E. J. SHIELDS
E. J. Shields, one of the prominent men of Noble township, was born in Butler county, Ohio, on the 28th of January, 1828, and there grew to manhood. In 1852 he moved to California, and there spent three years in mining and lumbering. On his return he settled in Butler county, Ohio, and there lived until 1856, when he emigrated to Iowa, and settled in Delaware county, where he was engaged in farming and in clerking in a store until 1864, when he came to Cass county, and took a homestead on section 32, Noble township, where he has since resided. In 1855 he was married to Sarah Jenkins, who was born in 1834. They have been blessed with six children, five of whom are now living -- Harry M., Luela, Charles D., Everett J., Walter, died in infancy, and Florence J. Mrs. Shields died in May, 1874, leaving her lonely husband and children to battle alone with the world. Mr. Shields has held several offices of trust, and was elected county supervisor in 1868, and was the first township clerk of Noble township. He was also elected supervisor in 1875, and had the honor of naming Noble township.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 656.
