Wade Hampton Shaw (1848-1885)

Elizabeth Reeves (1855-1916)

Wade Hampton Shaw Jr. (1883-1929)

Eula A. McMains (1888-1985)

Cora Bell Shaw (1916-2010)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. George August Bettge Barbara Ann Bettge+ George Wayne Bettge+ Carol Lynn Bettge Cora Bell Shaw Born: 3 Oct 1916, Dimmit Co, TX 2 3 4 Marriage (1): George August Bettge on 9 Oct 1934 in Hays Co, TX 1 Died: 12 Feb 2010, Caldwell Co., TX at age 93 3 4   Noted events in her life were: • Census: Dimmit Co, TX - 1920 Federal Census, 2 Jan 1920, Dimmit Co, TX. 5 Carrizo Springs, Dist 42, Sheet 1B, Stamped Pg 1 • Census: Dimmit Co, TX - 1930 Federal Census, 12 Apr 1930, Dimmit Co, TX. 6 Carrizo Springs, Dist 1, Sheet 15B, Stamped Pg 77 • Obituary. 4 Cora Bettge, 93, of Lockhart, passed away Feb. 12, 2010. She was born in Carrizo Springs, Texas, to Wade Hampton and Eula McMains Shaw on Oct. 5, 1916. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 62 years, George Bettge; her brother, Wade; and sisters Gussie Kingsley and Elizabeth Weldon. She is survived by her daughters, Barbara Huskey and Carol Bettge; her son, Wayne Bettge; five grandchildren and spouses; five great-grandchildren; brother, Milton Shaw; and sister, Mildred Fredericksen. Cora hand-tinted photos for Harry Annas and worked for the Chamber of Commerce, County Clerk's office and the American Red Cross. She was a volunteer at the Mountain High Adult Head Injury Encampment in Red River, N.M. Cora was an accomplished artist, loved to travel and to play bridge. A celebration of Cora's life for family and friends will be held on Saturday Feb. 20, 2010, at 2 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the Lockhart First United Methodist Church, 313 W. San Antonio St. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Mountain High Foundation, PO Box 467, Winnsboro, Texas, 75494, or a charity of your choice. Cora married George August Bettge on 9 Oct 1934 in Hays Co, TX.1 (George August Bettge was born on 17 Mar 1913 in Hays Co, TX 7 8 and died on 27 Jun 1996 in Travis CO, TX 8 9.)

1 Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1906 (Ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT), Surety: 3.

2 Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903 - 1997 (Microfiche, ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations), Surety: 3.

3 Social Securtiy Administration, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935 - 2014 (Washington D.C., USA, Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry.com (on-line database), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014), Surety: 3.

4 Ancestry.com, U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600's - Current (ancertry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT., USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.

5 1920 U.S. census, Dimmit, Texas, population schedule, Carrizo Springs, enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 1B, p. 1, ; NARA microfilm publication T625. Surety: 4.

6 1930 U.S. census, Dimmit, Texas, population schedule, Carrizo Springs, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 15B, p. 77, ; NARA microfilm publication T626. Surety: 4.

7 World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, microfilm publication Records of the Selective Service System (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Surety: 3.

8 Social Securtiy Administration, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935 - 2014 (Washington D.C., USA, Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry.com (on-line database), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014), Surety: 4.

9 Texas Department of Health, "Texas Death Index - 1903 to 2006" (ancesty.com Provo, UT), Surety: 4.