Generation 4
Jonathan "John" S. Shields, son of Jackson Shields and Missouri Ann West was born between 1842-1846 in Texas, USA. He married Mary Jane "Ann" West, daughter of Jacob West and Mary Jane Ann Wood on 28 Feb 1867 in Atascosa, Texas, USA.
Mary Jane "Ann" West, daughter of Jacob West and Mary Jane Ann Wood was born in 1852 in Texas, USA. She died between 1891-1900 in Texas, USA.
Notes for Jonathan "John" S. Shields: Name: Jonathan Shields
Birthplace: Texas
Registry Date: 15 Jul 1867
County: AtascosaLine Number: 120
Archive Name: Texas State Library and Archives
Archive Collection Title: 1867 Voter Registration Lists
Archive Reel Number: 1
1850 Panola Co, TX
1880 Mason Co, TX 1900 Wilson Co, TX1910 Lampasas Co, TX
Also spelled Shields.
G 360402 Shields, Jonathan SCH 005906Jonathan Shields rode with his uncle, Texas Ranger Captain Peter Tumlinson, hunting Indians and then fighting Cortina on the Mexican border in 1860. See letters to Jonathan and letter to Joe Tumlinson from Missouri West Shields Brown dated May 27, 1860.
Defending the Borders: The Texas Rangers, 1848-1861 by Frederick Wilkins SAM HOUSTON AND THE INDIANS 141
The whole amount of money in the treasury subject to the frontier defense for the next two years is 91,537. 37$. This will not furnish the regular companies with supplies. The troops called out by the Executive must be fed. For their pay they will have to look to the Legislature.Pay or no pay, the various detachments did the best they could. Lieutenant Dixon Walker wrote Houston that conditions had become calmer since he first reported, and that there had been no Indian sign in the past ten days. However, he needed forage-and everything else. Still, he noted, the Indians had stopped using their regular trails. He had “two little runs in and we got their beef & butcher knife the material they made paints & several other thing The brush saved them.”
Life in these ranger units was harsh under normal conditions. When there was no forage for the horses, or food for the men unless they could buy it themselves or hunt, life was miserable. ‘When Walker reported for April 1860, he listed himself and five men for duty. Two were sick in Stephenville, nine were on a ten-day furlough and seven had left the service.During March 1860, Houston also formed a forty-eight man ranger company in Atascosa County. He chose Peter Tumlinson for this job, and the old timer, barely out of service along the Rio Grande chasing Cortina, came back to defend the country between the Frio and the Rio Grande.14 Economy had become almost an obsession with the governor. He told Tumlinson if he could not “obtain supplies by regular contract, you will have to provide for the men, returning vouchers to this Department as best you may, always keeping an eye to the strictest economy and the greatest protection of the frontier.”
Tumlinson formed a new company and was on station in Sabinal, from where he reported to the governor on April 24, 1860, with his allotted forty privates, three sergeants, three corporals, plus two lieutenants, two guides and a surgeon. They were all well mounted and armed, with ten to fifteen shots a man indicating that every ranger had at least one revolver; many of them had two as well as a rifle, and possibly a shotgun or extra single-shot pistols. The rangers were active; Tumlinson split the company into fif teen-mapatois to scout all over his territory, paying close attention to the headwaters of the major streams and natural Indian trails into the settlements. They found no Indian signs.
The constant ranger patrols discouraged Comanche raids, even if no fighting contacts were made, and settlers were quick to notice the change. Citizens in Bandera County petitioned Houston to retain Tumlinson in service and send him back where he had been originally stationed. After describing conditions before the rangers came, their letter continued; if the Ranging protection is taken from us We must leave with them for we have had no peace for a great while until Capt. Tumlinson came to our relief with his mounted Rangers which for two months he has continually scoured our country - and we have felt safe for the first time. Their has been several Indians trails pass through a remote portion of our country but never venture in the settlements since the Rangers have been here. And from the continued Scouts Capt Tumlinson has kept up we prefer him to any protection that could be sent.Even if there were no Indian fights, the constant patrolling kept raiding parties away. Citizens in Lampasas County also wrote Houston to retain their ranger company in service, informing the governor that the peace they had enjoyed was due to Captain Moses Hughes and his rangers. All of Texas’ governors had taken a role in organizing ranger companies, as well as trying to find money to pay them, but Sam Houston went further and tried to direct them. On March 1, he sent Ed Burleson to penetrate Indian country to the Cedar Mountains and headwater of the Wichita where it was believed Indian thieves had a large herd of stolen horses. Houston instructed Burleson to leave enough men to protect the settlements and to call on Conner for twenty-five rangers to augment his expedition. If feasible, he could call on Dairymple for a like number, providing it did not delay him Houston gave Burleson some discretion to use his own udgem’
Notes for Mary Jane "Ann" West: 1860, 1870 Atascosa, TX 1880 Mason Co, TX
Mary Jane "Ann" West and Jonathan "John" S. Shields had the following children:
Saleatha Shields, daughter of Jonathan "John" S. Shields and Mary Jane "Ann" West was born in 1868 in Texas, USA.Notes for Saleatha Shields: 1880 Mason Co, TX
Louisa J "Lou" Shields, daughter of Jonathan "John" S. Shields and Mary Jane "Ann" West was born on 18 Feb 1876 in Texas, USA. She died on 25 Aug 1971 in Robertson, Texas, USA. She married Calvin W Suggs, son of Calvin A Suggs and Mary J Smith on 05 Jan 1893 in Atascosa, Texas, USA. He was born in Sep 1867 in Texas, USA. He died on 17 Mar 1933 in Robertson, Texas, USA.
