Person:William Shields (21)

Name	Hon. William Bayard Shields, Esq.
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`		Delaware, United States
Marriage		Mississippi, United Statesto Benoist (add)
Death`^?`		Mississippi, United States

References

Biographical and historical memoirs of Louisiana: embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the state, a special sketch of every parish and a record of the lives of many of the most worthy and illustrious families and individuals. (Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1892)
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... Hon. William Bayard Shields, came from Delaware to Mississippi when a young man and here married a Miss Benoist, who belonged to a distinguished French family, her father being a French royalist. Mr. Shields was an eminent scholar and a celebrated attorney. He was the first United States district attorney for Mississippi, and he it was who prosecuted Aaron Burr. He was of Irish descent (his father being from Ireland and his mother a sister of James A Bayard), and one of the early settlers of Jefferson county, Miss. ...