See note under Elizabeth Shields for the probability of an error in birth dates.
Samuel Shields was a county commissioner for Bartholomew County, Indiana in 1861 and 1865. He moved to Bartholomew in 1830 and lived near Columbus until his death.
Sarah Ann Shields and four of her chldren died of typhoid within a few days of each other.
Harper Lindsey Shields was an early graduate of Indiana University. He moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana with his father in 1851. He was a charter member of Mount Pleasant Christian Union Church at Columbus, Indiana and was at one time its pastor. He returned to North Carolina and was living there at the time of the death of his first wife. Church records at Mount Pleasant Christian Union show that 11 May 1890, "Elder H. L. Shields, formerly a minister of the Christian Union of Indiana but latterly a minister in the M.E. [Methodist Episcopal] Church South, came by letter from the latter church, asking a place again in the church." The records show that he was received again as a member and a minister. During the time he was back in North Carolina, Harper may have been pastor of Main Street M.E. Church at Kernersville. He had no children by either marriage.
Harper Lindsey Shields was an early graduate of Indiana University. He moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana with his father in 1851. He was a charter member of Mount Pleasant Christian Union Church at Columbus, Indiana and was at one time its pastor. He returned to North Carolina and was living there at the time of the death of his first wife. Church records at Mount Pleasant Christian Union show that 11 May 1890, "Elder H. L. Shields, formerly a minister of the Christian Union of Indiana but latterly a minister in the M.E. [Methodist Episcopal] Church South, came by letter from the latter church, asking a place again in the church." The records show that he was received again as a member and a minister. During the time he was back in North Carolina, Harper may have been pastor of Main Street M.E. Church at Kernersville. He had no children by either marriage.