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GEORGE R. SHIELDS, retired farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio, December 4, 1817. His father, William Shields, was a native of Kentucky, and came to this county about 1815. He was a farmer of Byrd Township, till 1828, when he removed to Pleasant Township, and there resided till his death, in May, 1867. Mr. Shield’s grandfather, William Shields, Sr., lived and died in Byrd Township, at age of ninety-four, and his great-grandfather, on his mother’s side Reed, died in that township at one hundred and four years of age. Mr. Shields’ mother was Mary Ramey, a native of Pennsylvania, whose father, Lawrence Ramey, removed to Byrd Township at an early day, and there resided till death. Mrs. Shields died in 1875 or ‘76. She was the mother of five children, three daughters and two sons, only two of whom are living — our subject and sister, Elizabeth, wife of J. W. Laycock, of Pleasant Township. George R. Shields was reared in Byrd and Pleasant Townships, and was married, June 24, 1838, to Sarah Purdum, who was born in Jefferson Township November 27, 1818. After marriage, Mr. Shields engaged in farming in Pleasant Township. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1879, when he sold his farm of 187 acres, and removed to Southwest Kansas, where he resided eleven months. Not being pleased with his new location, and desiring to pass the remainder of life among the scenes of his boyhood, he returned to Brown County and located at Georgetown, where he now resides. Politically, Mr. Shields has always been an earnest advocate of Democratic principles, and, in 1866, was elected Sheriff of Brown County; he was re-elected, in 1868, serving two terms. While a resident of Pleasant Township, he was elected Constable. Mr. Shields is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and connected with the Georgetown Lodge and Chapter. Eight children have been born to him, only two of whom are living — Frank P., the eldest living child, was married, December 29, 1881, to Bridget Burke, a native of Maysville, Mason Co., Ky., and of Irish parentage. The other child, Sarah, is the wife of A. M. Crum, of Wellington, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Shields are well known throughout Brown County, and highly respected by all.