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Andrew SHEARER

Found in the 1860 Census, Saltriver Twp, Knox Co., MO
Andrew    57   PA
Emaline  33   OH
James     16   IN   
Henry C.  11   IN
Lewis         5 mos MO

Found in the 1860 Census, Saltriver Twp, Knox Co., MO
Andrew    57   PA
Emaline  33   OH
James     16   IN   
Henry C.  11   IN
Lewis         5 mos MO

Andrew SHEARER

Occupation: Blacksmith

Occupation: Blacksmith

James Franklin WOMACK

Household:1880 Census

Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 Valentine SHEARER      Self   M   Male   W   70   OH   Farmer   MD   MD  
 Magdalena SHEARER   Wife   M   Female   W   70   OH   Keeping House   MD MD  
 James WORWICK         SonL  M   Male   W   29   IL   Farmer   KY   IL  
 Lydia WORWICK           Dau   M   Female   W   25   IA   Keeping House   OH   OH  
 Charles WORWICK      GSon   S   Male   W   5   IA      IL   IA  
 Amy P. WORWICK       GDau   S   Female   W   3   IA      IL   IA  
Source Information:
 Census Place Collins, Story, Iowa
  Family History Library Film   1254365
  NA Film Number   T9-0365
  Page Number   394A

Household:1880 Census

Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 Valentine SHEARER      Self   M   Male   W   70   OH   Farmer   MD   MD  
 Magdalena SHEARER   Wife   M   Female   W   70   OH   Keeping House   MD MD  
 James WORWICK         SonL  M   Male   W   29   IL   Farmer   KY   IL  
 Lydia WORWICK           Dau   M   Female   W   25   IA   Keeping House   OH   OH  
 Charles WORWICK      GSon   S   Male   W   5   IA      IL   IA  
 Amy P. WORWICK       GDau   S   Female   W   3   IA      IL   IA  
Source Information:
 Census Place Collins, Story, Iowa
  Family History Library Film   1254365
  NA Film Number   T9-0365
  Page Number   394A

Valentine SHEARER

Ancestry.com -Iowa Census, 1838-70
1860 Shearer Valentine Wapello County IA 951 Competine Township IA231150555         
Shearer, Valentine  IA WAPELLO CO. COMPTINE TWP 002 1852         

V. Shearer found in:
Census Microfilm Records: Iowa, 1870
Age:  60     
Gender:  M     
Race:  W     
Birthplace:  OH     
State:  Iowa     
County:  STORY     
Locale:  COLLINS TWP     
Series:  M593     
Roll:  420     
Part:  1     
Page:  50A    

Household: 1880
Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 Valentine SHEARER   Self   M   Male   W   70   OH   Farmer   MD   MD  
 Magdalena SHEARER   Wife   M   Female   W   70   OH   Keeping House   MD MD  
 James WORWICK   SonL   M   Male   W   29   IL   Farmer   KY   IL  
 Lydia WORWICK   Dau   M   Female   W   25   IA   Keeping House   OH   OH
 Charles WORWICK   GSon   S   Male   W   5   IA      IL   IA  
 Amy P. WORWICK   GDau   S   Female   W   3   IA      IL   IA  
Source Information:
 Census Place Collins, Story, Iowa
  Family History Library Film   1254365
  NA Film Number   T9-0365
  Page Number   394A

died age 72 y 5 m 11 d buried at Day Cem. Collins, Story Co., Iowa
*Gravestone Records of Marshall County, Iowa
Page: 158
Name: Valentine Shearer
Death Date: 09 Jul 1882
Age: 72
Cemetery: Day
Town: Eden

Ancestry.com -Iowa Census, 1838-70
1860 Shearer Valentine Wapello County IA 951 Competine Township IA231150555         
Shearer, Valentine  IA WAPELLO CO. COMPTINE TWP 002 1852         

V. Shearer found in:
Census Microfilm Records: Iowa, 1870
Age:  60     
Gender:  M     
Race:  W     
Birthplace:  OH     
State:  Iowa     
County:  STORY     
Locale:  COLLINS TWP     
Series:  M593     
Roll:  420     
Part:  1     
Page:  50A    

