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- Scharf, Thomas J., History of Delaware, 1609-1888. Volume Two- pp. 854-880. CHAPTER XLIII. THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE.
James G. Shaw, the proprietor of the Triton Mills, was born in Chester, county of Delaware, Pennsylvania, October 21, 1828. He is a son of the late Samuel Shaw and Mary Ann << Eyre>> , and
comes of the old Sharpless stock that came over with William Penn, and settled in Delaware County. After being educated in his native town he engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1857 he removed
to New Castle, where he purchased the Chancellor Johns farm of one hundred and seventy-four acres and
laid it out as an addition to the town. This led to the building of his mills, which he has since operated successfully. About 1864 he sold the land he had purchased to Thomas T Tasker, and has
since devoted himself to his manufacturing interests. He has been an enterprising citizen and an active promoter and advocate of all public improvements in the town. He was married, April 28,
1869, to Miss Virginia, daughter of Major Joseph Carr, of Brandywine Hundred, and they have two children, a son and a
daughter.
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1828 - 1901 (72 years)
, d. 6 May 1884 (Age 84 years)