Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-12-25
Another Old Settler Cone.
From the Fairuont ives, yirp,nI,n

NtESt viIKlut1u.
Died. at the residence of her
daughter Mrs. Jemiina Davis), near
FairInont, W. Va. on the I'd day of
December. 1872. Mrs. KrzialI Shear
er. -: the 96tl, year of her ngc. Th..
deceased, who was so well known in
this community, and who was rs |
suppose, II of the dc,:-pprhaps
The oldest inhabifant'-of Marion
county. WAS bora. according 10 The
best information VT rcu.,; obtain, on
tic"rse's Greek. Fayc,:c county,
Irnn.. who're her parents, Henry sud
Elizabeth !iaiian. then resided. The
date Of her birth. rs given l., the
ancicmt family Hiu!e. is MAY 2t,h.
i1U.' Mir. Eattan AID family moved
from Pennsylvania into Virninis il,
lIol. settling in Rivcsviilc. in what is
aow Marion county. Mrs. Sh.arc;
united with Il Baptist Churc!, in this
flr!nity Il Think at Brrrackvillc)
SEINE fMr;v-two Wears ago, aud, a.
h"r granddaughter STATES. cu,t,uur,!
IN communion with that church until
called from Earth.
some of the children of TIC !,attau
family ar" r"m1,kabI;. for their Ion
G"vliv. y SiS:r" Of Mrs. Sl:earcr-
Mr-. Elizabeth ain-rili-is vet liviru
IN i:irc,riiI". in hey 90. wear. Size
tis III" Only survivor at Il triplrt of
Listers VII" wrrr rorIl in April. 1881.
Each Of The Sisters of hi, Ir,nlrt he
cam" 'l't mother OF Twelve children.
! ne NV" VIII" have passed awav lived
"iSh'y years of aye. KezIal,
S!ehr"i leaves defendants down TO
'hr riA!'i generation. many of whom
arc living IN his vicinity in other
words. Mrs. Shrarer left Il daughter
VIII" has Il daughter. who has a son
"i" has Il 9rani-sun! Tho rcprc.cn-
la'iFc "i tie sixth generation,
n"ma> brnnnon. now between two
ana three years of agr), made 81 VISIT
!" NJ: "Grrat-2rcat-gre.t-grand-
mother not long before her dra,l,
""t 1t - hardly probable that the
venerable woman Understood the rrla-
tloi,>iiip existing bctWcrn the two
"cNtrcincs' of the family. But i,
was n most remarkable meeting!
me deceased retained, till within
TWO or three years since, her mcp1ai
'"cui.icS.-wa II great reader. and cs-
p"c'aily fond of searching. tie Scrin,-
'ircS. Lattcrly She was very feeble
IN body and mind. aud knew very
niue 4, 10 the passing events OF the
world IN which she had lived 50
'"l'@. The writer visited her i'm De-
i"oer last, and thefl obtained many
interesting particulars as to her Ijf,.
ana character and the great number
OF e ~drrrn,tants scattered ovcr so
many ar the States. Her funeral
was held in the house where she
peacefully passed away. and where
,'tr ucciilIhS Years were cumfUrtrd
ny the klnics Gale that a loyin"
daughter and %rand-Lang!.tcrs could
m.>i"w. They sorrow no is others.
VIII" have no hope. "Gransl-mo,hcr':
IS MISSED by the fircsidr. bur thcv
cope to meet her in 4 better land.
j. GREGORY.
fairmont. Dee. Z, 1872.
The subject OF the above notice
WAS the grand-notllcr of the editor
o' the lNrELLIGESCEE (Mr. Davis).
MS. Slicarcr was, We think, born il,
lrginia. but the Indians becoming
troublesome in l777-S, hcr father.
with the other settlers, removed
temporarily to Old Fort R]cds,ouc.
ia. and returned to Virginia as soom
- comparative qa:ct was restored,
Hhicil was within Mrs. Shcarrr',
recollection. We have heard her
spoken "f rs tie first white chic,
'"It on the M"n"mgahcla in virginia.