Individual Details

Aaron David Shields

(Dec 1852 - 1909)


















He came to Louisiana with his father building bridges. He and Celiametata country danc e . H e coulde play the violin and was asked toplayfordancing. He was good-looking and all t h e gi rls wanted to dancewithhim,but he only wanted to dance with Celia. He constructed dwel l ings forthefamilies. and was the forst to go to a new field. He wasinterestedinreading a n d al ways instisted his family have a newspaper,and allmustread it. He died as aresult o f a n inj ury from his work.Hewasconstructing an oil derrick, and the stairway collapsed on h im . Helivedas an invalid for a year afterwards.

Events

BirthDec 1852PA
MarriageApr 1884LA - Cecelia Rebecca Hasha
Death1909TX

Families

SpouseCecelia Rebecca Hasha (1868 - 1933)
ChildWilliam Aaron Shields (1887 - 1959)
ChildBertha May Shields (1893 - 1962)
ChildCarma Luona Shields (1895 - 1987)
ChildVirginia Lee Shields (1901 - 1916)

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