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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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SAMUEL W. SHAW, farmer, post office McKeesport, son of David and Mary J. (Muse) Shaw, was born in Versailles township, in 1857. Maj. William Shaw, a native of County Down, Ireland, settled on what is known as the Shaw homestead about one hundred years ago. He was married three times, and had a family of nineteen children. His second family of children were Robert, William, James, Samuel, David, Margaret, Martha, Ann, Nancy and Sarah, all deceased but the last two. David, father of S. W., married, in 1849, Mary J., daughter of Fauntly Muse, of Versailles township, and they located at Saltsburg, where he was engaged in the coal business, the firm being Shaw & Whigham. There they remained six or seven years, and then removed to the farm in Versailles and commenced farming. Their children were Cornelius N. (deceased, and formerly of the Dispatch), Martha C., Minard (deceased), Lizzie S. (now Mrs. John R. Cristy, of Versailles township), S. W., Bell R., Blanche M. and Jennie M. David Shaw died in 1880; his widow still has her residence on the old farm. Samuel W. is engaged in farming, his home being where his forefathers dwelt for one hundred years. He is a member of the U. P. Church of McKeesport.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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