Sorry, but this Shaw family in not related to mine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "the Toussaints" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:52 AM Subject: [SHAW] Re: Shaws in MO >I found James Monroe Shaw (plus Alsa, Ora Jane, Thomas, and Harry) on > the 1900 Butler County, Missouri census. Actually Butler Co. 1900-1920 > is about the only place I've been able to find any of them. > > I'm not from MO so am not sure about the geography of the counties. > Not sure where Randolph is in relation to Butler Co. > > James Monroe's birthplace is listed as IL but the children were all > born in MO. I've heard my grandfather (Thomas) was born in Dunklin Co. > but can't confirm that. Clarabelle Bassinger's (their mother, James' > first wife) birthplace is given as MO but that's the *only* information > I have on her. > > The family is from the Fisk, MO area in the last generation and > migrated to MI. My grandfather (they tell me) was the sheriff > in/around that area but ended up in jail. I have no idea where to > begin to confirm that information and the extended family can't explain > or decide what he was actually in jail for. > > Sure hope you recognize this! :o) > > D.T. > > > > "The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, > peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft > living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life." --Theodore Roosevelt in a > letter to S. Stanwood Menken, January 10, 1917 > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >