I'm researching the Boyce & Shaw familys of Charleston,S.C. James W. Shaw was born in Abernethy,Inverness,Scotland around 1816 to parents of John Shaw and Ann Dow of Tulloch,Inverness County, Scotland and came to the U.S. in 1848. He is married to Elizabeth Rians and they had four daughters:Mary,Jessie Ann,Jane and Melvina all born in Charlerston,S.C. James W. Shaw died in Charleston ,S.C. in 1885 and his wife Elizabeth Rians Shaw in 1880. John H. Boyce married Jessie Ann Shaw in Charleston,S.C in 1869. John Henry Boyce parents were John H. Boyce and Ann both died in Charleston,S.C.