Hesse Shaw
1882 - 1907 (24 years)
Generation: 1
1. Hesse Shaw was born on 2 May 1882; died on 19 Jan 1907 in De Soto, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. Other Events:
- Occupation: brakeman on the Santa Fe railroad engine 1120
Notes:
Hesse Shaw, who is well known in this part of the county and a son of Mrs. England at Rock Creek, was killed in the wreck at Desoto on the Santa Fe and was buried last Tuesday in the Rochester cemetery. He leaves a wife and a found months old baby.
The Meriden Ledger, Meriden, Kansas. Thursday, 24 January 1907.
Topeka State Journal, January 21, 1907 p.5
The body of H. E. Shaw, the Santa Fe brakeman who was killed at a wreck at De Soto Saturday, reached Topeka early Sunday morning and was taken to the Conwell undertaking rooms. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock from the Walnut Grove M. E. church and the burial will be in Rochester cemetery. Mr. Shaw formerly lived in the neighborhood. He had but recently gone into the train service and this was his fourth trip out.
Topeka State Journal, January 21, 1907 p.5
Deaths and Funerals
The funeral of Brakeman H. E. Shaw, who was killed in the wreck at DeSoto Saturday morning, will take place Tuesday at 1 p.m. from the Walnut Grove church at Sixteenth and Harrison streets. The interment will follow in Rochester cemetery.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15450568/hessey-e-shawHesse married Bessie May Jinks on 20 Dec 1905 in Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, Kansas. Bessie (daughter of Ernest Jinks and Mary Alma Cassity) was born in Dec 1887 in Nemaha County, Kansas; died before 1940 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]