Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B,
Pulaski County

G.W. Shadoan was born in Pulaski County, KY, July 1, 1851, a son of Reuben
and Sarah (Bishop) Shadoan.  Reuben Shadoan was born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, VA, January 8, 1808.  He came to Kentucky when a child with his
parents and settled in Pulaski County, near the Cumberland river.  He was a
Baptist preacher and also carried on farming.  He died May 19, 1880.  His
father was John Shadoan.  Mrs. Sarah Shadoan, a native of Pulaski County,
KY, is a daughter of William Bishop; the latter was born in Virginia, and
was one of the first settlers of Pulaski County.  G.W. Shadoan is of French
descent on the paternal side and Welsh on the maternal.  He received a good
education at the common schools and at the Masonic College, Somerset.  In
1808 he commenced teaching school, which occupation he followed about two
years.  He then clerked in a dry goods store in Somerset one year, when he
went to Louisville, KY, and took lessons in painting and drawing.  In 1872
he returned to Somerset and began reading law with Judge Denton; he was
admitted to the bar in 1875, and in 1870 was elected superintendent of the
schools of Pulaski County, serving one term.  In 1878 he was elected county
attorney; served one term of four years and in 1882 was re-elected, serving
until 1886.  September 3, 1873, he married Glorvinia M. Sawyers, of
Tennessee, a daughter of Major T.L.W. and Louisa Sawyers.  Seven children
have blessed their union, viz: Sarah L., Minnie, James H., Fulton, Thomas,
an infant, and Georgia, deceased.  Mr. and Mrs. Shadoan are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church North.  Politically he is a Republican.

Bishop Denton Sawyers Shadoan
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Wythe-VA TN

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