of Washington County, Iowa · from Maine · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Samuel Shaw 1803 – 1890
Samuel Shaw⚭ Susan B. Maxfield
childrenE. M. Shaw · Elizabeth Shaw · Flora Maud Shaw · Louisa Shaw · Albert Shaw · Alfred Shaw · James B. Shaw
Source: History of Washington County, Iowa, vol 2
Their story
What the record says
Left Maine 1817, settled Licking County, Ohio.
Surveyor for many years.
Became Free Will Baptist preacher 1825, preaching at Granville, Ohio.
Removed to Mercer County, Illinois 1835 after first wife's death (first wife died 1835).
Itinerant preacher across northwestern Illinois.
Returned to Maine 1836, married Susan B. Maxfield, returned to Illinois.
Land partnership with relative Pat Pease ended in bankruptcy.
Taught school on crutches after an accident.
Pastor in Fulton County, Illinois 1832.
Bought 100-acre farm in Fulton County.
Relinquished ministry at age 70 and followed his children to Iowa, buying a farm near Washington.
Died October 1890 at age 87.
Second wife died 1897.
Children all born in Illinois.
Widely known clergyman in Illinois.
Birth year estimated.
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