John C. Shearer and Mary Jane Pomeroy

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Husband John C. Shearer ¹

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            AKA: Clarke Shearer 2
           Born: 29 Nov 1830 - Mt. Jackson, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Shearer (1800-1873) 1
         Mother: Mary Clark (1801-1883) 1

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       Marriage: 1893 3

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Wife Mary Jane Pomeroy ²

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           Born: 1848 2
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         Father: John Pomeroy (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Eliza McGary (      -      ) 2

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - John C. Shearer

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He began his education in the public schools of New Castle, Pennsylvania, later became a pupil of the Mt. Jackson schools, then continued his education in the New Castle schools again, and concluded in the schools of Shenango township. He remained under the parental roof, and worked on his father's farm till the latter's death, when at the age of forty-three years, he sold the paternal estate, and moved to Slippery Rock township, where he purchased the Rev. Robert McMillin's farm, where he lived for sixteen years. In 1890, he moved to New Castle; and three years later took up his residence in Neshannock township.
He and his wife were attendants of the Presbyterian Church, while in his political views he inclined strongly toward the Republican party.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 530.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 254.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 533.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 250.