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William Edgar Shawn

10 Jun 1892 – 2 Apr 1960

Birth10 Jun 1892
Death2 Apr 1960
CemeteryLaurel Cemetery
Cave Junction , Josephine County , Oregon , USA
Added byDiana Montoya on 30 Nov 2011
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78583237

Bio

William Edgar "Ed" Shawn was born on 10 June 1892 in Willow Point, Wise County, Texas, to Riley L. Doc Shown and his wife Nora Isabelle Head Shown. There were five siblings in Ed's home and they were Oscar Ellis, John Carl, Clarence Houston (died as a small child), Florence Myrtle (died as a small child), and Homer Vester Shown. The surname began as Shown in Tennessee, but by 1900 those in Tennessee began to spell the surname as Shoun (rhymes with hound) and those that had moved west continued to use the surname Shown. Then about 1930 the surname Shown used by those who had moved to Texas and Oklahoma, and who were descendants of Andrew Baker Shown began to use the surname as Shawn. Riley Shown's brother moved to Idaho ca 1919 and continued to use the surname Shown, but Riley's name on his death certificate is Shawn. William Edgar Shawn married Effie Lee King Sims, a widow with five children. They were married in Stephens County, Oklahoma on 22 September 1920. The step-children in the family were Cecil, Walter, Eva Lee (Shawn), Thelma (Wilkerson), and Ruby Sims. Three children were born to the union of William and Effie and they were Opal Rachel (Tucker, Vculek), Audy R. and Corine E. Shawn. Audy Shawn was killed in World War II in Germany and Corine E. Shawn was murdered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1982. Effie died in 1931 and she and all three of her Shawn children are buried in Oklahoma. Probably after Effie died the family moved to Oregon, where William Edgar Shawn died on 2 April 1960.

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