Shaw, Phillip Rodber (1825-1905)

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Date: 12/20/2007 at 22:41:06

Maquoketa Record
March 1, 1905

Phillip Rodber Shaw was born Sept 25, 1825, at Sherborne Somersetshire, England and died after a short illness in Maquoketa, Iowa, Feb 16, 1905, aged 79 years, 4 month, 21 days. At the age of 21 he came to America and located at Springfield Ill., where he was married Oct. 15, 1857, to Miss Sarah Abigail Wimberly, who survives him. This union was blessed with ten children, seven of whom survive to mourn the loss of a kind and loving father, as follows: Ben, John and Bert of Maquoketa, Harry of Lyons, Mrs. Laura Boylen of Calumus, Iowa; Mrs. Jennie Odell of Geneva, Minn, and Miss Stell, still in the family at home. The deceased came to Iowa in 1875 and three years ago became a resident of Maquoketa. He was an adherent of the Episcopal church and his Christian faith of a blessed immortality was a source of comfort and hope to himself and his family in his last days. Funeral services were held at the home on South Main Street on Saturday Feb. 18, at 11 a.m. and burial in Mt. Hope cemetery. Rev. D. F. Boomershine officiating.