Shaw Family.

Many of the members of the Shaw family of Shiawassee County, Michigan were physicians. Dr. William Shaw (1851-1932) was a longtime physician of Morrice, Shiawassee County, Michigan and an 1891 graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Alex Shaw was an 1882 graduate of McGill University and practiced at Bancroft, Shiawassee County, Michigan, and Watertown, Dakota (later South Dakota). Dr. William Shaw was a 1914 graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School. During World War I, he served as a medical officer with the 32nd Division in France and held commissions through World War II as officer or medical inspector with the Michigan National Guard, the Michigan State Troops, and the Selective Service.

From the guide to the Shaw Family (Shiawassee County, Mich.) papers, 1877-1977, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)