Looking for siblings & parents of bro. & sis. Charles D. Shields b. ca. 1823 Ky. who marr. 1854 Monroe Co.,In. to Martha Whitesell. When & where did Charles die & where was he buried.
He was living with a possible sister on 1850 Monroe Co.,In. census, Salt Creek Twp. ...
Caroline Shields b. ca. 1815 Ky. marr. 1841 Monroe Co.,In. to Zachariah Harden Flynn. Think Caroline died bet. 1870 & 1880 & was possibly buried in Friendship Cem. in Salt Creek Twp. Does anyone know what Shields family Charles & Caroline belong to?????
donmatson@hotmail.com

Dear Mr. Matson,

Caroline Shields was indeed Charles D. Shields' sister.
Caroline was my grandmother's grandmother.

I've got other genealogy info on the Shields.

Sincerely,

Debbie
email to use: danne@beethoven.com

Debbie, I'm also interested in this group as I am a descendant of Charles D. Shields (he would have been my 2nd g-grandfather). Tried the email adress previously posted in 2003 but it appears dead. Could you reply to me at this address, pls?

steven_shields@comcast.net

I too have some research, pictures etc I'd be happy to share with others. Thanks for your reply.

Steven,
Just got a answer from you about my old query I placed several years ago about wanting info. on Charles D. Shields for a cousin Pam Coley that I was helping.
I wrote & told her to contact you & Debbie, but not sure if your email address is correct as you had a space between Steven & Shields, so will give you Pam's email address to, in case she can't reach you.
It is pcoley47@aol.com I hope it is still current, as I haven't heard from her for about 2 years.
Don in Monroe Co.,In.

Don, thanks for your reply! I appreciate the help with the email; my own has an "underscore" character between the first and last names. I can also be reached at s.shields@comcast.net. I'll email Pam and see what she knows. Did you find whatever info you were looking for? I'm in Atlanta GA but still am back home again in Indiana (!) from time to time. Been looking for Chas D. Shields' burial site--not finding it though last trip thought he was out at the Lake Monroe Shields cemetery. Any suggestions? Thanks. PS: Family is totally stumped about his assertion that he was "adopted." Any ideas? Thanks.

Steve,
I never did hear from anyone to might have the name of Charles D. Shield's parents. That is what I was trying to find out.
I don't remember a Shields cemetery being in the Lake Monroe area. There's one down south of Bloomington, in the Sherwood Oaks Subdivision area, pretty close to Winslow Rd.
I have all or what we know of, the cemeteries of Monroe Co. with the inscriptions. I got from D.A.R. many years ago, before 1970, about half of the inscriptions for the county, that they had collected, then I went myself & tried to get the other half from 1969 on.
Don

Don, thanks for your reply. I was in Bloomington about a year ago and found the Shields cemetery in the subdivision. It wasn't in very good shape and most of the stones weren't legible. The couple that were didn't seem to fit my family profile. The other Shields cemetery was one of eight smaller cemeteries that were moved around 1965 to make way for the reservoir, Lake Monroe. These eight Salt Creek cemeteries were all removed to a site that is now maintained by Polk Township. It's the Allen Creek cemetery. I looked through it last year for Charles D.'s tombstone but to no avail, though there are several Shields' buried there.

As far as my family knows, Charles D. Shields was the son of Martha H. Denny of Mercer (later Boyle Countyy, KY. She is shown marrying a "John Shields" in Mercer, KY in Dec 1830. Charles always said he was "adopted." What I think he *might* have meant is that he was issue to a prior marriage of Martha's, possibly in 1825 to a John McHatton in Harrison County, KY (though the McHattons are hardly convinced of this--maybe some DNA research would settle it). As Charles was born about 1826, he was probably brought into the Shields family by adoption once Martha remarried. But this is only a guess. I plan to stop in at some courthouses next time I'm up in KY and see if there's any info on the marriage records that might yield a clue. The primary study of the Denny family, by two researchers named Vann and Dixon, indicated that Martha married a "John F. Shields" with whom she had other children (Frank and Belle). On the 1840 Census I found Martha with children near a "Rowland" Shields in Perryville, Mercer, KY (Boyle County was later formed in 1842 from portions of Mercer and Lincoln, so Perryville--where the family lived--changed county names in 1842). It may be that he was "John Rowland Shields" and would be the adoptive father (or possibly biological father) of Charles D. Shields.

I was interested to see one of the messages above referencing Caroline Shields as Charles' sister. I don't think that's correct; Caroline might have been an aunt instead. Would like to ask Debbie how she came to that conclusion, if possible. BTW sounds like we may have Charles D. in common. I have at least one photo I believe is him and some of his children. Let me know if you're interested in it. Many thanks. S.