Geraldine Shields
1921 - 2016 (94 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Geraldine Shields was born on 18 Aug 1921 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois (daughter of Charles Ross Shields and Wintress Easome Crouch); died on 29 Mar 2016 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160230243/geraldine-shields
2. Charles Ross Shields was born on 8 Jan 1893 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois (son of James Benjamin Shields and Alvina Williams); died on 11 Feb 1967 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1920, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
- Census: 1930, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
- Census: 1940, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
Notes:
Rites Wednesday at Bluford for Ross Shields.
Funeral services for Ross Shields will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Bluford Funeral Home with the Rev. Ross Partridge officiating. Burial will be in Oakdale cemetery with members of Jefferson Post 141 American Legion conducting graveside rites.
The body will lie in state at the Bluford Funeral Home where friends may call at any time.
Mr. Shields, 74, of RFD 1., Bluford, died at 9>30 a.m. Monday in Good Samaritan Hospital.
He was born Jan. 8, 1893 in Jefferson county, the son of James and Alvina (Williams) Shields.
On May 19, 1918, he was married to Wintress Crough, who survives. Hs is also survived by a son, Garold Shields of Belleville; a daughter, Mrs. Geraldine Greek, at home; a brother, Dewey Shields; a half-brother, Tom Voyles, both of Mt. Vernon; two sisters, Wretha Shields, and Doris Bain, both of Dixon, Ill., and two grandchildren.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a son and two brothers.
Mr. Shields was a veteran of World War One.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107111420/charles-ross-shieldsCharles married Wintress Easome Crouch on 19 May 1919 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. Wintress (daughter of Charles Clark Crouch and Sarah Emeline Craft) was born on 12 Jan 1901 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Jan 1993 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Wintress Easome Crouch was born on 12 Jan 1901 in Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Charles Clark Crouch and Sarah Emeline Craft); died on 28 Jan 1993 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Notes:
Wintress Shields
Bluford – Wintress Shields, 92, of Route 1 died at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, 1993, in Crossroads Community Hospital in Mount Vernon.
Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Bluford Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard McCormick officiating. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorial may be made to Belle Rive Missionary Baptist Church.
Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois. Saturday, 30 January 1993.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107111402/wintress-shieldsChildren:
- James Clark Shields was born on 25 Mar 1920; died on 4 Jun 1920 in Pendleton, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
- 1. Geraldine Shields was born on 18 Aug 1921 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 29 Mar 2016 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
- Gerold Charles Shields was born on 6 Mar 1922 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 29 Aug 1992; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
Generation: 3
4. James Benjamin Shields was born on 24 May 1860 in Tennessee; died on 25 Jan 1907; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107112126/james-benjamin-shieldsJames married Alvina Williams in 1892. Alvina was born on 10 Feb 1862 in Illinois; died on 27 Jun 1916; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Alvina Williams was born on 10 Feb 1862 in Illinois; died on 27 Jun 1916; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1910, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85118785/alvina-shieldsChildren:
- 2. Charles Ross Shields was born on 8 Jan 1893 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 11 Feb 1967 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
6. Charles Clark Crouch was born on 18 Jan 1871 in Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Peter Thompson "Thomps" Crouch and Harriet Levisa "Hattie" Hannah); died on 13 Oct 1950 in Webber Township, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1900, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1910, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
- Census: 1920, Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois
- Census: 1930, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
- Census: 1940, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
Notes:
Funeral Monday For C.C. Crouch
Funeral services for Charles C. Crough, 79, who died at 12:30 p.m. yesterday at his home in Webber township, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Oakdale church. The Rev. Bird Green and the Rev. martin will conduct the service and burial will be in Oakdale cemetery.
Mr. Crouch was the father of 21 children and selected as the “Father of the Day” by the Father’s Day Committee Chairman in a context sponsored by the King City Retailers in June.
Mr. Crouch was in failing health at the time of the contest and was unable to make the trip to Mt. Vernon to receive the many gifts which were given him by the King City Retailers.
