Josh Billings

This article is about the humorist. For other uses, see Josh Billings (disambiguation).

Josh Billings
Born(1818-04-21)April 21, 1818
Lanesborough, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedOctober 14, 1885
(aged 67)
Monterey, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter
SpouseZipha E. (Bradford) Shaw ( – November 12, 1901)[1] (m. 1845)[2]
ChildrenGrace Anna Shaw Duff ( – 1923),[3] Kate Alice Shaw Santana[4][5]
Parent(s)Henry Shaw (1788–1857), Laura Wheeler Shaw ( – 1883)[6][7]

Henry Wheeler Shaw (April 21, 1818 – October 14, 1885), better known by the pen name Josh Billings, was a 19th-century American humorist and lecturer.

  1. ^ (November 13, 1901). Obituary Notes, The New York Times, Retrieved December 1, 2010
  2. ^ Adams, Arthur G., ed. The Hudson River in literature: an anthology, p. 303 (1980) (ISBN 0-87395-407-6)
  3. ^ (June 6, 1923). Obituary, The New York Times, Retrieved December 1, 2010
  4. ^ (November 7, 1885). Josh Billing's Will, The New York Times, Retrieved December 1, 2010
  5. ^ Mark Twain's letters: 1869, Volume 3, p.410 (1992)(details of Billings' children)
  6. ^ Smith, Francis Shubael. Life and adventures of Josh Billings (1883)
  7. ^ Palmer, Charles J. History of Town of Lanesborough, p.164 (1905)