Husband: George Roscoe "Ross" Shields
Census name: Rosco Shields 1
Born: Jun- -1884 in Tyler Co, WV 2,3,4
Died: Jan-21-1969 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 5
Buried: (tin marker) in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1935 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV 7
Census: 1930 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV
Census: 1910 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
Resided: 1906 in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV 4
Census: 1900 in Meade District, Tyler Co, WV
Occupation: mail carrier 5
Father: Christopher Shields (1851 - )
Mother: Melvina Lawson (1863 - )
Other spouse 1
Wife: Nancy J. Booher 8
Married: Jul-17-1922 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Born: ca 1900 in Tyler Co, WV 1 (see note 1)
Census: 1930 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV
Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Father: Henry Ellsworth Booher (1866 - 1940)
Mother: Winifred "Freda" Leasure (1868 - 1930)
M Child 1: Elisha Willard Shields Born: Jan- 4-1916 in Tyler Co, WV 10,3 Died: May-31-2002 11,10 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 10 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1940 in Tucker Hollow, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Tyler Co, WV 7 Census: 1930 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Census: 1920 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Occupation: 1940 construction worker 7 Military: U.S. Navy, World War II 10 Wife: Clara June Haught b. Jun-26-1920 d. Aug-16-2009 Also known as: June Haught 13,14,15 Married: May- 4-1936 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
M Child 2: Orval Sylvester Shields Born: Aug-10-1922 in Canton, Doddridge Co, WV 3,17 Died: Nov-13-1994 17 Buried: in Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 18 Resided: in Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV 19 Resided: 1990 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Military: enlisted 10/21/1942 Pvt, U.S. Army, World War II 20,21 Wife: Edna Blanche Yeater b. Apr- 6-1923 d. Mar- 4-1990 Married: Jan- 3-1957 11
Sources: (1) 1910 Census, Tyler County, WV. (2) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. (3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (5) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (6) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (7) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (8) Birth record of son. (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (10) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (11) Obituary of wife. (12) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. (13) Obituary. (14) Obituary of sister. (15) Obituary of father. (16) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) Social Security Death Index. (18) Findagrave.com. (19) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Colorado before 1951. (20) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (21) Military Grave Marker. Event Notes Note (1) Age 21 in marriage record would put birth in about 1901, while age 10 in 1910 puts it in about 1900. She was not with the family in the 1900 Census.