George
Washington
Shotwell
Born in New Jersey
Ancestors 
Brother of
Anna (Shotwell) Dyer, Elsie Rachel (Shotwell) Linabury, William Augustus Shotwell, John Shotwell, Clarissa Ann (Shotwell) Bailey, Caroline Matilda (Shotwell) Eastman, Orilla P. (Shotwell) Warden, Prudence Amelia (Shotwell) Morden and Jonathan Shotwell
Husband of
Nancy Mariah (Sadler) Shotwell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Susan (Swink) Shotwell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Angeline (Topping) Shotwell
— married
11 Dec 1859 in Michigan
Descendants 
Father of
Ellen Axford (Shotwell) Williams, Clara Elizabeth (Shotwell) Castater, Eva Orilla (Shotwell) Stiff, Adda Keziah (Shotwell) Burks, Jasper Alexander Shotwell, Bertram Wortham Shotwell, Ivy Maud (Shotwell) Atwood, Harry Aubrey Shotwell, George Freeman Shotwell, Early Lewis Shotwell and Edith Roosevelt Shotwell
Died
at age 71
in Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2016
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Biography
George Washington Shotwell was born July 19, 1835 in Middlesex, New Jersey, the son of Clarkson Freeman Shotwell and Keziah Sutton Shotwell.
George was born when his mother was in her forties; he was, according to his daughter, "babied" because of this. [1]
George was married three times; his first wife Angeline Topping [2] died following childbirth complications. His second wife Nancy, died following an illness and birth of a stillborn child. He married his third wife, Susan, after moving to Nashville. [1]
George held a patent for the spring bottom mattress. (See photos). George's death is recorded in TN archives as being on July 5, 1906. [3] However, his headstone indicates July 5, 1907. [4]
1870 Census: Highland, Guthrie, Iowa[5]
- George and Angeline Shotwell
- Ellen (9)
- Clara (6)
- Orilla (4)
- Addie (2).
1880 Census: Spring Valley, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA[6]
- GW Shotwell, 44, New Jersey
- Angeline Shotwell, 36, Michigan
- Eva O Shotwell, 14, Michigan
- Adda K Shotwell, 12, Michigan
- Jasper Shotwell, 10, Iowa
- Bertram Shotwell, 4, Wisconsin
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Memoirs of Ivy Shotwell, Personal copy retained by Summer Orman
- ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZMQ-G8V : 4 December 2014), George W. Shotwell and Angeline A. Topping, 11 Dec 1859; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,019,065.
- ↑ Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: M-1
- ↑ Find a Grave #124723176
- ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNHX-46N : 14 July 2016), G W Shotwell, Spring Valley, Rock, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 198, sheet 398B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1444; FHL microfilm 1,255,444.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
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Marty Ormond
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Excellent picture. Impressive success with patent being issued
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