Josh Billings
Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) Humorist and lecturer Josh Billings Born (1818-04-21)April 21, 1818 Lanesborough, Massachusetts, US Died October 14, 1885 (aged 67) Monterey, California, US Occupation Writer Spouse(s) Zipha E. (Bradford) Shaw ( – November 12, 1901) (m. 1845) Children Grace Anna Shaw Duff ( – 1923), Kate Alice Shaw Santana Parents Henry Shaw (1788–1857), Laura Wheeler Shaw ( – 1883) Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (April 21, 1818 – October 14, 1885). Although his reputation has not endured so well with later generations, in the latter half of the 19th century he was a famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States, perhaps second only to Mark Twain.