WASHINGTON SHEARER (B. 10 MAY 1844, BEAVER COUNTY, PA.) MARRIED LAURA
JANE PRINCE (B. 28 DEC. 1849, VA OR WV) ON 13 JULY 1865 IN POINT HARMOR,
OHIO. THEY LIVED IN PARKERSBURG, WOOD COUNTY, WV. PRIOR TO MOVING TO
PROPHETSTOWN AROUND 1883.
THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN PROPHETSTOWN:
1. JOHN SHEARER (B.21 JAN. 1869, OHIO) HE MOVED TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA WHERE
HE LATER MARRIED AND DIED ON 01 NOV. 1944. NO CHILDREN.
2. LILLIE SHEARER (B. 09 JULY 1872, PARKERSBURG, WV) WAS ATTENDING WESTERN NORMAL COLLEGE WHEN SHE DIED AT HER HOME IN PROPHETSTOWN ON 26 NOV. 1893. SHE NEVER MARRIED AND IS BURIED AT RIVERSIDE CEMETERY WITH HER PARENTS. NO CHILDREN.
3. IDA ELIZABETH SHEARER (B. 04 APRIL 1874, PARKERSBURG, WV) NEVER MARRIED AND MOVED TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED IN 1931. NO CHILDREN.
4. LILAH SHEARER (B. 22 JULY 1878, PARKERSBURG, WV) MARRIED AUGUST SCHMITT ON 14 JUNE 1905 IN STERLING, ILLINOIS. THEY MOVE TO AMES, IOWA. AFTER THE DEATH OF MR SCHMITT, LILAH MARRIED CARL OLSON ON 30 AUG. 1930 IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS AND RETURNED TO AMES WHERE SHE DIED ON 06 DEC. 1963. TWO DAUGHTERS WITH AUGUST SCHMITT.
5. SUSAN SHEARER (B. 27 SEPT. 1880, PARKERSBURG, WV) MARRIED ROY E CROOK ON 13 JUNE 1905 IN PROPHETSTOWN. ROY WAS A DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR SOME YEARS IN PROPHETSTOWN AND SUSAN RAN A DRESS SHOP. THEY WERE SAID TO HAVE LIVED IN ONE OF THE LARGEST HOMES ON THE MAIN STREET OF PROPHETSTOWN. SUSAN DIED ON 01 DEC. 1952 IN PROPHETSTOWN. NO CHILDREN.
6. GRACE DARLING SHEARER (B. 07 DEC. 1882, PARKERSBURG, WV) MARRIED HENRY LORENTZ URBAN ON 24 APRIL 1905 IN PROPHETSTOWN. THEY BOTH BECAME DOCTORS OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AT THE SCHOOL IN KIRKSVILLE, MO. THEY LATER MADE THEIR HOME IN IOWA AND GRACE DIED AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER ON 20 JULY 1951 IN NORTH AURORA, ILLINOIS. THIS WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER. ONE DAUGHTER (SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER) ONE SON (DOCTOR).
THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN WERE BORN AFTER WASHINGTON AND LAURA MOVED TO
PROPHETSTOWN.
7. GEORGE WILLIAM SHEARER (B. 28 JULY 1884, PROPHETSTOWN, IL) MARRIED LOIS R RITTER ON 05 DEC. 1919. WE ARE NOT SURE WHERE HER MET AND MARRIED HIS WIFE AS THEY ENDED UP IN KANSAS AND THEN CALIFORNIA WHERE HE DIED ON 12 AUG. 1972. ONE SON.
8. FRANK SHEARER (B. 22 AUG. 1886, PROPHETSTOWN, IL) NEVER MARRIED AND ALSO BECAME A DOCTOR. HE WAS A FARMER IN IOWA WHERE HE WAS CALLED ON DAY AND NIGHT FOR HIS MEDICAL SERVICES. HE DIED ON 20 APRIL 1975 IN TUCSON, ARIZONA.
9. BRACE SHEARER (B. 03 MAY 1889, PROPHETSTOWN, IL) MARRIED MINNIE STONCIPER ON 07 JAN. 1912. HE OWNED AN INSURANCE COMPANY IN MOLINE, ILLINOIS AND ALSO OWNED SHEARER ISLAND ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. HE DIED ON 03 MARCH 1951 IN MOLINE AND WAS BURIED AT RIVERSIDE CEMETERY IN PROPHETSTOWN. ONE DAUGHTER AND ONE SON.
10. LOUIS P SHEARER (B. 07 FEB. 1893, PROPHETSTOWN, IL) MARRIED LOUISE HEFKE ON 01 OCT. 1920 IN STERLING. HE SPENT SOME TIME IN THE MILITARY. HE LATER WORKED AT THE POST OFFICE IN PROPHETSTOWN WHERE HE DIED ON 08 JAN. 1965 AND WAS BURIED AT RIVERSIDE CEMETERY IN PROPHETSTOWN. ONE DAUGHTER AND ONE SON (DICK AND JANE)
THERE WAS ANOTHER CHILD THAT DIED AS AN INFANT, HOWEVER I HAVE NO DATA ON THIS CHILD.
I HAVE FOLLOWED THE LINES DOWN TO PRESENT DAY AND HAVE FOUND MANY
COUSINS FROM THE SHEARER CHILDREN. JANE REYNOLDS STILL LIVES IN
PROPHETSTOWN AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF LOUIS SHEARER. HER BROTHER DICK
LIVES IN ERIE.
THE PARENTS OF WASHINGTON SHEARER WERE DAVID SHEARER (B. 30 JULY 1805,
BEAVER COUNTY, PA) AND SUSANNA SHANOR (B. 02 SEPT. 1807, BEAVER
COUNTY, PA). THIS IS A GERMAN LINE OF SHEARER'S WHO WERE FOUND IN THE
1850 CENSUS UNDER THE NAME OF SHERER AND LATER CENSUS UNDER SHEARER.
MANY OF THE SHEARER CHILDREN WERE WELL EDUCATED IN THE AREAS OF MEDICINE
AND MANY NEVER FOLLOWED THIS LIFE.
I HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS LINE, BUT THESE ARE THE ROOTS IN PROPHETSTOWN.
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