Photograph.
W.A. Shaw,DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
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 .
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) .