BIOGRAPHY
of
CALEB5 SHIELDS
s/o Patrick S.4 Shields and Mary Jane Brownof
CALEB5 SHIELDS
(Isaac M.3, Patrick2, Daniel1)
His Story and Family
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CALEB5 SHIELDS, son of Patrick4 (Isaac3, Patrick2, Daniel1) SHIELDS and Mary Jane BROWN, was born 12 February 1857 in Webster, Darke County, Ohio. At the age of four years, the family relocated to a homestead near Delisle, Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio believed to have been the homestead of his father, Patrick Shields. On 7 June 1880, "Calib Shields, farmer" at 23 years of age was living as a "boarder" in the home of Oliver Shiverdecker family in Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio. (Heritage Quest: T9 Roll: 1011 Page: 338)
On 13 October 1881 in Darke County, Ohio, Caleb married Hannah E. MYERS, dau/o Joseph MYERS and Lavina SHAFER. They were married by Rev. F. G. GRIGSBY.
Caleb was a farmer in Van Buren Township in Darke County, Ohio living on the homestead of his father, Patrick Shields. Here Caleb and Hannah lived and reared their family of four known children: Raymond born 1883; Ethel born 1886; Clifford born 1889; & Edith born 1896. One might assume that other children were born between 1889 & 1896, as the begetting in those days was about every two years.
Hannah died in 1900 with the cause of death being unknown at this time. Hannah was buried at Abbottsville Cemetery, Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio, where Caleb was later laid to rest beside her.
The 1910 Darke County, Ohio Plat Book shows that Section 3, N/E corner, consisting of 40 acres belonged to C. [Caleb] & H. [Hannah] Shields. This land containing 80 acres and the homestead was located just west of Delisle, Darke County, Ohio in southwest corner of the township in Arcanum, Ohio.
Caleb never remarried. The family is left to wonder why he didn't. His daughter, Ethel, cared for him until she married in 1906 or sometime after. In 1907, son, Clifford, married Anna Mae YOUNT, and perhaps the young couple went to live with Caleb. It is known that Anna Mae and her Shields children resided with Caleb until Anna Mae remarried and moved away. Charles and Edith (SHIELDS) PATTERSON then took over his care.
In his later years, Caleb became blind, and continued to be cared for by his beloved daughter, Edith, and her husband. Caleb was known to have chewed tobacco and had a spittoon available for his needs. Newspapers were laid on the floor around the chair in which he sat, as he continued to attempt to use the spittoon in his blindness. Caleb died 27 May 1944 in Darke County, Ohio at his homestead and was buried 29 May 1944 at the Abbottsville Cemetery, Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio. The homestead then passed to his daughter, Edith, who cared for Caleb in his waning years.
Caleb Shields-Visitation Funeral Book
"Buffalo Bill (William Cody) and Grandpa [Caleb Shields] shot targets (called mark shooting) in the woods around the farm [Grandpa Caleb's farm]. One of them hit a hornets' nest and the hornets followed the smoke from the fun back, and attacked one of them. Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and Grandpa would have shooting matches there on the farm. My father [Raymond Dale Shields] sat on Annie Oakley's lap at different times when she would come to visit or come to the shooting matches in her early teens. Grandpa [Caleb Shields] said Annie Oakley was a skinny, barefoot girl and a regular sharpshooter. One time she hit a hornet's nest from the back porch of the SHIELDS farm some distance away. They would also hunt wolves, bear, and deer on the farmland." |
(Mary Imo7 (Shields) Sullenberger, Raymond Dale6, Caleb5, Patrick4,Isaac3, Patrick2, Daniel1)
1941--just prior to death
Audrey (Shields)8 Hancock of Portage, MI
September, 2000
(Isaac M.3, Patrick2, Daniel1 SHIELDS)
dau/o Joseph MYERS & Lavina SHAFER
b 30 Mar 1864 & d 3 Oct 1900
Raymond Dale Shields (hus/o Sarah M. Creager), John Creager [uncle/o Sarah M. (nee Creager) Shields] ,
Charles Patterson (hus/o Edith Shields), & Caleb Shields
Children unknown
Caleb Shields, father of adult children, with grandson, Richard Patterson
Ron & Jane Alexander of Colorado
September 2006
Caleb Shields loaned $200.00 to his son, Clifford Harry Shields, via a signed note dated February 22, 1910. By 16 March 1910 Clifford Harry would be deceased. Clifford's son, Berman, and daughter, Romia, are seen below.
Left to Right:
Top: Dale Shields, Romia Shields, & Leroy Shields
Botton: Imo Shields, Lahoma Shields, & Berman Shields
Siblings: Leroy, Dale, Imo, & Lahoma
Siblings: Romia & Berman
Audrey (Shields)8 Hancock
Left > Right: Berman, s/o Clifford Harry Shields;
Lahoma Shields and Dale Caleb Shields, children/o Raymond Dale Shields;
Richard Patteron, s/o Edith (Shields) Patterson; Romia Shields, dau/o Clifford Harry Shields;
Ruby (Cromwell) Miltenberger, dau/o Ethel (Shields) Cromwell; Mary Imo Shields, dau/o Raymond Dale Shields
In Wagon: Lahoma Shields & Richard Patterson
Charles Patterson, & Caleb Shields
Children unknown
Standing: L > R: Dale Caleb7 Shields and his father, Raymond Dale6 Shields
Sitting: Caleb5 Shields holding Mary Sandra Iris8 Shields
1938
Caleb5 Shields holding Jerry L.8 Shields, Arva Earl7 Shields (left) and Raymond Dale6 Shields (right)
Standing: Edith Iola6 (Shields) Patterson with son, Richard7 Patterson holding his daughter, Carolyn8 Patterson
Sitting: Caleb5 Shields
- Raymond Dale6 SHIELDS born 1883
- Ethel Estella6 SHIELDS born 1886
- Clifford Harry6 SHIELDS born 1890
- Edith Iola6 SHIELDS born 1896
1956 or 1957
Audrey's great-grandparents
Hannah E. (Myers) Shields (1864-1900), dau/o Joseph Myers & Lavina Shafer