Genealogy Report for Moses Shaw

Genealogy Report for Moses Shaw

(Eight generations -- including granddaughter-in-law, Muriel Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of Hannah Almira Briery)

Descendants of Moses Shaw

Generation No. 1

1. MOSES1 SHAW. He married CATHERINE.

Notes for MOSES SHAW:
The Shaws were Scotch-Irish and English and came to America on an English ship. One of the brothers who came became an accomplished violinist-playing in the New York Symphony. This branch of the family ended up in New Jersey. From there they went to Ohio-homesteading where the city of Columbus is now located. From Ohio they went to Wisconsin where they once again homesteaded.

Child of MOSES SHAW and CATHERINE is:
2. i. JOEL JOHN2 SHAW, b. 1810, Canisteer (Cann) NJ; d. 1892, Winfield Twnshp Osborne Cnty, KS.

Generation No. 2

2. JOEL JOHN2 SHAW (MOSES1) was born 1810 in Canisteer (Cann) NJ, and died 1892 in Winfield Twnshp Osborne Cnty, KS. He married MARY WHITE.

Notes for JOEL JOHN SHAW:
A letter to John and Mary Shaw in Excelsior P.O, Richland County, Wisconsin dated 16 November 1859 written by A.H. Van Houten, son-in-law of Adam Smith on behalf of Moses and Catharine Shaw said:

Canister (NJ), Nov. 16, 1859

Dear Son and daughter,

I received your letter of July 23rd in due course of time, and was much pleased to hear that you are all well and doing well. I am not very smart, and your mother is still failing. David was married the 8th of last January and had one daughter. Peter and Jane and their family are all well. They have six children, four boys and two girls. John Dougherty and family are well. William Wright and his family are also well.

We have not had very good crops this fall; our corn crop is quite poor; a good deal of it was not more than half ripe. Buckwheat a middling crop, as we have had a very cold season. Rye and oats are good, potatoes a good yield but rotted some.

Our neighbors are generally pretty well, though some have died since I last wrote you. Old Aunt Peggy Boyd died last spring, and old John Boyd died about the same time, and his son, William, just before him. John Boyd died without hope in Christ, the result of procrastination. I mention this hoping that if you have not made your peace with God you will now take warning and make Christ your refuge, let it be your fate. And oh, my son, do remember the exhortations of your poor old father. I may never write you again, this may be the last, and if you do forget my warnings and forget me, do not forget God. Remember His mercy, and His love, and fear His wrath. Be careful that you do not have to bear the awful wrath of God. Read the eleventh Psalm and see what God says is the portion of the wicked, and of the righteous.

You know that your father is not able to write and he has therefore asked my services in writing this letter. You will observe the great affection your father has for you; it reminds me of the Prodigal Son and his father that Christ spoke of. Although I have never seen you, I feel I must add a little to his advice, and first I would say you should feel it a great blessing that God has given you a praying father, and you should feel it a duty to begin to praise God for this great benefit that is not bestowed on all mankind. It appears to me your heart would break to hear his prayers as they are offered up to God in your behalf. For my part, I have felt very thankful to God that I too had a praying father, and I feel too that your father is a parent to me, as it was he who kindly advised me how to seek pardoning grace, for it is by grace we must be saved. Now although your father is old and decrepit, he still prays for you daily and earnestly. I would then advise you to remember his counsel; remember "Today is the accepted time. Now is the day of grace."

As the evening is nearly spent, we must close hoping these few lines may find you all enjoying good health, the greatest blessing God has ever conferred on man, and hoping too that you will answer this shortly with the good news that God has converted your soul and that the love of Christ has found way to your heart.

Please write again soon and we will try and answer your letter more promptly that at this time. Receive the love of your father and mother and give our love to your children. I will just add that your mother has so declined in life that she has become a child. Her mind is weak, yet she still remembers you and wants to see you and your family, but does not know anyone who comes in, in fact she knows no one except your father. He does the housework and has not time to earn anything if he was able. Therefore you may judge his condition in life.

He remains your affectionate father and sends his love and best wishes for prosperity and happy life.

To Joel Shaw and Mary Shaw

(from) Moses and Catharine Shaw

Written by A. H. Van Houten, son-in-law of Adam Smith
Yours with respect.

(Editor's Questions: Could David be a brother of Joel? Is either Peter and Jane a sibling?)

Joel (Sr.)/John must have moved his family to Osborne County Kansas around 1877. He paid $4.00 to Homestead 160 acres on March 3, 1877. This would have made Joel (Jr.) about eighteen years old when they moved from Wisconsin to Kansas.

Letter from Mother Shaw in Osborne County KS to Joel (Jr.) (her son) in Excelsior Wis.
{Probably Joel (Sr.)/John and Mary (White) Shaw }
November 28, 1892

To Joel Shaw and family {i.e., Joel (Jr.) and "Mina"-Richard M. Shaw's Grandparents}

Dear Children,
I will try and write you a few lines once more as it has been a long time since I have heard from you. This is two letters since I had one from you. What is the matter you don't write? We are well as could be expected for people of our age. John and family is well. Bob and family has gone to Minnesota. They moved from our house in September over to Henry Coles' old house and started to Minnesota in October. We have had one letter from Bob. They got there all right and was fixing up for the winter. Bob didn't want to go, but he didn't see no peace. Tint wouldn't give him no peace: he must go north. Bob told several of the neighbors it was the hardest trial he ever net with, to go off and leave us. John Smith came down to see them start. He said he wished he hadn't have come when he saw Bob felt so bad. Well, you think Tint is all right. You may think so, but you don't know anything about her. You and Frank is profit workers. I didn't quarrel with he. I never took the sass and impudence from nobody that I took from her. She didn't think no more of disputing my word and your pop's than she did one of the children's. Well, I can't tell you anything hardly. Our neighbors are as good as ever. I wish you and Mina and the children was here somewhere by. Anyone that will work can make as good a living here as any place. If you were here, you could help to look after us a little and not leave it all to do by John. Bob has got through with about all he had. Has some horses yet. We ain't had a letter from Frank's since in July. We have sent him two letters since that, and ain't had no answer yet. We sent our letters to Chandler, OK (Editor's Note: Can't make out the word after Chandler but there is some evidence that Frank went to Oklahoma and there is a Chandler in both Oklahoma and Minnesota.) I don't know whether he ever got them or not. His last letter was mailed there. We used to send them to Arcada. (Editor's Note: There is an Arcadia in Oklahoma. Could this be the town?) Well, I told him how we was left, and to see if he could help use any. Bob never give us but fifty cents while he was here. He came over before he went away and said he had no money to let us have. He said it would take all he had to move on. Warren Dilly and family went with Bob to Minnesota. Well, my shoulder is hurting me and I will have to quit.

Love to all. Write soon.
Father and Mother Shaw

(Joel/John and Mary Shaw?)

Children of JOEL SHAW and MARY WHITE are:
3. i. JOEL JOHN3 SHAW II, b. 1859, WI; d. 20 May 1934, Pittsburg KS.
4. ii. JOHN JACK SHAW, b. Bef. 1850.
5. iii. FRANK SHAW, b. Bef. 1850.
iv. BOB SHAW, b. 1850; m. LUCINDA.

Notes for BOB SHAW:
3. Bob Shaw (B: 1850) married Lucinda and lived in Minnesota

v. ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) SHAW.

Notes for ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) SHAW:
5. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Shaw lived in Minnesota too

6. vi. ANN SHAW.
vii. MARY SHAW.

Notes for MARY SHAW:
7. and another girl (Mary?)

Generation No. 3

3. JOEL JOHN3 SHAW II (JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 1859 in WI, and died 20 May 1934 in Pittsburg KS. He married HANNAH A. (MINA) BRIERY 30 Nov 1879 in Twin Creek KS, daughter of JOHN BRIERY and SARAH OSGOOD.

