eph and Kansas City, Missouri, and in 1885 returned to Madison county, Iowa, where her sister Ella, then Mrs. C. C. Bancroft, resided. It was at this sister's home that she was married, on December 15, 1886, to W. O. Payne. Their home has since been in Nevada, though one year was spent in Washington city. She also was a charter member of the Woman's Club and she was the first president of the local chapter of the P. E. O. sisterhood. She was for many years active in the affairs of the Ladies Nevada Cemetery Society and it was during her presidency thereof that the society purchased and conveyed to the city what is now the west half of the cemetery.
WILBUR F. SHAW.
Wilbur F. Shaw, a prominent and representative resident of Colo, was appointed postmaster of the town on the 11th of October, 1966, and has ably served in that capacity to the present time. His birth occurred in Columbus, Kansas, on the 17th of June, 1869, his parents being James W. and Margaret (Zook) Shaw, who were natives of New Jersey and Indiana, respectively. The father was a lad of six years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Indiana, in which state he grew to manhood. Removing to Livingston county, Illinois, he was married in Fairbury, that state, and there made his home during the following five years. He next spent about ten years in Cherokee county, Kansas, and then returned to Livingston county, Illinois, where he remained for some two years. On the expiration of that period he took up his abode in Champaign county, Illinois, residing there until 1892, when he came to Colo, Iowa, where he has made his home continuously since. He was successfully engaged in general agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career, but since coming to Colo has lived retired. His wife was called to her final rest on the 19th of August, 1901, passing away in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church. James W. Shaw was reared in the Quaker faith and still adheres thereto but worships in the Methodist Episcopal church.
Wilbur F. Shaw was reared under the parental roof and attended the common schools in the acquirement of an education. In 1891 he made a trip to Iowa, having a brother, Frank E., who was at that time a resident of Hubbard and in partnership with whom he purchased the grain elevator in Colo. In January, 1892, his brother having assumed control of their elevator in Colo, Wilbur F. Shaw removed to this town and for five years the two young men were prominently identified with the grain and lumber business here. In 1897 Frank E. Shaw withdrew from the business, selling his interest to his brother-in-law, E. A. Binder, and the firm style of Shaw & Binder was adopted. This relation was maintained until the 1st of July, 1907, when the concern sold out to K. R. Frazier & Company, who are the present proprietors of the enterprise. On the 11th of October, 1906, Mr.