Thomas Armstrong Shaw was born near Austin, Texas. He was the son of Virgil and Elizabeth Shaw. In 1893 Mr. Shaw was united in marriage to Miss Harriett J. Westwick of Douglas, Wyoming. His life was a remarkable story of success. Starting out at twenty-two, handicapped with an acute "yellow jaundice" (probably malaria), and not much else, "not even a bed" as he himself told it, he helped drive the great cattle herds over the long trek from Texas to Wyoming. He fought his way up, first as a cow-puncher, then as foreman with the Duck-Bar outfit, and finally into the rank of owners, until he became widely known as one of the most successful and sagacious of the big cattlemen of Wyoming. He settled on a ranch about thirty-one miles from Wheatland where he lived for a number of years. About sixteen years ago, he moved to Wheatland, where he has since resided, leaving his son on the home ranch. He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife; his only son, Jim A.; two grandchildren, Harriett C. and James Thomas Shaw; two brothers, J. C. Shaw of Orin Junction, Wyoming, J. W. Shaw of Elgin, Texas and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Fagg, also of Elgin. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Enterprise, March 15, 1932 and cemetery records.)
Thomas Armstrong Shaw was born near Austin, Texas. He was the son of Virgil and Elizabeth Shaw. In 1893 Mr. Shaw was united in marriage to Miss Harriett J. Westwick of Douglas, Wyoming. His life was a remarkable story of success. Starting out at twenty-two, handicapped with an acute "yellow jaundice" (probably malaria), and not much else, "not even a bed" as he himself told it, he helped drive the great cattle herds over the long trek from Texas to Wyoming. He fought his way up, first as a cow-puncher, then as foreman with the Duck-Bar outfit, and finally into the rank of owners, until he became widely known as one of the most successful and sagacious of the big cattlemen of Wyoming. He settled on a ranch about thirty-one miles from Wheatland where he lived for a number of years. About sixteen years ago, he moved to Wheatland, where he has since resided, leaving his son on the home ranch. He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife; his only son, Jim A.; two grandchildren, Harriett C. and James Thomas Shaw; two brothers, J. C. Shaw of Orin Junction, Wyoming, J. W. Shaw of Elgin, Texas and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Fagg, also of Elgin. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Enterprise, March 15, 1932 and cemetery records.)
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