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Parents of subject were
David M & Nancy (Rice) Shaw. David died in Barren Co KY circa 1817.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline Counties Missouri
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1893
Pages 653 and 654
Fieldin L. Shaw, deceased, was one of those men whom it is well to know, for
his influence had power to aid the struggler along the devious pathway of
life, and his sympathy was ever ready for all who found that pathway a weary
one. A straightforward, unassuming man, the good that was said of him during
his life was said by others rather than himself, and now there are many
friends and relatives who are ready to speak for the lips that could not if
they would, and that if they were able to do so would be very modest in
their claims for the noble man whom we desire to give due honor in these
pages.
Mr. Shaw was born in Nelson County, Ky., in 1811, and was the youngest in
the family, who were as follows: Baker, who lived and died in Kentucky,
where he reared a family; Jefferson, who came to Platte County in 1839, and
resided there until 1851, when he moved his family to Oregon, where he lived
many years; Sadonia B.; Nancy, who married a Baptist preacher; Anna, wife of
Mr. Mills [sic; Miller]; and Fieldin L., who came to this State in 1839. Mr.
Shaw was married in Kentucky, his bride being Catherine Miller, whose
parents, brothers and sisters, all came to Platte County, Mo., in 1839, the
year of Mr. Shaw’s removal there.
Until 1843, Mr. Shaw remained in Platte County; after that year he located
in Andrew County, where he lived till 1862, when he went to Illinois and
remained there until 1866, then came to Saline County, where he purchased
two hundred and sixty acres of land and engaged successfully in farming.
During the war he lost all his property, but this misfortune had no power to
make him misanthropic or selfish; in spite of it he continued the same
generous hearted, kindly man, whom to know was to respect and esteem.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw counted nine children among the blessings that God gave
them. Three of these children were born in Kentucky, and all reached
maturity. On the family tree we find: Sadonia B., the eldest; William M., of
Saline County, whose biography is given elsewhere; Jefferson R., who was
killed in the battle of Pea Ridge, in Arkansas, being with Price at that
time; Joel G., now a successful fruit-grower in San Diego, Cal.; Samuel M.;
David F., of Washburn, Tex.; Elizabeth, wife of H.S. Tucker; N. Jennie, wife
of Robert Irvine; and Jonathan M., of Washburn, Tex. William M. and
Jefferson were both in the Confederacy during the war.
Samuel Shaw was born in Platte County, Mo., in December, 1844, and was with
his father until nearly twenty-tree years of age, aiding in the support of
the family. He and his brothers helped to pay for the home. Samuel was
educated at the William Jewell College, and was married in 1880, Miss Mollie
Robnet, of Boone County, becoming his wife. Her father, Noah H. Robnet, was
a pioneer of that county.
Mr. Shaw, Jr., taught school ten years after leaving college, devoting all
his time to his profession, and proved himself a worthy son of an
exceptional father, for it was one of Fieldin Shaw’s characteristics that he
was faithful in all he did, and there is no more unselfish and no grander
calling than that of the earnest, conscientious teacher. Mr. Shaw now owns a
farm of one hundred acres of good land. His children are three in number:
Annie O., F. Parker and Marion A.
S.M. Shaw became interested in the People’s party in the fall of 1890, and
has since been actively identified with it. He and his wife are members of
the Baptist Church, of which denomination the father was also an active
member.
Fieldin Shaw was a Democrat in politics, but was not active in party work.
He was a liberal supporter of schools and churches, as well as other
benevolent institutions, and, indeed, was ready to give a helping hand to
every worthy cause. He was a man who could be relied upon under all
circumstances, whose word was as good as his note, whose influence was
always on the side of right as he believes it, and he was clear-sighted and
charitable at all times; his friendship was true and lasting, and his faith
in God lead him down to the verge of the river, and, we doubt not, safely
across to the other side.
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