Show MARKSHEROS TOMB I Monument Now at Gen Shields longNeglected Grave i He Fought With Distinction In Two Wars Served Three States as Senator and a Fourth as Governor Carrollton MOTo havo served as jienator from three states and as governor gov-ernor of a fourth Is a distinction that blls i como to only ono man in tho history his-tory of tho United Stales And yet for nearly 30 years that man Gen i lames H Shields whose military record rec-ord waE oven more Illustrious than Ills record as a statesman lay In an Inmost forgotten and unmarked grave He was the first territorial governr lot Oregon ho served a full term as I senator from Illinois ho was one of the first two senators from Minnesota j lud he served out an unexpired term is senator from Missouri lIe went I Into the Mexican war a brigadier gen jtral and served with such distinction I that his sword found ready acceptance Bind ho was commissioned a brigadier general at the outbreak of the Civil I rar arGeneral General Shields served four states lud his adopted country ho was Irish torn both faithfully and well and doubtless had public attention Men r Ig I I 1 N aRIGaGWRaL Ar1C5 SNICLC I roe n Ill HIHN rrR0N1 OICLAHP At > wAND eDt tNt rm MOTTUnVM > JUKtllW ass tLES I Co Hotell res Monument to General Shields lee 1 tet lied earlier to the neglect of his rave in St Marys cemetery here oods ongress would have been quicker to ow by a monument Its npprecla JIIS on of his services However when epresentntlve Rucker of Missouri pile traduced n bill at the last session of h nOW r I ngress to appropriate 3000 for that in lev l Jrpose it was quickly passed and o + erne rl e monument was recently unveiled ern-e pM Thu monument is of white marble Amu i no feet high surmounted by a bust rco feet in height On tho four sides I o the coatsofarms In bronze of Ore 1 m Illinois Minnesota and Missouri 111 l I General Shields was one of the filany young Irishmen who came to erica In the generation that pro II ded the Civil war and gave their i opted country cause to feel proud I them He was born in County Ij rono December 12 1810 About thee the-e of 16 young Shields emigrated toe to-e United States and finished his edu I i tion Ho studied law and began 1 dice at KaskaskIa Ill in 1832 j I1 rapidly achieved professional dla j ttlon and having entered politics i elected to the legislature In 1836 1839 ho was elected state auditor I d In 1843 was appointed Judge of I e Supreme court of Illinois Ho held e latter office two years and resign to accept the appointment of comE com-E missioner of the aeneral land office in Washington Served In Two Wars At the outbreak of the iloxlcan war Shields was given a brigadiers commission com-mission and commanded first a brig ado of Illinois troops later command Ing a brigade composed Of marines and New York and South Carolina volunteers Ho served under Gen Zachary Taylor Gen Winfield Scott and General Wool and was wounded at Cerro Gordo and in the storming of Chapultepec For gallantry in the latter action ho was breveted a major general General Shields was mustered mus-tered out of service In 1848 and shortly short-ly afterwards was appointed the first territorial governor of Oregon While serving In that office he was elected senator from Illinois and served out his full term After quitting quit-ting the senate ho moved to Minnesota Minne-sota where he speedily became prominent prom-inent in politics and on tho admission of that state ho was elected senator for the short term serving two years from 1857 to 1859 Quitting the senate sen-ate again ho wont to California and engaged in mining and was thus engaged en-gaged when the Civil war broke out Promptly he offered his sword and was commissioned a brigadier general Ho commander a division under Gen Nathaniel P Banks in the Shenandoah Shenan-doah Valley and directed the initial movement at the battle of Winches ter whore ho was severely wounded At his own request he was relieved of his command In the nnny and went to California whero he remained until un-til tho closo of the war Ho then choso Missouri as his home settling In Carroll county living on n farm u fow miles east of Carrollton In peaceful peace-ful retirement until 1874 when he was chosen to represent the county in the legislature I In January 1879 he wall chosen by the Missouri legislature to fill the unexpired term of Senator Li V Bogy which expired March 4 1879 He died at Ottumwa In 1879 |