The Farmland Enterprise, January 29, 1904 Obituary Rebecca P. (Smith) Shaw was born on Cape Cod, near Wellfleet, Mass, August 27, 1824. She was the oldest of her father's family of eight children - one boy and seven girls. A sister is the only one of the family yet living. The subject of this obituary was married to Reuben C. Shaw on May 9, 1847 (in Massachusetts). She departed from her earthly life January 23, 1904, at 3:15 o'clock a. m. Her age was 79 years, 6 months and 27 days. She was the mother of five children - three sons and two daughters. The three sons and one daughter are yet living and present today and mourn in a sence (sic) as they never have before. In about 1868 she joined the M. E. Church at Pleasant Hill. Some years later this church disbanded and the membership scattered. Mother Shaw did not put her membership with any denomination but always belonged to the great body of Christians of which Christ is the leader. From Tucker's History of Randolph Co, 1888. page 511, a Biography of Reuben C. Shaw: In 1855 he and his wife and eldest son moved west to Randolph County. His farm was located a mile north of Farmland and he was a carpenter by trade and also skilled at architectural drawing. Their five children were all living in 1888 and were: Walter C., the eldest son, served one year during the late War as a member of the second Indiana Battery. He married Eliza J. Macy, and now conducts a farm near his father's. Sylvera B. married Hamilton L. Penery; Josephine W. married Oliver H. Warren; Frank L. married Emma Macy; and Frederick P. married Ella C. Friar. (On May 8, 1897 the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.) The burial place is unknown by this researcher for this couple.