Here are more SHAW sketches I found in the "History of Crawford County, PA, 1885." On pages 1062 and 1063: "M.D. SHAW, farmer and stock-raiser, PO Centre Road Station, was born in Dutchess County, NY, May 6, 1811; son of Moses and Lucy A. (Cross) SHAW, also natives of Dutchess County. They were members of the Baptist Church; parents of eleven children, five of whom are now living. Moses SHAW, who was a farmer, died in 1856, and his widow in 1864. Our subject, who is the fifth child in the family, was married in 1832 to Julia A. Miller, a native of Orange County, NY. He came to Crawford County same year and settled on sixty-eight acres of woodland in Summerhill Township in 1836, which he cleared up as well as several other farms in the vicinity. To Mr. and Mrs. SHAW were born eleven children, ten now living, viz.: Lucy J., wife of Levi Walton; Moses M.; Mary C., wife of Chester Walton; William M.; Harriet M., wife of Andrew Walton; Filena, wife of Seth S. Dorchester; Louisa, wife of Simon Nichols; Rachel A., wife of George Stevens; Carrie M., wife of S. Miller; and John C. The families all reside within a few miles of their parents. Their son, Thomas Johnson, was a soldier during the war of the Rebellion, in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and died of disease contracted in the service, April 4, 1862. Our subject, wife and children are members of the Evangelical Church, which is situated on one corner of his land. Mr. SHAW donated the ground and was mainly instrumental in building the church. He is the owner of 160 acres of well-improved land, and is making a specialty of raising a pure breed of Holstein cattle; he has given much land to his children. Our subject has held several township offices; in politics is a Republican. This worthy old pioneer has about forty grandchildren and five great-grandchildren." "William M. SHAW, farmer and breeder of Durham cattle, PO, Dicksonburg, was born in Summerhill Township, this county, March 7, 1842; son of M.D. SHAW, whose biography appears above. He received a good common school education. During the war of the Rebellion, he enlisted, on first occasion, in the three months' service and was stationed during that period at New Creek, Va., and then returned home. In the spring of 1864 our subject again enlisted, this time in the Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, attached to the Army of the Potomac. He participated in the campaign of the Wilderness, and was in several minor engagements. During the service he contracted diseases from which he has never thoroughly recovered; was honorably discharged after the close of the war, June 12, 1865. He married, in the spring of 1866, Miss Alinda E. Frey, a native of Conneaut Township, this county, and daughter of Jacob Frey, one of the very early settlers of Crawford County. Mr. and Mrs. SHAW have no children of their own, but have adopted an orphan boy who is named Frank Ross SHAW. He was born in Long Island. Our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the R.T. of T. He is owner of 110 acres of well-improved land, and is making a specialty of breeding and raising Durham cattle. In politics Mr. Shaw is a Republican." One more post left to go on SHAW! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net