Phyllis Mozella Shaw

Phyllis married George Fredrick Tucker 25 Feb 1936, Pleasent View, Weber, Utah, United States. George was born 12 Dec 1913, Pleasent View, Weber, Utah, United States; died 23 Jan 1996; was buried 26 Jan 1996, North Odgen, Weber, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

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My Father, John Riley Shaw, by Karen Shaw Thomas
Contributed By G. Shaw Soren · 8 July 2013

May 1993
My Father, John Riley Shaw, by Karen Shaw Thomas

Where do you begin to write a story about a man that you loved very much and whom you admired as a child growing up?

Such will be this story of my Father. It is almost unexplainable to put into words the feeling I have for my Father and he for me. While growing up and still to this day, I enjoy being outdoors. I could usually find my Dad out in his workshop. Don't ask me exactly what he did there - - but he would always be working on some project. I just liked being there with him. I can't remember ever having any indepth conversation with him - - it was merely that we understood each other and I loved to watch him work. Everyonce in awhile he'd have me
put something in the vice for him to hold while he was cutting it. I was his helper.

I was always proud that my father was a carpenter. I likened my father to doing the same work that Jesus had one while on this earth and I have always felt proud to tell people that my Dad was a carpenter. We got to see alot of progress of barns or houses going up and I only remember him working on the entire project. I can't remember anyone helping him.

Chyrl and I would walk down to the end of the road and wait for him to drive up at the end of a work day. Going through his lunch pail was a thrilling thing for me as a youngster. I really can't explain what made it so important, it just was.

Our Dad chewed tobbaco and had quite a big wad of Beechnut chewing tobbaco in his cheek alot of the time. I can remember getting into his hiding place for it under the front seat of the car and putting some in my mouth. It really burned my mouth and needless to say, I only did that once.

I would sit in the Model A Ford that he had for hours, hitting the starter button and with the clutch in and then out, would move the car up and down the driveway of the farm in Riverbank, California, teaching myself to drive. Dad would then let me drive the car on the country roads around our home. I was very proficient at driving at age 11. Dad encouraged me to drive and would say to me, "If your Mother ever gets very sick and needs to get to the hospital, you make sure you drive her there if I'm not home." I doubt that Mother even knew that he told me that, but in Dad's way, he loved Mother and did watch out of her well being.

I was proud of Dad being the Branch President in Oakdale, California, during the early 1940's. I had the opportunity to play the piano or lead the singing at Church and it was
probably because he chose me to do so. It was a great experience for the young girl that I was at the time.

I can remember having company for dinner and after they'd leave, Dad would lean back on the kitchen clair and say "Can we eat now" and laugh and laugh. He was saying that while company was there, you had to mind your manners and not eat too much, but after they left, bring on the food!!

Dad had a good sense of humor and I can remember him laughing at his own jokes and his face getting redder and redder the more he laughed.

I can also remember his favorite Sunday evening meal would be bread and cold milk, along with onions and cucumbers in vinegar. Mom and Dad also would make barrels of saurkraut.

Dad was a very giving person and would always make certain that Mom fixed food for the hobos that came by our place in California.

Last year, in 1992, I was able to attend the 50th Reunion of the Oakdale, California Ward. I wanted to be there for Dad because he was the fourth Branch President and served from 1944 to 1947. Dad was a good leader during this time and I am so very greatful that I wa:s born to be part of those years and to be his and Mom's daughter.

John married Josephine Cottam 20 Jul 1910, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Josephine (daughter of John Cottam and Lillie Rose) was born 6 May 1892, Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States; died 15 May 1951; was buried 18 May 1951, North Odgen, Weber, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

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My Mother, Josephine Cottam Shaw by Karen Shaw Thomas May 1993
Contributed By G. Shaw Soren · 21 January 2015

It is a beautiful sunny day here in the Northwest and I was able to mow my lawn today. The rain finally stopped!

As I was mowing the grass and out in the beautiful sunshine, I started thinking of Mom, knowing that I wanted to get my history of her written. The thoughts of her started flooding back in my memory. It was very appropriate that I should be mowing the grass, for I remember Mother as a person that wasn't afraid of doing good hard work. If she were living today (she would have been 101 years old this month), she would be one of the first one to be mowing her lawn or doing any other work that would be necessary to making a house a home.

Even though Mother was ill a lot while I was growing up, she was cleaning the house or irrigating the pasture or butchering the chickens when she felt well.

I can remember her taking our bull by the chain on the ring of his nose down to the neighbors when they wanted to use him. She was one of the bravest persons that I've ever known. I cannot imagine even doing something like that of leading a mean bull around. She had made certain that Chyrl and I were in the house because the bull was very mean and she didn't want us to get hurt. There I was, watching out the window in fear and Mom showed no fear at all. It was a job that had to be done and Mom knew she had to do it.

