Thank you for visiting - I do hope that you will find something/someone of interest to you in your search for family history within my ancestor's family.This page will be added to for a long time, as I suspect it will take that long to gather histories and pictures of Grandpa and Grandma Shearer and their children, as well as who all of their descendants are. But I'm going to update it as I get information.
Please contact me if you have any pictures of Daniel, Jane, or any of their children and their spouses and are willing to loan them to me to scan and publish on this page.
Any mistakes, or errors are not intentional and may be in the original data or in my entering that data, so be patient and write to me and let me know about any that you see and I'll correct them.
My sincere and hearthfelt thanks to Judy Edwards LaPierre (a descendant from Daniel's brother, Thomas) for all of the information I have on my ancestor, Daniel Shearer.
McCutcheon link to Scotland Clans -
they are a sept of the MacDonald Clan
Relative Links:
Shearers of upstate New York, webmaster - Ken Rockwell
The McCutchen Trace Association
Events in the Life of Daniel Shearer
1790 Census - his father shown as Wm. Shier, in Stillwater, Albany Co. (for Saratoga), NY, p. 50, col. 3
30 Aug 1791 - Daniel and twin brother, Joel, born in Stillwater to William Shearer and Laetitia Landgon (DAR appl. of Agnes Phillips Reed, no. 308623, and Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p. 285, item 15)
1800 Census - age 0-10 with father, William, as Shier, in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY, p. 44B
1810 Census - not found; not with father, who was doubled with son James; likely working and living with strangers.
About 1817 - in NY state, married Jane McCutcheon Latimer (Latimore), b. 1784 to George McCutcheon and Nancy Robertson; Jane was of Cognewaga (now Fonda, Mohawk twp, Montgomery Co.) NY; and had at least 2 girls - Ann Eliza and Fanny. Her first husband's name may have been Samuel.
12 Feb 1819 - dau. Jane Maria born in Luzerne, Warren Co., NY
1820 Census - Luzerne, Warren Co., NY, p. 106, nr. bro. Tom: 000110--11110--0200, showing two Latimer girls and extra male, 18++
10 Apr 1821 - son Norman Barber born in Luzerne, Warren Co., NY
1823 - wife Jane died; married Lucy Noble(s) (perhaps related to Joseph Bates Noble, prominent LDS contemporary of Daniel).
1826 - wife Lucy died.
1830 Census - not found; not in Joel's household; Jane Maria perhaps the child living with grandfather William in Greenfield, Saratoga Co., NY
1832 - Daniel and his twin brother, Joel, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about the same time, per note in JMSWS' Record Book (perhaps implies same place). Joel was in Canton township., Bradford Co., PA, in 1830 Census. Nearby Columbia twp. had a community of Latter-day Saints.
20 May 1834 - Jane Maria, aged 15, married Ira Doty Wines of Greene Co., IN, near Vigo Co. where Joel's son, Thomas Jefferson Shearer, b. 23 Apr 1834; likely Jane, perhaps Daniel, had been with Joel?
13 Feb 1837 - Daniel, of Ray Co., took up Federal land, Kingston township., Caldwell Co., MO
13 Jul 1837 - Joel likewise
7 Dec 1837 - Daniel "recieved into the church" at Far West, Caldwell Co., MO (the local church, per his Elder's License)
about 1838 - marriage to Vienna Jaques is inferred (see 15/16 Jan 1839 entry)
11 Nov 1838 - following the Battle of Crooked River, jailed at Richmond, Ray Co., MO, discharged end of month (various LDS histories)
15/16 Jan 1839 - at Far West, received Patriarchial Blessing from Joseph Smith, Sr. (P.B. vol. 11, p. 117, no. 257). About this same time Vienna Jaques receives her Patriarchial Blessing as Shearer
29 Jan 1839 - Daniel placed on committee at Far West to supervise evacuation of Saints from Missouri, and the signed the covenant of removal. (History of the Church 3:251-2)
17 Mar 1839 - removal committee met at Daniel's house in Far West. (History of the Church 3:284)
24 Apr 1839 - en route from Quincy, IL to Far West, MO (History of the Church p. 335; saw son Norman in jail in Richmond, Ray Co., MO; Norman was released and they went to Caldwell Co. (Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, pp. 226, 234)
26 Apr 1839 - present at the farewell Conference in Far West, which included ordination of Norman to the Quorum of the Seventy. (History of the Church 3:339)
