Son of James P. Shaw and Sarah Combs. Died with his father in an Indian fight, 4 miles up Crooked Creek Valley in what was then Ford County, KS (now Meade County) with Captain O. F. Short.
Below is the link to the story of the massacre titled The Tragedy on Crooked Creek Meade County Indian Massacre: By Mrs. Addie Petefish Haver
Here are two pertinent sentences referencing James and his father:
"There were four others in the surveying party that lost their lives; James Shaw and son, J. Allen and Harry C. Jones were also buried at Lawrence, KS. Harry Keuchler, son of a doctor, was buried at Springfield, Illinois." and "As dusk fell, the fees surrounded them and only one man remained, Mr. Shaw, as told by the marks of iron from his boot heels. The oxen were killed and hind quarters cut off. Near the wagon, side by side the Indians had laid six bodies; Capt. Short, Truman Short, Mr. Shaw and his son J. Allen, Harry Keuchler and Harry C. Jones."
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties/ME/history/short.html (copy/paste this link into a browser)
Below is the link to the story of the massacre titled The Tragedy on Crooked Creek Meade County Indian Massacre: By Mrs. Addie Petefish Haver
Here are two pertinent sentences referencing James and his father:
"There were four others in the surveying party that lost their lives; James Shaw and son, J. Allen and Harry C. Jones were also buried at Lawrence, KS. Harry Keuchler, son of a doctor, was buried at Springfield, Illinois." and "As dusk fell, the fees surrounded them and only one man remained, Mr. Shaw, as told by the marks of iron from his boot heels. The oxen were killed and hind quarters cut off. Near the wagon, side by side the Indians had laid six bodies; Capt. Short, Truman Short, Mr. Shaw and his son J. Allen, Harry Keuchler and Harry C. Jones."
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties/ME/history/short.html (copy/paste this link into a browser)
Son of James P. Shaw and Sarah Combs. Died with his father in an Indian fight, 4 miles up Crooked Creek Valley in what was then Ford County, KS (now Meade County) with Captain O. F. Short.
Below is the link to the story of the massacre titled The Tragedy on Crooked Creek Meade County Indian Massacre: By Mrs. Addie Petefish Haver
Here are two pertinent sentences referencing James and his father:
"There were four others in the surveying party that lost their lives; James Shaw and son, J. Allen and Harry C. Jones were also buried at Lawrence, KS. Harry Keuchler, son of a doctor, was buried at Springfield, Illinois." and "As dusk fell, the fees surrounded them and only one man remained, Mr. Shaw, as told by the marks of iron from his boot heels. The oxen were killed and hind quarters cut off. Near the wagon, side by side the Indians had laid six bodies; Capt. Short, Truman Short, Mr. Shaw and his son J. Allen, Harry Keuchler and Harry C. Jones."
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties/ME/history/short.html (copy/paste this link into a browser)
Below is the link to the story of the massacre titled The Tragedy on Crooked Creek Meade County Indian Massacre: By Mrs. Addie Petefish Haver
Here are two pertinent sentences referencing James and his father:
"There were four others in the surveying party that lost their lives; James Shaw and son, J. Allen and Harry C. Jones were also buried at Lawrence, KS. Harry Keuchler, son of a doctor, was buried at Springfield, Illinois." and "As dusk fell, the fees surrounded them and only one man remained, Mr. Shaw, as told by the marks of iron from his boot heels. The oxen were killed and hind quarters cut off. Near the wagon, side by side the Indians had laid six bodies; Capt. Short, Truman Short, Mr. Shaw and his son J. Allen, Harry Keuchler and Harry C. Jones."
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties/ME/history/short.html (copy/paste this link into a browser)
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