DR. CHARLES M. SHIELDS.
Matthew Shields, of Gloucester county, Virginia, was the father of
James W. Shields, who was born in that county, removed to Richmond,
and now resides there with his wife, Caroline E., daughter of Charles
Beck of Berlin. Their son, subject of this sketch, was born in Richmond,
January 1, 1856. He was educated at Roanoke and Richmond Colleges,
and graduated in medicine at the Medical College of Virginia in March,
1879. After having served a year in hospitals, he began practice in the
city of Richmond. He is lecturer on diseases of the eye, ear and throat
at the Medical College of Virginia, and now confines his practice to treatment
of these diseases.
At Lexington, Missouri, November 3, 1881, Dr. Shields married Maggie
Anderson, daughter of John D. New, now of Portsmouth, Virginia.
Their children are three daughters and one son, born in the order named;
Maggie, Lina, Hattie, Charles W. Dr. Shields is ex-president of the Richmond
Academy of Medicine; a member of the Episcopal Church; and of
the Masonic fraternity.
