Autobiographical Sketches of Barzilla R. Shaw, Coshocton,...
Enoch, Harry G.![Autobiographical Sketches of Barzilla R. Shaw, Coshocton, Ohio](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/174/17450018/CHSBZCOP0317450018.jpg)
Barzilla R. Shaw (1836-1935) was born in a log cabin near Coshocton, Ohio, and died in that city at the age of 99. He lived to see his little town grow from 250 inhabitants to a city of 12, 000. Barzilla was a farmer, merchant, Civil War veteran, local civic leader, and devoted family man. When he died he was the oldest resident of the city and the oldest Civil War veteran in Ohio. Although he quit school to make his own way at age 14, Barzill...