The Farmland Enterprise, January 29, 1904
Obituary
Rebecca P. (Smith) Shaw was born on Cape Cod, near Wellfleet,
Mass, August 27, 1824. She was the oldest of her father's family of
eight children - one boy and seven girls. A sister is the only one of
the family yet living. The subject of this obituary was married to
Reuben C. Shaw on May 9, 1847 (in Massachusetts). She departed from her
earthly life January 23, 1904, at 3:15 o'clock a. m. Her age was 79
years, 6 months and 27 days. She was the mother of five children -
three sons and two daughters. The three sons and one daughter are yet
living and present today and mourn in a sence (sic) as they never have
before. In about 1868 she joined the M. E. Church at Pleasant Hill.
Some years later this church disbanded and the membership scattered.
Mother Shaw did not put her membership with any denomination but always
belonged to the great body of Christians of which Christ is the leader.
From Tucker's History of Randolph Co, 1888. page 511, a Biography of
Reuben C. Shaw: In 1855 he and his wife and eldest son moved west to
Randolph County. His farm was located a mile north of Farmland and he
was a carpenter by trade and also skilled at architectural drawing.
Their five children were all living in 1888 and were: Walter C., the
eldest son, served one year during the late War as a member of the
second Indiana Battery. He married Eliza J. Macy, and now conducts a
farm near his father's. Sylvera B. married Hamilton L. Penery;
Josephine W. married Oliver H. Warren; Frank L. married Emma Macy; and
Frederick P. married Ella C. Friar.
(On May 8, 1897 the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.)
The burial place is unknown by this researcher for this couple.