From left to right; Letha F., Josephine(on father's knee), William Francis 'Frank' Shields, wife Nee: Balzora Pilgrim, Ida Mae(on mother's knee) and Andrew Jackson.

The Shields family of Kosciusko, Mississippi removed to Poteau, Oklahoma (Indian Territory) in the early 1900's.

Ida Mae Shields Franklin was the grandmother of the submitter: William Franklin.