Fulton County, KY - Bios:  M. B. Shaw, b. 1843 
Tuesday, January 25, 2000

Submitted by:  billco@ARN.NET  (Bill Utterback)
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HISTORY OF KENTUCKY ILLUSTRATED - Battle, Perrin & Kniffen - 1885

Fulton County

"M.B. SHAW, Fulton County, was born May 1, 1843 in Fulton County and is a
 son of John and Eliza (MOODY)SHAW, the father a native of Virginia, and the
 mother a native of Kentucky. His ancestors on father's side were of Scotch
 descent, mother's side English descent, and among the earliest pioneers of
 Kentucky, having settled in Shelby County, when that part of the State was
 one of the outskirts of civilization. The father of our subject explored
 that part of Kentucky bordering on the Mississippi River, in 1826, and
 located at Mills Point, now Hickman, some time during 1828. He served under
 Gen. Harrison in the Indian War of 1811, and gained some distinction as a
 scout in that campaign. He followed farming and was also a merchant in
 Hickman during the early days of its history. He was called to fill several
 official positions before the division of Hickman and Fulton Counties, and
 represented the county in 1845 in the State Legislature. He died in 1861,
 aged seventy years. The mother died in 1852, at the age of forty years.
 They were the parents of nine children, subject being the fourth child.
 W.[sic] B. SHAW commenced life for himself as a farmer and trader, and by
 successful management found himself in possession of sufficient means to
 open a business house, which he did in1882, taking in as a partner J.K.
 MUSTE. They opened a general grocery store, which is now one of the largest
 houses of its kind in the city, representing a capital of $10,000, and
 doing an annual business of $50,000. Mr. SHAW was married in February 1873
 to Miss Susie SIMMONS of Fulton County. Mrs. SHAW died in 1875, age
 nineteen years. He was next married in 1877, to Mrs. Fannie B. ROBINSON,
 daughter of Thomas BUCK of Hickman; to this union have been born two
 children: Mit and Len. Mr. SHAW is a member of the IOOF, Masonic and K of H
 Lodges. Mrs. SHAW is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church."
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