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Albert Josiah “Burt” Shaw

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Birth	:	1876 Dayton, Green County, Wisconsin, USA
Death	:	10 Oct 1952 USA
Burial	:	Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7335000, -94.6597000
Description	:	From Pocahontas County History Published 1982 page 661 Albert Josiah Shaw, school teacher, attorney, legislator, and public servant was born 1876 at Dayton, (Green County), Wisconsin the son of Prentice and Jennie A. Shaw, and died 10 October 1952, as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage on 6 July of the same year. In 1882 he came with his parents to Iowa and spent his childhood mainly on a farm in Powhatan Township. He received his elementary and high school education in Rolfe and Plover, and attended Cornell College, Mt. Vernon. After a short period of teaching, he went to Des Moines... Read More	From Pocahontas County History Published 1982 page 661 Albert Josiah Shaw, school teacher, attorney, legislator, and public servant was born 1876 at Dayton, (Green County), Wisconsin the son of Prentice and Jennie A. Shaw, and died 10 October 1952, as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage on 6 July of the same year. In 1882 he came with his parents to Iowa and spent his childhood mainly on a farm in Powhatan Township. He received his elementary and high school education in Rolfe and Plover, and attended Cornell College, Mt. Vernon. After a short period of teaching, he went to Des Moines where he received a Doctor of Law degree from Drake University in 1901. After practicing law in Corwith a short time, he returned to Pocahontas, where he practiced law for over half a century. He was Pocahontas County attorney for 10 years and for 12 years he served the 50th district in the State Senate. During this tenure, he was the author of many important pieces of legislation, the most outstanding being the Homestead Credit Law. At the time of his death he was serving as Industrial Commissioner of Iowa. In 1908 he married Genevieve B. Murphy of Iowa City who was a local high school teacher of mathematics and Latin. She was very musical, and for many years she was organist at St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church. To this union were born three sons, Frank and Albert Jr., attorneys of Pocahontas, and Robert, a school teacher in Iowa, and two daughters, Catherine (Mrs. George A. Shors) and Eleanor (Mrs. Lawrence Flaherty), both also of Pocahontas. Contributed by Susan Malloy, #48476569

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Albert Josiah “Burt” Shaw death on 10 Oct 1952 in USA
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Latitude: 42.7335000
Longitude: -94.6597000

Family Members:

Parent

Prentice Josiah Shaw

(1849 - 1934)

Jennie A. Marshall Shaw

(1853 - 1934)

Spouse

Genevieve B. Murphy Shaw

(1882 - 1960)

Siblings

George Schee Shaw

(1876 - 1938)

Stella Elizabeth Shaw Bucher

(1882 - 1968)

Prentice F. Shaw Jr.

(1886 - 1917)

Children

Frank W Shaw

(1910 - 1971)

Eleanor A Flaherty

(1911 - 2002)

Catherine Bridget Shaw Shors

(1913 - 2019)

Albert Josiah Shaw Jr.

(1914 - 1972)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Calvary Cemetery
Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7335000, -94.6597000

2. Summit Hill Cemetery
Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7315000, -94.6595000

3. Grant Township Cemetery
Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6571999, -94.6996994

4. Saint Josephs Cemetery
Palmer, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6342010, -94.6188965

5. Washington Cemetery
Havelock, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8363250, -94.7091440

6. Evangelical Covenant Cemetery
Pomeroy, Calhoun County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6165720, -94.6803640

7. Elfsborg Lutheran Cemetery
Palmer, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6169014, -94.6875000

8. Swedish Mission Bethany Cemetery
Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6138992, -94.6774979

9. Clinton-Garfield Cemetery
Rolfe, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8055300, -94.5202500

10. Saint Margarets Cemetery
Rolfe, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8164978, -94.5307465

11. Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Palmer, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6176000, -94.5893500

12. Palmer Cemetery
Palmer, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6166992, -94.5894012

13. Powhatan Cemetery
Plover, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8557396, -94.5801773

14. Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery
Gilmore City, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7332993, -94.4672012

15. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Palmer, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6268997, -94.5205994

16. Dover Township Cemetery
Varina, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6896100, -94.8524200

17. Marble Valley Cemetery
Gilmore City, Humboldt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7458850, -94.4430150

18. Saint Columbkilles Cemetery
Varina, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6467018, -94.8443985

19. Calvary Cemetery
Laurens, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8403015, -94.8368988

20. Laurens Cemetery
Laurens, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8438988, -94.8330994

21. Old Rolfe Cemetery
Rolfe, Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8403511, -94.4764175

22. Marshall Cemetery
Pocahontas County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7633018, -94.8930969

23. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
Pomeroy, Calhoun County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5558014, -94.6889038

24. Union Cemetery
Pomeroy, Calhoun County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5539017, -94.6789017