Notes for Louisa J "Lou" Shields:
1880 Mason Co, TX
1900 Wilson Co, TX
1910 Lampasas Co, TXBuried at Suggs Cemetery.
Notes for Calvin W Suggs:
1860, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 Robertson, TX
Saleatha Shields, daughter of Jonathan "John" S. Shields and Mary Jane "Ann" West was born in 1868 in Texas, USA.
Notes for Saleatha Shields: 1880 Mason Co, TX
EARL OF LEICESTER
ALSO SEE 53-24
Birth: 1624 Canterbury, Kent, England Death: Apr. 18, 1670 Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
John Catlett was a son of John Catlet, (ye younger) and Sarah (Hawkins) Catlet. On 12-Mar-1625/6 John was christened at St. Peter's, Canterbury, Eng. In England John married (first) Miss Lucas. They were the parents of Nicholas Catlett and Thomas Catlett. John Catlett became the third husband of Elizabeth (Underwood) (Taylor) Slaughter in January, 1663 in Rappahannock County., VA. John and Elizabeth were the parents of Col. John Catlett, Jr., Elizabeth (Catlett) Taliaferro, Sarah (Catlett) Taliaferro, and William Catlett. Col. John Catlett came in 1650 to the banks of the Rappanahannock River VA. He was a colonel in the Colonial Militia of Rappahnock County. He was killed while defending the fort near Port Royal from the Indians in 1654 in Lancaster County, VA. He was a Vestryman of Sittingbourne Parish in Va; active in campaigns against the Indians; 1 of 3 Commissioners chosen to settle the boundry between Virginia & Maryland; Sheriff; and Presiding Justice of Rappahannock Co., VA. John left an estate in Kent County, England to provide an education for his children in England. John owned over 12,000 acres in VA with Ralph Rowzee, his half brother. Family links: Parents: John Catlet (1596 - 1625 Sarah Catlet-Rowzie (1602 - ____) Spouse: Elizabeth Underwood Butler (____ - 1673) Children: Thomas Catlett John Catlett (1658 - 1724) Elizabeth Catlett Taliaferro (1663 - 1717) Sarah Catlett Taliaferro (1666 - 1726)
Burial: Unknown Created by: Elreeta Weathers Record added: Mar 01, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 86108560
Peggy Lou Moser
Birth: Jun. 6, 1968 Surry County North Carolina, USA
Death: Jul. 25, 2011 Dobson Surry County North Carolina, USAMs. Peggy Lou Moser, 43, of Dobson passed away on Monday, July 25, 2011 at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Surry County on June 6, 1968 to the late Harvey and Thelma Edwards Moser. Ms. Moser was employed by Professional Health Care as a Certified Nursing Assistant and a member of Shield of Faith Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Heather Moser and Amber Bingman; two sons, Matthew Haynes and Israel Moser all of Dobson; her fiancé, Eder Naranjo of the home seven grandchildren and an expectant grandson; four sisters, Shirley Crouse, Carolyn and husband Dewey Nelson, Helen Summerlin and Janie Largen all of Dobson, Bonnie Moser of Mount Airy and Deborah and husband Roy Edwards also of Dobson; four brothers, Jerry and wife Betty Moser, Wade and fiancé Mary Galyean, Bobby Moser all of Mount Airy and Sharon Moser of Dobson; a special cousin, Stevie McHone and a special friend, Sanchez Jarvis of Dobson. In addition to her parents, Ms. Moser was preceded in death by a brother, Yogi Moser. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 pm Wednesday in the chapel of Moody-Davis Funeral Home by Preacher George Wilson and Rev. Terry Coe with burial to follow in Dobson City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2 pm until the hour of the service and at other times at the home of her daughter, Amber Bingman 2248 Zephyr Road, Dobson, NC 27017. Family links: Parents: Harvey Moser (1920 - 2002) Thelma Marie Edwards Moser (1933 - 2005)
Burial: Dobson Town Cemetery Dobson Surry County North Carolina, USA
Created by: William Johnson Record added: Oct 08, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 98494400