Samuel B Shearer, Sr

1755 - 1821  (66 years)

• Name	Samuel B Shearer  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1755	Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1821	Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  	Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard
  Death	26 Dec 1821	Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I3364	MontyHistNotes_2014
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Captain Joseph Shearer, Sr,   b. 1731, Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 1 Dec 1776, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary McClure,   b. 1733, Pulaski, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Feb 1749  [2]
  Family ID	F4696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Barnett,   b. 13 Nov 1761, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Sep 1816, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1781
  Children	> 1. Mary Shearer,   b. 29 Sep 1782   d. 21 Oct 1807 (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Joseph Shearer,   b. 6 Sep 1785   d. 5 Mar 1825, Hummelstown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Margaret R Shearer,   b. 8 Sep 1787   d. 17 Jul 1822, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Martha Montgomery Shearer,   b. 3 Nov 1789, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Jan 1824, Kentucky, USA (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jane Shearer,   b. 22 Feb 1792   d. 1829 (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. Elizabeth Shearer,   b. 19 Jul 1794, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Feb 1860, Canfield, Mahoning, Ohio, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Sarah Shearer,   b. 14 Mar 1797   d. 25 Nov 1836 (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Juliana Shearer,   b. 23 May 1799   d. 7 Mar 1879 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 9. Samuel B Shearer, Jr,   b. 13 Jan 1804, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Sep 1866, St Louis, Missouri, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1755 - Pennsylvania, USA Burial - 1821 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 26 Dec 1821 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S266] Bumbaugh, Dorothy transcriber, Historical Review of Dauphin County, (Name: Name: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Transcription Projec;Location: Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Date: 2000;;), Chapter 6 http://maley.net/transcription/. [S995] DAR Ancestor A102297, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Joseph Shearer. [S89] Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA;), cemtery.interment.pdf Suburb also called Paxtang Also known as Old Paxtang Presbyterian Meeting House Cemetery.