Submitted by: Cathy Millburn
PATRICK NEWTON SHIELDES
Patrick Newton Shieldes, b 1822 in Georgia, d 1892 at
Chilicothe, Texas ‑ was married ca 1845 in Georgia to Margaret Emeline
Whiteside, b 1822 in Georgia, d 1902 at Mooreville, Falls County, Texas.
Patrick and Margaret came to Falls County, Texas from Jackson County, Georgia in
1880, settling on a farm near Eddy three miles southeast of the Old Blevins
Road. It was here they lived and farmed until their deaths.
A
school near Eddy was called "Shieldes School" in honor of Patrick. The couple
reared five children and still have descendants at Cego in Falls County:
Rhoda Frances Shieldes, b 1846 in Georgia ‑ married
in 1866 to Isaac Neely.
George Robert Shields, b 1850 in Georgia, d 1928 ‑
married Isabelle Kirkpatrick.
Amanda Eleanor Shieldes, b 1853 in Georgia married
Robert Hare. She taught school in Falls County.
Cynthia Eugenia Shieldes, b 1856 in Georgia married
Simon L. Harris.
John Newton Shieldes, b 1859 in Georgia ‑ married
Martha ("Mattie") Maxey of Chilton, Texas, and moved to Mart, Texas.
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
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Member of Falls County Historical Commission.