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  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 6 Number 2 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1997-07)
    This newsletter focuses on the life of Francis Marion Shaw, a Confederate veteran who lost his right arm in a skirmish at Cedar Keys, Florida, in 1864. Despite being gaunt from his trauma, he returned home to clear and ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 6 Number 1 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1997-04)
    This newsletter provides a photographic profile of Francis Marion Shaw, noting that only five known photographs depict his entire life journey. These rare images include his earliest portrait taken shortly after the Civil ...
  • Old Berrien Newsletters Vol. 2 No. 1 
    Berrien County Historical Foundation (2008)
    The Last Hanging in the Old County Jail The newsletter highlights the tall cupola tower on the southwest corner of the Old Berrien County Jail, built in 1903, which served as the execution site for condemned prisoners via ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 5 Number 2 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1996-11)
    This newsletter focuses on Family Feuds that caused significant discord within the family. It details three specific instances: Jesse Shelby "Dock" Shaw's financial dispute with his nephew, Bruner Shaw, which angered Dock's ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 5 Number 2 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1996-05)
    This newsletter focuses on Barzilla Allen and Rachel Moore Allen, highlighting their early family life and the subsequent life of their first son, William Barzilla Allen. Barzilla Allen, born November 29, 1837, in Lowndes ...

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