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Josephine Cottam
1892 - 1951 (59 years)
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Name Josephine Cottam Born 6 May 1892 Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States 
Gender Female Died 15 May 1951 Buried 18 May 1951 North Odgen, Weber, Utah, United States Person ID I33 Staples-Record Last Modified 30 Mar 2015
Father John Cottam, b. 5 Aug 1861, Ryhope, Durham, England , d. 16 Oct 1929 (Age 68 years) Mother Lillie Rose, b. 6 Apr 1871, North Odgen, Weber, Utah Territory, United States , d. 15 Feb 1928 (Age 56 years) Married 14 Dec 1888 Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Family ID F27 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Riley Shaw, b. 30 Apr 1888, Pleasant View, Weber, Utah Territory, United States , d. 22 Sep 1953 (Age 65 years) Married 20 Jul 1910 Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Children + 1. Venis Shaw, b. 31 Dec 1911, Pleasent View, Weber, Utah, United States , d. 29 Apr 2001, Utah, United States (Age 89 years)+ 2. Erma Shaw, b. 19 Oct 1913, Pleasent View, Weber, Utah, United States , d. 14 Aug 2007 (Age 93 years)+ 3. Phyllis Mozella Shaw, b. 8 Jan 1916, Pleasent View, Weber, Utah, United States , d. 7 Nov 2002, Clinton, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 86 years)+ 4. John Riley Shaw, b. 15 Aug 1917, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States , d. 18 Jun 1949 (Age 31 years)5. Marjorie Shaw, b. 8 Oct 1919, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States , d. 22 Nov 1922, Pleasant View, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 3 years)6. Beth Shaw, b. 14 Oct 1922, Pleasent View, Weber, Utah, United States , d. 2 Aug 2009, Saint George, Washington, Utah, United States (Age 86 years)7. Living + 8. Robert Keith Shaw, b. 16 Mar 1927, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States , d. 6 Dec 2014, Fair Oaks, Sacramento, California, United States (Age 87 years)+ 9. Living 10. Living Last Modified 25 Jun 2015 Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 6 May 1892 - Snowville, Box Elder, Utah, United States 
Married - 20 Jul 1910 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States 
Buried - 18 May 1951 - North Odgen, Weber, Utah, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 
Josephine and Mabel Cottam as Young Girls 
Lillie Rose with her girls Mabel and Josephine Cottam
From left to right: Mabel Cottam Estes, Lillie Rose Cottam, Josephine Cottam Shaw.
Lillie Rose and her husband John Cottam were divorced when this photograph was taken.Josephine Cottam
Portrait
John Cottam with this Children and Grandchildren: 1920
Front Row: Marjorie Shaw, Glen Ellis
Second Row: Riley Shaw, Leona Ellis
Back Row: John R. Shaw, Josephine Cottam Shaw, Mabel Cottam Ellis, John Cottam.
Taken in early 1920
Marjore Shaw: 1919-1922
Marjorie died at the age of 3 on November 23, 1922. That morning she came downstairs well and happy. As her mother (Josephine Cottam Shaw) was preparing her other 4 children for school, Marjorie asked her mother who the person was that was sitting on a chair in the corner. Her mother looked and told her no one was sitting on a chair in the corner of the room.
Marjorie took suddenly ill that afternoon and went into convulsions. She died that night. It has always been the family's belief that the person she saw sitting in the corner was someone from heaven who had come that day to take Marjorie home.
John R. Shaw and Josephine Cottam Shaw with their Children
Back Row: Phyllis, Venis, Erma, Beth, Blanche, Aunt Mabel...the rest are unknown
John Riley Shaw and Josephine Cottam Shaw 
James Ward 80th Birthday Celebration: 12 June 1920
Back Row: Left to Right: Rosene W. Shaw, Melvin Shaw, Albert Shaw, William H. Shaw, Albert Morgan Shaw, Elizabeth J. Shaw, Thomas Ward, Dora S. Abbott, George Abbott, Hazel S. Zerbie, Charles Zerbie, William Storey, Julie Ward, Harriet (Hattie) Storey, Hubert Ward, Emil A. Chatelain, Doris Storey, Henry Storey, Maude B. Storey, Josephine C. Shaw, Marjorie Shaw, and John Shaw.
