BIO: Jacob G. Shaw, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER LX.

                       WEST PENNSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.

587  WEST PENNSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.

  JACOB G. SHAW, farmer, P. O. Newville, was born in Penn Township, 
this county, July 10, 1838.  His grandfather came to Cumberland County 
in 1792, emigrating from Ireland, was married to Hannah Rippet in 1802, 
and had the following children:  John F., Isabella, Mary A., James R., 
Alexander, Joseph and Benjamin.  (The last named was killed by Indians 
while trading between Fort Leavenworth and Santa Fe.)  James R., 
subject's father, a native of Penn Township, this county, married 
Catharine Goodheart, after attaining his majority, and had four 
children:  Hannah A., Mary M., Jacob G. and Joseph A. (he was one of 
the brave soldiers who fell during the civil war; he enlisted in 1862, 
and after his term had expired re-enlisted for three years in Company 
D, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and 
in 1864 met his death at the battle of Weldon Railroad, Va.)  Jacob G. 
was reared on a farm, attended the public schools, completing his 
education in the normal school, and for twelve years engaged in 
teaching in this county.  December 21, 1871, he was united in marriage 
with Miss Jane M., daughter of William and Rebecca McKeehan, of West 
Pennsborough Tp., this county, and who were among the most prominent of 
the pioneer families in Cumberland Valley.  To this union have been 
born the following named children:  Ira E., Ralph Mc. and Jesse H.  One 
term of school was taught after Jacob G. Shaw's marriage, when his 
inclination turned to agriculture, and he purchased the handsome farm 
on which he resides, and in 1872 donned the habiliments of a granger, 
and with the energy characteristic of his people has made this business 
a success.  He is now serving his third term as an official in the 
public schools of this township.