WHO WAS WHO in PLUM TOWNSHIP - Titusville Herald, 11 July 1962 by H. W. Strawbridge Joseph Shields was born in Butler County on Jan. 18, 1804. His father was apparently James Shields who is listed in early census records as a resident of northwestern Butler County. The Shields family came from north of Ireland, family tradition states, but was mostly of Scots descent. Joseph was reared on a farm and received a common school…
