SHIELDS, William
1841 - 1906 (64 years)
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Name SHIELDS, William Birth 23 Jun 1841 Union County, Pennsylvania 
Gender Male Biography - WILLIAM SHIELDS, Register and Recorder of Union County, is an able official, whose faithfulness in the discharge of his duties has won appreciation from the public, as is shown by his recent re-election to his post at the expiration of his first term of three years. He is a veteran of the Civil War, and is also a prominent business man, having been engaged in wagon-making in Kelly township, Union county, for many years previous to his election as above, and consequent removal to Lewisburg.
Mr. Shields is a native of Union county, having been born June 23, 1841, and is of Irish descent. His grandfather, William Shields, was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1776, and was married in the Old Country to Mary Thompson, also a native of Ireland, born in the same year. His early life was spent at the old home in Kelly township, Union county, where he attended the district school. Through assisting his father in the wagon shop, he became familiar with all branches of the trade, and had already engaged in it as a workman when he attained his majority. The Rebellion was then in progress, the need of soldiers becoming more and more urgent as the resources of the enemy were realized. Mr. Shields enlisted, in 1862, in Company E, 142nd P.V.I., and remained in service until after hostilities ceased, being mustered out June 26, 1865. He saw much severe fighting at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Bethesda Church, Petersburg and other places which are made forever memorable by that struggle. On March 11, 1864, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant major, and on February 6, 1865, he received a wound, a token of courage and gallantry which was even more distinctive, though less agreeable, than the other.
On his return to the paths of peace, Mr. Shields resumed his business, and continued it until elected to his present office in 1894; his re-election coming in 1896, he entered upon his second term in January, 1897. In politics he is a Republican. He is identified with the Presbyterian Church, and, socially, with the G.A.R. As a citizen he has always been prompt to aid in local advancement.
On December 26, 1867, Mr. Shields married Miss Katherine Angeny, a native of Bucks county, Penn., born September 18, 1844, and seven children have blessed their union, their names with dates of birth being as follows: Esther L., December 26, 1868; Lillian, December 12, 1870; Ellen, January 31, 1873; William Scott, April 11, 1875; Edgar Thomson, September 24, 1877; Charlotte E., May 4, 1880; and James Leigh, January 27, 1885.
Census (desc) 1850 Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States Census (desc) 1860 Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States living with his father and stepmother and working as a laborer Census (desc) 1870 Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States married, living with his stepmother and working as a wagonmaker Census (desc) 1880 Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States listed as a wagon maker, with his parents born in Ireland Census (desc) 1900 Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States working as a register of wills - Children listed are Lillian, Ellen, William (Scott), Edgar, Charlotte, and James (Leigh). Also listed are Leah Angeny (mother-in-law) and Minerva Angeny (sister-in-law).
Occupation Kelly Point, Union, Pennsylvania, United States was a wheelwright Residence Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States at 240 N. Third St. _UID 05DDA7DE19916140B9AC1331A6D957D102A1 Death 10 Mar 1906 Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States Person ID I182 Our Ancestry Last Modified 2 Sep 2015
Father SHIELDS, James, b. 10 Jan 1804, Ireland, United Kingdom d. 21 Mar 1864 (Age 60 years) Mother LUCAS, Esther (1), b. 20 Sep 1807, Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States d. 6 Sep 1853 (Age 45 years) Family ID F1679 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ANGENY, Katherine, b. 18 Sep 1844, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States d. 4 Aug 1926, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 81 years) Marriage 26 Dec 1867 Children 1. SHIELDS, Esther Lucas, b. 26 Dec 1868, Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States d. 9 Nov 1940, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 71 years)2. SHIELDS, Lillian Angeny, b. 12 Dec 1870, Taylorville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States d. 4 Oct 1920 (Age 49 years)3. SHIELDS, Ellen Harris, b. 31 Jan 1873, Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States d. 30 Sep 1957, Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 84 years)+ 4. SHIELDS, William Scott, b. 11 Apr 1875, Taylorville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States d. 11 Apr 1943, New Jersey, United States (Age 68 years)+ 5. SHIELDS, Dr. Edgar Thomson, b. 24 Sep 1877, Taylorville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States d. 22 Nov 1926, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 49 years)6. SHIELDS, Charlotte Elliott, b. 4 May 1880 d. 17 Apr 1975, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States (Age 94 years)+ 7. SHIELDS, James Leigh, b. 27 Jan 1885, Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States d. 15 Dec 1934, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 49 years)Family ID F74 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Feb 2024
- WILLIAM SHIELDS, Register and Recorder of Union County, is an able official, whose faithfulness in the discharge of his duties has won appreciation from the public, as is shown by his recent re-election to his post at the expiration of his first term of three years. He is a veteran of the Civil War, and is also a prominent business man, having been engaged in wagon-making in Kelly township, Union county, for many years previous to his election as above, and consequent removal to Lewisburg.
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Birth - 23 Jun 1841 - Union County, Pennsylvania 
Census (desc) - 1850 - Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States Census (desc) - living with his father and stepmother and working as a laborer - 1860 - Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States Census (desc) - married, living with his stepmother and working as a wagonmaker - 1870 - Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States Census (desc) - listed as a wagon maker, with his parents born in Ireland - 1880 - Kelly Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States 
Census (desc) - working as a register of wills - 1900 - Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States 
Occupation - was a wheelwright - - Kelly Point, Union, Pennsylvania, United States Residence - at 240 N. Third St. - - Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States Death - 10 Mar 1906 - Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States = Link to Google Earth