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Family HistoryFamily History - Mary Ann Sophrona Shoaff


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Mary Ann Sophrona Shoaff and two of her descendants down to the third generation.


First Generation
1. Mary Ann Sophrona Shoaff,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Mary Ann married William Fields (born ____, parents not determined).

+2i. William H. Fields, Jr., born March 1856 in Enniskillen, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada; died 1911. Married Adaline A. Dunbar.

Second and Third Generations
2. William H. Fields, Jr.2 (Mary Ann1), born March 1856 in Enniskillen, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada;1, 2, 3 died 1911.1 William married, 8 August 1880 in Fulton County, Ohio, Adaline A. Dunbar9 (born 4 April 1856 in Ohio, the daughter of James Dunbar and Mary Ann Gleason;2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Adaline died 11 February 1941 in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio4, 5). William and Adaline are buried in Wauseon Union Cemetery, Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio.1, 4

A 1905 history of the County of Fulton, Ohio, provides interesting details of William H. Fields, his family, and his wife’s family.

WILLIAM H. FIELDS, a builder and house-mover of Wauseon, was born in Enniskillen, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of William and Mary Ann Sophrona (Shoaff) Fields, both natives of Canada. William Fields came to Wauseon in 1865, where he engaged in building and house-moving, in which business he was quite successful. For some years he was actively engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. During the thirty-eight years, that he conducted his business so successfully in Wauseon, he found some time to devote to society and social affairs. In Odd Fellowship he took a very active part, having passed all the chairs of that organization, and was quite prominent all over the State. He was equally active in the temperance cause, being identified with all the temperance societies. It is therefore not to be wondered at that he enjoyed the respect of all classes. He died in 1902 at the age of seventy-five years and is survived by his widow, who is still in remarkably good health, notwithstanding she is seventy-six years old. There were born to this marriage the following children: Almira (deceased), who was the wife of Miles Root of Clinton township; Sarah E., wife of Jason Dowell of Toledo, O.; Sophrona (deceased), who was the wife of James Murphy of Wauseon; William H., the subject of this sketch; Madison, of Michigan; Cyrus, of Chicago; Anna M. (deceased), who was the wife of David M. Mikesell of Toledo; Cora B., wife of John Maxwell of Michigan; and Charles, of Wauseon. William H. Fields, the subject of this sketch was nine years old when he came to Wauseon with his parents. He was educated in the public schools of his home city. After leaving school he formed a partnership with his father in the contracting and house-moving business, in which he is still actively engaged. His success is largely due to the fact that he is thoroughly equipped for his work, understanding it in every detail. So carefully are buildings moved under his direction that comparatively little damage is done to them. As a matter of course he enjoys a very liberal patronage. He married Miss Adaline A. Dunbar, daughter of James Dunbar, born in New London, Conn., in 1817, who located in Erie county, in 1831, and two years later in Clinton township, Fulton county, where he entered wild land. The maiden name of Mrs. Fields’ mother was Gleason. The children of Mr. and Mrs. James Dunbar are: William Wallace (deceased), who served in the Civil war; Gurden R. B., who was killed in the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia; Martha E., now the wife of Henry B. Scott, of Seattle, Washington; Mary (deceased); Adaline A., wife of William H. Fields; Orin R. (deceased); Anna M., wife of Madison Fields, and William Sherman of Wauseon. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Fields has been blessed with one child, Arthur J.


 3i. Arthur J. Fields, born October 1885 in Ohio;2, 10 died 1952.10 Arthur is buried in Wauseon Union Cemetery, Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio.10

  1. Find a Grave (website). Wauseon Union Cemetery, Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio; William H. Fields, born: 1856; died: 1911 (from record).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Fulton County, Wauseon Village, E.D. 4, Sheet No. 13B, William Fields, 44, Canada, March 1856, building mover; wife of 20 years Adaline Fields, 44, Ohio, April 1856, 1 child, 1 living; son Arthur J. Fields, 14, Ohio, October 1885.
  3. The County of Fulton. Thomas Mikesell, Editor. Madison, Wisconsin, Northwestern Historical Association, 1905. Available at archive.org. Page 350, biographical sketch of William H. Fields.
  4. Find a Grave (website). Wauseon Union Cemetery, Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio; Adaline A. Fields, born: 1856; died: 1941 (from record).
  5. Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001, Fields, Adaline A., died: 11 February 1941 in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio; age 84 years 10 months 7 days; born in Conn. [sic, other sources indicate she was born in Ohio]; widowed; father: James Dunbar; mother: Mary Gleason.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Ohio, Fulton County, Clinton Township, Page 71, Jas [James] Dunbar, 42, Connecticut, farmer; Mary A. Dunbar, 36, New York; Wm [William] Dunbar, 18, Ohio, farm laborer; Martha Dunbar, 14, Ohio; Mary Dunbar, 7, Ohio; Adaline Dunbar, 4, Ohio; Orrin Dunbar, 2, Ohio; Mary Gleason, 61, New York.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Fulton County, Clinton Township, Pages 6-7, James Dunbar, 53, Connecticut, farmer; Mary Dunbar 46, New York; Adaline Dunbar, 14, Ohio; Orin Dunbar, 12, Ohio; Mary Dunbar 10, Ohio; William Dunbar, 4, Ohio.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Fulton County, Wauseon Village, E.D. 24, Sheet No. 11, James Dunbar, 63, Connecticut, farmer; wife Mary A. Dunbar, 56, New York; daughter Adeline A. Dunbar, 24, Ohio; son Orin R. Dunbar, 22, Ohio; daughter Mary A. Dunbar, 19, Ohio; son William S. Dunbar, 14, Ohio.
  9. Ohio, County Marriages 1789-2013/2016, Fulton County, License No. 421, 7 August 1880, William Fields, Jr., and Adeline A. Dunbar (license applied for by James Dunbar, Adeline’s father), married on 8 August 1880.
  10. Find a Grave (website). Wauseon Union Cemetery, Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio; Arthur J. Fields, born: 1885; died: 1952 (from record).