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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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John M. Shaw, a prominent citizen and extensive farmer and stock raiser of Haywood County, is a native of the county, born September 22, 1831, and is the son of Daniel and Sallie (McNeil) Shaw, both of whom were natives of Cumberland County, N. C. In 1824 they immigrated to Haywood County, and settled twelve miles east of Brownsville. Mr. Shaw, Sr., was a successful farmer, a true Democrat and a member of the Old School Presbyterian Church, and died in 1850. John M. Shaw was well educated and attended college at Summerville, N. C. When he returned to Haywood County he commenced farming, now owning 3,000 acres of good land, and a handsome residence eight miles east of Brownsville; he has been quite an extensive stock raiser. Mr. Shaw has been married twice, first, October 18, 1854, to Miss Lorenia Coggeshall, a native of Haywood County; she was born in 1837 and died in August, 1873. Nine children were born to this marriage. August 18, 1878, he married Miss Sallie M. Anthony, also a native of Haywood County, born in 1854, and died September 14, 1882. Two children were the result of this marriage. In 1862 Mr. Shaw entered the Confederate service, in the Seventh Tennessee Cavalry under Col. William Jackson. The regiment joined Gen. Forrest, and after operating in West Tennessee awhile, he went to Mississippi, but on account of ill health was forced to quit the service, and received his discharge in November, 1862. Mr. Shaw is an ardent Democrat, and an influential member of the Presbyterian Church.
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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Haywood County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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