When William Francis Shields was born in 1868, in Leake, Mississippi, United States, his father, Joseph Anderson Shields, was 33 and his mother, Malinda M. Long, was 25. He married Balzora Pilgrim on 22 July 1892, in Attala, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Bonita, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States in 1920 and Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States in 1930. He died on 20 December 1936, in Black Oak, Craighead, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Monette, Craighead, Arkansas, United States.
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Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
In 1877, the Mississippi State Board of Health was established to protect and advance health throughout the state. There are several different categories that fall under their watch such as disease, environment, injury, standard care, shots, keep records, and more.
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English: variant of Shield 1 (and perhaps occasionally 2, 3, and 4) with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. In the plural form, the surname may also be topographic, for someone who lived in or near some huts, or habitational, from a place so named, such as North Shields (Northumberland) and South Shields (Durham), though these are unlikely to be the main sources of the surname.
Irish: shortened form of O'Shields , an alternative Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Siadhail; see Shiel .
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