Thursday, September 22, 2016

Some Martin, Shaw Genealogy, Galena, Kan.

FAMILY REUNION AT GALENA Galena, Kan., Aug. 25.—A family reunion was held at the home of Mrs. A. J. Shaw, 801 Chicago avenue, Sunday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lane of Richmond, Calif.; Mrs. Nancy Lane of Henrietta, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. William Lane and son of Picher, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Shaw of Joplin; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Shaw and sons, Tack and James Gale; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Overstreet and children; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Shaw and son, Claire; Mr. and Mrs. Jess Shaw; Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw and son, George Jr., and daughter, Colleen; Mrs. Maude Montgomery and daughter, Billie Jane, and Mrs. A. J. Shaw and daughter, Mildred.
August 26, 1924, Pg. 3, Joplin Globe
[Mrs. George Shaw was my aunt, Sarah Ohnes Martin]
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Ada Jean (Killian, Killion) Shaw was granted a divorce from George M. "Junior" Shaw in August 1944, in the Galena division of district court. Also, at the same time, one of my father's drinking buddies and his wife also split the sheets, Leatha Joe Noe was granted a divorce from Donald L. Noe. As for Ada Jean and George M., all seemed okay earlier in the year when Ada Jean, their son Gary Gene, and George's mother, Ohnes (Martin) Shaw trekked to George's bedside where the U.S. Army lieutenant was hospitalized at McCloskey General Army Hospital in Temple, Tex. Not long after, when Ada Jean and entourage returned to Galena, PFC Paul Gust and wife Betty (Shaw), and young daughter, Betty Jean, residing in El Paso, Tex., visited in Galena with Betty's parents, George F. and Ohnes (Martin) Shaw, and Paul's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Gust, Crestline.