Abstract:
This issue focuses on Ida Jane Shaw, the second child and first daughter of Francis Marion and Rachel Shaw. Born on June 19, 1868, in Ray City, Georgia, Ida Jane married W. Bartow Parrish on June 29, 1884, and they established a farm near Possum Branch. Despite being blessed with seven children, she endured immense sorrow, losing three sons in infancy. The family also faced the destruction of their first home by fire. A Primitive Baptist, Ida Jane practiced Christian values. She died on August 18, 1921, shortly after her mother, Rachel, passed away, and was buried in Pleasant Cemetery beside her husband.
