Leonard Ray Shaw

Married in Indiana to Dorothy L Moore
Daughter of Joseph H W Moore and Amanda Alice Durham
Born 06 Mar 1911 in Elwood, Madison Co., Indiana
Died 21 Nov 1990 in Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana

To them were born:

Notes

• Son of George and Ella Shaw, both of Indiana.
• Leonard's age in the census records: in 1920, age 7; in 1930, age 18.
• Leonard was buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Fall Creek Township, Henry Co., Indiana.
• Obituary, Anderson Daily Bulletin, 28 Mar 1945, courtesy of Anderson Public Library:
  Leonard Shaw Is Killed In Action
    Pvt. Leonard Shaw, age 32, R. F. D. 1, Markleville, a former Delco-Remy employe, previously reported missing in Germany on Dec. 5, was killed in action on that date, according to a War Department message received by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Shaw.
    Pvt. Shaw, a resident of south of here for many years, was employed in Delco-Remy Division, Plant 10, before he entered the Army in April, 1944. He went overseas in September, last year, and had been in the Ninth Army.
    Surviving Pvt. Shaw are the wife and three children, George, age ten; Betty, eight, and Bonnie, six; his mother, Mrs. Ella Shaw, and two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Bowman and Mrs. Nellie Stephenson, English, Ind., and another sister, Mrs. Eunice Jenkins, Madson.

Sources

• 1920 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Crawford Co., Jennings Twp., E.D. 26, Sheet No. 8A [=142A], 74-74, 16 Jan 1920
• 1930 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Crawford Co., Jennings Twp., E.D. 13-4, Sheet No. 10A [=165A], 202-205, 30 Apr 1930