Obituary: Adams County, Wisconsin: Joseph W. SHAW 

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Submitted by Joan Benner, <jmbenner@tznet.com> May 2005

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From the Adams County Press, April 28, 1900, Page 5

Joseph W. SHAW was born June 2, 1838, in Cayuga Co., New York, and lived in
that State until 1866. In 1864, he married Miss Augusta WOOD, a most
amiable and worthy lady. Two years later Mr. SHAW and his young wife moved
West to Saginaw, Michigan, where they remained for about a year, and then,
in 1867, came to Wisconsin, and settled in Friendship, Adams County.

Here two children, a daughter and a son, were born to them--Carrie, born
February 7, 1869, and Bert, born December 21, 1872. Carrie, the daughter,
died when but five weeks and three days old. The son survives his parents,
and is an enterprising and highly respected young business man in
Southeastern North Dakota.

>From Friendship, Mr. SHAW, about 1875, moved to Point Bluff, where he
resided five or six years, then came back to Friendship for a year or two,
then went to Milwaukee where he resided two years; then moved to Kilbourn
City, where he remained until he moved his family to Hope in Southeastern
North Dakota, in 1885. It was at this latter place that Mrs. SHAW died,
August 11, 1890, and Mr. SHAW April 17, 1900. The remains of both were
brought here for burial. There were present at the burial of Mr. SHAW, his
son Bert, a sister, Mrs. M. L. SMITH of Madison, Wisconsin, who joined the
funeral party at Kilbourn, Mr. N. C. WOOD, a brother-in-law, and Mrs. WOOD,
of Twin Valley, and a large number of Mr. and Mrs. SHAW's old-time
neighbors and friends, who gathered to pay the last sad tribute to the
memory of one whose sterling character and worth had early won and ever
retained their confidence and esteem.

Mr. SHAW died of catarrh of the stomach and Bright's disease.