When Sextus Shearer was born on 28 February 1802, in Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Noah Shearer, was 37 and his mother, Tirzah Merrick, was 31. He married Elizabeth Allen Lewis on 25 January 1831, in Hartland, Niagara, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Woodstock, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 March 1888, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.
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EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: N A Jones BIRTH unknown DEATH 1807 BURIAL Mountain View Cemetery Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA PLOT 46 MEMORIAL ID 143682577 · View Source
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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 .
Americanized form of German Scheurer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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