History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 680.
[Harrison County]   [Cynthiana City and Precinct]

JOSEPH SHAW, deceased, was born in Paris, Bourbon County, Ky., March 22,
1825, son of John and Hannah (Cox) Shaw; he, a native of England, a
manufacturer of cotton goods, who emigrated to Kentucky at an early day
and settling in Maysville; she, also a native of England; they had eight
children.  Our subject attended the schools of Bourbon County, after which
he went into the milling business, running a flouring mill for some time,
and then began farming which he continued until his death, that event
occurring in 1870; in 1853 the deceased married Miss America Jett, born
in Bracken County, Ky., Nov. 25, 1830, daughter of William and Rachel
(Howard) Jett, both natives of Bourbon County, and from which union there
were born nine children, all living: William, John T., Edward C., Joseph
W., James, Benjamin F., Hannah J., Albert, and Ira N.  Mr. Shaw was a
Republican and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the
family are members of the Christian Church and their farm consists of 147
acres of choice land, and the place being known as "Valley View."

Shaw Cox Jett Howard
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Paris-Bourbon-KY Maysville-Mason-KY Bracken-KY England

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