History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 460-461, Astoria Township
William Shawrer, farmer, sec. 11; P. O., Astoria; was born near
Lewistown, this county, March 5, 1844. His father, John Shawrer,
settled in this county as early as 1836. He was a blacksmith by trade,
but the latter years of his life were devoted to farming. He was
married to Miss Mary McIntire, in Ohio, who bore him 8 children, - five
of whom are living. William received a good common-school education and
early turned his attention to farming. April 13, 1870, he was united in
marriage with Miss Libbie Waggoner, a daughter of ex-Sheriff D. J.
Waggoner. They have had 4 children born to them, two of whom, Mary and
Nellie, are living.
submitted by Carla Finley
