Ellis
Shearer
Born in Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Sylvanus Shearer
and Mary Bell (Abrams) Shearer
Brother of
Sudie Shearer
Husband of
Sarah (Malicote) Shearer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Died
at age 71
in Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 May 2015
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Biography
Ellis Shearer, son of Silvester and Mary (Abrams) Shearer, was born in Kentucky on June 19, 1907. The 1910 US Census shows him at age 2 living with his parents and two sisters, Lena and Lydia, in Scaffold Cane, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. In 1920, the family was living in Jackson County, and two more children had been added to the family, Willia and Sadie. Ellis's father was a farmer, and Ellis followed in his footsteps. By 1940, Ellis was married to Sarah and farming in Clover Bottom, Jackson County, Kentucky. He had two children, Eva and Ray. A third child, Clyde Ellis, died in infancy. Ellis died in 1979 and was buried in the Lunsford Cemetery in Morrill, Jackson County, Kentucky.
Sources
- Tombstone inscription.
- Ellis Shearer death record
- "United States Census, 1910," Ellis Shearer in household of Sil Shearer, Scaffold Cane, Rockcastle, Kentucky.
- "United States Census, 1940," Ellis Shearer, Magisterial District 6, Jackson, Kentucky.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ellis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ellis:
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~1.56%
Rand Walden
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member randwalden
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~0.78%
John Monteverdi :
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Categories: Lunsford Cemetery, Morrill, Kentucky