Notes for JOEL JOHN SHAW II:
4. Joel Shaw (Jr.) (B: 1859 D: 1934) As a young man Joel Shaw went to Osborne County, Kansas where he met his bride, Hannah Elmira (Mina) Briery. After their first four children were born, they started back to Wisconsin in a covered wagon and on the way, Osgood (Ozzie) was born in Daviess County, MO. They lived in Mineral Point Wisconsin and then in Excelsior for about eight years. Around 1898 they left Wisconsin for the Oklahoma land rush. Again another child, Ethel, was born on the way in Dallas County, MO. (This editor wonders what private thoughts Hannah had when she thought of Missouri!) They landed in Pittsburg, Kansas in the fall of 1898. Except for the three or four years in which they lived in Vinita, OK, Joel and Hannah made their home in Pittsburg for the rest of their lives. They were members of the United Brethren Church.

Letter from Mother Shaw in Osborne County KS to Joel (Jr.) (her son) in Excelsior Wis.
{Probably Joel (Sr.)/John and Mary (White) Shaw }
November 28, 1892

To Joel Shaw and family {i.e., Joel (Jr.) and "Mina"-Richard M. Shaw's Grandparents}

Love to all. Write soon.
Father and Mother Shaw

(Joel/John and Mary Shaw?)

Notes from Mary Ellen Shaw from an interview with her dad-W.S. Shaw: "The family homesteaded in Osborne County, Kansas and lived in a dugout house that had a roof of bluestem grass. "Sunny Hill" was perhaps the name of the settlement. Eventually they moved to Wisconsin-Mineral Point and then Excelsior, and homesteaded there and then migrated to Pittsburg, Kansas. The Shaws settled in Pittsburg in the spring of 1898." Olive said that they "camped out during the summer in a covered wagon on Cow Creek next to the brick yard while Dad looked for work as a carpenter." S. E. Shaw added that Joel lost an eye. One day while driving a nail, his hammer glanced off and the nail flew up and hit him in the eye. They are buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, Kansas. Take the east road and drive to the back of the cemetery. Their head stone is buried in the ground.

Notes for HANNAH A. (MINA) BRIERY:
Letter sent to Hannah "Mina" (Briery) Shaw to Excelsior, Wisconsin by her younger sister, Lettia.

Mansfield (Louisiana)
Sun., Jan. 21, 1894

Dear Sister,

After so long a time I take my pen in hand to try and answer your most kind and welcome letter I received some time ago. I would have written sooner, but I didn't have no stamp to send it. Mother (Hannah Osgood) is falling away like everything. She would write but she doesn't feel like it. She isn't much larger than I am. I am worried about her all the time. Links (oldest brother) is still living with us. Little Nat (Nat is Lettia youngest child) is as cute as he can be. Lincoln has got his house but the doors and windows. I guess he would have had it done, but he hasn't the money to buy the windows.

I wish you was down here so we could make the Louisiana people open their eyes and think they ever hunted. We would go rabbit hunting and we could take Ozzie's pistol and shoot squirrels and wild turkeys, for Ozzie say two one day. I think you and I could find them if anybody could.

We will soon have radishes to eat now, my radishes are up nice and the plum tree is in bloom and the children fetched a handful of violets the other day. I will have to close for this time. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain,
your loving sister, Lettia

The following letter sent to Lydia Shaw who was 9 years old by her Aunt Lettia with the above letter.

Dear little niece,

I received your letter some time ago and was glad to hear from my dear little Liddy. Would like to see you all. Dollie (Lettia oldest child) is larger around the waist that I am and her feet and hands is bigger than mine. She helped me wash last week and done all of the ironing. Nat and Charlie and Jack says they had drother have me to play with them than Dollie because Dollie is so cranky. Well, Liddy, I suppose you are quite a big girl now. I wish you could be with Aunt Lettia to help her gather flowers. I suppose where you are there is snow yet, and just think, down here the flowers are in bloom. They raise two crops of Irish potatoes here. It will soon be time to plant all kinds of garden stuff now. I will make garden as soon as I can get the seed. I fetched by radish seed from Kansas, and I have beets up that I fetched the seeds down here with me. I am going to write to Perry (Lettia brother who is two years younger than her) so I will have to close for this time. Write soon if not sooner.

From Aunt Lettia to Liddy, bye, bye

Children of JOEL SHAW and HANNAH BRIERY are:
7. i. MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, b. 15 Aug 1887, Twin Creek KS; d. 04 Feb 1966.
8. ii. WARREN STEVEN SHAW, b. 07 Aug 1882, Osborne County KS; d. 13 Jul 1966, Pittsburg KS.
iii. LYDIA MARGARET SHAW, b. 12 Mar 1885, Twin Creek KS; d. 21 Aug 1900, Pittsburg KS.

Notes for LYDIA MARGARET SHAW:
Dick Shaw's notes: One report says that Lydia died of a rattlesnake bite in Wisconsin. Olin Evans reported that "Lydia was bitten by a rattlesnake while picking berries. Grandpa (Joel Shaw) said they found her dead in the timber." (DCB note: surely confused with Louisa J. Briery, who died of a rattlesnake bite in 1877.) Mary Ellen Shaw said, "My Dad (Warren Stephen) also told me this story but Olive Postai who was born six years before Lydia's death told me Lydia died from typhoid." (Editor's Note: At least we can rule out the Wisconsin location because Lydia is buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, KS.)

9. iv. BLANCHE PEARL SHAW, b. 09 Aug 1889, Twin Creek, KS.
10. v. JOEL OSGOOD (OZZIE) SHAW, b. 19 Dec 1891, Mabel, Daviess Co., MO; d. Jul 1971, California.
11. vi. OLIVE ARTHULA SHAW, b. 09 Aug 1894, Excelsior, Richland County, Wisconsin; d. Pittsburg, KS.
vii. MARY ETHEL SHAW, b. 25 Aug 1898, Louisburg, Dallas Co, MO; d. Dec 1899, Pittsburg KS (Mt Olive Cemetery).

Notes for MARY ETHEL SHAW:
According to Mary Ellen Shaw, June, 1998: "A story told by Muriel Kirk to her granddaughter, Terre, recounted the birth of another baby, a girl, while the family was traveling in a covered wagon. This must have been Ethel, born in August, 1898 at Louisburg, Dallas County, MO. Since Ethel died "at 16 months" in 1899 and was buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, she must have been the baby (not Olive) born in Aunt Muriel's story. The version of the story which I saw had the names of Steve and Ozzie confused: Steve had to be the 'big brother' and Ozzie 'the toddler'."

4. JOHN JACK3 SHAW (JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born Bef. 1850. He married MELISSA.

Notes for JOHN JACK SHAW:
1. John (Jack) Shaw married Melissa "she was mean". He lived in Minnesota. He had a fishing Lodge on Lake Millac (Mille Lacs, Minnesota?). He had a son, Jack, who made a name for himself as a writer.

Child of JOHN SHAW and MELISSA is:
i. JACK4 SHAW.

5. FRANK3 SHAW (JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born Bef. 1850.

Notes for FRANK SHAW:
2. Frank Shaw married an Indian in Oklahoma, then someone else (Son: Will Shaw)

Child of FRANK SHAW is:
i. WILL4 SHAW.

6. ANN3 SHAW (JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1). She married COATS.

Notes for ANN SHAW:
Ann Shaw married someone named Coats in Osborne, KS. Their son Will Coats ran newspaper in Yates Center, KS.

Child of ANN SHAW and COATS is:
i. WILL4 COATS.

Generation No. 4

7. MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW (JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 15 Aug 1887 in Twin Creek KS, and died 04 Feb 1966. She married (1) CHARLES EVANS. She married (2) IRA (JOHN HENRY) KIRK 24 Dec 1911, son of JOHN KIRK.

Notes for IRA (JOHN HENRY) KIRK:
Ira Kirk, entrepreneur, owned Kirk and Sons Paint and Wallpaper in Pittsburg, KS.

Child of MURIEL SHAW and CHARLES EVANS is:
i. OLIN5 EVANS.

