Family:Samuel Shaw and Nancy Anderson (1)

"In the fall of 1831 Samuel Shaw and his wife came with a party of more than a score of men and women to Cass County, Mich., making the journey with teams according to the primitive fashion. The Shaws settled on forty acres of land in Galena Township and there Mrs. Shaw died August 13, 1847. The bereaved husband made his home with his children from that time until his death, January 29, 1877. He and his wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To them were born twelve children, viz.: Marian, William B., John A., Thornton A., Lydia A., Richard B., Sarah, Elijah, Lelia K., Abner, Alice I. and Erastus S. The last-named died in infancy and the others lived to establish homes of their own. Richard served in the Union army and died at Covington, Ky., and Elijah was a soldier for three years, and died while on a visit to our subjects March 9, 1891." [Kalamazoo Gazette, spring 1940]