Susannah Shearer

10 December 1818–27 June 1896 (Age 77)
Ashe, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Susannah

When Susannah Shearer was born on 10 December 1818, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Shearer, was 26 and her mother, Mary Green, was 21. She married William Wallace Cottrell on 6 March 1835, in Caldwell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Lower Creek Township, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. She died on 27 June 1896, in Caldwell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Wallace Cottrell
1813–1885
Susannah Shearer
1818–1896
Marriage: 6 March 1835
Lucy Inna Cottrell
1835–1912
Sarah Jane Cottrell
1839–1890
Mary Cottrell
1841–1851
Eliza Cottrell
1843–1860
John Cottrell
1846–1860
Hannah Caroline Cottrell
1849–1916
James Madison Cottrell
1851–1931
William Rufus Cottrell
1853–1932
Myra Cottrell
1855–1921
Julia Etta Cottrell
1859–1940
Martha Elizabeth "Effie" Cottrell
1861–1919
Theresa Alice Cottrell
1866–1929

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 March 1835Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
    • Children

    (12)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 1
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
    1830 · Trail of Tears
    Age 12
    In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
    1846
    Age 28
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 6941;2007: 13453; 2010: 17707)Scottish and English: occupational name for a reaper of standing crops, a sheep shearer, or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherer(e) ‘shearer’, an agent derivative of Middle English schere(n) ‘to shear’. Middle English schere denoted shears and scissors of all sizes. Compare Sherman .Americanized form of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Scherer or Scherrer , cognates of 1 above. Compare Sharrer .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Sherer
    Sheerer
    Sherman
    Sharer
    Sherrow

    Sources (31)

    • Susan Cottrell in household of William Cottrell, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Susan Cottrell in entry for William Hartley and Mira Cottrell, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
    • Susan Herrill in entry for Martha Elizabeth Lee, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

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