Denton O. Shearer and Mary A. Elder

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Husband Denton O. Shearer ¹

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           Born: 29 Jul 1844 1
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         Father: William Shearer (1809-1885) 2
         Mother: Emma Neal (1812-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 29 Dec 1870 1

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Wife Mary A. Elder ¹

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         Father: Joseph Elder (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Wolff (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Denton O. Shearer

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He was brought up on the farm, and received an education which he improved by five years' teaching, in the course of which he attained to a professional certificate.
He resided with his in-laws after his marriage, engaged in farming. He was a member of and elder in the Presbyterian Church of Upper Path Valley, and an active worker in the Sunday-school, being either superintendent or assistant in the different Sunday-schools with which he was connected for twenty-two years. He was also chorister for some years. He was church trustee five years, and served his township for two terms (term three years) as school director, and one year as registry assessor. He was elected a delegate to the Democratic State Convention which met in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in March, 1884, and in the same year was elected one of the directors of the "Children's Aid Society," of Franklin County, which was organized that year in Chambersburg. In addition to farming, after his marriage he was somewhat extensively engaged in other business, such as the settlement of estates, acting as guardian for wards, and managing estates as agent, etc. He was executor, administrator and assignee, and also served as guardian for juvenile wards.

1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 755.

2 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 763.