Valentine Shearer (1810 - 1882)

Born 29 Jan 1810 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Husband of Magdalena C. Shearer — married 6 Sep 1832 in Marion, Indiana, United States

Died 9 Jul 1882 at age 72 in Collins, Story, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Find A Grave: Memorial #10916831, Day Cemetery, Rhodes, Marshall Co, IA. Page includes photo of the couple and links to spouse and six children. Parents listed as Andrew Shearer and Magdalena Margaret Woolford.

Children FindAGrave and FamilySearch source pages below

1. Julia Ann 1833-1918 + Jordan William Williams
2. Rebecca 1834-- + Henry Huffman
3. Amy or Annie 1837-1923 + William McCleese
4. Ady or Ada 1839-1872 + John Wesley Huff
5. Mary M 1843-1934 + John Conrad Belcher
6. Robert Donaldson 1845-1903 + Jane Bates
7. Lydia Mariah 1854-1938 + James Franklin Womack

Sources

• [Shearer] Family History compiled by Laura Eakin Copes ca. 1980. Includes many references, especially establishing DAR lineage for Gertrude Shearer Eakin.
• FamilySearch source pages with list of children and spouses, death records, census links, etc. https://www.familysearch.org/service/tree/tree-data/pdf/family-group/K24B-SF3/spouse/DEFAULT?locale=en Magdalena is listed with surname Finch with no parents' names.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82T-1BQ : 18 February 2021), Madeline Shearer in entry for Valentine Shearer, 1860. Wapello Co, IA. Valentine age 50 b OH, Madeline age 50 b OH, Amy age 22 b IN, Mary age 17 b IN, Robert age 15 b IN, Lydia age 5 b IA. And Jacob Cottonham age 10 b IN, not identified in any way. Next record is for Andrew age 41 and Catherine Shearer age 43, both b OH, and eight children. Next record John and Ady Huff with daughter Sarah age 1.