My fondest, most precious memories of Mom involved hers and my love for music. I can remember Chyrl and I singing for the Townsend Club in Riverbank, California, or at Church. I'd look out in the audience and could always spot Mom right away, because she'd have her head tilted as if trying to absorb and hear every word that we sang. She would have the proudest look on her face and a big, big smile. When I sang at Church or at school, Mom and Dad were always there and the love would radiate from their faces to me.

There was many a day when Mom was ill and wouldn't be able to get out of bed. She'd often ask me to play the piano for her and sing some songs. Her favorites were Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, The Lord is My Sheppard, Abide with Me, How Gentle God's Command, Come Unto Jesus, We Thank Thee 0 God, for a Prophet, I need Thee Every Hour and Bless This House, 0 Lord We Pray, to name just a few. She found a lot of solace and peace in music and the words of the songs

We always attended Church as a family when I was growing up. This was very important to Mother. After getting home, we would have a Sunday afternoon dinner that was excellent. Mom was a very good cook and her fried chicken or pheasant was the best! The very first thing she taught me to bake was a custard pie. I'll always remember that day and also making fudge from scratch.

When we were growing up, they didn't have catchy sayings like "Don't be a Litter Bug" and yet Mom taught me to be careful with the earth and our environment and to enjoy the beauty of it. We'd be driving down the
road and if she saw a board in the middle of the road or any other debris, she'd stop, walk back and pick it up and take it home to throw it away. Many a times, we'd come to a screeching stop in order for her to pick up something so it wouldn't be a hazard to the next car that came by or so that it wouldn't litter the ground. You could do that in those days, before fast moving cars on the streets and freeways. When I was six years old, the Second World War broke out. Mom and Dad had the best Victory Garden in the area. Everyone was encouraged to plant a vegetable garden and ours was full of every vegetable imaginable.

Mom always kept very close tabs on Chyrl and I and yet she allowed me the freedom to chase the birds in the fields or to walk a mile or more down the road to another field to pick a big bouquet of bright orange California poppy wildflowers.

I can remember Beth taking care of Chyrl and I when Mom was very ill. Once, when she was in the hospital, we rode with Beth to the hospital and we took the "snarls" from Chyrl's hair to show Mom that she was being a good girl about getting her hair combed. Mom was interested in everything we did and paid a lot of attention to Chyrl and I. The love that she showered on us while she was alive was enough to last even to this day.

As Mom was getting ready to leave on her trip back to Utah with Maxine and Walt before she passed away, I can remember standing by her in the kitchen in the home at Riverbank, California, and the last thing she said to me was, "If you ever want to talk to me, Karen, just pray". I think she had a premonition that she might not see me again. I'm thankful for her words to me as they have brought slot of peace to me down through the years and closeness to my Mother that will be forever.

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Brief History of Edmund Riley Shaw
Contributed By Kathlyno · 12 June 2013

"Edmund Riley Shaw, son of Elijah Shaw, Sr., and Martha Ann Thomas, was born in Centerville, Davis, Utah, June 22, 1855. He came to North Ogden with his parents in his youth, and was baptized by Thomas B. Brown. He was ordained an Elder November 20, 1871; ordained a Seventy December 9, 1883 by William W. Taylor.

His first wife Elizabeth Rose, daughter of Wesley Rose and Mariah Gates, bore him two children. Sarah Elizabeth Shaw was born April 7, 1873. On July 10, 1881 she was baptized by Jacob Ferrin and confirmed by E. M. Wade. She became the wife of Chauncey W. Rhees of Pleasant View and located in that ward. Eva Shaw was born June 8, 1875. She married George Franklin Barker. Elizabeth Rose died on November 28, 1876 at North Ogden, Utah.

Edmund Riley Shaw afterwards married Sarah Jane Ward by whom he had nine children born in North Ogden and Pleasant View being transferred to the latter ward May 16,1886, from where he filled a mission to the Southern States."

