Hi Becky, Is A.F. Shaw Arba F. Shaw? I don't know (as in I cannot right this minute prove it), but I think so. My suspicions are based on the following: 1) I have read MANY "local happenings" columns in the Walker County Messenger from the 1880s which (columns) were signed by A.F. Shaw. 2) According to Doris Hetzler's article "Cooper Heights" in <cite>Walker County Georgia Heritage 1833-1983</cite>, "... According to Arby Shaw, writing the Fricks Gap and later Cooper Heights news for the Walker County Messenger 1883 to 1905, ... "Arby Shaw, who wrote the news until he died in 1909, has two great grandchildren living there. They are Lucille Leath, Now Mrs. Rowland Strickland and Neal Leath." n.b. I do not have this book, but got the quotes from copies made for me by the wonderful Betty Johnson at the Cherokee Regional Library in Lafayette. 3) A.F. (Arby) in several of his columns refers to my ggg-grandaddy Joel as "Uncle Joe" and to ggg-grand(step)mother Sarah Shaw Fowler as "Aunt Sarah". Arba was son of William M. Shaw, who was the brother of Sarah Shaw Fowler, so Arba would have called Sarah "Aunt Sarah". 4) I have seen other family genealogies where Arby was used as a nickname for Arba. That isn't DNA-level proof, but it looks pretty good to me. If we could track Arby's great-grandkids and match them against Arba's, I'm thinking we could prove that both Arby and Arba are the same fellow. Are you researching the Shaw family? If so, go back to my website and read the story about Joel's Mare. Nice quote there from Harriet Shaw. Cheers... Ken Fowler < http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~klfowler/index.html > On Saturday, April 03, 2004 11:27 PM, Barry & Rebecca Millet [SMTP:millet@txucom.net] wrote: > Ken, > > I read Joel's obit on your site. Do you know if the A.F. Shaw who eulogized > him is Arba F. Shaw, son of William M. and Harriet Hardin SHAW? > > Becky > millet@txucom.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Fowler" <kenfowler@ev1.net> > To: <GAWALKER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 10:32 PM > Subject: Re: [GAWALKER] About Mrs. Joel A. Fowler > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm responding to my own very old query because I'm still looking for an > > answer and I need to freshen-up the email and web addresses. > > > > ---[original message follows]--- > > > > Hi All, > > It seems to be very solidly established that Joel A. Fowler (1823 - 1894) > > and his second wife, Sarah M. Shaw Fowler (1828 - 1907) are both buried in > > the Antioch Cemetery near Cedar Grove. > > > > But what about Joel's first wife: Serphina T. "Sophie" Tipton? Does > anybody > > have any idea what happened to her? Sophie and Joel had four children by > > 1851 and then? Was there a problem with the birth of her last (Mariah > > Fowler (McWhorter))? Did she run off with a traveling medicine show? > > > > And while I'm at it, does anybody have a _solid_ source that will confirm > > Joel's middle name was "Asbury"? > > > > Thanks... > > Ken Fowler (Joel's ggg-grandson) > > > > Sharing my FOWLER information at < > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~klfowler/index.html > > > > > > > ==== GAWALKER Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Walker Co., GA list, send only the > word > > UNSUBSCRIBE to GAWALKER-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List > > to GAWALKER-d-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > ______________________________ >

Ken, Yes, I've been tracing the Shaw family for some time now. Arba F. Shaw is the son of William and Harriet Hardin Shaw. William is the son of Amos and Sarah Maxey Shaw, my gggg grandparents. I descend from William's brother, John "Jack" Newton and Rebecca Jackson Shaw. Becky millet@txucom.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Fowler" <kenfowler@ev1.net> To: <GAWALKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 7:23 AM Subject: RE: [GAWALKER] About Mrs. Joel A. Fowler > > Hi Becky, > > Is A.F. Shaw Arba F. Shaw? I don't know (as in I cannot right this minute > prove it), but I think so. > > My suspicions are based on the following: > > 1) I have read MANY "local happenings" columns in the Walker County > Messenger from the 1880s which (columns) were signed by A.F. Shaw. > > 2) According to Doris Hetzler's article "Cooper Heights" in <cite>Walker > County Georgia Heritage 1833-1983</cite>, > > "... According to Arby Shaw, writing the Fricks Gap and later Cooper > Heights news for the Walker County Messenger 1883 to 1905, ... > > "Arby Shaw, who wrote the news until he died in 1909, has two great > grandchildren living there. They are Lucille Leath, Now Mrs. Rowland > Strickland and Neal Leath." > > n.b. I do not have this book, but got the quotes from copies made for me by > the wonderful Betty Johnson at the Cherokee Regional Library in Lafayette. > > 3) A.F. (Arby) in several of his columns refers to my ggg-grandaddy Joel as > "Uncle Joe" and to ggg-grand(step)mother Sarah Shaw Fowler as "Aunt Sarah". > Arba was son of William M. Shaw, who was the brother of Sarah Shaw Fowler, > so Arba would have called Sarah "Aunt Sarah". > > 4) I have seen other family genealogies where Arby was used as a nickname > for Arba. > > That isn't DNA-level proof, but it looks pretty good to me. If we could > track Arby's great-grandkids and match them against Arba's, I'm thinking we > could prove that both Arby and Arba are the same fellow. > > Are you researching the Shaw family? If so, go back to my website and read > the story about Joel's Mare. Nice quote there from Harriet Shaw. > > Cheers... Ken Fowler > > < http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~klfowler/index.html > >