Cumberland County NJ Archives News.....Shaw, William - drowns June 3, 1856 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008389 March 23, 2024, 3:33 am West-Jersey Pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1851-1884: June 07, 1856 June 3, 1856 Drowned on the 3d day of June, 1856, in the Delaware Bay, on Ben Davis’s oyster beds, from onboard the sloop Attrest; Ambrose Ladow, Captain, Mr. William Shaw, son of Levi Shaw, of Downs township, Cumberland County, N. J., light complexion, five feet eight inches high, rather slender statue, had on when drowned, oil cloth over-alls, red flannel shirt and coarse boots. Whoever will find the body of the above named and bring or take him to any port, and inform the parents, living near Dividing Creek, will be well rewarded by LEVI SHAW. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/cumberland/newspapers/shawwill150gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/njfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb