Tuscola-Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Shaw, Allen 1835 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

ALLEN SHAW. The small but highly cultivated farm of Mr. Shaw which is to be
found on section 1, Dayton Township, Tuscola County, is in every way a credit to
the township, and the pleasant home and good outbuildings which are to be found
upon it reflect the praises of the one whose eye oversees and hand manages the
affairs of this farm. This resident of our county is of Irish birth and of
Scottish parentage as he was born at Sligo in 1835 and is a son of John and
Margaret Shaw, who were born at Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and there were reared
to years of maturity. Their union in marriage resulted in the birth of nine
children: Robert who is still residing in Ireland; Mary is the wife of John
Lawson of Canada; Alexander, William and George are all living in Canada;
Margaret, the wife of William Crawford; Thomas was drowned while on his way to
the United States; Allen, our subject; and Archibald whose residence is in Bay
City, Mich.

  In 1833 John Shaw emigrated with his family from his native land to Ireland
where he carried on farming throughout the remainder of his life, his death
occurring when our subject was about six years of age. He and his good wife were
both earnest and devoted members of the Episcopal Church.

  He of whom we write very early began to carry on his life work on his own
responsibility and by his own efforts obtained a good common-school education.
When only fifteen years old he accompanied a younger brother across the ocean
and landing in Canada began work there. His first work in America was on a farm
and he has always followed this mode of life, finding it to agree best not only
with his tastes and inclinations but also with his capabilities and the
opportunities afforded him.

  Michigan became the home of Allen Shaw in the year 1865 and he then located at
Almont, Lapeer County, where he devoted himself to farming and some two years
later removed to Tuscola County, making his home at once at what is his present
residence which has remained his abode ever since. He had formed a matrimonial
alliance while living in Canada with Alice Noble, who is a daughter of John and
Mary Noble, and she is now the happy mother of nine bright and prosperous
children. Her eldest daughter, Mary, is the wife of John Hill, and the second
daughter, Margaret, has passed to her heavenly home. Myra is the wife of E.
Michaels; Martha is in Washington; John resides in Wahgamega; Robert, Etta M.,
Victoria, and Lewis are still members of the father's household. Our subject and
his faithful wife are earnest and active members of the Baptist Church at
Kingston. Mr. Shaw has for some time felt that he would prefer to live a more
retired life and has therefore sold off a good deal of his land so that he how
has only forty acres all of which he keeps in a highly cultivated and prosperous
condition.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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