Bio of SHAW, Frank Wilbur (b.1857), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol II, pg 274-277
FRANK WILBUR SHAW
A law student in Minneapolis forty-two years ago, Frank Wilbur Shaw entered upon
active practice immediately after his admission to the bar in June, 1883, and
has made continuous advancement in his profession, until now none would contest
in any way to leadership that he might prefer. The truth is that he makes no
such claim but the public recognizes his superior power as an advocate and
counselor and has long accorded him a most liberal clientage. Mr. Shaw came to
the middle west from New England, his birth having occurred in Houlton, Maine,
August 28, 1857, his parents being Charles and Mary J. (Wiggin) Shaw, who were
also natives of the Pine Tree state. The family came originally from England and
settlement was made in Salem, Massachusetts, in colonial times. Among the
ancestors were those who served in the colonial and Revolutionary wars and in
other ways left their impress upon the civilization of their age and generation.
Charles Shaw, father of Frank W. Shaw, was a law student and teacher at the time
of his death, which occurred when he was but twenty-six years of age. The mother
has also long since passed away.
Frank Wilbur Shaw attended the Ricker Classical Institute at Houlton, Maine, in
the pursuit of his education, and following his graduation in 1876 he entered
the Colby University at Waterville, Maine, where he continued as a student for
two years. He afterward taught school for an equal period in his native state
and in 1880 he came to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he entered upon the study
of law in the office of Rea, Woolley & Kitchel, well known attorneys, with whom
he continued until admitted to the bar in June, 1883. Immediately afterward he
was admitted to a partnership by the firm and this association was maintained
until April, 1886, when Judge Rea went upon the bench. The firm then became
Kitchel, Cohen & Shaw and the partnership was thus continued until 1900, when
Mr. Kitchel passed away and was succeeded by John B. Atwater, under the firm
style of Cohen, Atwater & Shaw. For two decades no other change occurred but in
1920 Mr. Cohen died and Mr. Atwater then retired. It was in that year that the
firm of Shaw, Safford, Ray & Shaw was organized, recognized today as one of the
leading law firms of Minneapolis. Through his professional connections Mr. Shaw
has been identified with many banking institutions and corporations, for in his
practice he has long made a specialty of corporation law, with which branch he
is thoroughly familiar.
In 1883 Mr. Shaw was married to Miss Augusta Warnock and they became the parents
of two children: Rea W. and Wilbur D. The wife and mother passed away in 1887.
In 1889 Mr. Shaw was married to Julia C. Fairbairn of Chicago. They have become
parents of three children: Helen, Mildred and Frank. Wilbur D. Shaw, the eldest
son, is a member of the law firm of which his father is the senior partner. He
is a graduate of both the academic department and the Law school of the
University of Minnesota. Rea W. Shaw was in the military service of the country
for three years, spending two years of that period in France as a member of the
Fifteenth Field Artillery, Second Division. He was on the front line,
participating in the fighting which crushed the Hindenburg forces and compelled
the German troops to flee across the line. He was mustered out at Camp Dodge and
is now engaged in the lumber business in San Francisco, California,
Mr. Shaw is an ardent republican in his political views and has always
maintained a thorough knowledge concerning political principles and issues. He
belongs to the Delta Kappa Epsilon, a college fraternity, has membership in the
Minneapolis Club and along professional lines his connection is with the
Minnesota and the American Bar associations.