Children of MURIEL SHAW and IRA KIRK are:
12. ii. DEAN ALAN5 KIRK, b. 07 Nov 1917.
13. iii. OLIN EVANS KIRK, b. 18 Apr 1908; d. 12 Jun 1993.
14. iv. IRENE MINA KIRK, b. 19 Aug 1912; d. 29 Apr 1976.
15. v. HILDA GERTRUDE KIRK, b. 03 Mar 1914; d. 12 Apr 1993.
16. vi. HAROLD KENNETH KIRK, b. 27 Dec 1915.
17. vii. ROBERT DALE (BOB) KIRK, b. 22 Apr 1919.
18. viii. MERLIN IRA (TUB) KIRK, b. 25 Apr 1921; d. 30 May 1987.
19. ix. LELAND RAYMOND KIRK, b. 22 Sep 1923; d. 09 Sep 1982.
20. x. FRANK EUGENE KIRK, b. 06 Sep 1925.
21. xi. DONALD KEITH KIRK, b. 07 Oct 1929.

8. WARREN STEVEN4 SHAW (JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 07 Aug 1882 in Osborne County KS, and died 13 Jul 1966 in Pittsburg KS. He married MAMIE MATZENBACHER 14 Apr 1906 in Girard KS.

Notes for WARREN STEVEN SHAW:
First Home:   1105 N. Tucker, Pittsburg, Kansas (still exists-see picture)
2nd Home:    1002 E. 8th, Pittsburg, Kansas (Steve and his Dad, Joel, built this        house. A duplex was standing in this spot in 1998.)
3rd Home:     Route 4 (Now Centennial Drive at the Mt. Carmel Hospital Site)
Last Home:   420 West Martin, Pittsburg, Kansas (across from Lakeside Park.         Was no longer standing in 1998.)

Steve Shaw was a left-handed carpenter so he was good at working on the "other side" of the project. Along with his partners, J.J. Kearns and Albert Scates, they formed the Pittsburg Construction Company. He always planted a huge vegetable garden-potatoes, corn, tomatoes, melons, etc. He cultivated grapes, raspberries and rhubarb and there was a big black walnut tree in the chicken pen. Steve spent a great deal of time reading The Reader's Digest, Saturday Evening Post and the Bible while sitting on his front porch swing facing Lakeside Park. One of his favorite desserts was "Old Grey Mule"-syrup and butter stirred together.

Notes from Mary Ellen Shaw about her father, Warren Steven Shaw written in 1998.

"Young Steve Shaw was trained by his father to be a carpenter. The two of them built a home for Steve, his wife and young Richard at 1002 East Eighth Street, Pittsburg, KS. Steve and Mamie had first lived at 1105 N. Tucker in a home "prepared by the groom". (I'm not sure if that means he built it.) He was classified as a contractor by the time he was married. He later built a home for the family (sometime between 1914 and 1921) on three acres "a mile-and-a-quarter east of the Catholic cemetery" (now Centennial Drive) in Pittsburg on the site where Mt. Carmel Hospital now stands. This is the home where I was born and where we lived until 1930 when we moved to 420 West Martin, across from Lakeside Park.

"In 1924, Steve was in an automobile accident while enroute to a church conference in Emporia, KS. He suffered a compound fracture of the skull and was in an Emporia hospital for weeks. When he returned to Pittsburg and to work, he was not aware that the injury had impaired his ability to do detailed calculation. He made a bid on a men's clothing store (Holden's) to be constructed in Pittsburg, but seriously underestimated his costs. In order to fulfill the contract, he had to borrow heavily, mortgaging the three-acre place. I'm not sure what year that was, but the financial stress of the time merged into a general depression of the famous 1929 Wall Street Crash, making our personal financial depression start even before the national "Great Depression."

"We always dreaded seeing J.N. Patmore drive up to our house, because he was the bank collector, asking about delinquent payments on the mortgage. Even though those were hard times, we had certain amenities. Before "The Accident" the family car was a Studebaker, the living room had a crank-up phonograph and a "player piano" in it, and the bookcase had some good books, including a twenty-volume set of "The Child's Book of Knowledge" (excellent entertainment for a little country girl, and a good reference material for the boys' school assignments).

"Steve loved to joke and tell stories, as did Mamie, so there were many light moments even though worries took an emotional toll. He would hold a kid on his lap and read aloud, or sing funny old songs. That was on the three-acre place. The light-heartedness disappeared as the Depression wore on and he was unable to find carpenter work to do at union wages. He had been a strong union man in the days when they were first organized, and always refused to take a non-union job, which commitment made it hard for him to find work in Depression days. People could not afford to pay union wages for small carpentry jobs. Mamie had to take on work outside the home: housecleaning, washing and ironing to make ends meet. This circumstance didn't make for good relations between them, for she thought he should give up his "stubborn insistence on union wages." The family car was no longer a Studebaker, just one decrepit used car after another, one of which he drove west, looking for work until he got to California. He was little more successful there than he had been in Kansas, and about a year later, he drove back to Pittsburg, rattling over the last few miles "on the rim", having ruined a tire and having no money with which to replace it.

"Franklin Roosevelt's relief program, "Works Progress Administration", provided him with some opportunity for work and certain food supplies for the family, providing sustenance, but eating at his pride. I can't recall his ever having a really good job ever again. When he was in his late sixties, he served two or three years as caretaker at Lakeside Park. Mamie died in October, 1954, and he soon disposed of the house on West Martin, moving first to a rooming house, and then to a nursing home where he died in July, 1966. I was serving in Guatemala during those years, but was able to visit him in '58, '59, '61, '64 and '65. Though his memory was failing, he still loved to joke and tell stories. I loved his attitude and am grateful for those times with him."

(Editor's Note: I remember some of the songs he sang to me, "Go Tell Aunt Groddy That the Old Grey Goose Is Dead". I also remember jumping out of one of those "decrepit used cars", my leg slipped under the car and the right rear tire ran over my right ankle-didn't break it. When he was caretaker of Lakeside Park, I remember going to the "shower house" with him and "taking a shower"-before this experience I had only had baths. Additionally, I remember Grandpa moving out to Grants Pass, Oregon right after Grandmother died and living in a house out behind the one Joe and Mickey Shaw lived in. This didn't work out-he was a stubborn man who had a mind of his own-so he moved back to Pittsburg, I also remember him living in the YMCA for a while when I was a student at Rockhurst College. Whenever I came home, I tried to go visit him. Since he loved walking around downtown, I often ran into him there. While in college, Mother (Jessie Shaw) sent me a letter around March 7th telling me that she bet I forgot to send Grandpa something for his birthday. . .but not to worry because she took him a box of Cherry Chocolates and a five dollar bill and told him it was "from us". I wrote back to Mother and indicated that she probably was adding to Grandpa's confusion because he probably remembered it being warm on his birthday and either eating "chip chocolate" ice cream from Picco (Pittsburg Ice Cream Company) or watermelon. You see, his birthday was August 7.)

Notes for MAMIE MATZENBACHER:
Mamie (Matzenbacher) Shaw was a homemaker. She was an excellent cook and canned many of the vegetables from the family garden. She was very active in her church, the Evangelical United Brethren.

Notes from Mary Ellen Shaw about her mother, Mamie (Matzenbacher) Shaw written in 1998.

"Note from the 'Society Page' of the Pittsburg, KS, newspaper (date not known). Miss Mayme Metzenbar (sic) and W. S. Shaw, both of this city, were united in marriage last Saturday afternoon* by Probate Judge Jones in his office at Girard. They returned to this city in the evening and were given a banquet or wedding supper in honor of the event by the parents of the groom. The young couple have already begun housekeeping at a home that was prepared by the groom at 1105 North Tucker Avenue. The bride is one of Pittsburg's highly esteemed young ladies and the groom is a young contractor who is making his way in his work and is well liked by all of this acquaintances." *Date of wedding: April 14, 1906.

"This highly esteemed young lady" had been working as housekeeper in the home of a prominent Pittsburg banker, Mr. A. K. Lanyon, a widower living with his mother and young daughter, Rosalie, who was also somewhat in Mamie's charge. Mamie was the oldest daughter in a family of nine children, and knew what it was to carry heavy household duties and take care of children. She had only an eighth grade education, but made good use of what she had been taught; her use of the English language was admirable and her comportment equally so. She often coached her children in what was called "expression" so they were able to do well in public speaking and recitation. She was witty and light-hearted, often breaking into a solo dance when a schottiche would pour out of the radio. Until she was past forty, she lived in an era when all laundry was done by hand and ironing of sheets, shirts and overalls was done with flatirons heated on a wood stove. Then came the day when she had a washer and an upright pole attached in such a way as to operate the agitator. The youngest children had the privilege of working the pole back and forth while Mamie tended to the copper boiler in which she boiled the sheets and other white pieces in lye water. Her laundry sparkled. (Editor's Note: I remember accidentally slipping into that copper boiler-after it had cooled off-and getting soaked. For some reason I remember Grandma giving me a pair of Aunt Mary's "pink pants" to wear around the house while my clothes dried on the clothes line. Ouch!)

