In 1928, Samuel and Charlotte Hale Shaw came to Bath Township from Bristol, New York, purchased 145 acres of land, and Samuel, a carpenter, built a two-story frame house there. They had six children, and two died in infancy; their two year old daughter Charlotte was the first to be buried in Shaw Cemetery. In 1836 they conveyed one half acre of land to the township for a burying ground, and Samuel died that same year. Charlotte then married Lyman Doolittle, and they had five children, with two daughters surviving to adulthood. In 1892, Virgil E and Genevieve Doolittle Shaw sold one acre to Bath Township to expand Shaw Cemetery. Samuel’s parents, Constant and Mercy Pitts Shaw, migrated to Bath Township with his brothers and their families. Sylvester and Harriet Parsons Shaw arrived in 1832 in a wagon drawn by oxen, built a log cabin, and became successful farmers. Their grandson Leon Shaw became a noted photographer in the late 19th century, and his photographs of everyday rural life are frequently displayed at the Bath Township Museum. In 1879, a Methodist Chapel was built next to Shaw Cemetery on land given by Romanzo Boughton and was named in honor of Oliver Moore, who donated to its construction. Shaw Cemetery, as it was known locally, became Moore’s Chapel Cemetery. The chapel was sold and dismantled in 1912. In 1999, Linda Swain donated 7.8 acres and sold 4.5 acres to Bath Township for cemetery expansion.