Career
Shaw joined the Army from Pike County, Missouri, and by August 12, 1881 was serving as a Sergeant in Company K of the 9th Cavalry Regiment. On that day he participated in an engagement at Carrizo Canyon in New Mexico. Shaw died in 1895 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia.
His grave can be found in section 27, lot 952, map grid BlackBerry 48.
