Born to George Shields and Mary Turner Shields. Robert Shields passed away on Jan 21, 1846and was buried in Second Creek Cemetery in Blanchester, Ohio, United States. Robert Shields was married to Martha Brown Shields and had 7 children: George Shields, John B. Shields, Rev William M Shields, David Shields, Lucinda Shields Spence, Joseph Andrew Shields, Robert Dobbin Shields.