GEORGE ROBERT SHIELDES
George Robert Shieldes, b 1850 in Georgia, d March 8,
1928 and buried in the Eddy, Texas Cemetery ‑ was a son of Patrick Newton and
Margaret Emeline (Whiteside) Shieldes. He came to Falls County, Texas with his
parents and siblings in 1880. George Robert Shieldes was married in 1881 to
Isabelle ("Belle") Kirkpatrick, b 1859 in Texas, d March 10, 1928 near Eddy ‑ a
daughter of William Pinkney Kirkpatrick of Abbeyville, South Carolina, and his
wife, Mary Ellen (Moore) Kirkpatrick ‑ a daughter of Robert M. and Marguerite
(Whey) Moore of Ireland.
George and Belle were farmers near Eddy, and were
members of the First Methodist Church at Eddy. They continued to live on the
farm where George's parents settled until they both died in 1928 within two days
of each other.
Belle had been engaged to marry Robert R. Olinger, b April 29, 1843, d January
12, 1877, at Mooreville. He had bought a license on January 5, 1877, but was
killed after a hold‑up and robbery. The bandit was hiding out when Olinger, a
Deputy Constable, approached to arrest him ‑ and the bandit fatally shot him.
The marriage license for Olinger's marriage to Belle is in the records of
Belle's granddaughter, Lorene (Shieldes) Winner of Cego, Texas. It was four
years later when Belle married George Robert Shieldes. They had five children:
Beulah Shieldes, b 1885, d 1891.
Roy Hugh Shieldes, b 1888, d 1974 ‑ married in 1888
to Matilda Huber ‑ a daughter of John Henry and Cunigunda Roming Huber.
Lee Shieldes, b 1891, d 1982 ‑ married December 29,
1907 to Ida Rickett.
Mary Myrtle Shieldes, b 1894, d 1980 ‑ married in
1911 to James Bow, and is buried in Carolina Cemetery near Durango in Falls
County.
Eula Faye Shieldes, b 1898 ‑ married first to Marvin
Shilling, and married second to George Goble. She is a widow, residing in New
Orleans, Louisiana.
Copyright Permission granted
to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families
to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 415 column 1 and 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