("North Ogden Ward History," compiled by Benjamin F. Blaylock, 1905, pp. 33,72)

Edmund married Sarah Jane Ward 2 Jan 1879, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States. Sarah (daughter of James Ward and Harriet Brown) was born 21 Dec 1861, North Odgen, Weber, Utah Territory, United States; died 21 Dec 1925, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States; was buried 24 Dec 1925, North Odgen, Weber, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

John married Lillie Rose 14 Dec 1888, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Lillie (daughter of Andrew Rose and Josephine Malcolm) was born 6 Apr 1871, North Odgen, Weber, Utah Territory, United States; died 15 Feb 1928; was buried 17 Feb 1928, North Odgen, Weber, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

Elijah married Martha Ann Thomas 6 Apr 1850, Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. Martha (daughter of Jacob Thomas and Elizabeth Miller) was born 20 Nov 1824, Jonesboro (historical), Maury, Tennessee, United States; died 21 Nov 1890, Pleasent View, Weber, Utah, United States; was buried 23 Nov 1890, North Odgen, Weber, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Martha Ann sealed to Elijah Shaw 22 Apr 1891 by permission of Pres. Wilford Woodruff. Resealed to John W. Shupe 7 June 1893. Her first two children (Elizabeth Jane Shupe and George Shupe) were sealed to Mr. Shaw.

Martha Ann is twins with her sister Nancy Thomas

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There is a date for her birth on a family group sheet for 20 Mar 1825

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Since the Logan Temple records were filmed there has been a correction made on the books. James Ward was sealed to his mother and William Spackman not Spanswick as it shows on the film.

James married Harriet Brown 16 Mar 1861, Devizes, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. Harriet (daughter of John Henry Brown and Sarah Mead Mundy) was born 5 Oct 1838, West Lavington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; was christened 4 Nov 1838, West Lavington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; died 20 Mar 1902, North Odgen, Weber, Utah, United States; was buried 23 Mar 1902, North Odgen, Weber, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Sketch of the life of Harriet Brown Ward
Contributed By WardRodneyCyrus1 · 4 October 2013 ·

Harriet Brown Ward's parents were Henry Brown and Ann Barsh on her father's side and William Mundy and Mrs. Elizabeth Mundy, all of English descent. Her father, John Brown, was a son of Henry Brown and Ann Barsh, born at West Lavington, Wiltshire, England, December 13, 1816, where he grew to manhood and was married to Sarah Mundy, daughter of William Mundy and Mrs. Elizabeth Mundy and located at Lavington, where three children were born: Harriet, October 5, 1838; Sarah, June 19, 1844; and Eliza, January 30,1847. Harriet and Eliza emigrated and located in North Ogden, Utah; and raised each a large family, but Sarah married and remained in England, now in her 70th year and has had a family of 9 children. After the death of his first wife, Sarah Mundy, John Brown married Jane Wilkins, who bore him 2 children; at West Lavington: George, January 7 1852, who is a resident of North Ogden and an infant always very sickly and finally died in infancy. January 15, 1847 he was baptized by John Falliday and ordained an in 1852 in his native land. June 4, 1863 he sailed from London, England for America, on the ship Amazon, in a company of 882 saints, under the direction of William Bramwell, arriving at New York, July 18, at Florence a few days later leaving there for Salt Lake City, August 10 and arrived October 4, and four days later arrived in North Ogden, where he made his future home. March 28, 1870 was ordained a Seventy. He died at his residence in North Ogden March 15, 1891. Harriet Brown Ward was a daughter of John Brown and Sarah Mundy, and was born at West Lavington, Wiltshire, England, October 5, 1838 and at the age of 11, through the death of her mother, the care of the family devolved upon her at that tender age, until her father was married to Jane Wilkins (mother of George Brown of this place) she then went out to work for her living, mean while taking advantage of opportunities for an education at high school for 4 years. She was so desirous of an education on that when her father married the second time she decided to go to school. She had to work to pay her way. The work she got was washing steps every morning. Her hands got so cold from being in the water so much that she had cilblains all up her arms. About this time her father's second wife died necessitating her to the home to look after the family, with an increased number of children and with the dying request of her mother to have the children taught the Principles of the Gospel and baptized in the church, resting upon her and she succeeded in carrying out that request in being baptized herself in 1849 by William Charman and was confirmed by John Halliday, the later being the first elder in that locality and in 1855 her two sisters, Sarah and Eliza were baptized by Edward Hannam. Her responsibilities in the home continued until she was 23 years of age when she was married to James Ward, March 16 1861 and set sail for Utah April 23, 1861 from Liver Pool, England on the ship "Under Writer" in a company of 624 Saints under the direction of Milo Andrus, Homer Dunkin and Chas W. Penrose. They arrived at New York, May 22 1861. Then went to Florence, now Omaha. Later they left there July 1, 1861 for Utah and arrived in Salt Lake, September 13, 1861 in the Joseph Horn Company. Her husband having worked his way across the plains in the direction of the first transcontinental telegraph line to Utah, she was deprived of his companionship until she met with him again in Utah. They proceeded on to Ogden and located on what is now the George Smuin property on Washington Avenue, where her first child, Sarah Jane, was born December 20, 1961. They after wards sold out at a small figure and moved further north and located on the John Holmes property in North Ogden, where her second child, Elizabeth was born, July 13. 1863. On March 19,1864 they located on Washington Avenue in North Ogden in the place now occupied by George Simmins where other children were born as follows: James Henry, Aug. 22 1865; William, Sept. 8, 1867; John, Dec. 3, 1868; Albert G. Dec. 15 1871; Cyrus, Dec. 29, 1873; Joseph E. Nov. 25, 1875; Lorenzo, Feb. 14, 1877; Harriet E. April 13, 1880; Hyrum H. Oct. 6, 1889; and William who died, March 29, 1907. All except Hubert have been married in the temple. Two have served in Ward Bishoprics. One served the Superintendency of Sunday School and others have filled positions of honor and trust. She endured all the hardships incident to the settling in the new and sterile country, giving birth to her first child in a cabin without a roof, when it was raining for 21 days; laying in wey bedding and through the blessings of the Lord did not take a cod. It should have been noted that she had walked all the way across the olains in a delicate condition, (see James Ward's life sketch) and waded all the streams. She told of many times, when she held her second child, she would carry the baby and the oldest one would walk to where she would wash fora lady all day, over a mile away. Then she was through the lady would giver a small piece of butter for pay. She would tell how there were so many Indians and how frightened she was of them. She said one day while she was away the Indians went in the house and took all her baby's dresses, which were few in number due to the scarcity of cloth. In North Ogden, she has been almost continuously engaged in Relief Society work. serving as visiting Teacher and as member of the Board of Directors and assisting with the sick andto lay out the dead and officiated for many of her dead in the Temples of the Lord, working at one time for two months. She died March 20, 1902. This was written on March 12 1914. (person is currently unknown.)

