SHIELDS, George Howell, lawyer; born Bardstown, Ky., June 19, 1842; son of George W. and Martha A. (Howell) Shields;lived in Missouri since 1844; educated in private schools, Hannibal, Mo., and then in Westminster College, Fulton, Mo.(which afterward conferred degree of LL.D., 1892); graduated from Louisville Law School, LL. B., March, 1865; married, Hanniba1. Mo., Feb. 1, 1866, Mary Harrison Leighton; children, George Howell, Jr., Mrs. Sara Bainbridge Warren, andMarion Leighton. Practiced law in Hannibal, Mo., 1865-73; in partnership with Hon. John B. Hendenson, 1873-83, in St. Louis; practiced alone, 188389; removed to Washington, D. C., 1889, and was assistant attorney general of U. S. and counsel for Interior Department under the administration of President Harrison, 1889-93; returned to St. Louis, 1894; law partner with Hon. John W. Noble, 18941903; Oct. 1, 1905, became a member of the firm of Barclay, Shields & Fauntleroy. Republican; was captain 53d Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia; city attorney of Hannibal, Mo., three terms; member General Assembly of Missouri from Marion County, 1871-72; member Missouri Constitutional Convention from St. Louis, 1875; member and president St. Louis Board of Freeholders which formed Scheme and Charter for St. Louis; agent and counsel for United States before Chilean Claims Commission, 1893-94; master in chancery. United States Circuit Court, 1880-1905. Candidate for Supreme Court of Missouri, 1872; chairman Republican State Committee, 1876-80. Presbyterian; elder Second Presbyterian Church and Lafayette Park Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, and Church of the Covenant. Washington, D. C. Member and four years president, Missouri Society Sons of the American Revolution (vice-president National Society one year): member F. P. Blair Post, G. A. R. Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri Athletic. Office: 316 Commercial Bldg. Residence: 3665 Delmar Boulevard.