John
Akers
Shearer
Born in Appomattox, Virginia, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of James Shearer
and Elizabeth Akers
Brother of
William Shearer
Husband of
Ruth Akers (Webber) Shearer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth Letitia Margaret (Carson) Shearer
— married
Nov 1847 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John B Shearer, Elizabeth Margaret (Shearer) LeGrand, Richard B Shearer, Mary Ruth (Shearer) LeGrand, James W Shearer, Henry Clay Shearer, Moses H Shearer, Ann L Shearer, George W Shearer, Ella O Shearer and Leonora Shearer
Died
at age 87
in Appomattox, Virginia, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 28 Nov 2010
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Biography
John was born in 1809. John Shearer ... He passed away in 1897.[1]
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
See also:
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88G-HF9 : 12 April 2016), John S Shearer, Appomattox county, part of, Appomattox, Virginia, United States; citing family 459, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 10 October 2019), memorial page for John Akers Shearer (9 Sep 1809–10 Feb 1897), Find A Grave: Memorial #19860332, citing Old Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Spout Spring, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Henry Webber (contributor 47162313) .
- Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
- Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
- Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
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Shearer-1285 and Shearer-298 appear to represent the same person because: spouse in process of merge too
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