Born 36 years after the death of Thomas Jefferson and during Abraham Lincoln's term as president, he had an early interest in politics, society, justice, and agriculture, which his mother Elizabeth had become especially involved with, winning many prizes at the state fairs and participating in agricultural societies.
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He was born April 4, 1862, at the Shields Ranch, which was located near Rancho Cordova, California on the American River, to John Shields who emigrated in 1850 from Donegal, Ireland and Elizabeth Shields, née Bowe, who emigrated from Waterford, Ireland in 1855.
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He was a dedicated Jeffersonian Democrat and strong supporter of Congressman John Moss and Governor Edmund Brown of California, serving in the honorary capacities in the campaigns of the later both for attorney general and for governor.
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