s/o William Shields / Jane Williams
Ebenezer Shields died on July 1, 1837, at the age of 58. Family tradition ascribes his demise to "summer pneumonia," although it is known from his will that for some months prior to his death he was in ill health, and very likely bedridden. The nature of his other debilities, if any, is not known. He is buried in the Shields family burial ground in Hampton Valley, west of Emmitsburg - the only one of William's eleven children known to have been buried in the family plot in which William Shields himself was interred.
Consort to Margaret Morrison
They had known children - John Henry, Andrew Jackson, William Vanburen
Consort to Rachel Robison
They had known child - Jefferson
ref: Ebenezer was the 10th child & 8th son of William & Jane; Emmitsburg Area Historical Society
Ebenezer Shields died on July 1, 1837, at the age of 58. Family tradition ascribes his demise to "summer pneumonia," although it is known from his will that for some months prior to his death he was in ill health, and very likely bedridden. The nature of his other debilities, if any, is not known. He is buried in the Shields family burial ground in Hampton Valley, west of Emmitsburg - the only one of William's eleven children known to have been buried in the family plot in which William Shields himself was interred.
Consort to Margaret Morrison
They had known children - John Henry, Andrew Jackson, William Vanburen
Consort to Rachel Robison
They had known child - Jefferson
ref: Ebenezer was the 10th child & 8th son of William & Jane; Emmitsburg Area Historical Society
s/o William Shields / Jane Williams
Ebenezer Shields died on July 1, 1837, at the age of 58. Family tradition ascribes his demise to "summer pneumonia," although it is known from his will that for some months prior to his death he was in ill health, and very likely bedridden. The nature of his other debilities, if any, is not known. He is buried in the Shields family burial ground in Hampton Valley, west of Emmitsburg - the only one of William's eleven children known to have been buried in the family plot in which William Shields himself was interred.
Consort to Margaret Morrison
They had known children - John Henry, Andrew Jackson, William Vanburen
Consort to Rachel Robison
They had known child - Jefferson
ref: Ebenezer was the 10th child & 8th son of William & Jane; Emmitsburg Area Historical Society
Ebenezer Shields died on July 1, 1837, at the age of 58. Family tradition ascribes his demise to "summer pneumonia," although it is known from his will that for some months prior to his death he was in ill health, and very likely bedridden. The nature of his other debilities, if any, is not known. He is buried in the Shields family burial ground in Hampton Valley, west of Emmitsburg - the only one of William's eleven children known to have been buried in the family plot in which William Shields himself was interred.
Consort to Margaret Morrison
They had known children - John Henry, Andrew Jackson, William Vanburen
Consort to Rachel Robison
They had known child - Jefferson
ref: Ebenezer was the 10th child & 8th son of William & Jane; Emmitsburg Area Historical Society
Inscription
EBENEZER
SHIELDS
Son Died
July 1, 1837
Aged
58 Ye. _ Mo. &
8 Days
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Born Dec. 22, 1778
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