4th Row: Anna Ward, Lettie S. Ward, Leo Ward, Menah J. Montgomery, Barabara B. Brown, George Brown, Mary G. Ward, Etta W. Ward, Howard Ward, Charlotte W. Ward, Edmund Riley Shaw, Etta M. Storey, Mildred Storey, John Spackman, William H. Warren, Eliza B. Brown, Mabel S. Warren, Charles Storey, Minnie L. Ward, Florence W. Chatelain, Kate B. Ward, Mary B. Ward, Annie S. Deamer, James Deamer, Thomas Norris and Jenny S. Norris
3rd Row: Charles Shaw, Celia W. Shaw, Ray Shaw, Janet Barker, Harriet W. Barker, Joseph Ward, Cyrus Ward, Albert Ward, Sarah Jane W. Shaw, Glen John Shaw, James Ward and Francis C. Ward, Elizabeth W. Storey, James Henry Ward, John Ward, Lorenzo Ward, Georgenia S. Montgomery, James Edmund Shaw, Virtue C. Shaw, and Alburdice Shaw.
2nd Row: Luella Ward, Dorothy Ward, Gladys Shaw, Lottie Ward, Verl Ward, Verna Barker, Edith Ward, Della Storey, Thelma Ward, Vera Storey, Nellie Ward, Leona Holmes, Harriet Ward, Stanley Shaw, Robert Storey, Henry Ward, Hubert Storey, James Brown, Hyrum Ward, and Maurice Storey.
Front Row: Virginia Higgenbotham, Mildred Shaw, Mary Jane Shaw, Mildred Barker, Virginia Chatelain, Vera Ward, Tura Shaw, Harriet Ward, Riley Shaw, Naomi Ward, Venis Shaw, Erma Shaw, Erma Storey, Phyllis Shaw, Irene Storey, June Ward, Ethel Storey,, Marguerite Ward, Fae Ward, Fawn Ward, Grant Ward, Ray Shaw, Helen Warren, Ruth Shaw, LeGrande Ward, Woodrow Shaw, Mark Ward, Melba Chatelain, Stanley Ward, Florence Warren, William Verle Shaw, Eva Warren, Ward Barker, Harold Ward, Platt Ward and Lewis Storey.
John Riley Shaw and Josephine Cottam Family Portrait
Back: John Riley Shaw and Josephine Cottam with John Riley in Josephine's arms
Middle: Erma and Venis
Front: Phyllis Mozella
Documents 
Obituary for Josephine Cottam Shaw: 1951 
1920 US Census for John R. Shaw of Box Elder County, Utah
John R. Shaw, White, Age 31
Josephine Shaw, Wife, Age 28
Venis Shaw, Daughter, Age 8
Erma Shaw, Daughter, Age 6
Phyllis Shaw, Daughter, Age 3 11/12
J. Riley Shaw, Son, Age 2 7/12
Marjorie Shaw, Daughter, Age 3/12
James A Brown, Nephew, Age 13
1920 US Census John Shaw Household
John R. Shaw, White, Age 31
Josephine Shaw, Wife, Age 28
Venis Shaw, Daughter, Age 8
Erma Shaw, Daughter, Age 6
Phyllis Shaw, Daughter, Age 3 11/12
J. Riley Shaw, Son, Age 2 7/12
Marjorie Shaw, Daughter, Age 3/12
James A Brown, Nephew, Age 13
Headstones 
Josephine Cottam Shaw
Headstone
Histories 
My Mother, Josephine Cottam Shaw
by Karen Shaw Thomas
Spotlight on Josephine Cottam Shaw: 1892-1951
Compiled for the Bob and Lou Shaw Family Renuion June 2008 with the theme of "Family Recipe Book"
Albums Living
(At least one inaccessible person is linked to this item - details withheld)
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Notes - My Mother, Josephine Cottam Shaw by Karen Shaw Thomas May 1993
Contributed By G. Shaw Soren · 21 January 2015
It is a beautiful sunny day here in the Northwest and I was able to mow my lawn today. The rain finally stopped!
