JESSE SHAW was born on Prince Edward Island, in 1848, and came to Alcona 
County in 1879, and worked for R.A. Alger & Co., as a common man, in the woods.  
He was advanced to bookkeeper and scaler, where he is now engaged.	

(Bibliography:  “History of the Lake Huron Shore and Its People with 
Illustrations & Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Pioneers”, 
1883, Chicago, Page 279)