"Always a hard worker, she often worked out of the home during the depression years to help keep food on the table. She was a good cook, and the boys' friends always liked to come to the Shaws' house for meals and treats. She loved her church and was active in church work all her married life. When her only daughter
went to the foreign mission field, it wrenched her heart, but she was proud of her. She was proud of all her children and grandchildren, and especially happy when she could celebrate a special occasion or accomplishment with them. She died of the massive stroke in Pittsburg on October 23, 1954. The Lord, in His mercy, allowed Mary Ellen to arrive from mission service in Guatemala in time to be by her side in her final hours. Elmer was there too but was at home with Dad at the time of her death. I was at the hospital with Mom, as was Helen Neuenswander, R.N. She died at 4:00 a.m."

(Editor's Note: In Howard Ruede's letters, he wrote: "We arrived at the South Fork of the Solomon about noon, so we unhitched and stopped for dinner. After giving the horses about an hour's rest we started off for Neuschwanger's near Kill Creek. Mr. N., is a Mennonite preacher. He and 4 of his children have their claims all in one body of land, and they all work together. Here are 800 acres all belonging to one family." (Sod-House Days) Could this be a relative of Helen Neuenswander-even though the spelling is different? Mary Ellen Shaw said that Helen's father was also a Mennonite preacher.)

Children of WARREN SHAW and MAMIE MATZENBACHER are:
22. i. RICHARD MALBURN5 SHAW, b. 14 Mar 1907, Pittsburg, KS; d. Apr 1943.
ii. MARGARET RUTH SHAW, b. Feb 1908; d. Feb 1908.
23. iii. CHARLES JOEL JOE SHAW, b. 11 May 1910, Pittsburg, KS; d. 09 Sep 1979, Grants Pass, OR.
24. iv. STEPHEN ELMER SHAW, b. 14 Jul 1914, Pittsburg KS.
v. MARY ELLEN SHAW, b. 15 Sep 1921, Pittsburg KS.

Notes for MARY ELLEN SHAW:
Born on Route 4.

Mary Ellen went to high school in Pittsburg, worked for Montgomery Ward (Monkey Wards) and used to read children's stories on the radio. She earned her bachelor's degree from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and her Masters degree in Language and Literature from Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS and had earned an additional 25 graduate credit hours in Analytical Linguistics from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. She became a missionary with the Wycliffe Bible Translators in the Cubulco, Guatemala. Along with her associate Helen Neuenswander who was a nurse and anthropologist, they translated the New Testament in to the native language of the area.. Before Mary started this project, there was no written language for this dialect. She listened to the folk stories of the natives, developed a spelling for the words, taught them how to read the folk stories which helped them learn how to read the New Testament. She spent most of her life (38 years) in Guatemala.

Autobiographical Notes from Mary Ellen Shaw-reluctantly provided at the request of her nephew and your editor, Richard (Dick) D. Shaw.

"After graduating from Pittsburg High, I made a little money doing sewing for other people. Sewed for Mom and myself, of course. My first job was in a sheet metal shop from which I was hired away by Clay Mangrum to work in the Rock Furniture Store. I should never have tried it; didn't know how to keep books; didn't like Clay Mangrum and he didn't like me. After that I worked in the office at Montgomery Wards-where I DID learn how to keep customer's charge accounts, the very thing Mangrum thought I couldn't do. I also handled the paperwork for customers' application for needed plumbing and heating parts and repairs, paperwork that was processed though government offices. In 1944 I quit to go to John Brown University for a year because someone offered to pay my way. Got my bachelor's degree there in 1948; worked at the University for two years; went to Kansas State Teacher's College in 1950-1951 and earned a master's degree in language and literature. Went to the University of Oklahoma in the summers of 1951 and 1952 working again at John Brown University in the school year between those summers. Went to "Jungle Training Camp" in Chiapas, Mexico, January through March of 1953. Went to Guatemala with Helen Neuenswander in July, 1953. Together we analyzed the Achi (Au-chee) language and taught people to read and write in their own language. Created reading materials for them, edited a volume of folk tales in 17 Indian languages in Central America (in both Spanish and English) including sample stories of each of the 17 contribution in their original languages with literal interlinear translations, edited the ethnographic portion of a volume presenting linguistic analyses of Mayan languages of Guatemala, and published a couple of articles in Guatemalan journals.

"Helen and I worked together at first in language learning and analysis (the language had never been written), but she soon was too busy ministering to the medical needs of the people to help with the translation. I worked with native speakers to do the translation to the New Testament, and when I finished, Helen and I went over the entire manuscript separately and with two native speakers who had not participated in the translation, making the final corrections. It went to the printer in 1983 and was dedicated in a public ceremony in May, 1984. I had begun working as consultant with new translators who had begun the same type of work and continued doing that until I left the field in 1991.

"After the New Testament was completed, we began (with the help of volunteers from the U.S.) to build a hospital in Cubulco (the rural town where we had lived all those years). We began it in November, 1984, but work was slowed because of political violence and lack of funds. (Did I ever tell you Helen and I were on a list to be eliminated? Communists didn't want American there doing good.) However, in the summer of 1986 we had a total of 96 volunteers come for varying lengths of time to finish the hospital. Unfortunately, Helen was becoming more and more ill with some undiagnosed "something." We came to the U.S. in October and she was found to have an advanced case of Hodgkin's disease. We stayed in the U.S. for a year while she underwent treatment, returning in October, 1987, as she was in remission. When the disease recurred, she went under the care of an excellent oncologist in Guatemala City. He kept the disease somewhat at bay but couldn't eradicate it. Fortunately the Lord had someone else waiting in the wings to take over the hospital which wasn't quite finished. A Christian service mission took it over and began ministering to those people for whom Helen had such great compassion. Helen died January 9, 1990. I stayed on while the transition of the hospital was made and continued translation consulting. I stayed until my 70th birthday (9/15/91). Then I accepted the invitation of Jewel Sundbeck and her mother to come share their home in Austin, Texas. I'm ever grateful to God for this provision for my need. It's been a wonderful life.

9. BLANCHE PEARL4 SHAW (JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 09 Aug 1889 in Twin Creek, KS. She married (1) JACK DAVIS. She married (2) ELMER NIMERICK.

Children of BLANCHE SHAW and JACK DAVIS are:
25. i. VINITA5 DAVIS.
ii. OLIVE BELL (BILLIE) DAVIS.
iii. JACK DAVIS II.

10. JOEL OSGOOD (OZZIE)4 SHAW (JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 19 Dec 1891 in Mabel, Daviess Co., MO, and died Jul 1971 in California. He married (1) GLADYS CRIPPS. He married (2) DOT. He married (3) PAT.

Notes for JOEL OSGOOD (OZZIE) SHAW:
According to Bill Shaw-"Baby Osgood Shaw was born in the covered wagon while the family was traveling from Osborne County Kansas to Wisconsin in 1891."

Notes for GLADYS CRIPPS:
(died in childbirth with Calvin)

Children of JOEL SHAW and GLADYS CRIPPS are:
i. HELEN5 SHAW.
ii. BILL SHAW.
iii. CALVIN SHAW.

Notes for CALVIN SHAW:
(given in adoption)

Child of JOEL SHAW and DOT is:
iv. JENNIFER (GENALEE OR GENIE)5 SHAW.

Child of JOEL SHAW and PAT is:
v. CHRIS5 SHAW.

11. OLIVE ARTHULA4 SHAW (JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 09 Aug 1894 in Excelsior, Richland County, Wisconsin, and died in Pittsburg, KS. She married LOUIS POSTAI.

