Joseph Shaw was born on May 27, 1840, in Newburgh, New York. He married Amanda Johnston in October 1861, and they had at least seven children: Lula, born around 1863; Emma, born around 1866; Nellie, born around 1868; William, born around 1870; George, born around 1873; Maude, born around 1875; and Harry, born around 1878.

 

He enlisted in the Union army on October 16, 1861, and he mustered in as a sergeant in Company F of the 62^nd Ohio Infantry. The regiment took part in the Seven Days’ Battles, the siege of Charleston, the siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox campaign. He became a quartermaster sergeant on July 1, 1863, and he was promoted to 1^st lieutenant on November 18, 1864. He mustered out on August 23, 1865.

 

He settled in Springfield, Ohio, after the war and earned a living as a druggist. By 1870, he owned $3,000 of real estate and $2,000 of personal property. They moved to Zanesville, Ohio, in the 1870s. He died of “complications” in Zanesville on July 2, 1920.

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