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     Richard W. Shaw was born on 26 November 1876 at Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL.¹ He was the son of Daniel D. Shaw and Anna Catherine Miller. Richard W. Shaw married Carrie E. Helson, daughter of John Helson and Phoebe (?), on 18 December 1895, Ceremony by Rev. S. Skoysberg.¹ Richard W. Shaw lived in 1926 at Zearing, Story Co., IA.¹

     Rosalie Elizabeth Shaw was born on 28 March 1909 at Marion Co., TN.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Shaw and Rosalie Pierpont Gillen.¹ Rosalie Elizabeth Shaw married Elbridge Gerry Knight, son of Harry Nelson Knight and Flora Putman, on 20 July 1929 at Oklahoma Co., OK. Rosalie Elizabeth Shaw died on 14 February 1979 at age 69. She was buried in February 1979 at Hillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, Bowie Co., TX, Findagrave #127886346.

     Stella C. E. Shaw was born on 23 July 1897.¹ She was the daughter of Warren Shaw and Mary E. Flager.¹ Stella C. E. Shaw married Fred Raben, son of Fred Roeben and Maria (?).¹

     Vanera Vivian Shaw was born on 13 May 1919 at Payette, Payette Co., ID.¹ She was the daughter of Leland Lewis Shaw and Lola Ada Hershey.¹ Vanera Vivian Shaw married Conrad Smitt, son of Conrad Smitt and Gertrude Johanna van der Horst, on 9 February 1943 at Daytona Beach, Volusia Co., FL.
Note: Newspaper Articles:

The Spokesman-Review, (Spokane, Washington); Thursday, 11 October 1934; Page 20; (Newspapers.com):

HIT-RUN DRIVER INJURES MAIDEN

Vanera Shaw, 15, Hurled 50 Feet -- Autoist Not on Highway, Report.

COMPANION NOT HURT

License Number of Machine Obtained -- Man Fled, but Three Hours Later Reports

Struck by a hit-and-run driver at Crestline and Rich about 8:30 last evening, Miss Vanera Shaw, 15, E1623 Garland avenue, student at Rogers high school, was knocked 50 feet, but fortunately escaped without broken bones.

With a friend, Sylvia Windel, E1719 Empire, she was walking north on Crestline. They were off the paved street and walking in a path alongside as there is no sidewalk there, when suddenly the car rushed up behind them, struck Miss Shaw and whirled Miss Windel, who had her arm about Miss Shaw, completely around by the impact.

"It threw Valera at least 50 feet out into a field," Miss Windel said at the emergency hospital. "I ran and picked her up and the driver of the car, who had stopped, then came back and asked how she was. He spoke with a very thick tongue. Seeing she was not dead, he ran and got into his car and started to drive off, leaving a girl who was with him standing in the road. She had to run after him to get him to stop for her."

Miss Shaw suffered severe abrasions of the head, hands, feet and one thigh. An hour later Arthur Westbrook, 35, telephoned to the police station to report the accident. At 11:20 he appeared, explaining he had ascertained the girl was not badly injured and wanted to take a young woman companion home before he reported. He was booked, but not held by the police, who said he had not been drinking.

The number of his car had been obtained by the police.


Spokane Chronicle (Spokane, Washington); Saturday, 28 December 1935; Page 28; column 2; (Newspapers.com):

Miss Vanera Shaw, daughter of Mrs. Lola Shaw, E1623 Garland, is spending the holidays with relatives at Sandpoint.


Spokane Chronicle, (Spokane, Washington); Friday, 13 May 1938; Page 3; (Newspapers.com):

Hold Party Thursday

Nearly 30 attended a party Queen Esther circle, Hays Park M. E. church , gave Thursday evening at the home of Miss Elizabeth Covey, E1913 Providence, in honor of mothers.? ? The Mother's day theme was carried out in entertainment, which included games and a program. Prizes were won by Mrs. Lola Shaw, Mrs. H. M. Harris and Miss Vanera Shaw.


50th Anniversary - The Spokesman-Review, (Spokane, Washington); Sunday, 07 March 1993; Page 79; (Newspapers.com):

Mr. and Mrs. Smitt Spokane

Conrad and Vanera V. Smitt, Spokane, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a luncheon at Templin's Restaurant, Post Falls.

Hosts for the event were their children: Vivian Smitt, Galt, Calif., and Gary C. Smitt, Kennewick.

The couple was married Feb. 9, 1943, in Daytona Beach, Fla.