Notes for OLIVE ARTHULA SHAW:
Olin Evans wrote that Olive "was named Arthula after an Indian princess who fits in the family someplace."

Notes for LOUIS POSTAI:
Dick Shaw's Note: Louis Postai owned "Postai One Stop Service" (gasoline, auto repair, tires, etc.) at 3rd and Locust in Pittsburg, Kansas. Their phone number was "7". Louis and Olive Postai were my godparents when I was baptized at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Pittsburg.

Children of OLIVE SHAW and LOUIS POSTAI are:
i. LOUIS5 POSTAI II.
26. ii. FRANCIS POSTAI, b. 30 Mar 1924; d. Aug 1974.
iii. HELEN POSTAI.
iv. RUTH POSTAI, m. DAVID JONES.

Generation No. 5

12. DEAN ALAN5 KIRK (MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 07 Nov 1917. He married THELMA BERNICE (SUSIE) SUMMERS.

Children of DEAN KIRK and THELMA SUMMERS are:
i. RONALD DEAN6 KIRK, b. 23 Mar 1941; d. 11 Sep 1973; m. TREVA KIRK SHERMAN.
27. ii. DENNIS DELBERT KIRK, b. 25 Aug 1946.
28. iii. GLEN ALAN KIRK, b. 04 Jul 1951.
29. iv. BARBARA JEAN KIRK, b. 15 Aug 1953.
30. v. RAYMOND ARTHUR KIRK, b. 10 Sep 1960.

13. OLIN EVANS5 KIRK (MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 18 Apr 1908, and died 12 Jun 1993. He married GERTRUDE GERWERT.

Child of OLIN KIRK and GERTRUDE GERWERT is:
31. i. DAVID EVANS6 KIRK, b. 09 May 1942.

14. IRENE MINA5 KIRK (MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 19 Aug 1912, and died 29 Apr 1976. She married CLYDE WILEY.

Children of IRENE KIRK and CLYDE WILEY are:
32. i. MARTIN LEE6 WILEY, b. 12 May 1935.
33. ii. DAVID KIRK WILEY, b. 14 Jun 1937; d. 10 Jun 1990.
34. iii. GERRE IRENE WILEY, b. 28 Aug 1939; d. Sep 1979.

15. HILDA GERTRUDE5 KIRK (MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 03 Mar 1914, and died 12 Apr 1993. She married RICHARD E. DAVIS.

Child of HILDA KIRK and RICHARD DAVIS is:
35. i. EUGENE RICHARD6 DAVIS, b. 20 Nov 1957.

16. HAROLD KENNETH5 KIRK (MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 27 Dec 1915. He married MARJORY ONAN.

Children of HAROLD KIRK and MARJORY ONAN are:
36. i. EILEEN RUTH6 KIRK, b. 12 May 1937.
37. ii. LYN EDWARD KIRK, b. 03 May 1940.
38. iii. JANICE ADELE KIRK, b. 04 Jul 1943.

17. ROBERT DALE (BOB)5 KIRK (MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 22 Apr 1919. He married (1) DOROTHY EASOM. He married (2) WANDA JOHNSON.

Children of ROBERT KIRK and DOROTHY EASOM are:
i. ROBERT DALE6 KIRK II, b. 1941; d. 1941.
39. ii. KAROLYN KAY KIRK, b. 12 May 1942.
40. iii. MICHAEL DALE KIRK, b. 19 Oct 1947.
41. iv. MARCIA DEAN KIRK.

18. MERLIN IRA (TUB)5 KIRK (MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 25 Apr 1921, and died 30 May 1987. He married MARGARET MAE BROOKSBANK.

Child of MERLIN KIRK and MARGARET BROOKSBANK is:
42. i. TERRE LYNNE6 KIRK, b. 27 Oct 1942.

19. LELAND RAYMOND5 KIRK (MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 22 Sep 1923, and died 09 Sep 1982. He married RUTH HERRON.

Children of LELAND KIRK and RUTH HERRON are:
43. i. DANIEL LELAND6 KIRK, b. 10 Jul 1944.
ii. CONSTANCE CARROLL KIRK, b. 20 Sep 1945.

20. FRANK EUGENE5 KIRK (MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 06 Sep 1925. He married TENA VIVIAN BOWLES.

Children of FRANK KIRK and TENA BOWLES are:
44. i. MARK STEPHEN6 KIRK, b. 19 Sep 1950; d. May 1992.
ii. JENNIFER LEA KIRK, b. 12 Feb 1952; m. JOHN THOMAS.
45. iii. PAUL ALLEN KIRK, b. 27 Feb 1956.
46. iv. TENA ANNE KIRK, b. 10 Mar 1957.

21. DONALD KEITH5 KIRK (MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 07 Oct 1929. He married WILMA ELLEN KERNS.

Children of DONALD KIRK and WILMA KERNS are:
47. i. PAMELA ELLEN6 KIRK, b. 09 Dec 1949.
48. ii. DONALD KEITH KIRK, JR., b. 19 Jun 1962.
49. iii. STUART SHAW KIRK, b. 14 Feb 1964.

22. RICHARD MALBURN5 SHAW (WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 14 Mar 1907 in Pittsburg, KS, and died Apr 1943. He married JESSIE RUTH MURRAY 07 Oct 1933.

Notes for RICHARD MALBURN SHAW:
"Dick went to high school at the school operated by Kansas State Teacher College for training prospective teachers (College High School). Result: he was a high school kid trying to be like the college men; was sophisticated beyond his years. Worked in a steam laundry enhancing his naturally wavy hair-good looking guy. Never lacked for girl-friends; knew how to show them a good time. Great personality; had lots of friends. I don't remember where all he worked, but I best remember his working for Harry Bradley's "American Furniture Company", then at the "Rock Furniture Company" where he met Jessie (Murray). I think he was a salesman at both those stores, but he also had the task of collecting (on accounts) for Rock (Rock Solid Value and Rock Bottom Prices). Unpleasant as that job was, people seemed to like him even though he was calling to ask for money. That personality again! I forgot to mention that after high school he owned a "flivver" and a
banjo, both of which he covered with graffiti. The car sported a sign which said "Hit me easy-I'm getting old!" I can remember it had to be cranked by hand, and that sometimes when it was parked in the barnyard, I would sit in it and pretend to drive. The dashboard had knows on it that said "Bat, Dim, Off/On, Mag"-but I had no idea what that meant; still don't."

Children of RICHARD SHAW and JESSIE MURRAY are:
50. i. MARGARET (MARGIE) ANN6 SHAW, b. 15 Mar 1935, Pittsburg, KS (508 W. 2nd).
51. ii. RICHARD (DICK) DAVID SHAW, b. 25 Aug 1938, Pittsburg, KS (Mt. Carmel Hospital).

23. CHARLES JOEL JOE5 SHAW (WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 11 May 1910 in Pittsburg, KS, and died 09 Sep 1979 in Grants Pass, OR. He married WILMA (MICKEY) LUCAS.

Notes for CHARLES JOEL JOE SHAW:
Lived in Grants Pass, Oregon and loved to hunt in the mountains and fish in the rivers and streams that surrounded his home. Joe patented a device to load a boat on a camper. For many years he worked as a Assessor in Grants Pass, Oregon and before then he and Mickey spent many years in Los Angeles area. .

Notes from Mary Ellen Shaw about her brother, Charles Joel (Joe) written in 1998.

"I think it was in 1928 that Joe, then 17, set out for California-THE man in Aunt Versa Hanes' Model "T" Ford which was to take Versa and her two kids to the west coast. Another car was caravaning with them, that one with Uncle Terry Matzenbacher's wife and three kids. Two other ladies went along, and some of the ladies helped drive, but Joe was the oldest male. It took them 14 days to make the trip, the purpose of which was to get them out to Los Angeles where their husbands had gone to find work. (Uncle Terry and Uncle Elmer Matzenbacher were working there as streetcar conductors. They had been prepared for that, working on the interurban streetcar line that ran between Pittsburg and Joplin, Missouri.) (Editor's Note: This is the same Joplin-Pittsburg Railroad that the Murray girls worked for.)

