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Joe Lee SHIELDS

Joe Lee SHIELDS

Male 1935 - 2000  (65 years)

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  • Name Joe Lee SHIELDS 
    Born 9 Mar 1935  Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1940  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as Joe Shields, 15, a lodger in the household of Charlie B. Smith (64), his wife Enza (Talkington) (59), and their daughter Charleen (22).

      Local news item as part of an article titled "Court News," West Union Herald, Thursday, 10 July 1952:
      "Zelma P. Finley was named as guardian of Joe Lee Shields, a minor aged 17 years. She gave bond in the sum of $100."
      Zelma Pearl Finley (nee Farley, born 1905, daughter of Cora Farley) married Clyde L. Finley in 1946. Zelma was Joe Shields' aunt, the half-sister of his father.
    Residence 1998  Vienna, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 12 Aug 2000  [1, 2] 
    Buried Middlebourne Cemetery, Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I89223  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2024 

    Father Harvey Gail SHIELDS,   b. 12 Dec 1908, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1998  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Ruby Ruth MAIN,   b. 28 Dec 1911,   d. 14 Jul 1940, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Family ID F30359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Norma Jean FORRESTER,   b. 2 Apr 1934, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 2011, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 1955  [5] 
    Family ID F60335  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2646] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    4. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.