Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 624
SIMON V. SHEARER

Simon V. SHEARER, a resident of Allen Township, and whose farm is on section 11, came to Harrison County in 1879, and bought wild land to the amount of eighty acres, a part of his present farm. He rented land upon which to make his living while he was improving his own; built a small house, stables and cribs of logs, rails and hay, and lived in the original house for eight years. But as time went on, and he prospered he erected a new house, which was 14x22 feet, with an addition the same size. He set out an orchard of one hundred trees, which are now fine bearing specimens, and a good index of what horticulture is worth in Harrison County. His farm is now under a high state of cultivation, providing him with one of the finest homes in the county.

Our subject was born in Clay County, April 25, 1842. He is a son of William SHEARER, a native of Kentucky, who had twelve children, our subject being the second in the family -- James M., Simon V., John R., Charles, Clifton R., Arzelia. Six of the family are deceased.

Our subject remained with his parents until he was twenty-two years of age, and then came to Dubuque County, Iowa, where he worked by the month one winter. He then went back to Missouri, and remained two years, working on the farm. We next find him in Cass County, Iowa, where he rented land for about six years, and then came to Harrison County.

He was married February 23, 1865, to Mary A. GILBERT, daughter of Hayden and Phoebe GILBERT, natives of Kentucky, who reared a family of nine children -- Stephen B., Margaret A., Ebenezer, Mary A., Nancy, Hayden B., George W., Josephine, deceased; and Laura.

Mr. and Mrs. SHEARER are the parents of four children -- Genorah M., Lena, Henry P., and Vida.

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