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The Shaw Cemetery headstones were recorded two separate times, first in 1968 – 69 by the Wayne Prairie Chapter of the DAR and recorded in a book written by the Illinois Society, DAR which is posted on Heritage Quest. A second reading of the headstones was done in 1971 by Doris Ellen Bland and was published in her Wayne county Cemetery Inscriptions Vol. I

Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Married	Illinois Death Certificate #	Obituary/ Picture	Additional Information
BEAMER, Jacob	June 15, 1841	Jan 3, 1908
BEAMER, Margaret A.	Apr 20, 1846	Mar 7, 1879	Wife of Jacob		Wayne Co., Press Apr 17, 1879
BEAMER, Mary J.	Nov. 30 1871	Mar 1, 1888
BLAND, America G.	Apr 2, 1853 Crawford Co., Ky.	Feb 26, 1890	Married George Bland Feb 17, 1870		Wayne Co., Press Mar 13, 1890	Mother of 11 children 7 boys 4 girls 9 living at her death
BLAND, George						Co. E. 66 Il. Inf.
BLAND, Halsey M.	Aug 11, 1872	Sept 13, 1896				s/o George & America Bland
BLAND, James N.	Jan 14, 1828	Feb 9, 1915	Married Nancy Aug 3, 1848			124 Il Vol. Inf.
BLAND, Nancy M.	Aug 8, 1848	Feb 9, 1915	James N. Bland			w/o James N. Shaw
BLAND, Rebecca E.		Jan 27, 1872 5y 27d
BLAND, W. W.	Mar 23, 1851	July 9, 1861				s/o J.N & N. M. Bland
GILLISON, Harry H.	1879	19
GILLISON, Nellie	1891	1946
HOWARD, Belva M.	Sept 15, 1875	Dec 12, 1890				d/o Wm. & Lydia Howard
HOWARD, Jane	Apr 3, 1808 Vernago Co. Pennsylvania	Mar 3, 1879 70y 11m	Wife of Samuel Howard		Wayne Co., Press Mar 13, 1879	Mother of 12 leaves husband & 9 children one sister
HOWARD, Samuel	1800 Pennsylvania	May 22 / 23 1879 78y 6m 23d			Wayne Co., Press June 5, 1879	Leaves brother, 2 sisters, 7 sons, 3 daughters
HOWARD, William	Mar 14, 1838	May 12, 1910
JOHNSTON, Amanda	Dec 25, 1848		Wife of John H. Johnston
JOHNSTON, Andrew	1824	1910
JOHNSTON, Bertha M.	Feb 13, 1894	Aug 14, 1894				d/o W. H. & E. L. Johnston
JOHNSTON, Emma L.	Feb 10, 1892	Jul 2, 1899	Wife of W. H. Johnston
JOHNSTON, Floyd	Jul 6, 1901	Mar 24, 1902				s/o W. H. & M. J. Johnston
JOHNSTON, James	July 21, 1866	d. 1y 5m 20d				s/o A. & S. M. Johnston
JOHNSTON, John H.	Mar 19, 1848	July 26, 1903
JOHNSTON, Sarah	1825	1897	Wife of Andrew Johnston
JOHNSTON, Susan	1883	1940
McCOOL, M. A.	Feb 7, 1826	Sept 30, 1905	Wife of W. McCOOL
McCOOL, Nancy M.	1862	1898
McCOOL, W.	Sept 8, 1805	Aug 1, 1884
NIXON, Daniel	1859	Oct 19, 1907
O’MALLEY, Louvisa	Jan 3, 1846
O’MALLEY, Owen	July 14, 1839	July 20, 1909
O’MALLEY, Rebecca SHAW	Feb 5, 1847	Feb 20, 1883 36y 15d	Married Owen Shaw Dec 15, 1867	Wayne Co Press Dec 19, 1867 Marriage notice	Wayne Co., Press Mar 1, 1883	d/o William W. Shaw mother of 3 children
SHAW, George W.	Mar 13, 1831 Davis co. Tn	Nov 15, 1905		Biography		s/o Wm. W & Margaret CAMPBELL Shaw
SHAW, Margaret CAMPBELL	July 26, 1805 Tennessee	Oct 8, 1881 76y 2m 12d	Married Wm W. Shaw	Biography		d/o George Campbell
SHAW, Sarah M.		Sept 12, 1872 1y 4m d				d/o G. W. & M. P. Shaw
SHAW, William	Mar 16, 1799 Tennessee	Sept 11, 1875 76y 5m 25d		Biography	Wayne Co., Press Oct 14, 1875
SIMPSON, Martha	Aug 11, 1880	Aug 24, 1880 13 days				d/o W. C. & M. M. Simpson
SIMPSON, Martha M.		Aug 12, 1880 26y 4m 6d	Wife of W. C. Simpson
STINSON, Jane	Feb 19, 1860	July 19, 1914	Wife of L. T. Stinson
STINSON, L. T.	Feb 6, 1849	Oct 20, 1907
STINSON, Nellie T.	May 26, 1887	Oct 24, 1903				d/o of L. T. & A. T. Stinson

1884 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

GEORGE W. SHAW, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Fairfield, was born March 13, 1831, in Davis County, Tenn. His father, William W. Shaw, was born in 1799, in Tennessee. He was a blacksmith and farmer by occupation, and died in this county, to which he came in 1834. His memory is cherished by our older citizens who knew him well. The mother of our subject was Margaret (Campbell) Shaw, a native of Tennessee. She died in this county. Her father, George Campbell, was a native of South Carolina, and a tailor by occupation. Eleven children looked up to her and called her mother; seven of them are now living, viz.: Susan A. Johnson, Martha A. Dorris, Nancy N. Bland, Kiziah George, Sarah Meritt, George W., our subject, and William J. Mr. Shaw used to attend the old-fashioned subscription schools in Barnhill Township. In early life, he learned the blacksmith trade of his father, and followed it for many years, but since 1853 he has devoted his attention mainly to farming, owning now a farm of 100 acres. He was joined in matrimony here in October, 1853, to Mrs. Mary McCullough, born 1830, in Illinois. She is a daughter of William W. George, deceased, who was a most worthy and highly respected citizen of this county. His sketch appears in another part of this work. Mrs. Shaw is the mother of eleven children, of whom seven are now living, viz.: Valaria G., born August 28, 1854, wife of Joseph Farinsworth; Paris P., born January 22, 1859, wife of Samuel Brown, George D., born April 22, 1861; Thomas L., born March 9. 1863; Phalitia A., born December 4, 1865; Elviria I., born February 20, 1869, and Azalia K., born April 26, 1873. Mr. and Mrs Shaw are active members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a strict Democrat. It is said that he is one of the hardest workers in the county. From 1873 to 1877 he spent in Texas.

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