60th Anniversary - The Spokesman-Review, (Spokane, Washington); Sunday, 16 February 2003; Page 71; (Newspapers.com):

Conrad and Vanera Smitt Spokane

Conrad and Vanera Smitt celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Feb. 9 with a family gathering at the home of Conrad Smitt's sister, Katie Pottratz, Spokane.

Other hosts for the event were their children: Gary Smitt, Kennewick, and Vivian Smitt, Post Falls.

The couple were married Feb. 9, 1942, in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Vanera Vivian Shaw died on 29 March 2005 at Spokane, Spokane Co., WA, at age 85. She was cremated in 2005 Findagrave #176295034.

     Verna B. Shaw was born on 11 October 1874.¹ She was the daughter of Daniel Webster Shaw and Vienna M. V. Newcomer.¹ Verna B. Shaw married William Schultz Price, son of Jacob Harley Price and Salome A. Schultz, on 19 May 1898, Ceremony by Rev. D. L. Miller

No children.¹ Verna B. Shaw died on 5 February 1965 at age 90. She was buried in February 1965 at Mingo Cemetery, Royersford, Montgomery Co., PA, Findagrave #166892319.

     Warren Shaw was born on 4 November 1859.¹ He was the son of Cornelius Shaw.¹ Warren Shaw married Mary E. Flager, daughter of John B. Flager and Caroline Stover, on 1 November 1882.¹ Warren Shaw died on 5 October 1903 at Elkader, Clayton Co., IA, at age 43.¹

     Willard Baber Shaw was born on 17 July 1915 at Smithville, Clay Co., MO. He was the son of William Edward Shaw and Emma Lucinda Baber. Willard Baber Shaw married Elsie Sulista, daughter of Anton Sulista and Julia Hrdlicka, in 1942. Willard Baber Shaw began military service WW II service, U.S. Army. He died on 22 December 2012 at Lenoir City, Loudon Co., TN, at age 97

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Willard B. Shaw, age 97 of Lenoir City, TN, formerly of Topeka, KS, passed away early Saturday morning, December 22, 2012 at his home. He was one of eight children. Willard had moved to Lenoir City in September of 2008. He was a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church.

Willard was a veteran of World War II serving in the United States Army. He was retired from Santa Fe Railroad and was a longtime farmer. He had been involved in the Kansas 4H program, the American Angus Association, the Soil Conservation Program, Super Chief Credit Union and the Primetime Retirement Club.

Willard was preceded in death by his wife, Elsie; parents, Edward and Emma L. Baber Shaw; and special friend, Lyla Sligar. Survivors include his daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Joe Dunsmore of Lenoir City, Suzanne and Brent Thompson of Old Lyme, CT; five granddaughters: Laura, Rachel and Julia Dunsmore, Lian and Meredith Thompson; special Topeka neighbors, Dr. Mark Newth, Nina and Josh.

The family would like to express a special thanks to the Amedysis Hospice Staff: Shelley, Wendy, Cindy, Greg, Martha and all other staff members who helped and sitter, Mary Crowley. Private services and burial will be held in Kansas. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Amedysis Hospice, 665 New Highway 68 Suite B, Sweetwater, TN 37874. Click Funeral Home in Lenoir City is in charge of arrangements. www.clickfuneralhome.com
Published in Topeka Capital-Journal on Dec. 23, 2012.

He was buried in December 2012 at Half-Day Cemetery, Elmont, Shawnee Co., KS, Findagrave #158066961.

     William Shaw was born in March 1870 at Iowa.¹ He was the son of Joseph Shaw and Rachael (?)² William Shaw married Louisa (?) circa 1891 at Mills Co. (probably), IA.¹

     William Shaw was also known as "Willie". He was born on 24 November 1881 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Charles L. Shaw and Maggie Lyons. William Shaw died on 16 October 1900 at Mentor, Lake Co., OH, at age 18. He was buried in October 1900 at Mentor Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Lake Co., OH, Findagrave #55321857.

     William Shaw was born at England. He married Elizabeth Blondel.

     William Edward Shaw was also known as "Edward".² He was born on 3 August 1883 at Wright Co., MO.¹ He was the son of Charles E. Shaw and Medora Price Mellon.¹ William Edward Shaw married Emma Lucinda Baber, daughter of James Madison Baber and Sarah M. Edwards, on 20 October 1904 at Jackson Co., MO. William Edward Shaw lived on 15 April 1930 at Kanwaka Twp., Douglas Co., KS, farming.² He died on 1 September 1975 at Lawrence, Douglas Co., KS, at age 92. He was buried in September 1975 at Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas Co., KS, Findagrave #9050792.