"Joe stayed in Southern California and worked for an electrical manufacturing company, an then for hardware stores. Met a cute little gal called Mickey (Wilma Lee Lucas) who was a receptionist at a movie mogul's office (20th Century Fox's Charles Skuras). Joe and Mickey married in 1933. Their daughter, Judy Lee, was born in 1936. They moved to Grants Pass, Oregon in 1949 and Joe went to work in a hardware store. It was during this time that he invented a one-man boat-loader, but the world didn't beat a path to his door. Joe served as County Assessor for Josephine County in Oregon. He loved to fish and hunt."

Child of CHARLES SHAW and WILMA LUCAS is:
52. i. JUDITH LEE6 SHAW , b. 04 Mar 1936.

24. STEPHEN ELMER5 SHAW (WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 14 Jul 1914 in Pittsburg KS. He married CELIA HOOD 22 Oct 1937.

Notes for STEPHEN ELMER SHAW:
Born at 1002 E. 8th.

Elmer, as he is called by relatives, and Steve, as he is called by his friends, neighbors, and coworkers in California, worked for many years for Continental Can as a Litho Press Plate and working as a foreman in the litho department. He retired December 30, 1976. He and Celia made their home in Hayward, CA. Steve graduated from Pittsburg High School in 1932 and worked at the Mare Island Navy Yard during World War II.

Notes from Mary Ellen Shaw about her brother, Stephen Elmer Shaw written in 1998.

"Stephen Elmer was outstanding in my mind in the way he used to help Mother when she had to work away from the home during the Depression years. He worked as a "soda jerk" and in Pittsburg jewelry stores. He went to LaJunta, CO in April, 1934 to live with Mother's Uncle Lafe (Lafayette) Matzenbacher and his family. He had various jobs but finally got work with Santa Fe Railroad. Walking to work, he would pass by Hood's Bakery that was owned by Celia's father. Elmer noticed the pretty girl who was always arranging the window display as he want by. (Celia admits she timed her window job deliberately.) They were married
October 23, 1937 . . . and he was laid off at Santa Fe three months later. They moved to San Francisco CA, where he worked for Woolworth Stores for two years. In 1942 he went to work at Mare Island Navy Yard until end of World War II, after which he began work for Continental Can Company where he continued as a lithographer until retirement in 1976.

Children of STEPHEN SHAW and CELIA HOOD are:
53. i. STEPHANIE LYNNE6 SHAW, b. 25 May 1942, Hayward, CA .
54. ii. JULIE ANNA SHAW , b. 31 Jul 1949, Hayward, CA.

25. VINITA5 DAVIS (BLANCHE PEARL4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1). She married MILLARD LEWIS.

Children of VINITA DAVIS and MILLARD LEWIS are:
i. HOWARD6 LEWIS.
ii. ELMER LEWIS.
iii. BILLY JACK LEWIS.

26. FRANCIS5 POSTAI (OLIVE ARTHULA4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 30 Mar 1924, and died Aug 1974. He married SHIRLEY KING.

Child of FRANCIS POSTAI and SHIRLEY KING is:
i. PAMELA6 POSTAI.

Generation No. 6

27. DENNIS DELBERT6 KIRK (DEAN ALAN5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 25 Aug 1946. He married CARLA JO EKHOFF.

Children of DENNIS KIRK and CARLA EKHOFF are:
i. KENNETH ANDREW (ANDY)7 KIRK, b. 09 Aug 1969; m. YUNG MI.
ii. STEPHANIE GAYLE KIRK, b. 23 Oct 1992.

28. GLEN ALAN6 KIRK (DEAN ALAN5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 04 Jul 1951. He married JOYCE BROYLES.

Children of GLEN KIRK and JOYCE BROYLES are:
i. TANYA MARIE7 KIRK, b. 17 Jan 1973.
ii. BRYAN PATRICK KIRK, b. 21 Mar 1975.

29. BARBARA JEAN6 KIRK (DEAN ALAN5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 15 Aug 1953. She married (1) JOHNNIE GLENN BROWN 1974. She married (2) STEPHEN SMITH 1986.

Child of BARBARA KIRK and STEPHEN SMITH is:
i. STEPHANIE DEANNE7 SMITH, b. 23 Aug 1990.

30. RAYMOND ARTHUR6 KIRK (DEAN ALAN5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 10 Sep 1960. He married BEATE.

Children of RAYMOND KIRK and BEATE are:
i. JESSE STUART7 KIRK, b. 08 Jul 1981.
ii. KYLE JEROME KIRK, b. 27 Jun 1983.

31. DAVID EVANS6 KIRK (OLIN EVANS5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 09 May 1942. He married JOYCE BLESSANT.

Children of DAVID KIRK and JOYCE BLESSANT are:
i. GEOFFREY DAVID7 KIRK, b. 07 Feb 1966.
ii. GREGORY KEITH KIRK, b. 19 Jan 1968.
iii. JASON ANDREW KIRK, b. 07 Feb 1971.
iv. SUSAN ELIZABETH KIRK, b. 30 Jun 1973; m. GREGORY PETERS.

32. MARTIN LEE6 WILEY (IRENE MINA5 KIRK, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 12 May 1935. He married JUDITH LIEB.

Children of MARTIN WILEY and JUDITH LIEB are:
i. SCOTT ALLEN7 WILEY, b. 21 Sep 1966; m. DENISE HUFFMAN.
ii. MARK FREDERICK WILEY, b. 05 May 1968.
55. iii. SUSAN ELIZABETH WILEY, b. 17 Aug 1970.

33. DAVID KIRK6 WILEY (IRENE MINA5 KIRK, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 14 Jun 1937, and died 10 Jun 1990. He married THELMA JANE ORENDER.

Children of DAVID WILEY and THELMA ORENDER are:
56. i. JEFFREY DAVID7 WILEY, b. 18 Jan 1957.
57. ii. GREGG EUGENE WILEY, b. 22 Dec 1957.
58. iii. DONALD LEE WILEY, b. 18 Feb 1959.
59. iv. JAYNE ANN WILEY, b. 04 Apr 1963.

34. GERRE IRENE6 WILEY (IRENE MINA5 KIRK, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 28 Aug 1939, and died Sep 1979. She married JERRY ELLIS.

Children of GERRE WILEY and JERRY ELLIS are:
i. JOI LYNN7 ELLIS, b. 22 Jan 1961.
ii. JERRY LEE ELLIS, b. 15 Aug 1966.

35. EUGENE RICHARD6 DAVIS (HILDA GERTRUDE5 KIRK, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 20 Nov 1957. He married CHERIE STOUT.

Children of EUGENE DAVIS and CHERIE STOUT are:
i. HEATHER NICHOLE7 DAVIS, b. 11 Jun 1984.
ii. WHITNEY MIRANDA DAVIS, b. 22 Dec 1987.
iii. MIRAH DESIREE DAVIS, b. 08 Sep 1994.

36. EILEEN RUTH6 KIRK (HAROLD KENNETH5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 12 May 1937. She married DON LEE DIETZ.

Children of EILEEN KIRK and DON DIETZ are:
60. i. KATHRYN LYNN7 DIETZ, b. 09 Apr 1957.
ii. KAREN SUE DIETZ, b. 06 Aug 1960.

37. LYN EDWARD6 KIRK (HAROLD KENNETH5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 03 May 1940. He married JANICE DIANE EDWARDS.

Children of LYN KIRK and JANICE EDWARDS are:
61. i. KELLY LYN7 KIRK, b. 28 Jan 1964.
ii. DUSTY LEE KIRK, b. 17 Nov 1967; m. CHRISTOPHER YEABOWER.

38. JANICE ADELE6 KIRK (HAROLD KENNETH5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 04 Jul 1943. She married ALAN RAY HAYNES.

Children of JANICE KIRK and ALAN HAYNES are:
62. i. TAMMY RAE7 HAYNES, b. 13 Jan 1965.
ii. KIRK PATRICK HAYNES, b. 17 Mar 1967; d. 24 Oct 1989.
iii. BRIAN ALAN HAYNES , b. 26 Jun 1971; m. LISA.

