History of Kentucky, five volumes, edited by Judge Charles Kerr, American Historical Society, New York & Chicago, 1922, Vol. V, p. 167, Spencer Co. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHIELDS, M. D. Busied with a growing practice as a physician and surgeon at Taylorsville, Doctor Shields has also found time to devote to politics, is one of the democratic leaders in Spencer County, and has represented that county in the Legislature. Doctor Shields was born near Chaplin in Nelson County, Kentucky, January 2, 1881, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Russell (Green) Shields. On both sides he represents old and honored Kentucky families. His father was a native of Spencer County and his mother of Nelson County. His grandfather, Vincent Shields married a Miss Anderson. The name Shields is of Scotch origin. The maternal grandparents of Doctor Shields were Levan and Henrietta (Milton) Green. Benjamin F. Shields, Sr., was a merchant at Alton, Anderson County, when he died at the age of thirty-two. He was the father of two sons and two daughters. His widow, who died at the age of sixty, subsequently married J. T. Williams, and by that union had a son and three daughters. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Shields grew up in Spencer County in the home of his mother and stepfather. He had a farm training, attended the common schools, and completed his literary education in Transylvania University. He was graduated in medicine from the Hospital College of Medicine at Louisville on July 3, 1905, and for a time practiced in Anderson and also in Mercer County, but his best professional work has been done since he moved to Taylorsville. He is a member of the Spencer County, Kentucky State and American Medical associations. Doctor Shields was chosen representative from Spencer County and served in the session of 1920. He was a delegate to the National Convention at San Francisco the same year. He is a member of the Christian Church. In 1918 he married Miss Ardia May Milligan. Anderson Green Milligan Milton Shields Williams = Anderson-KY Nelson-KY Mercer-KY