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Jesse Shaw

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Jesse Shaw
MLA for Yarmouth township
In office
1851–1855
Personal details
Born(1800-01-17)January 17, 1800
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
DiedFebruary 24, 1867(1867-02-24) (aged 67)
Hebron, Nova Scotia
SpouseAnna Tedford
OccupationPolitician

Jesse Shaw (January 7, 1800 – February 24, 1867) was a farmer and public figure in pre-Confederation Nova Scotia.

Personal life

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He was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, the son of Zebina Shaw and Elizabeth Brown. Shaw married Anna Tedford. He served as justice of the peace from 1854 to 1867 and was elected as a Reformer to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly representing Yarmouth Township in 1851. He also served as a member of the municipal council for Yarmouth from 1886 to 1888. He died in Hebron, Nova Scotia at the age of 67.

References

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  • A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)
  • George S. Brown, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies, transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, 1993, Genealogical Publishing Co, Ltd., ISBN 0-8063-1372-2 (see Shaw Family, p. 252)
  • George Stayley Brown. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia: a sequel to Campbell's History, 1888, p. 315