History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . moved back to Ohio and there, in Susquehanna County, he again stayed a couple of years and then moved on to Benton County, Mo. He diedwhen Martin was two and a half years old, whereupon his mother married JohnWesley Dick, and our subject was reared by his stepfather. He attended a grade school in Benton County, and afterward went to the StateNormal School at Warrensburg, Mo.,
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . moved back to Ohio and there, in Susquehanna County, he again stayed a couple of years and then moved on to Benton County, Mo. He diedwhen Martin was two and a half years old, whereupon his mother married JohnWesley Dick, and our subject was reared by his stepfather. He attended a grade school in Benton County, and afterward went to the StateNormal School at Warrensburg, Mo., where he studied for a couple of years. Forthe next two years he was employed as a clerk in the large establishment of BlairBrothers, dealers in clothing at Sedalia, and for the first time came to California in1884, settling in Mono County. He purchased an alfalfa ranch of 240 acres, situated atan elevation of 5,000 feet above the level of the sea, and raised cattle, hogs and was a cold country in winter, and he had two cuttings a year from the alfalfagrown there. The ranch was located in Antelope Valley and at first his tradingcenter was Carson City; but this was later changed to Minion, HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1009 On April 11, 1887. Mr. Shields was married to Miss Florence Warfield was born near Florence. Md., the daughter of William and Ellen A. father was a graduate of Yale, Harvard, and a theological college at Gettysburg,and he taught for a while in Yale College. Afterward he established a school of hisown at Lisbon, Md., at which place he died in later years. Mr. and Mrs. Shieldshad a dairy of more than thirty milch cows of the Holstein strain on their MonoCounty ranch, and they bred and raised their own stock. In 1911 Mr. Shields sold out and removed to Santa Ana, and here he purchasedtwenty acres of open land on Irvine Boulevard, which he sold in the short period of ayear. In 1919 he bought what was known as the William F. L
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