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MEDTNA COUNTY GAZETTE, MEDINA, OHIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 194lt;s'lt;r */\V* f/Sr**[,Si»•* VA* «'V- UK * .'. .•Xv''SirMi*•»' ?■**-LFPED W.SUAW. Born inBERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASS.MAY 3• 1821 . WHEfsl HE WAS $\* YEARS OLD, HIS FATHER CAME WIST AND SETTLED IN CHATHAM TOWNSMiR IN \648 Hfc MARRIEDMARy Packard, shortlv afterHE PURCHASED SI ACRES WHERE WE BUILT HIS HOME AND MILL. HE WAD CNE SOK),ThF late williamSHAW.FENJTOM ^HAW.SON OF WILL'1AM, OPERATES THE FAT^M AMDMIlL .fHt .SHAW HOMESTEAD 'S LOCATED TWO MILES SOUTH AND WESTC*r CHATHAM CENTERTHE FIFTY-ONE ACRES WASORIGINALLY KNOWN AsfiiflMl fQtfTERTRACT AND WAS SOLDFOR ^8“'PER ACRE. IN OIL WAS DISCOVERED ON THISFAKKA. AT PRESENT IT \S THE.Fir lD OF RENEWED OIL ACTIVITIES, AMD ONCE A6MNTHE HUSTLE ANObliSTLE S- /HERE ./ALFRED SHA.W BUILT THLFIRST COMBINED FINISHINGLUMBER AND FEED MILL INCHATHAM TWP THE MILL STiLL STANDS AND IS OPERATED BY HIS GRANDSON,FENTON SHAW.
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Medina County Gazette
Medina, Ohio, US
Tue, Apr 02, 1940
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