Charles A. Shaw

Charles Albert Shaw (1831–1909) was a 19th-century New England politician, inventor, and showman. He was born in Sanford, Maine, the son of Samuel Madison Shaw, and a great-grandson of General Timothy Shaw, of Shaw's Ridge, Sanford.^[1]

^ The History of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900 by Edwin Emery. Compiled, edited and arranged by his son, William Morrell Emery ; a facsimile of the 1901 edition with a new, comprehensive name index by Rachel Bean Perkins. Sanford, Me. : Harland H. Eastman, 1987 (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press)

[1] The History of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900 by Edwin Emery. Compiled, edited and arranged by his son, William Morrell Emery ; a facsimile of the 1901 edition with a new, comprehensive name index by Rachel Bean Perkins. Sanford, Me. : Harland H. Eastman, 1987 (Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press)

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