Samuel M. Shaw
Thomas Shaw, the grandfather of the above, was born in Ireland in 1741; came to America in 1750, and located in Kentucky, and became a neighbor and intimate acquaintance of Daniel Boone, the noted hunter and Indian scout. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His son, Alexander Shaw, was born in Kentucky in 1792, and married Martha Culbertson, and came to Green County, Ohio, in 1816, where they lived until 1829, when they came to Shelby County and located in Sidney. He lived in Sidney but a few months when he bought a farm, one mile south of Sidney; moved on to his land, and made his home there until he died in 1849. Mrs. Shaw died in 1871. Samuel M. was born in Green County in 1818; came with his father to Sidney in 1829; was raised on the farm. After the death of his father he still remained at home and maintained the family and paid off the indebtedness on the farm. In 1853 he married Catharine Burtgess, by whom he has three children-Charles, Belle, and Sarah. Mr. Shaw has given his time and attention to the farm and the burning of lime, with the exception of some ten years that he lived in Sidney to give his children the advantage of schools.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883