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Ruth E. Shields Garland

Birth: 21 Mar 1848
Death: 17 Nov 1873 (aged 25)
Fannin County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Wilscot Cemetery

Fannin County, Georgia, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 34.8195668, Longitude: -84.2431132
Memorial ID: 14081865 View Source

Ruth Shields was born in 1848, probably in Cades Cove, Blount, TN. She died of milk fever on 17 Dec 1873 in Fannin Co. GA at the age of 25. (In the 18th century "milk fever" was a term commonly used to describe mastitis.)

Ruth Shields and Joseph Tally (Joe) Garland were married on 11 Nov 1868. They had the following children: Selina Garland Weeks and Sara Jane (Jamie) Garland who died at the age of one.

Ruth Shields was born in 1848, probably in Cades Cove, Blount, TN. She died of milk fever on 17 Dec 1873 in Fannin Co. GA at the age of 25. (In the 18th century "milk fever" was a term commonly used to describe mastitis.)

Ruth Shields and Joseph Tally (Joe) Garland were married on 11 Nov 1868. They had the following children: Selina Garland Weeks and Sara Jane (Jamie) Garland who died at the age of one.

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Mother of Selina Garland Weeks

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Joseph Tally "Grandad Joe" Garland

1844–1939 (m. 1868)

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Maintained by: Anonymous
Originally Created by: Beverly Davis Valcovic
Added: Apr 26, 2006
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14081865/ruth_e-garland: accessed ), memorial page for Ruth E. Shields Garland (21 Mar 1848–17 Nov 1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14081865, citing Wilscot Cemetery, Fannin County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 49453330).

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