Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Augustus Shaw

Full Name: William Augustus Shaw
Birth date: April 15, 1827
Death date: September 30, 1900

Photograph. W.A. Shaw, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Shaw, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs

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.
Census of 1870 - William Shaw, Red River County, age 42, born circa 1828 in Alabama, farmer, living in household with Caladonia and children.
Census of 1900 - W.A. Shaw, Clarksville, Red River County, age 73, born April 1827 in Alabama, landlord, wife Caladonia. FamilySearch . 1900 1870
SHAW, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS (1827-1900). Handbook of Texas Online .
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) .