- WILLIAM SHAW, born in Ireland, Sept. 29, 1819; came to Wisconsin
in 1846; located in
- Beloit and purchased a farm outside the city limits; in 1870,
he formed a partnership with his son, Alexander, and entered
business as grocers; their store is located at the corner of
State and Broad streets; he carries a large stock of staple and
fancy groceries, crockery, glassware and woodenware, canned fruits,
etc. He married, in 1845, in Staten Island, Miss Sarah MARTIN,
a native of Ireland; they had four children - Alexander, born
July, 1846, and while in business with is father, but on a trip
to the Black Hills, was accidentally shot and killed, March 4,
1876; William Henry, born March, 1848; George, July 1850; Mary,
June 1857.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 763-764.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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