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District 73.
House Journal .
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District 73.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
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District 76.
Year Book for Texas, 1901 1902.
"Funeral Services for W.A. Shaw Saturday," 5/10/1924, p. 20, "former writer and publisher, owner of the Texas Farmer and well-known political figure in Texas for the last forty years."
Dallas Morning News .
William A. Shaw, birth date 5/16/1846 in Arkansas, death date 5/8/1924 in Dallas, Texas, retired publisher.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
William Andrew "Farmer Shaw" Shaw (1846-1924), burial in Oak Cliff Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County.
Find a Grave .
Obituary, "W.A. Shaw Dies at His Home in Dallas: Former Galveston Journalist and Confederate Veteran," 5/9/1924, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News .
Obituary, "Farmer Shaw Dies in Dallas," 5/9/1924, p. 5. William Andrew Shaw, birth date 5/16/1846, death date "late Thursday night," 5/8/1924.
McKinney Daily Courier-Gazette .
Obituary, "Final Summons for W.A. Shaw," The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Texas), 5/16/1924, p. 1, crediting the Mesquite Public Library. William A. Shaw, known as "Farmer" Shaw. Birth date 5/16/1846, death date Saturday, 5/10/1924. "Mr. Shaw served in the Twenty-Seventh Legislature being elected from Dallas County in 1900."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Confederate States Army, Captain Arnett's company; Company H, General Tom Green's Regiment; Captain L.H. McNelley's company. Biographical sketch, W.D. Shaw/William A. Shaw, p. 227, nickname "Farmer Shaw," born in Sevier County, Arkansas, 1844.
Texans Who Wore the Gray 1907.