Individual Details

One source gave Mary Jane's county of birth as Rush Co. Another source gives Mary Jane's county of birth as Franklin Co IN - this is where her parents' married and seems more likely. Rush Co & Marion Co IN were not formed until 1822 and were formed out of the southern part of the Delaware New Purchase made from Indian lands in 1820.

1850 Census. Dist 7, Boone Co IN, Hh 1454
John S. Shaw, age 34, farmer, b. NY.
Mary J., age 30 - she and all the children born in Indiana.
Amanda L. 12, Emily 11, William 7, James M. 4, Sarah E., 1
Francis M. Harmon, age 15 - Mary's brother

A baby girl was born and died just about a month before Mary Jane died.

Birth	9 Apr 1820	Indiana
Marriage	25 Aug 1836	Marion County, Indiana - John Stearns Shaw
Death	25 Oct 1855
Burial		Salem Cemetery, Zionsville, Boone County, Indiana

Spouse	John Stearns Shaw (1816 - 1888)
Child	Amanda Lavina Shaw (1837 - 1913)
Child	Emily Shaw (1838 - 1865)
Child	William Nelson Shaw (1842 - 1917)
Child	James Marion Shaw (1846 - 1915)
Child	Sarah Elizabeth Shaw (1848 - 1912)
Child	Emmeline Shaw (1853 - 1925)
Child	J. S. Shaw (1855 - 1855)

Father	JAMES HARMON (1797 - 1847)
Mother	PHILADELPHIA DICKERSON (1797 - 1847)
Sibling	Emily Harmon (1817 - 1887)
Sibling	Ruth Ann Harmon (1821 - 1889)
Sibling	Robert John Harmon (1824 - 1900)
Sibling	WILLIAM ALEXANDER HARMON (1826 - 1881)
Sibling	James Dickerson "Jay" Harmon (1828 - 1897)
Sibling	Elizabeth Harmon (1829 - 1910)
Sibling	Granville Harmon (1831 - 1850)
Sibling	Nelson S. Harmon (1833 - 1906)
Sibling	Francis Marion Harmon (1835 - 1862)
Sibling	Philadelphia Harmon (1837 - 1911)
Sibling	Drusilla Harmon (1841 - 1842)
Sibling	Charles Harmon (1844 - 1915)