14 Sep 1839 - left with Norman, from Nauvoo on mission, reported in letter written by them on 7 Nov 1839 about working Tazewell Co., IL (Times and Seasons 1:61, Feb 1840)
1840 Census - not found (as itinerant missionaries, may have been guests of someone)
1840 to 1841 - Daniel and Norman are listed several times as "Traveling Agents" in Times and Seasons
1841 - authors a pamphlet, A Key to the Bible, along with Lorenzo D. Barnes. No place or publisher given. (LDS Hist. Dept. Lib. P/M221.02/B261r/1841)
15 Jun 1842 - at LDS conference in Utica, NY, representing Edmeston, Otsego Co., and also Crown Point, where his brother Tom and their father, William were living. (Times and Seasons 3:846)
15 Apr 1844 - on list of Elders to go to New York on missions and also electioneer for Joseph Smith for President of the United States. (Times and Seasons 5:504-6, and Jour. Hist. of the Church 15 Apr 1844)
28 Mar 1844 - Vienna Jaques again received Patriarchial Blessing as Shearer, at Nauvoo, from Hyrum Smith (P.B. vol. 41, p. 251)
25 Jul 1845 - ditto, but from Wm. Smith (P.B. vol. 5, p. 113)
22 Jan 1846 - Vienna Jaques, as Shearer, endowed at Nauvoo Temple and assigned to Second Wagon Company (Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register p. 179)
3 Feb 1846 - Daniel endowed at Nauvoo Temple and assigned to Sixth Wagon Company (NTER, p. 285). (normally, couples were assigned together; indicating Vienna and Daniel may have been seperated??)
14 Nov 1847 - Daniel ordained a High Priest, in Iowa, by William Snow and William Draper (Record no. High Priest S, p. 31). (William Snow was likely Daniel's daughter, Jane Maria's husband.)
1 Jul 1849 - while living in Council Point (just south of Council Bluffs) goes to Kanesville (Council Bluffs) and marries a Mrs. Mary Hard of Detroit, MI (Frontier Guardian 11 Jul 1849). Marriage performed by Orson Hyde.
1850 Census - Pottawatomie Co., IA, p. 94B, fam. 479, Daniel, 60, VT (this is in error - 1860 census shows NY as the correct birth place); Mary, 62, CT, and some ALLENs.
19 Sep 1851 - the International Genealogical Index (IGI) shows event symbol S for Daniel of Council Point, Council Bluffs, Pottawatomie Co. IA (batch 6940510, sheet 0, a church record)
Summer 1852 - Council Bluffs evacuated to Salt Lake City, though Daniel is not found in the Pioneer Index. Likely he traveled in the Council Point Emigration Company.
24 Oct 1852 - rebaptized in 13th Ward, Salt Lake City, by Bryant Stringham, confirmed by Joseph B. Noble (Historian's Office ref. no. 2538, p. 136), indicating he migrated since Sep 1851; as travel in the long wdinter was impractical, this indicates that the summer of 1852 was his time of migration.
8 Jan 1854 - married at Salt Lake City to Mary Wilkie, sealed same day (in the IGI); likely this was a formality uniting them in her maiden name; both Marys b. CT; Jane Maria listed only one Mary, as Wilkie; Daniel accounted for a limited number of wives in letters to brother Thomas.
1860 Census - UT, SLCo., SLCity, 13th Ward, p. 15, fam. 84: Daniel, 69, NY whipmaker, $2,000/300: Mary, 71, CT
1853 to 1864 - wrote a series of letters to his brother Thomas, of which six have been preserved in typescript by Tom's descendants. In the one, dated 31 Aug 1862, says his wife died 3 Apr 1862, 45, although SLC City Cemetery record says 31 Oct 1862 and daughter, Jane Maria said 3 Apr 1863.
21 Dec 1862 - At Salt Lake City married Sarah Dive (in the IGI). The 1850 census of Salt Lake County, p. 187, has a Sarah Dives, 45, born in England, with a child, Verulam, 17, England; but in 1859 a Sarah Gilbert immigrated to Salt Lake City from England (see below).
18 Dec 1867 - At Salt Lake City, married Sarah Gilbert (listed in IGI, and again this might have been a formality uniting him to her using her maiden name). Jane Maria only listed one Sarah, as Gilbert.
1870 Census - Index shows for Salt Lake City as 79, NY, 2 total for household. Sarah, 66, Eng., 13th Ward, p. 642, fam. 181, as Sheares, whipmaker.
18 Apr 1874 - Daniel died in Salt Lake City (Deseret News), of old age (cemetery list). Buried in Plat E, Block 7, Lot 9, sharing with Mary (City Cemetery List, Book A, p. 158). His will listed Sarah Gilbert, Jane Maria and Norman, and Vienna Jaques in order to cut her out with a token amount.
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