     Willliam F. Shaw was born circa 1856 at Cuyahoga Co. (probably), OH.^2,1 He was the son of Philander L. Shaw and Caroline M. Fuller.¹ Willliam F. Shaw died on 8 May 1877 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH. He was buried in May 1877 at Mentor Municipal Cemetery, Mentor, Lake Co., OH, Findagrave #55321855.

     Richard Charles Shaw-MacMillan was born on 15 November 1925 at Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA. He was the son of Clarence Zeke Shaw and Lorrena Bagley Smith. Richard Charles Shaw-MacMillan married Barbara Ann Franks, daughter of Roy Lee Franks and Ann Edna Runstadler, on 1 October 1949 at San Francisco Co., CA. Richard Charles Shaw-MacMillan was graduated; University of California, Berkeley, Law School. Occupation: Owner, Quality Oldsmobile-Cadillac in 1970. He died on 21 April 2000 at Reno, Washoe Co., NV, at age 74 BIOGRAPHY - Richard Charles McMillan by Barbara Ann Franks MacMillan; Posted 04 Sep 2011 by Patricia MacMillan01; (Ancestry.com)

Richard Charles Shaw was born on 15 November 1925, in Pasadena, California, three months after the death of his father, Clarence Zeke Shaw, a stock broker, from an automobile accident. His Mother, Lorrena Bagley Shaw, remarried on 5 September 1931, to Clifford James MacMillan, an Attorney from San Francisco. They had another son Donald Roger MacMillan and Richard dearly loved his younger brother. Clifford was a wonderful father and Richard loved him very much. Richard was not told he was adopted and did not remember the time before Lorrena married Clifford. Richard attended Junior High School at Aptos Junior high school and that is where I first met him, we were acquaintances and then we attended different High Schools and lost touch for awhile. When World War II started he was in high school and in danger of being drafted so he took extra courses and finished high school in 3 1/2 years so he could complete at least a semester of college (City College in San Francisco), which he did. It was at this time he found out about the adoption as he needed a copy of his birth certificate for the military. Clifford adopted him and a new birth certificate was issued. Richard and his parents chose to keep this a secret and I was the only one outside of Lorrena and Cliff who knew about the adoption. The rest of the family, his brother, and our children, and grandchildren did not find out until the time of his death.
He loved flying and tried to enlist in the Air Corps, but his eyes did not pass the physical and he was drafted into the Navy. Because of his hobby of photography, he was selected to go to Photography School and then was selected as Air Crew and went to Air Gunnery School (training in PV-2 Ventures). Richard ended up stationed on Okinawa where he photographed and mapped the coast of Japan while flying in B-29s prior to the coming invasion. During his free time, he explored the island, discovered many Japanese relics and rifles. He became a dealer in these rifles and made money which he sent home to buy a car after the war. Unfortunately exploring was hazardous. Two of his friends came upon some kind of memorial when they went to look at it there was an explosion and they were killed. It had been booby trapped. During the time he was on Okinawa a huge Typhoon blew in and destroyed practically everything to include the photo lab, mess hall, officers quarters, etc. When the storm started getting really bad he and his tent mates scrounged lumber and reinforced their tent. When the storm abated their's was one of only three tents left standing. Needless to say they had a lot of "friends" needing shelter in their tent. Shortly after the typhoon he was discharged and returned home.
He enrolled in San Francisco Junior College where we met again in an economics class and started talking. I was pinned to a fraternity brother of his and he was dating a Navy Wave. After a few encounters it was incendiary and neither of us looked at anyone else again. We went on to UC Berkeley and he worked nights at Eastman Kodak to earn money for my engagement ring. We graduated in 1949 and married 1 October 1949. At this time we moved to Eureka where Richard and his grandfather started a lumber mill on his grandfather's ranch. Eventually the mill was set on fire by a disgruntled former employee after which we returned to San Francisco where Richard went to law school and I worked for Social Services to help put him through school. During summer vacations Richard worked on VanNess Avenue selling cars which he loved. When he graduated, I was pregnant so he went to work for General Motors as a Chevrolet District Manager, deciding his true love was cars and not the law. Unfortunately, our son was stillborn. We were then blessed with two healthy children Bonnie Ann and two years later Jeffrey James. Richard bought his own dealership which he named Quality Cadillac Olds, in Visalia, Tulare County, California.
We led a busy and very happy life. We did a lot of boating and travelled this country and across Canada in our RV with our children and many times with his widowed Mother Lorrena (ReMe). He semi-retired in 1989, leasing out the dealership and eventually selling the land it was built on to Toys R Us and Olive Garden. He retained part of the lot where he built an office building which he leased out. With our daughter Bonnie working as his office manager he eventually bought an additional office building in Reno, Nevada. We decided to travel and managed to see a great deal of the world to include Japan, Europe, parts of Asia, Africa and Egypt, and others. We went to Katmandu and saw Mt. Everest - Richard flew around the mountain in a contraption I refused to get into.
Richard was a wonderful man, husband and father. He was a successful business man who did more than just provide for his family. There was never a dull moment with all his varied interests; boats, planes, photography, guns, stereo sound, the stock market and politics. He was a man who couldn't sit still. The praise I hear most from his friends is, “he was a fine gentleman." His family misses him.
- Barbara Ann Franks MacMillan.