Sixteen of his children survive. They are: John at home, Glen of Bluford, Melvin of Sikeston, Mo., Charles of Chicago, Thomas of DeKalb, Kenneth of Cincinnati, O., William of Morton, Ill., Mrs. Ross Shields, Mrs. Hattie Rapp, Mrs. Eleanor Gregory of Bluford, Mrs. Ada Jackson of Belle Rive, Mrs. Elfreida of DeKalb, Mrs. Mary Bordon of Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Dorothy Finn of Malta, Ill., Mrs. Ruth Ann Phelps and Miss Marcella Crouch of Mt. Vernon. Twenty-one grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Crouch was a lifetime farmer and resided in Jefferson county for 50 years. He was first married in 1896 to Sarah Craft Martin in Covington, Ind., and in 1915 he married Blanche Orrick, who preceded him in death October 13, 1938.
The body will lie in state at Comb’s Chapel in Wayne City.
Mt. Vernon Register-News, Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Saturday, 14 October 1950.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107060764/charles-clark-crouchCharles married Sarah Emeline Craft on 13 Aug 1896 in Fountain County, Indiana. Sarah was born on 3 Sep 1867 in Indiana; died on 14 Jun 1910; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Sarah Emeline Craft was born on 3 Sep 1867 in Indiana; died on 14 Jun 1910; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Notes:
MHR note: Information from Eleanor Gregory, March 1954. Sarah Emiline Kraft's people were from the hills of Tennessee.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107061312/sarah-emmaline-crouchChildren:
- Infant Crouch was born about 1899; died about 1899.
- 3. Wintress Easome Crouch was born on 12 Jan 1901 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Jan 1993 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
- John Thompson Crouch was born on 16 Dec 1903 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 16 May 1992; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
- Infant Crouch was born about 1906; died about 1906.
- Arthur Glenn Crouch was born on 23 Aug 1908 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 16 Jul 1973 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois.
Generation: 4
12. Peter Thompson "Thomps" Crouch was born on 15 Mar 1848 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Rollie Banks Crouch and Mary Ann Hedges); died on 8 Feb 1914 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky
- Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1870, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1880, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1900, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1910, Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois
Notes:
MHR note: The original plat of land taken by Peter Thompson Crouch from the government (atlas) is in possession of Carl Sheets, a cousin of Lem Ems, of North Fithian, Illinois, and near Fithian.
Information from Eleanor Gregory. Thompson Crouch is buried in New Hope Cemetery, a half miles south of Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois, on a hill a quarter mile to the right as you go down. The gray stone marker is next to the fence north of the entrance.
Died:
photo of gravestone from Ancestry family web site by Flora McNabb. Shared stone with Harriet
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112919138/peter-thompson-crouchPeter married Harriet Levisa "Hattie" Hannah on 8 Sep 1869 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Harriet (daughter of Thomas Hannah and Margaret Susan McCray) was born on 23 Dec 1851 in Morrow County, Ohio; died on 10 Mar 1934 in Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried on 12 Mar 1934 in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. 
Harriet Levisa "Hattie" Hannah was born on 23 Dec 1851 in Morrow County, Ohio (daughter of Thomas Hannah and Margaret Susan McCray); died on 10 Mar 1934 in Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried on 12 Mar 1934 in New Hope Cemetery, Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1920, Moores Prairie, Jefferson County, Illinois
- Census: 1930, Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois
Notes:
MHR note: "Hattie" Hannah came to Illinois as a baby. Her parents were reared in Virginia. Hattie was the oldest or next oldest of six or seven children. She had a stroke before her death and was in bed about two months.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112919193/harriet-lavisa-crouchChildren:
- 6. Charles Clark Crouch was born on 18 Jan 1871 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 13 Oct 1950 in Webber Township, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
- Arthur Wellington Crouch was born on 5 Feb 1885 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 23 Sep 1942 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Dahlgren, Hamilton County, Illinois.