Douglas Charles Richardson
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Samuel McConnell Shearer was born Dec 1836 in [[Ohio]]. | Samuel McConnell Shearer was born Dec 1836 in [[Ohio]]. | ||
− | As a young man he came to San Juan Bautista, a tiny place in [[Monterey County, California]], applied and was accepted as a teacher. While a resident there he married on 31 Jul 1862 at Trinity Church in San Jose, [[Santa Clara County, California]] to Miss Climena C French and they had two surviving children: Edwin and Grace. His first wife died by 1877. | + | As a young man he came to San Juan Bautista, a tiny place in [[Monterey County, California]], applied and was accepted as a teacher. While a resident there he married on 31 Jul 1862 at Trinity Church in San Jose, [[Santa Clara County, California]] to Miss Climena C French and they had two surviving children: Edwin and Grace. His first wife either died, or they divorced by 1877 when he had married again. |
Now Superintendent of Schools for Monterey County, California, he married secondly to Martha Young (b 1844) a native of Hancock County, Virginia (now [[West Virginia]]), and they had at least two more surviving children: [[#Laura Lucinda Shearer|Laura]] and William. | Now Superintendent of Schools for Monterey County, California, he married secondly to Martha Young (b 1844) a native of Hancock County, Virginia (now [[West Virginia]]), and they had at least two more surviving children: [[#Laura Lucinda Shearer|Laura]] and William. |