James W. Shaw and Nancy Written Gray

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Husband James W. Shaw ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 28 Mar 1840 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 1 Oct 1892 - Chicago, Cook Co, IL 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Robert Shaw (1804/1804-1884) 2 4 5 6
         Mother: Frances "Fanny" Bartholomew (1819-1887) 2 3

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       Marriage: 10 Oct 1867 1 3 7

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Wife Nancy Written Gray ^{1 3}

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           Born:  - Covington, Kenton Co, KY
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           Died: 18 Mar 1904
         Buried: 

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         Father: Lansing Gray (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 U [Infant] Shaw ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
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General Notes: Husband - James W. Shaw

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Farming and the carpenter trade occupied his time till August, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. I, 142d Reg't. He lost an arm at the battle of Gettysburg, and was discharged subsequently for disability. In 1866, he was elected register, recorder and clerk of the Orphan's courts of Venango County, and served three terms. He was admitted to the bar in 1873.

He was a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting in 1863. He lost his right arm at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; became a prominent attorney and City Judge, of Bradford, Pennsylvania.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 500.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1312.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 391.

4 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1163.

5 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1093.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 390.

7 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 219.