Individual Details

Sergeant John Lee Shields

(12 Aug 1888 - 15 May 1951)

Events

Birth12 Aug 1888Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
GraduationAbt 1906Indiana State Teachers College - Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
OccupationAbt 1907teacher
Military20 Jun 1916served seven months on the Texas-Mexican border after enlisting in Company H, 16th. Penna. Infantry
Military1917served as Sergeant during World War I after enlisting once again
Military1918was wounded, captured by the Germans, and held as prisoner of war for five months - France
Marriage7 Dec 1921Florella Ruth Oesterling
OccupationBef 1951journalist and wrote a popular column in the Jefferson Democrat called "Salmagundi" - Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Death15 May 1951

Families

SpouseFlorella Ruth Oesterling (1901 - )
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherWilliam Shields ( - 1935)
MotherCatherine Shetterly Pifer (1868 - )
SiblingDessie Belle Shields (1887 - 1889)
SiblingLieutenant Henry Maxwell Shields (1896 - )
SiblingCatherine Princetta Shields (1902 - )