When William Ared Shaw was born on 4 May 1888, in Parke, Indiana, United States, his father, William Stephen Shaw, was 32 and his mother, Mary Frances Noble, was 28. He married Jesse Dell Brown on 9 October 1912, in Parke, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Union Township, Parke, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Greencastle Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died in 1956, in Greencastle, Greencastle Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States, at the age of 68.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZCF-L75: 3 August 2022), William A Shaw and Jessie D Brown, 09 Oct 1912; citing Parke, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014948.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4B4-CJH: accessed 29 November 2022), Arid Shaw, Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 5A, line 6, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 623; FHL microfilm 2,340,358.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MB-NQLL?cc=2000219&wc=QZXT-W4P%3A790104101%2C798709701%2C796806601%2C799577102: accessed 29 November 2022), Indiana > Putnam > Greencastle Township > 67-11 Greencastle Township outside Greencastle City E of State Road 43, Greencastle Orphans Home > image 29 of 35; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
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