Wilson C. and Sarah Hepler Shearer Family circa 1916 Standing: Homer, Jessie, Adam, Charles, Pressley, Lenora, Albert Seated: Wilson C., Della, Iva, Ralph, Sarah Minerva Hepler Shearer 1914 Back row: Mary (Ruffaner) Shearer holding Avanelle Shearer, Albert Shearer, Jessie Shearer, unknown, Homer Shearer, Lenora Shearer Seated: Bessie (Ruffaner) Shearer holding John Shearer, Wilson C. Shearer and Sarah Minerva (Hepler) Shearer, unknown woman Standing: Kenneth Shearer, Ethel Shearer in front of Kenneth, Annabel Shearer, Iva Shearer Seated on the ground: Bernice Shearer, Della Shearer, Ralph Shearer, and Pressley Shearer August 25, 1923 At the Francis Bowser home, Center Hill, Old Route 28. The house was demolished to build the new Brethren Church parsonage On the Porch: Man holding baby, lady, lady, lady, lady, lady, lady wearing glasses, Anna Lenora Shearer Sipe, older lady, young girl on railing, lady with arm around young girl, lady holding baby, boy sitting on railing Row 3 & 4 (zig-zag): Alfred Shearer (son of Adam and Eliza Jane Bouch Shearer), man with mustache, Merle Shearer (son of Adam and Eliza Jane Bouch Shearer), lady, Man, Merle Shearer's wife, white-haired lady, tall lady with dark hair, lady with light hair, tall lady, short lady with dark hair might be Mary Myrtle Ruffaner Shearer, Ralph Francis Shearer, short lady, Daniel Shearer(Wilson's brother John's son), Sarah Heckman Shearer (Daniel Shearer's wife), Albert Hepler Shearer, young girl, lady with dark hair, man beside Albert, Eliza Jane Bouch Shearer (wife of Adam Shearer, Wilson's brother), man with long tie, Sarah Minerva Hepler Shearer (Wilson Shearer's wife), lady in white blouse, John Ross (married to Esther Anna Shearer, Wilson C. Shearer's sister), man holding small boy, small boy, man with long beard is Francis Bowser (husband of Sarah Shearer, Wilson C. Shearer's sister), Bessie Alice Ruffaner Shearer holding baby Vernon Frank Shearer, heavy lady, lady in front of the porch post, lady in front of her, man in front, blurry lady, Jessie Mae Shearer in white blouse and glasses, in front of Jessie and sailor is Della Jane Shearer (White), tall man behind sailor is Adam (Addie) Bowser (son of Francis and Sarah Shearer Bowser), man with sailor hat is William Bowser (son of Adam "Addie" Bowser), tall lady is Cora Bowser (daughter of Francis and Sarah Shearer Bowser), three ladies in front of William Bowser (the sailor) are Emma Waite Shearer (wife of Homer Wilson Shearer) Dorothy Cross Shearer (wife of Ralph Francis Shearer), lady beside post, lady in front of her is Sadie Brown (Robert and Catharine Shearer Brown's daughter) *note Sadie never married but raised her niece Leola, probably one of the little girls not identified in this photo, short young dark-haired lady, man, man Row 2: Man, lady holding baby, Homer Wilson Shearer holding daughter Janice Shearer (Barbary), Clarence Shearer (Wilson's brother John's son), John Pressley Shearer, man, man, Adam Shearer (Wilson's brother), Wilson C. Shearer, Esther Anna Shearer Ross, Sarah (Adaline or Adalaide) Shearer Bowser, Catharine Shearer Brown, Kate Shearer, Charles Sheridan Shearer, Sarah Holby Shearer (Charles' wife) holding son Charles Arthur Shearer, lady with beads holding baby, lady with beads, lady in white blouse and dark skirt, man Row 1: Melda Mae Shearer (Bricker), Ethel Louise Shearer (Nichol), girl, Sarah Annabel Shearer (Bouch/Lash), Ella Summerville, Beatrice Summerville (Stamm), Iva Blanche Shearer (Reiber), Bernice Shearer (Claypoole), Genevieve Summerville, Pearl Shearer (Baker), Oren Shearer, boy, boy, boy, boy, John Wilson Shearer (with hat on), girl, girl, Doris Alberta Shearer (Cowan/Lash), girl with baby, girl, girl, Kenneth Clark Shearer, boy, boy Pressley and Albert Charles and Adam Lenora Homer and Jessica Della Lenora and Sarah at the Garner place Year ? Ralph, Adam, Pressley, Wilson, Homer, and Albert 1956 Albert, Bessie, Pressley, and Mary Connoquenessing Park 1954 1955 Pressley, Albert, Adam, Homer, and Ralph Homer, Albert, Della, Pressley, Ralph, and Adam

John Pressley Shearer circa 1908 Pressley and Mary Shearer family Pressley Shearer and Mary Myrtle Ruffaner Shearer Bernice, Mary, Avanelle, and Pressley Shearer Pressley and Mary Shearer Vern and Bernice Shearer Claypoole Front:Vern and Bernice Claypoole Back:Madeline, Darlene, Vernon Roy, and Lavelle 1978 Pressley and Mary's four children: Max, Bernice, Avanelle, and Oren Oren Shearer and wife Irene

Adam Shearer family Adam and Hazel Shearer Rosanna Shearer Rosanna Shearer and her father Adam Marilyn Shearer Class of 1943 Dick Shearer, Rosanna Shearer, Marilyn (Shearer) and Gordon French, Gordon's mother, Hazel and Adam Shearer 1990 Marilyn (Shearer) and Gordon French 1994 Marilyn French

Charles Shearer family Charles "Arthur" Shearer

Lenora Shearer family Back: Harvey Sipe's daughters Leona, Frienda, Naomi, Rachel, Virginia Front: Harvey and Lenora's daughter Gladys Marie

Homer Wilson Shearer family Janice Shearer Joan Shearer

Della Jane Shearer family Dale White Vivian and Dale White Paul White Russell White

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Ralph Shearer family 1996 Bill and Arlene (Shearer) Lafever Dolly Louise Shearer Class of 1946 1954 Dolly Louise, Eddie, Gwennie Jo, and Penny Louise Martin 2000 John Lafever, his wife and child, Arlene Lafever, Frances Shearer, and Penny (Martin) Sloan

Iva Blanche Shearer Age ? Age ? 1975 Iva Blanche Shearer Reiber

circa mid-1940's Wilson C. Shearer with five of his children Alvin and Iva Reiber, Dorothy Cross Shearer, Wilson, Adam, Harvey Sipes, Hazel Shearer, Nora, Della and Howard White, Albert and Bessie Shearer Back row: Annabel Shearer, Ethel Shearer, Bernice Shearer holding Max Shearer, Iva Shearer, and Kenneth Shearer Front row: Melda Shearer, John Shearer, Mary Ellen McKinley, Doris Shearer, Oren Shearer, and Vernon Shearer

1947 James Nichol Sr., Dolly Louise Shearer, Ralph Bouch

1992 Melda (Shearer) Bricker, Iva (Shearer) Reiber, Eyvette (Shearer) Fair, and Annabel (Shearer) Lash

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