39. KAROLYN KAY6 KIRK (ROBERT DALE (BOB)5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 12 May 1942. She married (1) DON HUGHES. She married (2) CHARLIE SIGMAN.

Children of KAROLYN KIRK and DON HUGHES are:
i. KIRK RYAN7 HUGHES, b. 22 Mar 1974.
ii. TODD HAMILTON HUGHES, b. 15 Sep 1977.

40. MICHAEL DALE6 KIRK (ROBERT DALE (BOB)5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 19 Oct 1947. He married (1) LYNSAY BINFORD. He married (2) ROSALYN LAWRENCE.

Children of MICHAEL KIRK and LYNSAY BINFORD are:
63. i. KIMBERLY KAY7 KIRK, b. 22 Oct 1963.
ii. KERRY MICHELLE KIRK, b. 13 Dec 1972.
iii. HONOR LIN KIRK, b. 04 Feb 1975.
iv. AMBER KATHLEEN KIRK, b. 15 Sep 1979.
v. HEATHER MAE KIRK, b. 22 Apr 1983.

41. MARCIA DEAN6 KIRK (ROBERT DALE (BOB)5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1). She married RICHARD TWIST.

Child of MARCIA KIRK and RICHARD TWIST is:
i. ALLEN7 TWIST, b. 18 Jul 1977.

42. TERRE LYNNE6 KIRK (MERLIN IRA (TUB)5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 27 Oct 1942. She married JOHN KNOLL, JR..

Child of TERRE KIRK and JOHN KNOLL is:
64. i. JOHN MATTHEW (MATT)7 KNOLL III, b. 31 Jan 1966.

43. DANIEL LELAND6 KIRK (LELAND RAYMOND5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 10 Jul 1944. He married CAROL COLEMAN.

Children of DANIEL KIRK and CAROL COLEMAN are:
i. CHRISTOPHER LEE7 KIRK, b. 24 May 1973.
ii. KAYLEAN CHRISTINA KIRK, b. 11 May 1992.

44. MARK STEPHEN6 KIRK (FRANK EUGENE5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 19 Sep 1950, and died May 1992. He married JUDITH KRI.

Child of MARK KIRK and JUDITH KRI is:
i. BETH ANN7 KIRK, b. 08 Oct 1987.

45. PAUL ALLEN6 KIRK (FRANK EUGENE5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 27 Feb 1956. He married TONYA MICHELE REED.

Children of PAUL KIRK and TONYA REED are:
i. KEITH ALLEN7 KIRK, b. 16 Jan 1982.
ii. ANDREW JAMES KIRK, b. 04 Jul 1987.

46. TENA ANNE6 KIRK (FRANK EUGENE5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 10 Mar 1957. She married CLAUDE LUTHER ABBOTT.

Children of TENA KIRK and CLAUDE ABBOTT are:
i. CLAUDE KIRK7 ABBOTT, b. 12 Jul 1982.
ii. FRANK JOSEPH ABBOTT, b. 06 May 1985.

47. PAMELA ELLEN6 KIRK (DONALD KEITH5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 09 Dec 1949.

Child of PAMELA ELLEN KIRK is:
i. BRENDA SWAIN7 KIRK, b. 17 Jun 1970.

48. DONALD KEITH6 KIRK, JR. (DONALD KEITH5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 19 Jun 1962. He married CARLA TABOR.

Children of DONALD KIRK and CARLA TABOR are:
i. ELIZABETH LAUREN7 KIRK, b. 23 Apr 1990.
ii. RACHEL ELLEN KIRK, b. 12 Feb 1992.

49. STUART SHAW6 KIRK (DONALD KEITH5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 14 Feb 1964. He married SHARON SHELTON.

Child of STUART KIRK and SHARON SHELTON is:
i. AMBER COLLEEN7 KIRK, b. 20 Jan 1985.

50. MARGARET (MARGIE) ANN6 SHAW (RICHARD MALBURN5, WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 15 Mar 1935 in Pittsburg, KS (508 W. 2nd). She married CHARLES EUGENE (GENE) FORSYTH 06 Sep 69.

Notes for MARGARET (MARGIE) ANN SHAW:
Went to St. Mary's High School in Pittsburg, KS and graduated 2nd in her class. She worked in radio as "traffic director" at stations in Pittsburg, KS, Wichita, KS, Indianapolis, IN, Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, KS, and Los Angeles CA. Her final job was secretary to Gene Autry.

Notes for CHARLES EUGENE (GENE) FORSYTH:
Gene was adopted as a child and worked on the set with his step father who was the sound effects man for the Lux Radio Theater program. He served in World War II, was wounded in action, and received a Purple Heart. He worked as an engineer for Gene Autry's television station KTLA in Los Angeles.

Children of MARGARET SHAW and CHARLES FORSYTH are:
65. i. JESSICA LEE7 FORSYTH, b. 14 Jul 1949, Los Angeles, CA.
66. ii. MICHAEL EVANS FORSYTH, b. 28 Apr 1952, Los Angeles, CA; d. 05 Jun 1975, in a motor cycle accident.
iii. TRINA MARIE FORSYTH , b. 15 Jun 1959, Los Angeles CA.

51. RICHARD (DICK) DAVID6 SHAW (RICHARD MALBURN5, WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 25 Aug 1938 in Pittsburg, KS (Mt. Carmel Hospital). He married ADOLPHINE C(DAFFY) BRUNGARDT 21 Aug 65.

Notes for RICHARD (DICK) DAVID SHAW:
Graduated from St. Mary's High School in Pittsburg, Kansas. Attended Conception Seminary. Received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in marketing from Rockhurst College in Kansas City, MO, receive a Master's of Science in Commerce in marketing from St. Louis, University and is A.B.D. (All But Dissertation) from St. Louis University. Was a medic in the U.S. Army, worked as a claims adjuster for Kemper Insurance Group, taught at Corpus Christi High School, Fontbonne College, Longview Community College and Rockhurst College. (You notice that I have spent a great deal of my life in schools? Why? I like recess!)

Notes for ADOLPHINE C(DAFFY) BRUNGARDT:
Grew up in Maysville, OK. Went off to boarding school when a freshman in high school to Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, LA, received an Bachelor of Science in Biology from Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO and competed an internship at St. John's Hospital in St. Louis and became a Registered Medical Technologist. She worked as a Med Tech at St. John's Medical Center, Missouri Baptist Hospital, Schriner's Hosptial, and Deaconess Hospital in St. Louis. When we moved to Kansas City in 1970, she became a full time Household Executive while the children grew up. When Shannon was in the seventh grade, she went back to work as a Med Tech at Veteran's Hospital. After three years she retired from there and went to work as the Records Examiner in the Admissions Office at Rockhurst College. She actually went to work for Rockhurst because we have a Physical Therapy Program whose Senior Students give back rubs each semester to help raise money for their club.

Children of RICHARD SHAW and ADOLPHINE BRUNGARDT are:
i. RICHARD DAVID7 SHAW, JR. , b. 24 Aug 1966, St. Louis, MO (St. Mary's-Clayton); m. SUSAN HOPKINS, 28 Aug 93.

Notes for RICHARD DAVID SHAW, JR. :
Graduated from O'Hara High School. Received BSBA and MBA degrees in marketing from Rockhurst College. Went to work immediately for AT&T in Kansas City for three years, was promoted to a job in Atlanta and was there for two years, was again promoted to a job in New Jersey and in 1997 became the Regional Sales Director for AT&T and moved back to Kansas City.

67. ii. JOHN MICHAEL SHAW, b. 21 Nov 1967, St. Louis, MO (St. Mary's-Clayton).
iii. SHANNON KATHLEEN SHAW , b. 31 May 1970, St. Louis, MO (St. Mary's-Clayton).

Notes for SHANNON KATHLEEN SHAW :
Graduated from Raytown High School. Received a BSBA degree in marketing from Rockhurst College (are you beginning to notice a trend?), was a sports marketing intern for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, was a sales representative for Russell Stover's Chocolates, had a wreck, broke her wrist, reflected on life, decided that Dad had the best job, went back to Rockhurst and received her teaching certificate, worked as a waitress at Tanner's Bar and Grill to earn tuition and survival money, posed for a poster for Applebee's Restaurant (check your neighborhood restaurant to see if a picture of Shannon tossing an apple in the air is hanging there), taught as a substitute teacher for a year and liked it (proves that she really likes to teach or is nuts), got a job teaching business and computer courses full time at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, KS (Kansas City suburb) and receive her Master's in Technical Education from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas.