As I was mowing the grass and out in the beautiful sunshine, I started thinking of Mom, knowing that I wanted to get my history of her written. The thoughts of her started flooding back in my memory. It was very appropriate that I should be mowing the grass, for I remember Mother as a person that wasn't afraid of doing good hard work. If she were living today (she would have been 101 years old this month), she would be one of the first one to be mowing her lawn or doing any other work that would be necessary to making a house a home.
Even though Mother was ill a lot while I was growing up, she was cleaning the house or irrigating the pasture or butchering the chickens when she felt well.
I can remember her taking our bull by the chain on the ring of his nose down to the neighbors when they wanted to use him. She was one of the bravest persons that I've ever known. I cannot imagine even doing something like that of leading a mean bull around. She had made certain that Chyrl and I were in the house because the bull was very mean and she didn't want us to get hurt. There I was, watching out the window in fear and Mom showed no fear at all. It was a job that had to be done and Mom knew she had to do it.
My fondest, most precious memories of Mom involved hers and my love for music. I can remember Chyrl and I singing for the Townsend Club in Riverbank, California, or at Church. I'd look out in the audience and could always spot Mom right away, because she'd have her head tilted as if trying to absorb and hear every word that we sang. She would have the proudest look on her face and a big, big smile. When I sang at Church or at school, Mom and Dad were always there and the love would radiate from their faces to me.
There was many a day when Mom was ill and wouldn't be able to get out of bed. She'd often ask me to play the piano for her and sing some songs. Her favorites were Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, The Lord is My Sheppard, Abide with Me, How Gentle God's Command, Come Unto Jesus, We Thank Thee 0 God, for a Prophet, I need Thee Every Hour and Bless This House, 0 Lord We Pray, to name just a few. She found a lot of solace and peace in music and the words of the songs
We always attended Church as a family when I was growing up. This was very important to Mother. After getting home, we would have a Sunday afternoon dinner that was excellent. Mom was a very good cook and her fried chicken or pheasant was the best! The very first thing she taught me to bake was a custard pie. I'll always remember that day and also making fudge from scratch.
When we were growing up, they didn't have catchy sayings like "Don't be a Litter Bug" and yet Mom taught me to be careful with the earth and our environment and to enjoy the beauty of it. We'd be driving down the
road and if she saw a board in the middle of the road or any other debris, she'd stop, walk back and pick it up and take it home to throw it away. Many a times, we'd come to a screeching stop in order for her to pick up something so it wouldn't be a hazard to the next car that came by or so that it wouldn't litter the ground. You could do that in those days, before fast moving cars on the streets and freeways. When I was six years old, the Second World War broke out. Mom and Dad had the best Victory Garden in the area. Everyone was encouraged to plant a vegetable garden and ours was full of every vegetable imaginable.
Mom always kept very close tabs on Chyrl and I and yet she allowed me the freedom to chase the birds in the fields or to walk a mile or more down the road to another field to pick a big bouquet of bright orange California poppy wildflowers.
I can remember Beth taking care of Chyrl and I when Mom was very ill. Once, when she was in the hospital, we rode with Beth to the hospital and we took the "snarls" from Chyrl's hair to show Mom that she was being a good girl about getting her hair combed. Mom was interested in everything we did and paid a lot of attention to Chyrl and I. The love that she showered on us while she was alive was enough to last even to this day.
As Mom was getting ready to leave on her trip back to Utah with Maxine and Walt before she passed away, I can remember standing by her in the kitchen in the home at Riverbank, California, and the last thing she said to me was, "If you ever want to talk to me, Karen, just pray". I think she had a premonition that she might not see me again. I'm thankful for her words to me as they have brought slot of peace to me down through the years and closeness to my Mother that will be forever.
- My Mother, Josephine Cottam Shaw by Karen Shaw Thomas May 1993