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Francis G. Shaw

Philanthropist/Reformer

Centurion, 1856–1860s

Full Name Francis George Shaw

Born 23 October 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts

Died 7 November 1882 in New York (Staten Island), New York

Buried Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, New York

Proposed by Thomas Hicks

Elected 5 January 1856 at age forty-six

Archivist’s Note: He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1860 and 1864.