Household: 1880
Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 Valentine SHEARER   Self   M   Male   W   70   OH   Farmer   MD   MD  
 Magdalena SHEARER   Wife   M   Female   W   70   OH   Keeping House   MD MD  
 James WORWICK   SonL   M   Male   W   29   IL   Farmer   KY   IL  
 Lydia WORWICK   Dau   M   Female   W   25   IA   Keeping House   OH   OH
 Charles WORWICK   GSon   S   Male   W   5   IA      IL   IA  
 Amy P. WORWICK   GDau   S   Female   W   3   IA      IL   IA  
Source Information:
 Census Place Collins, Story, Iowa
  Family History Library Film   1254365
  NA Film Number   T9-0365
  Page Number   394A

died age 72 y 5 m 11 d buried at Day Cem. Collins, Story Co., Iowa
*Gravestone Records of Marshall County, Iowa
Page: 158
Name: Valentine Shearer
Death Date: 09 Jul 1882
Age: 72
Cemetery: Day
Town: Eden

Magdalena C SHEARER

1860 Federal Census Index #IN1098942 Magdalena Shearer resided in Warren TWP, Marion Co. IN. also  Elizabeth Shearer #IN1098941 on same page and consecutive numbers
*note name in 1860 census was Madeline so assume that is what she wanted to be called.

1860 Federal Census Index #IN1098942 Magdalena Shearer resided in Warren TWP, Marion Co. IN. also  Elizabeth Shearer #IN1098941 on same page and consecutive numbers
*note name in 1860 census was Madeline so assume that is what she wanted to be called.

Michael Melville SHEARER

killed in 1920 in an accident while working for the railroad

killed in 1920 in an accident while working for the railroad

Jordan William WILLIAMS

Page: 318 Iowa Cemetery Records
Name: Julia A. Williams
Birth Date: 1833
Death Date: 1918
Cemetery: Collins

Page: 318 Iowa Cemetery Records
Name: Julia A. Williams
Birth Date: 1833
Death Date: 1918
Cemetery: Collins

John Conrad Jr. BELCHER

John C. Belcher found in:
Census Microfilm Records: Iowa, 1910
Age:  60     
Gender:  M     
Race:  W     
Birthplace:  IL     
State:  Iowa     
County:  STORY     
Locale:  COLLINS TWP     
Series:  T624     
Roll:  424     
Part:  1     
Page:  12A   
  
John C. Belcher
d. August 7, 1918
Collins Gazette August 15, 1918

John Conrad Belcher son of John C. and Mary Belcher was born in Buchanan
Co., Illinois July 7, 1850.  He was the fifth child of a family of
thirteen children.  He came to Iowa with his parents when a small child
and settled near Iowa Center in Story County where shortly after his
father died, leaving his mother with the family of small children.  He
grew to manhood on the old home farm near Iowa Center.  On July 27, 1871 he
was united in marriage with Mary M. Shearer.  To this union two daughters
were born Mrs. Minnie E. Bloomfield of Maxwell and Mrs. Effie A. Cobb of
Netawaka, Jackson Co., Kansas.  He also reared one foster son Harvey L. Pointer of
Rhodes, whom together with a loving wife, twelve grand-children and five
great grandchildren mourn the loss of a loving husband, father and grand
father.  He also leaves two brothers, William and Frank of Iowa Center
and one sister Mrs. Minnie Whitinger of Riceville.  In February, 1871, he
moved to the farm two miles west of Collins where he lived for forty two
years.  He moved to Collins in November 1913 where he resided until his
death which occurred August 7, 1918.  He had reached the age of 88 years
and one month.  He leaves a host of friends and relatives to mourn the
departure of a good citizen and friend.  The funeral service was by his
request held in the M.E. church in Collins Friday August 9, 1918 at 2:30
p.m. and was conducted by D. C. Bunenburg  of Iowa Center after which
burial was in the Collins Cemetery.

John C. Belcher found in:
Census Microfilm Records: Iowa, 1910
Age:  60     
Gender:  M     
Race:  W     
Birthplace:  IL     
State:  Iowa     
County:  STORY     
Locale:  COLLINS TWP     
Series:  T624     
Roll:  424     
Part:  1     
Page:  12A   
  
John C. Belcher
d. August 7, 1918
Collins Gazette August 15, 1918

John Conrad Belcher son of John C. and Mary Belcher was born in Buchanan
Co., Illinois July 7, 1850.  He was the fifth child of a family of
thirteen children.  He came to Iowa with his parents when a small child
and settled near Iowa Center in Story County where shortly after his
father died, leaving his mother with the family of small children.  He
grew to manhood on the old home farm near Iowa Center.  On July 27, 1871 he
was united in marriage with Mary M. Shearer.  To this union two daughters
were born Mrs. Minnie E. Bloomfield of Maxwell and Mrs. Effie A. Cobb of
Netawaka, Jackson Co., Kansas.  He also reared one foster son Harvey L. Pointer of
Rhodes, whom together with a loving wife, twelve grand-children and five
great grandchildren mourn the loss of a loving husband, father and grand
father.  He also leaves two brothers, William and Frank of Iowa Center
and one sister Mrs. Minnie Whitinger of Riceville.  In February, 1871, he
moved to the farm two miles west of Collins where he lived for forty two
years.  He moved to Collins in November 1913 where he resided until his
death which occurred August 7, 1918.  He had reached the age of 88 years
and one month.  He leaves a host of friends and relatives to mourn the
departure of a good citizen and friend.  The funeral service was by his
request held in the M.E. church in Collins Friday August 9, 1918 at 2:30
p.m. and was conducted by D. C. Bunenburg  of Iowa Center after which
burial was in the Collins Cemetery.

