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W.A. Shaw Full Name: William Augustus Shaw Date of birth: April 15, 1827 Date of death: September 30, 1900 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 9 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th   Democrat Clarksville / Red River   Red River, Titus   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches SHAW, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS (1827-1900). Handbook of Texas Online. Portrait and biographical sketch, N.A. Shaw, birth date 5/19/1863 in Chickasaw County, Missisippi, relatives: W.A. Shaw - father, N.A. Shaw - son. Notes W.A. Shaw was member of 12th Legislature [sic]. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Other Resources William Augustus Gus Shaw, birth date 4/15/1827 in Green County, Alabama, died 1900 in Clarkesville, Red River County, Texas, son Gus Shaw, born about 1860. Shaw Family Tree. Ancestry.com. W.A. Shaw, Clarkesville, Red River County, born in Alabama, farmer, age 45 [born ca. 1828]. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873. William/W.A. Shaw, Clarkesville, Red River County, born April 1827 in Alabama, spouse Caladonia, born May 1832. Census of 1870 and 1900. HeritageQuest Online. Obituary, "A Prominent Texan Dead: Col. W.A. Shaw of Clarkesville Passed Away at Dallas," The Houston Daily Post, 10/2/1900, p. 10. Death date 9/30/1900, "he was an intense Democrat and an active participant in the bitter contests back in the 70s," mentions son Gus (N.A.) Shaw. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Photographs Photograph. W.A. Shaw, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.A. Shaw, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.. Committee Informationtop 13th R.S. - 1873 Apportionment   Enrolled Bills (Chair)  Indian Affairs   Internal Improvements   Private Land Claims

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