Born in Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Edward Shaw
and Marizee Loucille (Sheffield) Shaw
Sister of
James Edward Shaw Jr., James Youngblood Shaw, William Adolphus Shaw, Frierson B. Shaw, Mary Shaw and Archibald Isom Shaw
Wife of
William Wesley French
— married
20 Dec 1878 in Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 82
in Lafayette, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Nov 2016
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Biography
Frances was born in 1860. [1] She is the daughter of James Shaw and Marizee Sheffield. [2]
Marriage
Name: William W. French
Spouse's Name: Frances Shaw
Event Date: 29 Dec 1878
Event Place: Yalobusha, Mississippi[3]
Death
Birth: Jan. 20, 1860
Death: Jan. 6, 1943
Family links:
Spouse:
- William Wesley French (1857 - 1922)*
Children:
- Thomas Mitchell French (1879 - 1971)*
- John Edward French (1881 - 1976)*
- Dewitt Clinton French (1883 - 1967)*
- Harvest Emmett French (1885 - 1979)*
- Sallie Orr French Stoner (1891 - 1987)*
- Ira Ezra French (1893 - 1916)*
- William Wesley French (1896 - 1928)*
- Joseph R. French (1899 - 1962)*
- Mary Ruth French (1902 - 1955)*
(*) Calculated relationship
Burial: Paris Memorial Cemetery
Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA[4]
Sources
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGY-2THQ : 11 July 2016), Frances Sheffield Shaw French, 1943; Burial, Paris, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States of America, Paris Memorial Cemetery; citing record ID 133512531, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6G6-DB8 : 30 December 2015), Francis Shaw in entry for James E Shaw, 1860.
- ↑ Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52044-3 System Origin: Mississippi-ODM GS Film number: 894126 Citing this Record: "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2D4-RPQ : 6 December 2014), William W. French and Frances Shaw, 29 Dec 1878; citing Yalobusha, Mississippi; FHL microfilm 894,126.
- ↑ Created by: Mike Pierce Record added: Jul 29, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 133512531 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=133512531
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frances by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Frances:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frances by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Frances:
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Amy Garber 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A819278 [compare], Ancestry member AEGResearch
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Donald Howard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A720036 [compare], Ancestry member donald_dwayne_howard
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