This issue of the newsletter recounts the military service of Francis Marion Shaw, who was conscripted into the Confederate Army in 1864 at the age of eighteen. Serving in the Florida Reserves, Shaw was wounded during a ...

This issue focuses on the life of Jesse Shelby “Dock” Shaw, the son of Francis Marion and Rachel Moore Shaw. Raised on the family farm in Ray City, Georgia, Dock married Susie Bullard and together they raised eight children ...

This newsletter profiles Chester David Shaw, Jr. the only child of the wealthy and charismatic Chester David Shaw, Sr., whose life was profoundly shaped by his father's legacy. Young C.D.'s life was irrevocably altered at ...

This newsletter profiles Mary Ellen "Minnie" Clements Sirmans, a granddaughter of Francis Marion Shaw, whose life was defined by her Primitive Baptist Methodist religious affiliation and significant personal and financial ...

This newsletter excerpt details the financial hardships and eventual dissolution of the Daughtrey family's farming and business ventures, particularly focusing on Effie Idell Clements and Virgil Daughtrey. After moving to ...

This newsletter primarily profiles Bernard Theodore Shaw, a grandson of Francis Marion and Rachel Allen Shaw, detailing his life from his early years in a turpentine camp to his lifelong career in the grocery business in ...

This newsletter primarily profiles Collis Chancery Allen, a grandson of Francis Marion Shaw, detailing his journey from farming in Georgia to establishing a successful lifelong career as a barber in Florida. Born in ...

This newsletter profiles Leonard Cleo Shaw, a grandson of Francis Marion and Rachel Moore Allen Shaw, whose life was significantly shaped by his heritage but defined by a long and successful career in the lumber industry. ...

This newsletter profiles Fondren Willie Mitchell Shaw, affectionately known as "Preacher" from an early childhood photograph. Born in a log home in Berrien County, Georgia, he received his formal education at the Pine Grove ...

This issue centers on the preserved love letters of Chester D. Shaw, the youngest son of Francis Marion and Rachel Moore Allen Shaw. In 1895, Chester left his home in Ray City, Georgia, and traveled to Louisiana, where he ...