James Perry Shaw (1819 - 1899)

Born 1 Sep 1819 in Mercer County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Elmira Thomas (Crowdis) Shaw — married 1844 in Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1899 at age 79 in Pleasant Hill, Sullivan, Missouri, USA

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Biography

James Perry Shaw was born in September 1, 1819 in Mercer County, Kentucky. He was the son of Daniel Shaw & Elizabeth “Patsy” Pipes. At his birth, he had 6 step-siblings from Daniel Shaw's 1st marriage to an unknown woman.

James Perry Shaw's father died in 1821. His mother married Jacob Harmon on December 31, 1821.

It is possible that Jacob Harmon was the father of Elizabeth “Patsy” Pipes' 1st son, George Washington Pipes, who was born out-of-wedlock in March, 1809, before she married Daniel Shaw, although Jacob Harmon would have only been 15 at the time.

In 1844, James Perry Shaw married Elmira Thomas Crowdis in Kentucky. She was likely the daughter of George Crowdis & Elizabeth Wiley.

About 1845, James Perry Shaw, Elmira Thomas Crowdis, and his parents moved to Pleasant Hill Township in Sullivan County, Missouri.

In September, 1850, James Perry Shaw & Elmira Thomas Crowdis were living in Mercer County, Kentucky. He was employed as a carpenter. His real estate was valued at $4,000.00 ($120,544.15). Enumerated in the household were:

• James Perry Shaw (age 30)
• Elmira Thomas Crowdis (age 25)
• George D. Shaw (age 3)
• Elizabeth Jane Shaw (1)
  • The name "Louise" appears in the 1850 Census, age 1, and never appears in any subsequent Census. I'm assuming "Louise" was a nickname for Elizabeth Jane Shaw and they would have been born at the same time.
• 4 slaves:
  • 35-year-old female
  • 10-year-old male
  • 7-year-old male
  • 4-year-old female.

In September of 1860, James Perry Shaw & Elmira Thomas Crowdis were living in Sullivan County, Missouri. Enumerated in the household were:

• James Perry Shaw (38)
• Elmira Thomas Crowdis (38)
• George D. Shaw (14)
• Elizabeth Jane Shaw (12)
• John William Shaw (10).

Presumably, the slaves were left in Kentucky.

On account of the unsettled condition in Sullivan County in regard to war measures, James Perry Shaw returned to Kentucky and remained there until 1870.

In August, 1870, James Perry Shaw & Elmira Thomas Crowdis were living in Gravel Switch, Kentucky. His real estate was valued at $2,261.00 ($40,693.00). Enumerated in the household were:

• James Perry Shaw (49)
• Elmira Thomas Crowdis (age 45)
• Elizabeth Jane Shaw (age 12)
• John William Shaw (age 16)
• James Pearson (20), white male working on farm
• Nancy Barter (22), black, working as cook
• Jacob (3), black (Nancy Barter's son)

In 1877, James Perry Shaw and family were back in Sullivan County, Missouri, farming on 160 acres.

In June, 1880, James Perry Shaw & Elmira Thomas Crowdis were farming in Pleasant Hill Township in Sullivan County, Missouri. Enumerated in the household were:

• James Perry Shaw (61)
• Elmira Thomas Crowdis (56)

Elmira Thomas Crowdis died at her home on October 5, 1888 in Pleasant Hill Township in Sullivan County, Missouri. She had been sick of cancer for 3 years on her right side. She was buried in Deep Springs Cemetery in Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri.

James Perry Shaw died on February 9, 1899 in Pleasant Hill Township in Sullivan County, Missouri. He was buried in Deep Springs Cemetery in Pleasant Hill township, Sullivan County, Missouri.

Biographical Sketch of James Perry Shaw, published 1888

James P. Shaw was born in Kentucky in 1819, and is the second child of Daniel and Elizabeth (Pipes) Shaw. Both parents were natives of Kentucky, where they were reared and married. Mr. Shaw was a farmer by occupation, and both himself and wife were members of the United Baptist Church.

After the death of Mr. Shaw, his widow was married to Jacob Harmon, and in 1853 came to Sullivan County, where she died.

By her first marriage one son and two daughters were born, and by her second two sons and one daughter.

James P Shaw received a good education in his native State, and at the age of 20 began to learn the carpenter’s trade, at which he worked about 15 years.

In 1840 he came to Sullivan County, while the country was yet in a wild and uncultivated state. Indians still inhabited that region, and wild game and beasts were abundant. Mr. Shaw was fond of hunting, and has killed many bears, panthers and deer.

In 1851 he returned to Kentucky, and in 1844 was united in marriage to Elmira T. Crowdis, who was born in Kentucky in 1824. This union has been blessed with 7 children:

• George D. Shaw;
• Eliza J. Shaw;
• John W. Shaw;
• Berley Shaw;
• Bettie F. Shaw; and
• 2 infants.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

In 1860, Mr. Shaw removed to Sullivan County, but, on account of the unsettled condition of that country in regard to war measures, returned to Kentucky in 1864, and remained there until 1870. Since that date he and his family have made their home in Sullivan County. In politics, Mr. Shaw is a Democrat. He did not serve in the late war, but his son, George D., was in the Forty-Fourth Missouri Infantry, United States Army, about a year, and died on Dorpheus Island while in service.

Mr. Shaw is a well-to-farmer, and has nearly 200 acres in cultivation. Mr. Shaw’s maternal grandparents, John and Mary Pipes, were natives of Virginia and North Carolina, respectively, who immigrated to Kentucky in an early day, and located in Mercer County. The grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary War. The parents of Mrs. Shaw, George and Elizabeth (Wiley) Crowdis, were natives of Virginia, who immigrated to Kentucky, and there died.

Sources

• Birth
  • 1850 United States Federal Census - Slave Schedule (born 1815)
  • 1850 United States Federal Census (born 1820)
  • 1860 United States Federal Census (born 1822)
  • 1870 United States Federal Census (born 1821)
  • 1890 United States Federal Census (born 1819)
  • "Biographic Sketch of James P. Shaw"
• Marriage
  • "Biographic Sketch of James P. Shaw"
• Biography
  • History of Sullivan County, originally published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. This edition copyright @2008 by Hearthstone Legacy Publication.
  • http://www.HearthstoneLegacy.com
  • "Biographic Sketch of James P. Shaw"
• Residence
  • 1830 United States Federal Census (Mercer County, KY)
  • 1840 United States Federal Census (Mercer County, KY)
  • 1850 United States Federal Census (Marion County, KY)
  • 1860 United States Federal Census (Sullivan County, MO)
  • 1870 United States Federal Census (Gravel Switch, Mercer County, KY)
  • 1877 U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps (Sullivan County, MO)
  • 1880 United States Federal Census (Pleasant Hill, Sullivan County, MO)
• Death & Burial
  • https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=171136894