History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 491.
[Bourbon County]  [Paris City and Precinct]

WILLIAM SHAW, Sr., P. O. Paris, the enterprising miller of Paris, was
born February 6, 1814, in Lancastershire, England.  His parents were
John Shaw and Hannah Cox.  The paternal grandparents of our subject was
James Shaw, who wife's maiden name was Lofton, all of English birth and
parentage.  Our subject emigrated from England to Kentucky with his
parents, in 1821, locating in Paris.  His father was thoroughly versed in
the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods, and understood well the
management of all the details necessary to the successful running of the
same.  Immediately upon his arrival he took charge of the factory run
by Samuel Pike; afterward went to Maysville where he took charge of a
mill for three years; returning to Paris, he resumed the superintendence
of the factory for his former employer, remaining with him until the
close of 1828, when he built a lot of cotton machinery for Thomas and
Hugh I. Brent, and took charge of same for five years, when the firm
changed hands, he still running the same for its successors until 1836.
He then became a part owner.  His death occurred in August, 1843.  He
was a man highly esteemed for his virtues; not a member of any orthodox
church, but a temperance man and a zealous admirer of Mr. Clay, and a
ember of the Whit party.  To him were born eleven children, nine of whom
grew to manhood and womanhood, viz: William, Mary, Elizabeth, Julia,
Joseph, Benjamin, John, James and Louisa.  The subject of these lines
was the eldest of the family of children.  He learned the business of
his father.  In February, 1837, he took charge of the cotton department
which he ran until the close of 1846, at which time the care and
management of both departments devolved upon him, conducting the same
until the close of 1851.  He then embarked in the milling business at
Ruddel's Mills, where he built two saw-mills and carried on a custom
mill also.  In 1859, he returned to Paris and purchased the mill property
of Daniel Isgrig, where he has since remained.  Mr. Shaw has since
rebuilt and made several important additions to his mills, and is doing
a thriving and prosperous business, with a capacity of one hundred
barrels per day, which is mainly absorbed by home consumption.  Mr. Shaw
deferred his marriage far into bachelorhood.  March, 1867, he wedded to
Mrs. Catharine Dimmitt, daughter of George Dimmitt, formerly a native
of Maryland.  He always been a Republican.

Shaw Pike Isgrig Brent Dimmitt Cox Lofton
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Mason-KY MD England

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