The Death of Crawford W. Shaw

“Influenza claimed a victim at the county infirmary yesterday, when Crawford W Shaw, aged 67 years, died at the institution after a brief illness from the malady. Shaw was a barber and was quite well known in this city, having conducted a shop near Eleventh and Chillicothe streets for many years. He had only been an inmate of the institution for a short time. Shaw was a native of Ohio, but has no relatives in this vicinity, do far as is known. The body was buried in the infirmary burial grounds.“¹

Certificate of Death for Crawford W. Shaw²

Record of Funeral for Crawford W. Shaw

1. Crawford W. Shaw. (1920, February 9). Portsmouth Daily Times, p. 4.
2. “Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PK4-QW13?cc=1307272&wc=MD96-YTL%3A287600501%2C293580302 : 21 May 2014), 1920 > 14651-17500 > image 2237 of 3317.