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Henry Gartrell Shields 1853–1899 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1853

Birth Location: Georgia

Death Date: 27 November 1899

Death Location: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of America

Father: Abraham Shields

Mother: Lucy Hillman

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The story of Henry Gartrell Shields began in 1853 in Georgia. Henry Gartrell Shields passed away in 1899 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry Gartrell Shields began in 1853 in Georgia.
  • Henry Gartrell Shields passed away in 1899 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of America.

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Henry Shields's Ancestors

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Henry Shields
1853–1899
Birth Place: Georgia
Parents
Abraham John Shields
1821–1873
Georgia
Lucy (Emmons) Hillman
1824–1900
North Carolina
Grandparents
John Shields
1786–1856
Columbia Co., GA
Sally Jones
1796–1834
GA
Caleb Hillman
1791–1836
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Louisa ("Lucy") Bellenfant
1792–1881
Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States?
Great-Grandparents
William Shields
1751–1810
Mary Stapler
1753–
Abraham Jones
1752–1831
Ann Cole
1763–1827
Ezekial Hillman
1760–1827
Frances Winder
1760–1835
Louisa Yeoman
1767–1797
Jean Bellenfant
1755–1802
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Major Shields
1730–1781
Margaret Thompson
1730–1810
James Jones
1715–1772
Martha Parham
1720–
Drury Yeoman
1740–1795
Mary Hamilton
1748–1838
Joseph Bellenfant
1694–

Henry Shields's Timeline

2 Records

1853
1853
Birth of Henry Gartrell Shields in Georgia
Georgia
1899
27 November 1899
Age 46
Death of Henry Gartrell Shields in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of America
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1853
    Event Place: Georgia
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 November 1899
    Event Place: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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