Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Shaw, Elizabeth Donaldson 1843 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  MRS. ELIZABETH SHAW, Palestine. This lady, who has reared a large family, for
whom she plans and beautifully provides, was born April 7, 1843, in Lexington,
La Grange Co., Ind.; she is a daughter of George and Nancie Emily Donaldson, her
father was born in Virginia and her mother in Ohio; they were the parents of ten
children. Mr. Donaldson was a blacksmith in Indiana, and removed to this county
in 1854. Our subject was married in this county November 3, 1861, to Thomas
Shaw, born October 28, 1836; he died December 30, 1880; he was a son of Joseph
M. and Narcissa (Middleton) Shaw, and is the father of ten children now
living—Lydia A., born October 30, 1862; Laura, born February 12, 1864; Nota,
August 27, 1865; Andrew J., born November 9, 1866; Narcissa J., born February
21, 1867; Ella, born July 12, 1870; Sarah, born January 15, 1873: Emma, born
September 8, 1874; Cora, born January 7, 1877; and Thomas M. J., born June 11,
1880. The oldest daughter, Lydia A, married Henry A. Falk, who is an industrious
man. While Mr. Shaw was alive, he was a bountiful provider, a good husband and
fond father; his memory is cherished by all who knew him; he accumulated 175
acres of fine land, on which his family are now living.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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