52. JUDITH LEE6 SHAW (CHARLES JOEL JOE5 SHAW, WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 04 Mar 1936. She married DON MORRIS 31 Jul 1954 in Grants Pass, OR.

Notes for DON MORRIS :
(Don worked for Western Electric (AT&T) and took early retirement. They lived in San Lorenzo
CA for many years and moved to Redding, CA around 1995.)

Children of JUDITH SHAW and DON MORRIS are:
68. i. CARY7 MORRIS , b. 19 Jan 1957, Oakland CA.
ii. DOUG MORRIS, b. 31 Aug 1966; Adopted child.
iii. RANDY MORRIS, b. 07 Jul 1968; Adopted child.

53. STEPHANIE LYNNE6 SHAW (STEPHEN ELMER5, WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 25 May 1942 in Hayward, CA . She married JAMES CLAMBANEVA.

Notes for STEPHANIE LYNNE SHAW:
Stephanie met Jim when she was teaching in Australia. After they married they lived in Oakland, CA and then moved to Athens, Greece where Stephanie continued to teach. They lead exciting lives as is evidenced in their annual Christmas letters. They moved back to Oakland in 1996.

Children of STEPHANIE SHAW and JAMES CLAMBANEVA are:
i. STEPHAN JAMES7 CLAMBANEVAS, b. 10 Jun 1974, Oakland, CA.

Notes for STEPHAN JAMES CLAMBANEVAS:
(B.A in Mechanical Engineering from Warwick University, England)

ii. CATHERINE NOELLE CLAMBANEVAS , b. 21 Aug 1979, Hayward, CA.

Notes for CATHERINE NOELLE CLAMBANEVAS :
(In 1998 she began her Junior Year at University of California, Berkley)

54. JULIE ANNA6 SHAW (STEPHEN ELMER5 SHAW, WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 31 Jul 1949 in Hayward, CA. She married STEVE BOLLA.

Children of JULIE SHAW and STEVE BOLLA are:
i. CHAD7 BOLLA, b. 23 Mar 1970.
ii. BRANDI BOLLA, b. 27 Nov 1972.

Generation No. 7

55. SUSAN ELIZABETH7 WILEY (MARTIN LEE6, IRENE MINA5 KIRK, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 17 Aug 1970. She married NICHOLAS JOHN GERACE.

Child of SUSAN WILEY and NICHOLAS GERACE is:
i. NICHOLAS JOHN8 GERACE II, b. 01 Jul 1996.

56. JEFFREY DAVID7 WILEY (DAVID KIRK6, IRENE MINA5 KIRK, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 18 Jan 1957. He married MARY KATHLEEN JOHNSON.

Child of JEFFREY WILEY and MARY JOHNSON is:
i. MICHAEL JEFFREY8 WILEY, b. 15 May 1988.

57. GREGG EUGENE7 WILEY (DAVID KIRK6, IRENE MINA5 KIRK, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 22 Dec 1957.

Child of GREGG EUGENE WILEY is:
i. COURTNEY NICOLE8 WILEY, b. 29 Nov 1982.

58. DONALD LEE7 WILEY (DAVID KIRK6, IRENE MINA5 KIRK, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 18 Feb 1959.

Child of DONALD LEE WILEY is:
i. COULTON DANIEL8 WILEY, b. 13 Feb 1986.

59. JAYNE ANN7 WILEY (DAVID KIRK6, IRENE MINA5 KIRK, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 04 Apr 1963. She married RICHARD SNIDER.

Child of JAYNE WILEY and RICHARD SNIDER is:
i. JOSHUA DAVID8 SNIDER, b. 19 Dec 1984.

60. KATHRYN LYNN7 DIETZ (EILEEN RUTH6 KIRK, HAROLD KENNETH5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 09 Apr 1957. She married TOM SLUDER.

Children of KATHRYN DIETZ and TOM SLUDER are:
i. JASON JOE8 SLUDER, b. 07 Mar 1979.
ii. JILL LYNNE SLUDER, b. 08 Oct 1981.

61. KELLY LYN7 KIRK (LYN EDWARD6, HAROLD KENNETH5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 28 Jan 1964. She married ROGER VANCE.

Child of KELLY KIRK and ROGER VANCE is:
i. JEFFREY LYNN8 VANCE , b. 21 Dec 1985.

62. TAMMY RAE7 HAYNES (JANICE ADELE6 KIRK, HAROLD KENNETH5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 13 Jan 1965. She married RICHARD COLLINS.

Children of TAMMY HAYNES and RICHARD COLLINS are:
i. ALYSSA RAE8 COLLINS, b. 19 Jan 1989.
ii. TAYLOR RANEE COLLINS, b. 05 Dec 1990.

63. KIMBERLY KAY7 KIRK (MICHAEL DALE6, ROBERT DALE (BOB)5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 22 Oct 1963. She married STEVE GULIKSON.

Child of KIMBERLY KIRK and STEVE GULIKSON is:
i. ASHLEY DONIELLE8 GULIKSON, b. 31 Dec 1983.

64. JOHN MATTHEW (MATT)7 KNOLL III (TERRE LYNNE6 KIRK, MERLIN IRA (TUB)5, MURIEL ELIZABETH (MERLE)4 SHAW, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 31 Jan 1966. He married GRETTA PEDERSEN.

Child of JOHN KNOLL and GRETTA PEDERSEN is:
i. KIRK DEVON8 KNOLL, b. 06 Aug 1967.

65. JESSICA LEE7 FORSYTH (MARGARET (MARGIE) ANN6 SHAW, RICHARD MALBURN5, WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 14 Jul 1949 in Los Angeles, CA. She married JOHN YONKICH 28 Aug 71.

Child of JESSICA FORSYTH and JOHN YONKICH is:
i. ANGELA8 YONKICH, b. 08 Nov 1979.

66. MICHAEL EVANS7 FORSYTH (MARGARET (MARGIE) ANN6 SHAW, RICHARD MALBURN5, WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 28 Apr 1952 in Los Angeles, CA, and died 05 Jun 1975 in in a motor cycle accident. He married ROBIN FAYE BENT 13 May 72.

Child of MICHAEL FORSYTH and ROBIN is:
i. MICHAEL8 EVANS, JR. , b. 01 Feb 1976.

67. JOHN MICHAEL7 SHAW (RICHARD (DICK) DAVID6, RICHARD MALBURN5, WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 21 Nov 1967 in St. Louis, MO (St. Mary's-Clayton). He married ROSA MARIA LOPEZ 15 May 93.

Notes for JOHN MICHAEL SHAW:
Graduated from O'Hara High School in Kansas City. Receive a BSBA in accounting from Rockhurst College. Went to work for Arthur Young CPA firm. After three week he came to his dad and said, "Dad, I don't think I like accounting." Wise father replied, "I didn't think you would." He said, "Why didn't you say so? I wasted all this time!" Pop says, "No you didn't. There is nothing wrong with knowing accounting-you don't have to do it." He went to work for Marion Merrill Dow pharmaceutical company that merged and became Hoechst Marion Roussel. He worked first in Springfield, MO as a sales representative, came back to Kansas City (home office) as a Market Analyst, and in 1998 became a Regional Sales Director for the much of Kansas and Missouri.

Child of JOHN SHAW and ROSA LOPEZ is:
i. CAROLINE ROSE8 SHAW, b. 13 Nov 1997, Overland Park, KS.

68. CARY7 MORRIS (JUDITH LEE6 SHAW , CHARLES JOEL JOE5 SHAW, WARREN STEVEN4, JOEL JOHN3, JOEL JOHN2, MOSES1) was born 19 Jan 1957 in Oakland CA. She married LEE LAMP.

Children of CARY MORRIS and LEE LAMP are:
i. HEIDI8 LAMP, b. 1978.
ii. MARIAH LAMP, b. 1983.