Now that we know his name is E D not Ed, it was easier to find his marriage to Alice, just the year before:
"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ7-TZJR : 17 October 2017), E D Shaw and Alice Thomas, 21 Jun 1926; citing Marriage, Butler, Missouri, United States, p. 77, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
and
"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ7-GK5G : 17 October 2017), E D Shaw and Alice Thomas, 21 Jun 1926; citing Marriage, Butler, Missouri, United States, p. 297, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.