Jonathan Shaw

As printed in 1880

JONATHAN SHAW, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Cardington; was born Sept. 11, 1821, on his father’s farm, the first one settled in this county, where his youth was spent until the age of 17, when he married Mary Amn Barry, born in Ann Arundel Co., Md., Sept. 7, 1822, whose family history is found in the sketch of Y. P. Barry. One week after this event they moved into the woods, two miles north, on forty acres of land, given him by his father. His father, Jonathan Shaw, Sr., who is particularly mentioned in the general history of this township, was born in Bucks Co., Pa., Jan. 24, 1787, and soon after moved, with his parents, to Chester Co., Pa., and in 1804 to a settlement in Liberty Tp., Delaware Co., where he married Miss Ruth Welch, who was born Aug. 12, 1786, and whose parents were among the earliest settlers of Liberty Tp. After the birth of their oldest child, Susannah, they moved to this township, and were the first white settlers in Morrow Co. To them were subsequently born John L., the first white child in the county, Elizabeth, Content, Aaron, Melissa, Jonathan, Jr., Luther and Sylvester. After his father’s death, which occurred at the age of 65, Jonathan moved to the home farm, to care for his mother; who six weeks later followed the father. He had, however, after three years’ residence in the first-named place, moved farther West, on sixty acres, and from thence to his present residence, occupying nearly the same spot where he was born, a few rods from where the first cabin in the county was built. Here he has raised a family of nine children — three sons and six daughters. The oldest son, Jonathan Waters Shaw, is engaged in the book and drug business, in Cardington, and is also a member of the firm of Lainprecht & Shaw, hardware dealers. The second son, James

S., is also engaged in the book and drug business. His youngest son, Lincoln, and youngest daughter, only remain with their parents. He has in all about 300 acres of choice land, 1G5 of which is a part of the original tract belonging to his grandfather; this is well watered by numerous springs, and by Shaw Creek, which flows through it; it has good building, and most excellent fruit, and for obvious reasons is known by the name of “ Old Homestead Farm;” in addition this he has a line residence, and five and one-half acres of land, and two business rooms in Cardington. Mr. Shaw has borne a conspicuous part in the township, serving it as Justice of the Peace for fifteen years, and holding other offices, among them Land Appraiser in 1880. He is a member of the Friends, and his wife of the United Brethren Church. In politics he is a Republican. Few men take as much interest as he does in pioneer history. And he has a very large collection of family portraits.

As printed in History of Morrow County and Ohio : containing a brief history of the state of Ohio ... a history of Morrow County ... biographical sketches, portraits of some of the early settlers and prominent men, (1880). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.