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Shaw, Albert Duane – Shaw, Robert Gould

Shaw, Albert Duane

soldier, state legislator, was born Dec. 27, 1841, in Lyme, N. Y. He served in the thirty-fifth New York regiment in 1861-63, and was elected to the legislature in 1867. He was appointed United States consul at Toronto, Canada, in 1868, and in 1878 promoted to Manchester, England, where he served till 1885.

Shaw, Annie Cornelia

artist, was born Sept. 16, 1852, in West Troy, N. Y.

She is a well-known artist of Chicago, Ill.

Shaw, Charles

lawyer, author, was born in 1782 in Bath, Maine. He was a lawyer of Montgomery, Ala., who published A Topographical Description of Boston from Its First Settlement. He died in 1828, in Montgomery, Ala.

Shaw, Frank T

lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 7, 1841, in Woodsborough, Md. In 1873 he was elected clerk of the circuit court for Carroll county, Md., for the term of six years, and was re-elected in 1879. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Maryland to the forty-ninth congress, and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.

Shaw, George G

lawyer, was born Jan. 29, 1866, in Homer, La. After receiving his education he taught school for a while, and is now a prominent lawyer of Kaufman, Texas. He is prominent in Masonry and other fraternal orders; and in 1896 was elected mayor of Kaufman.

Shaw, James Dickson

soldier, clergyman, journalist, was born Dec. 27, 1841, in Walker county, Texas. He served four years as a soldier in the confederate army, and surrendered at the close of the war as a second lieutenant. For twelve years he was a clergyman in the methodist episcopal church south, and since 1883 has been editor of The Independent Pulpit of Waco, Texas.

Shaw, John

physician, surgeon, poet, was born May 4, 1778, in Annapolis, Md.

He was a contributor to The Portfolio.

His poems, with a memoir, and extracts from his foreign correspondence and journals, were published in 1810. He died Jan. 10, 1809, at sea.

Shaw, John G

business man, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 16, 1859, near Fayetteville, N. C. He located at Fayetteville, N. C., and was elected county attorney for Cumberland county in 1890, and held the position for four years.

He was a democratic candidate for presidential elector in 1892 and was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.

Shaw, Lemuel

lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 9, 1781, in Barnstable, Mass. He drafted the charter of the city of Boston, and for twenty-seven years was one of the corporation of Harvard college. He died March 30, 1861, in Boston, Mass.

Shaw, Milton Gilman

lumberman, legislator, was born Dec. 31, 1820, in Industry, Maine. In 1841 he began life in the lumber business at Greenville, Maine, then almost in the heart of the pine_forests of Maine; and he now owns an immense area of timber lands in Maine, including several townships. He has filled different public offices, and was a member of the legislature in 1859.

Shaw, Oliver

musician, composer, was born in 1776. He composed Home of My Soul, and other popular pieces of music. He died Dec. 31, 1848, in Providence, R. I.

Shaw, Robert Gould

merchant, was born June 4, 1773, in Gouldsborough, Maine. He bequeathed over a hundred thousand dollars to philanthropic purposes. He died May 3, 1853, in Boston, Mass.