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Transcription contributed by Frances Barkley Willess on 30 May 2005 |
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Frances
Barkley Willess writes, " I am attaching a transcript of the Bible of James Shaw and Mary Cowan, who were married in Warren County in 1808. The Bible was in the possession of their son William B. Shaw, and this is a copy a grandson, John Cowan Shaw, had made of it when he was young and his Uncle William stayed with his family for a while. I don't know what happened to the Bible after William's death in 1886, as he had no children as far as I know. My guess is that John Cowan Shaw copied the original Bible between 1871-1874, as it is probable his uncle William stayed with his family after the death of his first wife in 1871 until he remarried in 1874. James and Mary moved first to Wayne
County, Indiana, and about 1832 to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where they
both died." |
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James Shaw, the son of John Shaw and Margaret Kelley; and Mary Cowan, daughter of John Cowan [see footnote], were married in Warren County, Ohio on March 4, 1808, according to Warren County Marriage Records.
Following is a copy dated 1927 of the James Shaw Bible as John Cowan Shaw, born 1854 to Thomas Shaw and Julia Mitts, had copied it years earlier from the Bible in possession of William B. Shaw. I have attempted to transcribe exactly as he wrote. The spelling and punctuation are his, but his handwriting is extremely hard to read.
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Copy from the old Shaw Family Bible |
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Office of the City Controller Room 6 Court House LaFayette, Indiana |
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FRANK J. BONNER CONTROLLER |
info to 1853 after that date I happen to know myself. JCS |
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James Shaw and Mary Cowan
Was maried March 3d
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| James Shaw born Nov 16" 1782 | |||||||||||||||
| Mary Cowan Shaw born April 20, 1783. | |||||||||||||||
| John Shaw | son | of | James | & | Mary | Shaw | Born | Jan 11-1809 | |||||||
| William B. Shaw | " |
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Nov 30-1811 | ||||||||
| Elam Shaw | " |
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April 18-1813 | ||||||||
| Thomas Shaw | " |
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July 25-1815 | ||||||||
| Abigall Shaw | " |
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Feb 5=1817 | ||||||||
| Jane Shaw | " |
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March 5=1819 | ||||||||
| Margaret Shaw | " |
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Jan. 16_1821 | ||||||||
| Mary Ann Shaw | " |
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Jan 1_1823 | ||||||||
Deaths
| Elam Shaw | son |
James | & | Mary | Shaw | Jan 21 - 1842 |
| Thomas Shaw | " |
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May 22 1860 | |
| John Shaw | " |
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Sep 16 - 1867 | |
| Willia Shaw | " |
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Sep 3 - 1886 | |
| Jane Shaw Cole | daughter | " |
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Aug 14 1852 | |
| Abigale Shaw Kessler | " |
Don’t no the date - 1897 | ||||
| Margret Shaw Barkley You will haft to file this date | ||||||
| Mary Ann Shaw Kirk | " |
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Feb 6 - 1898 | |
The deats from 1853 I halv suply as hapen to know of thare deaths except you Grand Mother wich yu can file.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *| May 2005 | Frances Barkley Willess [email protected] |
James and Mary Shaw and several members of their family are buried in the Pretty Prairie Cemetery near Battleground, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Margaret Shaw Barkley died January 7, 1899 in Montague County, Texas. |
| 8 Feb 2007 | Frances Barkley Willess [email protected] |
This page previously showed Mary Cowan to be the daughter of John and Mary Cowan. She was indeed the daughter of John Cowan, but I later learned when I received a copy of his will that his wife Mary was my Mary's stepmother and he had only been married to her a short time. |
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