William married Ellen Bridget Gallagher 21 Sep 1851, Makersfield, Lancashire, England. Ellen (daughter of John Gallagher and Ellen Hines Duffey) was born 22 Dec 1831, Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; died 11 Jun 1902, Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States; was buried 13 Jun 1902, Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Ellen Bridget (Gallagher) Cottam
Contributed By PitloGaryPalmer1 · 8 October 2014

William and Ellen Bridget Gallagher Cottam Written by their daughter Elizabeth Jane (Cottam) Jensen I would like to tell the younger generation about my parents. William was born on March 17, 1829 in England. My mother Bridget, they called her, was of Irish descent but was born in England on Dec. 22, 1831. William was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or Mormon Church as a young man and later Bridget was baptized. They were married in England on Sept. 5, 1852. Mother was working as a nurse in a hospital in England. William would go with the missionaries and he also taught Sunday school. They were blessed with many children, two sets of twins and one set of triplets. They had several pass away before they left England. William came to work in the coal mines of Pennsylvania to earn money to send for his family. Bridget worked in a hospital to earn money as well. She did not tell William that she was pregnant before he left for America. William earned enough money for his wife and youngest child to migrate. But that was not good enough for mother, she worked hard to raise the money needed to bring the entire family. Nellie, the youngest child, was only 9 days old when they set sail. A large storm came up and all those onboard the ship were frightened. Many of them gathered around mother because they knew she had allot of faith. She held the clothes of the baby under her dress to try to keep them dry. It took 6 weeks to sail to New York. When mother arrived our father was not there to meet her. The ship's captain helped care for them for a time until he could meet up with them to take them to Pennsylvania. A son named William was born in Pennsylvania. They saved to make the move west. They came in the first freight train in 1869. They moved to Porterville, Utah, which is located near Morgan. Mother was a midwife using her nursing skills learned in England. She was promised by a patriarch that she would never lose a mother giving birth. She delivered over 300 babies in her lifetime. She went on to have 4 more babies of her own. They were all girls, Elizabeth, Mary and Martha (twins) May and Eve. About 3 months before the twins were born she rode in a covered wagon to the Salt Lake Endowment House to be sealed as an eternal family. William, my father, started a brick plant. He bought the first coal oil lamp and cook stove in Porterville. He also worked in the mines in Wyoming. They moved their family to Snowville, Utah. They eventually ran a store there which still stands today. Bridget was the mother of 19 children, 7 of them died while they lived in England before they moved to America. These were hard times sometimes we were hungry. But our father did the best that he could to provide for us. Mother would get payment for her midwife services in the way of food or other items. Their children married and started families of their own. Father passed away on Aug. 30, 1910 and mother on June 11, 1902 both in Snowville.

Andrew married Josephine Malcolm 1 Jul 1870, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Josephine (daughter of Johnathan Malcolm and Deborah Moore) was born 27 Jul 1853, Brant, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jun 1924, Pleasent View, Weber, Utah, United States; was buried 14 Jun 1924, North Odgen, Weber, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]