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Shaw, William P.
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| LAST NAME: Shaw
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FIRST NAME: William
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MIDDLE NAME: P.
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| BORN: 27 Jun 1825
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DIED: 23 Oct 1897
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BURIED: (William C. Brown Cemetery)
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| OCCUPATION: Farmer, Meat Market Proprietor
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| BIRTH PLACE: Virginia
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| DEATH PLACE: Dallas, Polk Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
MARRIAGE - William Shaw md Sarah Pickens 3 Apr 1851
1860 IA CENSUS - William Shaw, age 35, occupation farmer, b. Virginia, is enumerated with Sarah, age 29, b. Indiana, along with William T., age 6, b. Iowa, Nancy C., age 3, b. Iowa, and Mary J., age 1, b. Iowa.
1870 IA CENSUS - William Shaw, age 44, occupation laborer, b. Virginia, is enumerated with Sarah, age 39, b. Indiana, along with William, age 16, b. Iowa, Nancy, age 13, b. Iowa, Jane, age 11, b. Iowa, John, age 8, b. Iowa, Eddie, age 4, v. Iowa, and Sherman, age 2, b. Iowa.
1880 OR CENSUS - William Shaw, age 54, occupation farmer, b. Virginia, is enumerated with Sarah, age 50, b. Indiana, along with William T., age 24, b. Iowa, John, age 18, b. Iowa, Edward, age 14, b. Iowa, and Joel, age 5, b. Iowa.
2nd MARRIAGE - William P. Shaw & Mrs. E.M Berry, md 14 Aug 1887 at Res. of Bride by W. S. Frink J.P. Wit: W. S. Frink & J. J. Williams.
PHOTOGRAPH - The picture of Sarah is shown courtesy of David Kromer.
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OBITUARY:
William P. Shaw dropped dead at Dallas, Oct. 25; of heart disease in from of his place of business, the Dallas meat market. He was 71 years old, and had been for a long time a businessman of Dallas.
Daily Capital Journal 27 Oct 1897, 2:3
Wm. P. Shaw, aged 72 years, dropped dead on the sidewalk in front of his meat market in Dallas at an early hour Monday morning. He went to the market as usual to assist in opening it up for the days business, being in fair health apparently, but for some time he has complained of heart troubles.
Mr. Shaw has been a Dallas business man for a number of years and has always been held in the highest respect by our citizens. He leaves a wife and several children, all of whom are grown and doing business in different parts of the state.
The funeral was conducted Wednesday by the Dallas lodge of Odd Fellows, of which he was a prominent member. The remains were laid to rest in the Brown cemetery north of town.
Dallas News 29 Oct 1897
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INSCRIPTION:
At Rest
William P. Shaw
June 27, 1825
Oct. 25, 1897
[older marker]
Shaw
William P.
1825 - 1897
[newer marker shared with Sarah H. and infant Harry F.]
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SOURCES:
Branigar Survey
Saucy Survey & Photographs
Kromer Collection
Early Marriages Davis County, Iowa [iagenweb.org]
1860 IA CENSUS (Davis Co., Union, FA #1078)
1870 IA CENSUS (VanBuren Co., Village, FA #125)
1880 OR CENSUS (Wasco Co., Dist 124, pg 6B)
Polk Couny Oregon Marriage Records 1879-1888, pg 34
DCJ 27 Oct 1897. 2:3
DN 29 Oct 1897
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