     Absolom Lee Shawen was born on 6 June 1863 at Hampshire Co., VA. He was the son of Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Larimore. Absolom Lee Shawen died on 12 February 1865 at Hampshire Co., VA, at age 1.

     Charles Wesley Shawen was born on 20 February 1871 at Hampshire Co., VA. He was the son of Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Larimore.

     Cornelius Warren Shawen was born on 27 August 1869 at Hampshire Co., VA. He was the son of Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Larimore.

     Daniel Shawen was born circa 1805 at Virginia.¹ He married Margaret (?).¹

     Occupation: Preacher, Superintendent of Schools, Hampshire County, 1885 - 1889.
Note: Shawen family info from http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~shawhan/volumeone/266-270.pdf "Descendants of Daniel Shawhan (b. 1741)", by Robert T. Shawhan. Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. was born on 3 October 1835. He was the son of Daniel Shawen and Margaret (?)¹ Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. married Elizabeth Jane Larimore, daughter of James Larimore and Naomi Woolverton, on 1 January 1857 at Hampshire Co., VA.

     Edward Jordan Shawen was born on 4 July 1876 at Hampshire Co., VA. He was the son of Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Larimore. Edward Jordan Shawen married Clara Belle Gulick on 1 January 1908.

     Ida Mae Shawen was born on 17 February 1873 at Hampshire Co., VA. She was the daughter of Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Larimore. Ida Mae Shawen married William Amos Poland on 2 June 1908.

     James Ashby Shawen was born on 15 September 1861 at Hampshire Co., VA. He was the son of Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Larimore. James Ashby Shawen married Laura Belle Haines on 24 November 1886.

     John Thompson Shawen was born circa 1867 at Springfield Twp., Hampshire Co., WV.¹ He was the son of Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Larimore.

     Ralph Edward Shawen was born on 30 September 1908 at Romney, Hampshire Co., WV. He was the son of Edward Jordan Shawen and Clara Belle Gulick. Ralph Edward Shawen married Juanita G. Roby, daughter of John H. Roby and Grace M. (?), on 20 September 1941 at Romney, Hampshire Co., WV. Ralph Edward Shawen died circa 1995 at Romney, Hampshire Co., WV.

     Richard Greyson Shawen lived at Toledo, Lucas Co., OH (1930). He was born circa 1866 at Hampshire Co., WV.¹ He was the son of Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Larimore.

     Thomas Edgar Shawen was born on 16 October 1859 at Hampshire Co., VA. He was the son of Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Larimore. Thomas Edgar Shawen died on 2 December 1861 at Hampshire Co., VA, at age 2.

     William Augustus Shawen was born on 19 November 1857 at Hampshire Co., VA. He was the son of Daniel Marshall Shawen Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Larimore. William Augustus Shawen died on 9 October 1862 at Hampshire Co., VA, at age 4.

     George Robert Shawley was born on 18 April 1916 at Jerome, Somerset Co., PA. He began military service WW II service, U.S. Army. He married Evelyn Beulah Oester. George Robert Shawley died on 31 May 1993 at Oakland, Garrett Co., MD, at age 77. He was buried in June 1993 at Bittinger Cemetery, Bittinger, Garrett Co., MD, Findagrave #144990837.

     Mary Elizabeth Shawver married Charles Frederick Saum, son of George Adam Saum and Susannah Henderson, on 28 January 1844 at Highland Co., OH, Ceremony by James H. Pugh, J.P. Mary Elizabeth Shawver died on 30 May 1846 at Highland Co., OH.

     Abraham Shay was born in 1825 at Indiana.¹ He was the son of Isaac Shay and Ruth (?) Abraham Shay married Lorinda Larimore, daughter of John Larimore and Deborah Temple, on 9 January 1845 at Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL, Ceremony by C. Gill, J.P. Abraham Shay lived in 1880 at Corwin, Logan Co., IL.¹ He died after 1900 at Logan Co., IL.

     Albert J. Shay was born circa 1862 at Tazewell or Mason Co., IL.¹ He was the son of Abraham Shay and Lorinda Larimore.¹