I am asking for help with my family history.
Jesse and Mary Shaw are listed in the 1850 census in Blue River Township in
Hancock County along with their family. They are my ggrandmother and
ggrandfather but I have been able to find little information about them.
I know that Mary's maiden name was Harris. I know that they were married in
Franklin County in 1834 and that Jesse was born in Ohio around 1810. I have
been able to document little more. I also know that they moved to Crawford
County Wisconsin around 1855 where my grandfather, Jesse Jr. was born.
I suspect strongly that Mary was the daughter of Benjamin Harris, also
listed in the 1850 census in Blue River township. I also suspect that she
was related to Walter Harris who had property adjacent to that of Mary and
Jesse in Wisconsin. Mary's obituary indicate that she and Jesse returned to
Indiana when his health failed and that he died in Indiana in 1862, though
it does not say where in Indiana.
I have not found any probate or death records for Benjamin Harris, so I do
not know if he died in Hancock County or moved. Since he was 68 years old
at the time of the 1850 census, he could well have died there.
If anyone has any information about the Shaw or Harris families in Blue
River township, I would really appreciate hearing about it.
Larry Shaw