Shaw—Shearman

Shaw—Shearman The name of Shaw is very familiar in the Fifth Ward. Away back in the 1870s, the father of pensioned policeman "Al" Shaw, and grandfather of District Detective Lew Shaw of today, was an old time night watchman. Old "Bill" Shearman, who as a Civil War soldier marched with Sherman from Atlanta to the sea, died at his home in one of the houses that stand back from the streets at 35 Hadde[?] avenue, was one of the contractors who helped build City Hall and construct the Soldiers' Monument across the way. In '76 he was residing at 535 Arch street, next door to his old partner, Webster Krips.