Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Emanuel Shearer and Elizabeth Cook




Husband Emanuel Shearer 1 2 3

           Born: 1 Jan 1843 - Franklin Twp, Fayette Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: Aft 1882
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         Father: Jacob Shearer (1809-      ) 1 2
         Mother: Emily Shotwell (      -      ) 1 2


       Marriage: 29 Nov 1864 2 3



Wife Elizabeth Cook 1 2 3

           Born:  - Fayette Co, PA
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         Father: Henry Cook (1814-1887) 4 5
         Mother: Esther Deyarmond (      -      ) 6




Children
1 F Esther E. Shearer 1 2

            AKA: Emma E. Shearer 3
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2 M Fred Orville Shearer 1 3

            AKA: Frederick O. Shearer 2
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3 M Harry Jacob Shearer 1 3

            AKA: Harvey J. Shearer 2
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           Died: Bef 1910
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4 F Jessie May Shearer 1 2 3

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5 M John Cook Shearer 1 2 3

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General Notes: Husband - Emanuel Shearer


He was born in Franklin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and engaged in farming and stock raising until 1900. He then disposed of the coal beds under his farm land, and came to Washington County, where he purchased the old Allen farm of 188 acres at Eighty-four, North Strabane Township. Here for four years he engaged in agricultural pursuits, then sold his land, reserving the coal beds, and moved to Washington, where he then lived in retirement.
In August, 1909, Mr. Shearer sold the balance of his property in Fayette County for $15,000, receiving $7,500 for the coal under five acres which he had formerly retained.

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 563.

2 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1031.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 744.

4 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1031, 1032.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 402.

6 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1032.


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