Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

SAMUEL SHAW, retired; Beardstown; was born in Cincinnati, 
O., March 12, 1815, and was raised in the village of 
Newtown, O., where he afterward worked in a distillery 
until 1838, when he came to Exeter, Scott Co., Ill., where 
he worked in a distillery two years. He then moved to 
Springfield, Ill., where he remained five years as manager 
of John A. Kidey and S. M. Tinsley's business, and in 1842, 
in company with S. M. Tinsley, built a 500 bushel still-
house in Beardstown, where they ran a distillery about four 
years, under the firm name Tinsley & Co. Mr. Shaw then sold 
out his interest in the distillery to his partner, and 
bought a tract of 666 acres of land, on the Sangamon 
Bottoms, which he improved and farmed for twelve years, and 
on which he raised as high as 8,000 bushels of potatoes in 
one year. He sold his lands, returned to Beardstown in 
1863, and is living retired from active business life. He 
married Aug. 3, 1839, Mary A. Fleming, of Exeter, Ill., who 
has borne him nine children, four of whom are living: John, 
William, Harry, and Ella. Mr. Shaw was a director of the 
Cass County Bank for seven years, being one of the 
corporators of the old Insurance Company; was U.S. Revenue 
Inspector for the Ninth District; he is a Democrat; himself 
and family are members of the M. E. Church. During his stay 
in Springfield, Ill., Mr. Shaw's firm obtained control of 
the first railroad in the State, running from Springfield 
to Meredosia.

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