This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O’Shields, Nixon, Davidson, Hart, Noble Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FNR.2ACEB/3292 Message Board Post: William Berry O'Shields, the youngest son of Isaac O’Shields and Jarvey G. Nixon, was born 14 Oct 1851, in Phillips Co, AR and died 31 Mar 1900, in Philips Co. He married Mary Ida Davidson, d/o John Davidson and Margaret Hart, 1 Feb 1885, in Phillips Co. She was born 28 Aug 1864, in AR, and died 21 Sep 1946 in Los Angeles, CA. They had 6 children, Lottie Berry, Maggie May, Mable Goff, William Felex, Ethel Bertie, and Kate Garnet. Lottie Berry, born 24 Dec 1885, married Benjamin Kirkwood Noble. He was born 10 Dec 1881 in Iowa. William Berry O’Shields is shown in the 1860 Census living with his parents, in Planters Twp, Phillips Co, AR, and in the 1880 Census living with his brother Isaac in L’Auguille Twp, Phillips Co, AR. Mary Ida O’Shields (a widow) is shown in the 1920 Census living with her daughter, Ethel B. O’Shields in San Diego, CA, and in the 1930 Census, with Ethel, living in Los Angeles, CA. Ben and Lottie Noble are shown in the 1920 Census living in San Diego also. They have 2 boys, age 5 & 2. In the 1930 Census for Los Angeles, only the oldest son, age 15, is listed. Benjamin died 28 Aug 1960 in Los Angeles. Lottie died 27 Dec 1963.