Daisy E. Shearer

b. 16 March 1880, d. 29 April 1957
Daisy (Shearer) Beaver
photo courtesy Misty Morse
FatherArtemus Shearer1 b. 31 Mar 1846, d. 25 Apr 1928
MotherAnn Elizabeth Moffett1 b. 31 Oct 1851, d. 20 Mar 1880
Birth16 Mar 1880 Daisy E. Shearer was born on 16 Mar 1880 in Kansas.2 
Moth-Death  Daisy's mother died 4 days after her birth. 
Cens-18803 Jun 1880  As an infant Daisy appears to have lived with her maternal grandfather Abraham Moffett and his second wife, Caroline, in Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas.3 
Cens-19001900  Later Daisy returned to live in Phillips Co., Kansas with her father, stepmother and half-brother.4 
Cens-191022 Apr 1910  She was still in Phillips County at the time of the 1910 enumeration but was recorded in the home of her widowed brother James Shearer in Logan. Daisy worked as an apprentice in a milinary store.5 
Occupation1914 She also served as the assistant post mistress in Logan for a few months before her marriage.6 
Marriage12 Jan 1915 She married Francillion Elorate Beaver on 12 Jan 1915 at the home of her father in Logan, Phillips County, Kansas.6,7 
Cens-192019 Jan 1920 "Loat" and Daisy lived in Wichita, Kansas, where Loat was employed as a plastor contractor. In 1920 the couple lived at 1755 Hydraulic Ave. They did not have children.8,9 
Death29 Apr 1957 Daisy died on 29 Apr 1957 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, at age 77.9 
ChartsDescendants of William Moffett and Mary Gardner
Descendants of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie
Last Edited20 Jun 2008

Citations

  1. [S407] Obituary of Artemus Shearer, The Logan Republican, May 3, 1928; source names children from both marriages.
  2. [S1266] Statement of Artemus Shearer; Artemus Shearer Civil War Pension Application File; RG 15; NARA.
  3. [S1322] A.G. Moffett household, 1880 U.S. cens., Mitchell Co., Kansas, pop sched., Glen Elder, ED 179, page 49A (stamped), dwelling 42, family 43, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Oct. 2005, image 5 of 20. Enumeration includes: A.G. Moffett, 63, marr, farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA; Caroline, 45, wife, marr, keeping house, b. W VA, parents b. VA; Cara Alexander, 14, adopted, b. IL; Frank Mason, 5, adopted, b. IA, father b. ? (poss Con.), mother b. IL; Daisy Shearer, 2/12 Mar, granddaughter, b. KS, father b. IN, mother b. IL.
  4. [S2003] Artemus Shearer household, 1900 U.S. cens., Phillips Co., Kansas, pop. sched., Belmont, ED 117, sheet 1A (p. 209), dwelling 4, family 4, viewed online at Ancestry.com, June 2008, image 1 of 10. Household includes: Artemus Shearer, 54, b. March. 1846, marr 17 yrs, farmer, b. IN; Kate, wife, 40, b. Aug. 1859, marr 17 yrs, mother of 2 children, 1 is living, b. IL; Daisy, dau, 20, b. March 1880; Chauncey, son, 15, b. Jul. 1884, both b. KS.
  5. [S2001] James M. Shearer household, 1910 U.S. cens., Phillips Co., Kansas, pop. sched., Logan, ED 143, sheet 7B, dwelling 160, family 166, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jun 2008, image 14 of 22. Household includes: James M. Shearer, 33, wid, b. IA, stock broker for local territory, rents home; Daisy, sister, 30, sgl, b. KS, apprentice at retail milinary store.
  6. [S407] "Pretty Home Wedding", The Logan Republican, Jan 14, 1915.
  7. [S468] Phillips County, Kansas, Marriage Book E: 362.
  8. [S2004] Loat F. Beaver household, 1920 U.S. cens., Sedgwick Co., Kansas, pop. sched., Wichita, ED 160, sheet 18A (p. 210 stamped), dwelling 295, family 309, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jun 2008, image 35 of 39. Household includes: Loat, 46, b. IN, owns home, plaster contractor; Daisey, wife, 39, b. KS.
  9. [S525] Interview with Lawrence and Rhea Shearer conducted in June 1997 at their home in Ottumwa, Iowa.