Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert Shaw and Frances "Fanny" Bartholomew




Husband Robert Shaw 1 2 3 4

           Born: 23 May or 28 Nov 1804 - Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Dec 1884 - Saegertown, Crawford Co, PA 3
         Buried: 


         Father: James Shaw (1777-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Margaret Irwin (      -      ) 3


       Marriage: 31 Mar 1836 1 5 6



Wife Frances "Fanny" Bartholomew 3 5

           Born: 4 Jul 1819 - Mill Hall, Clinton Co, PA 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jul 1887 - Saegertown, Crawford Co, PA 3 5
         Buried: 


         Father: Wendell Bartholomew (1800-      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah McGill (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M David Shaw 2 5

           Born: 1838 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 M James W. Shaw 3 5 7

           Born: 28 Mar 1840 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 5 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Oct 1892 - Chicago, Cook Co, IL 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy Written Gray (      -1904) 5 7
           Marr: 10 Oct 1867 5 6 7


3 M Robert L. Shaw 3




            AKA: Robert Samuel Shaw 5
           Born: 8 Feb 1842 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1913
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rebecca Jane Neely (      -Bef 1913) 3
           Marr: 25 Dec 1866 3


4 F Adelia Elvira Shaw 1 3 5 8

            AKA: Adelia A. Shaw 2
           Born: 13 May 1844 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1904 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Clayton Stevens (      -Bef 1913) 1 5 8


5 M Sylvester Irvin Shaw 3 5

           Born: 1846 - Cooperstown, Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Zetta Nealy (      -      ) 5


6 F Ann Jane Shaw 3 5

            AKA: Annie J. Shaw 2
           Born: 1848 - Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1911 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hugh T. Gillespie (1846-Bef 1913) 1 2 5
           Marr: 27 Jan 1870 2


7 F Emmeline Uretta Shaw 4

            AKA: Emeline Eretta Shaw,3 Emeline U. Shaw 2
           Born: 13 May 1850 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Crawford Johnson (1842-      ) 1 4
           Marr: 24 Dec 1870 5


8 F Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shaw 3

            AKA: Catherine Shaw 5
           Born: 1853 - near Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1909 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Albert Scott (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 7 Jul 1870 9


9 F Frances A. Shaw 3 5

           Born: 1855 - near Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Calvin Rittmayer (      -Bef 1913) 5


10 F Marjory Shaw 5

            AKA: Margie Shaw,2 Marjorie Shaw 3
           Born:  - near Oil City, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


11 M William Parker Shaw 3 5

           Born: 1860 - near Oil City, Venango Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Laura Frantz (      -      ) 5



General Notes: Husband - Robert Shaw


He was a tanner by trade, but abandoned this line of industry in favor of farming and oil production. He was the owner of a farm near Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania.

He was a Whig and took an active interest in the Underground railway in the transportation of negro fugitives to Canada. He cleared up a farm which afterward was familiarly known as the Shaw farm\emdash noted for its great oil production.

He was a shoemaker by trade, also a tanner, later becoming a landowner and farmer.

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Sources


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 184.

9 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 215.


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