Leigh Barton Shearer (1938 - 2009)

Born 13 Nov 1938 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 23 Feb 2009 at age 70 in East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

Leigh Barton Shearer was born on November 13, 1938, in Middletown, Connecticut. ^[1] His father, Frederick Shearer, was 58 and his mother, Anna Lundgren, was 34. In 7th grade he had taken classes at Wesleyan University and was a graduate of Central Grammar, Middletown High, and Central Connecticut State University with both a BS and MS.

He married Dorothy Anne Geysen on August 4, 1962, in East Hampton, Connecticut ^[2] and they had no children. Leigh was employed as a teacher in Middletown at Snow School for 36 years and had worked at Gillette Castle as a seasonal employee for 26 years. He died on February 23, 2009, at his home in East Hampton, Connecticut, at the age of 70, and was buried there at the Skinnerville Cemetery. ^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ "1940 United States Federal Census" Year: 1940; Census Place: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; Roll: T627_512; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 4-31
   • Leigh Barton Shearer, Age 1, Birth Year abt 1939, Birthplace Connecticut
   • Home in 1940 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
   • Fred W Shearer 60, father
   • Anna L Shearer 36, mother
   • Margaret Anne Shearer 6, sister
   • Fred W Shearer 3, brother
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Marriage Index"
   • Leigh B Shearer and Dorothy A Geysen
   • Residence Place Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
   • Marriage Date 4 Aug 1962, Place East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial # 147124603 [1]
4. ↑ "Obituary" [2]