Texas Legislators: Past & Present

N.A. Shaw

Full Name: N. A. "Gus" Shaw
Birth date: May 19, 1863
Death date: January 5, 1924

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .

N.A. Shaw in roll call, 1/18/1891; Gus Shaw in roster. House Journal . 22nd R.S. Roll Call 22nd R.S. List of Representatives

Biographical sketch, N.A. (Gus) Shaw, Volume V, pp. 2599-2600. "In 1890, Mr. Shaw was elected to the 22nd legislature, from the 38th legislative district, to represent Red River county in the lower house . . . " A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
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 .
N.A. Shaw, born in Mississippi, death date 1/5/1924 in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, banker and planter. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Obituary, Colonel N.A. (Gus) Shaw, "N.A. Shaw Dies at Texarkana," 1/6/1924, p. 1. "He was county and district attorney of Red River County and a member of the 22nd Texas legislature." Marshall News Messenger .
Portrait and biographical sketch, N.A. Shaw, pp. 259-260. Born 5/19/1863 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 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.
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) .