U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaw, William H. (d. 1916) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 547-548, William H. Shaw The Rev. W. H. Shaw, who is now spending the eventide of his useful life, with his aged companion, at Point Pleasant, was the first resident minister of the town [of Smithville]. He came in the spring of 1874, and during the following winter, held a revival meeting in the school-house, which resulted in the organization of the first M. E. class, at its close. Among the original members of this class were Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, John Prince and family, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hardman, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. Minerva Kennedy, and W. G. Lowther and his late wife, Mrs. Jennie Kendall Lowther. Several of these members came from the Webb's mill, and the Hardman chapel classes. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are the parents of three sons: Alpheus is a tailor by trade, and Charles and George, who were but small boys when the family lived here, are now prominent ministers of the Protestant Episcopal church. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Marriages, Cabell County, WV (Page 5, Line no. 30) Wm H. Shaw age 22 born in Preston Co., (W)Va. son of Alex & Sarah Shaw occupation: Minister of the Gospel Almira Baker age 24 born in Morrow Co., Ohio daughter of Geo. & Nancy Baker were married October 6, 1857 in Cabell Co., (W)Va. by H. C. Sanford ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1900 Census, Mason County, WV Lewis District, ED:110, Sheet 8A Lines 49-50, Enum-Dwelling 183, Enum-Family 187 SHAW, W. H. (head) age 73, mar-52-yrs, WV-WV-Penna, Minister retired ", Almire E. (wife) age 70, Ohio-Ohio-Penna ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Mason County, WV (Page 148, Line No. 2) FULL-NAME: Rev. W. H. Shaw DEATH-DATE: 1916 DEATH-PLACE: Pt. Pleasant, W.Va. MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Minister CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Paralysis ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------