I have an 1870 diary written by Oscar Shaw. He mentions many residents of Brown Co., Ohio. It is wonderful! He describes trips on the steamboats from Ripley to Cincinnati, many social and church events. He talks about his wife and his children with his concerns for both. I would like to get in touch with someone from this family. This is not my family, but I want to share information about the Shaws, and Oscar's references to these families: Armstrong, Bennington, Broughman, Cheesmen, Crozier, Dixon, Gaddis, Gibson, Moody, Kirkpatrick, McCrackin, Middleton, Palmer, Patterson, Reid, Shelton, Stonebrake, Wylie, and others.