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James Madison Shaw 1854 – 1930 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 November 1854

Birth Location: Brown County, Ohio, United States of America

Death Date: 19 Nov 1930

Death Location: Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, United States of America

Father: Oliver Shaw

Mother: Celinda Briggs

Spouse(s): Bena Donner, Bena Donner

Children(s): joseph shaw

James Madison Shaw was born in 1854 in Brown County, Ohio, United States of America, the child of Oliver Perry Shaw and Celinda G Briggs. James Madison Shaw later married Bena Donner and Bena Donner, and together they raised children including joseph perry shaw. In 1930, James Madison Shaw passed away in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, United States of America.

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Parents

Oliver Shaw
1820 – 1906
Birth Location: El Paso, Woodford, Illinois, USA
OS
Celinda Briggs
1820 – 1890
Birth Location: Berkshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts or New York
CB

Spouses(s)

Bena Donner
Birth Location: el paso illinois
BD
Bena Donner
Birth Location: el paso illinois
BD

Children(s)

joseph shaw
– 1953
Birth Location: Panola, Illinois, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 November 1854
    Event Place: Brown County, Ohio, United States of America
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1870; Census Place: Panola, Woodford, Illinois; Roll: M593_295; Page: 443B; Family History Library Film: 545794

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Panola, Woodford, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Panola, Woodford, Illinois; Roll: M593_295; Page: 443B; Family History Library Film: 545794

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 Nov 1930
    Event Place: Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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