Mary M SHEARER

MRS. MARY BELCHER WAS LAID TO REST
d. July 12, 1934
Collins Gazette July 19, 1934

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Mary Belcher, 92, were held Saturday
afternoon at 2:00 from the Collins Methodist church, in charge of Rev.
C.E. Lookingbill of Nevada, who took as his text Phil. 1:21. Internment
was in Collins Evergreen cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Belcher, widow of the late John C. Belcher of Collins, died
Thursday, July 12, at 8 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W.
Bloomfield, 622 7th Street, Ames.  Death was due to heart disease and old
age.  She had been in ill health for several weeks.
Mrs. Belcher was born Dec. 20, 1848 (1845 in Census 1900), in Indiana, the daughter of
Valentine and Magdalene Shearer.  She was united in marriage to John C.
Belcher on July 27, 1871, and to this union two daughters were born; Mrs.
J. W. Bloomfield of Ames and Mrs. Henry Cobb of Lawrence, Kans.  Her
husband died 16 years ago at their home in Collins.
She also leaves eight grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, one sister
Mrs. James Womach of LeRoy, Minn., and a host of other relatives and
friends.
She was a lifelong member of the Methodist church, her father having been
a Methodist minister for more than 30 years.

MRS. MARY BELCHER WAS LAID TO REST
d. July 12, 1934
Collins Gazette July 19, 1934

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Mary Belcher, 92, were held Saturday
afternoon at 2:00 from the Collins Methodist church, in charge of Rev.
C.E. Lookingbill of Nevada, who took as his text Phil. 1:21. Internment
was in Collins Evergreen cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Belcher, widow of the late John C. Belcher of Collins, died
Thursday, July 12, at 8 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W.
Bloomfield, 622 7th Street, Ames.  Death was due to heart disease and old
age.  She had been in ill health for several weeks.
Mrs. Belcher was born Dec. 20, 1848 (1845 in Census 1900), in Indiana, the daughter of
Valentine and Magdalene Shearer.  She was united in marriage to John C.
Belcher on July 27, 1871, and to this union two daughters were born; Mrs.
J. W. Bloomfield of Ames and Mrs. Henry Cobb of Lawrence, Kans.  Her
husband died 16 years ago at their home in Collins.
She also leaves eight grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, one sister
Mrs. James Womach of LeRoy, Minn., and a host of other relatives and
friends.
She was a lifelong member of the Methodist church, her father having been
a Methodist minister for more than 30 years.

John Wesley HUFF

Found in 1860 Census Wapello, Co. IA next farm to Andrew Shearer
Huff, John age 21
Ady                  20
Sarah                 1

John Huff found in:
Census Microfilm Records: Iowa, 1870
Age:  32     
Gender:  M     
Race:  W     
Birthplace:  KY     
State:  Iowa     
County:  WAPELLO     
Locale:  COMPETINE TWP     
Series:  M593     
Roll:  422     
Part:  1     
Page:  108A     

Van Buren, Iowa Records
Page: 119
Name: John W. Huff
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1837
Death Date: 21 Nov 1921
Town: Keosauqua

Found in 1860 Census Wapello, Co. IA next farm to Andrew Shearer
Huff, John age 21
Ady                  20
Sarah                 1

John Huff found in:
Census Microfilm Records: Iowa, 1870
Age:  32     
Gender:  M     
Race:  W     
Birthplace:  KY     
State:  Iowa     
County:  WAPELLO     
Locale:  COMPETINE TWP     
Series:  M593     
Roll:  422     
Part:  1     
Page:  108A     

Van Buren, Iowa Records
Page: 119
Name: John W. Huff
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1837
Death Date: 21 Nov 1921
Town: Keosauqua

Ady SHEARER

or first name Aby according to 1860 census

or first name Aby according to 1860 census

Jane BATES

buried Walton Grove Cem. Story Co., IA

buried Walton Grove Cem. Story Co., IA