09/29/1825 AD died
Shays was later granted a pension by the federal government for the five years he served in the Continental Army without pay. Shays lived the last few years of his life in poverty, a heavy drinker. He supported himself on his pension and by working a small parcel of land.
Shays died at age 78 in and was buried at the Union Cemetery in Scottsburg. The original gravestone for Shays contained an error; by dropping the "s", Shays was incorrectly spelled as "Shay".
In 2016, Philip R. Shays, of Clarence Center, New York, a descendant of Daniel Shays, led an effort to correct the error. Because the original stone did not contain enough space to add a letter, a new marker was created. The new gravestone was dedicated in a ceremony on August 12.
Lattitude: 42.6277° N
Longitude: 77.6972° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
