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Ben Houston Shields

Male Abt 1911 - Bef 2010  (~ 99 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ben Houston Shields was born Abt 1911, Tennessee (son of Richard McClellan Shields and Lydia M. Clabough); died Bef 26 Dec 2010.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Plainfield, Blount County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 218.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 339.

    Ben — Dorothy A. Hurst. Dorothy (daughter of William Carson Hurst and Rozetta "Zettie" Flynn) was born Abt 1916, Tennessee; died Bef 26 Oct 2000. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Leonard H. Shields was born Abt 1941; died 26 Dec 2010, Colonial Hills Nursing Center, Blount County, Tennessee.
    2. Eddie Shields died Bef 26 Dec 2010.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard McClellan Shields was born 18 Sep 1862, Tennessee (son of Richard Stockton Shields and Emily Ellen Adams); died 22 Jun 1937; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, Plainfield, Blount County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 195.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 339.

    Richard married Lydia M. Clabough 16 Jun 1905. Lydia (daughter of William J. Clabough and Rebecca M. Patrick) was born Apr 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lydia M. Clabough was born Apr 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of William J. Clabough and Rebecca M. Patrick).

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, Plainfield, Blount County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Buried in Grandview Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 195, 217.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 339.

    Children:
    1. Stella Florence Shields was born 20 Feb 1906, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1958; was buried Grandview Memorial Garden.
    2. Agnes Shields was born Abt 1909, Tennessee.
    3. 1. Ben Houston Shields was born Abt 1911, Tennessee; died Bef 26 Dec 2010.
    4. John T. Shields was born Abt 1915, Tennessee.
    5. Robert E. Shields was born 28 Dec 1916, Tennessee; died 14 May 1962, Los Angeles County, California.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Richard Stockton Shields was born 25 Sep 1794, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Robert Shields and Sabra S. White); died 31 Mar 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1860, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    War of 1812 (Indiana).

    Christine Brown lists birth as Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Listed in 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census.

    Richard Shields was a farmer and miller and spent his entire lifetime in the Sevier County, Tennessee area.

    Will probated 28 March 1865 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 76.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 308, 339.

    Richard married Emily Ellen Adams 25 Oct 1843. Emily was born 13 Jan 1824, South Carolina; died 27 Sep 1907; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Emily Ellen Adams was born 13 Jan 1824, South Carolina; died 27 Sep 1907; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1860, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1870, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies," Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 311.
    "Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 60, 76.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 308, 339.

    Children:
    1. Nancy Jane Shields was born 12 Jan 1845, Tennessee; died 7 Mar 1932, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Skaggs Cemetery, Maynardville, Union County, Tennessee.
    2. Rev. Meida White Shields was born 12 Mar 1847, Tennessee; died 1933, Spring Place, Georgia.
    3. Sarah Ellen Shields was born 5 Dec 1850, Tennessee; died 10 Apr 1904; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Mary M. Shields was born Abt 1854, Tennessee; died Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    5. Robert Hodson Shields was born 13 Feb 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Aug 1916, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Aug 1916, Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Deborah Ann Shields was born 25 Oct 1859, Tennessee; died 21 Jun 1902, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. 2. Richard McClellan Shields was born 18 Sep 1862, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1937; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  William J. Clabough was born 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James R. Clabough and Sarah Dickson).

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 121, 195.

    William married Rebecca M. Patrick 26 Aug 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee. Rebecca was born Dec 1855, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Rebecca M. Patrick was born Dec 1855, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 121, 195.

    Children:
    1. Martha Jane Clabough was born 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Dec 1915, McGregor, Texas; was buried Comanche Springs Cemetery, McGregor, McLennan County, Texas.
    2. Amos T. Clabough was born Sep 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. John B. Clabough was born 4 Nov 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Oct 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Oct 1926, Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 3. Lydia M. Clabough was born Apr 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Ida A. Clabough was born Apr 1886, Tennessee.
    6. Richard H. Clabough was born Apr 1892, Tennessee.
    7. Samuel Wiley Clabough was born 5 Jun 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 May 1916, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 31 May 1916, Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, 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. 4. 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. 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. 12.  James R. Clabough was born 1822, Tennessee (son of William Clabaugh and Lavina King); died 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 142, 231, 263.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 36, 121.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    James married Sarah Dickson Abt 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Alexander Dickson and Elizabeth "Peggy" Bohannon) was born 1823, Tennessee; died 1859. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Sarah Dickson was born 1823, Tennessee (daughter of Alexander Dickson and Elizabeth "Peggy" Bohannon); died 1859.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 142, 231.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 121.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. Mary Ann Clabough was born 6 Aug 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Feb 1899; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. John A. Clabough was born 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef 1911; was buried Beech Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Archibald A. Clabough was born 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Martin Clabough was born 1847, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Jane Clabough was born 1848, Tennessee.
    6. Elizabeth Clabough was born 1849, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Henry Clabough was born Dec 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Apr 1924; was buried Beech Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Nancy Clabough was born Abt 1859, Tennessee; died See Notes.
    9. Clabough was born Abt 1855; died See Notes.
    10. 6. William J. Clabough was born 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Nancy Jane Clabough was born 1859, , Sevier County, Tennessee.


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