Person

Lafayette Shaw (Kenton County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

b. 1825? d. 1912-11-10

Kenton County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Kentucky native. Son of Robert Shaw and Margret Morrin. Married to Harriet McDonald Shaw. Father of William M. Shaw. Teacher in Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Kenton County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Kenton County Court from 1861 to 1865.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, District 2, p. 88A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District 1, p. 428.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994043, Kenton County Births.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 28272.

"Lafayette Shaw (1825-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial 90470881, accessed November 20, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90470881.

Citation

Shaw, Lafayette. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198171 (November 12, 2026).

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