetery, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Berry W. Clark was born 5 May 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Jun 1938; was buried Zion Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Sarah M. Clark was born 5 Aug 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Dec 1911; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Solomon Jackson Clark was born 21 Nov 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Jun 1919, Whitfield County, Georgia; was buried 9 Jun 1919, Boyd Family Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    7. 3. Mary M. Clark was born 25 Aug 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Feb 1942, Whitfield County, Georgia; was buried Fraziers Chapel Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    8. Racheal V. Clark was born Abt 1862, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert Shields was born 1772, Harrisburg, Augusta County, Virginia (son of Robert Shields and Nancy Stockton); died 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9C-Q5
    • Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Private Indiana Militia in War of 1812.
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    Reference:
    Misty Spinelli
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.

    Robert married Sabra S. White 1792. Sabra (daughter of Meady White and Sarah Mara "Mary" Raynor) was born Abt 1774, Tennessee; died Aft 16 Sep 1850. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Sabra S. White was born Abt 1774, Tennessee (daughter of Meady White and Sarah Mara "Mary" Raynor); died Aft 16 Sep 1850.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8S9G-39

    Notes:

    Listed as age 94 living with William Ridings family in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census born in Virginia.
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    Reference:
    Misty Spinelli
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.

    Children:
    1. Richard Stockton Shields was born 25 Sep 1794, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Mar 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Deborah Shields was born 1798, Tennessee; died Aft 1879; was buried Old Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. Sarah "Sally" Shields was born Abt 1800, Tennessee; died Aft 1892.
    4. Meady White Shields was born Abt 1810, Tennessee.
    5. Nancy Shields was born Abt 1811.
    6. 4. Robert Shields was born 24 Jun 1816, Floyd County, Indiana; died Bef 17 Jan 1878.
    7. Jesse Shields was born Abt 1821.
    8. Sabra J. Shields was born 3 Jul 1824, Tennessee; died 10 Dec 1866; was buried Old Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    9. John Shields
    10. Polly Shields

  3. 10.  Floyd

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 97.

    Children:
    1. Nancy Floyd was born Abt 1818, North Carolina.
    2. 5. Eliza Floyd was born Abt 1820, North Carolina; was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  4. 12.  James O. Clark (son of Joseph Clark and Elizabeth Evans).
    Children:
    1. Louisa Emmaline Clark was born 17 May 1822, Tennessee; died 25 Apr 1870; was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Robert Shields "Doc" Clark was born 1 Jul 1824, Tennessee; died 15 Sep 1870; was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 6. John Bitner Clark was born 1 Jul 1824, Tennessee; died 7 Aug 1862; was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 14.  Randal James was born Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen
    p 4.

    Randal — Martha Thurman. Martha was born Abt 1790, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Martha Thurman was born Abt 1790, Virginia.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen
    p 4.

    Children:
    1. 7. Mary James was born 1825, Tennessee; was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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