This home page was created for descendants of Laura Huffaker and Daniel Webster Clay Rector. Much of this information was taken from The Rector's of Wayne County, Kentucky, by Clara Rector Barnes Smart, published in 1975 by Wayside Press, Virginia. The rest came from publicly available family trees. Obviously the oldest information is hard to prove - so take it with a grain of salt. I have not documented anything prior to about 1800
Christian Shearer was born abt 1735 at Wilkes Co, North Carolina. He married Sarah Bargett about 1758 at North Carolina, and he died in Bethesda, Wilkes, North Carolina abt 1797.
Sarah Salome Bargett (Burkett?) was probably born about 1735 in North Carolina. She died in Wilkes, North Carolina abt. 1797, . She married William Christian Shearer about 1758 at Rowen County, North Carolina. They had at least the following children:
1. Catherine Shearer (1758NC-abt.1830 NC)
2. Mary Shearer (1759 NC-1852 MO). She married Joseph Henry (1758-1816).
3. William Christian Shearer, b. abt 1759 at either South Carolina or North Carolina, d. abt 1840. Married Hannah Hoover. see below
4. ?Abraham Shearer (1774 NC-1828 OH), m. Anna Burkett (1776-1842)
William's first wife, Hannah Hoover, was born in North Carolina or Pennsylvania about 1760, and died about 1804. Her parents were probably Andreas Huber (23 Jan 1723 Ellerstadt, Palatinate, Germany- 1794 Randolph, NC) and Anna Margaretha Pfautz (1725 Neckar Valley, Wurtzubrg, Bayern, Germany - 1798 Randolph, NC)
Children with Hannah Hoover:
1. David Shearer, b. abt 1787 at Wilkes, North Carolina. He died abt 1865 at St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan. He first married Mary R. LaRose and had the following children: Elizabeth Shearer (1815-1872); Eli Shearer (1804-1889); Jacob Shearer (1808-1861); Sarah Shearer (1814-1899); Mary Shearer (1814)-1858; Andrew Shearer (1819-1895); David Shearer (1820-1896). Next, on 19 Jun 1828 at Darke County, Ohio, he married Margaret Ann Miltenberger (b. abt 1790 NC; d. abt 1855 MI) and had at least one child, Catherine Shearer (1836-1884)
2. Jacob Shearer, b. 20 Dec 1789 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina; d. 11 Sep 1859 at Wayne Co., Kentucky. In 1810 he married Frances Violet Vickery (1792-1845), a daughter of Francis Marion Vickery (1766-1843) and Mary Broyles (1770-1845). They had the following children: Abner Shearer (1808?); Mary Polly Shearer (1817-1900); Francis David Shearer (1822-1893. NOTE: he married Lucy Brammer, the daughter of William Henry Brammer and Martha Lucy Tuggle. Click here for information about some of the descendants of Francis David Shearer, since a number of them later intermarry in the Rector family); Morgan Shearer (1825); Simeon Shearer (1826-1864); Margaret Shearer (1829-1900); Louisa Emaline Shearer (1832-1874); Denisa Janette Shearer (1833-1894); Sarah A. Shearer (1840-1911); Elizabeth Shearer (1839-1935).
3. Henry J. Shearer, b. 1789 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina, d. 26 Oct 1872 at Prairie City, Jaspar Co., Iowa; First (18 Jul 1811 at Wayne Co., KY) he married Polly Summers (b. 1792). They had at least 2 children: Margaret Shearer (b. 1811); and Sarah M. Shearer (1814-1848). Second, he married Sarah Johnson
4. Daniel Shearer,b. 12 May 1791 at Wilkes, NC; died 21 Apr 1865 at Wayne Co., KY; married Margaret Vickery. See below for more information about this family, which is in my direct line.
5. Mary Shearer, b. abt 1794 at Wilkes Co., NC; d. abt between 1860 and 1870 at Ellis Co., Texas; in 1810 she married William Powers (he was born about 1780 and died abt 1833 at Ashe, NC). They had at least the following children: David Crockett Powers (1812-1886); Jordan Powers (1819-1896); Shadrack Shade Powers (1821-1888); Margarette Violet Powers (b. abt 1822 at NC, m. Elijah Brooks); Susan Powers (1826); Mary Polly Powers (1827-1901); Mahala Jane Powers (1833-1867)
6. Sarah Sallie Shearer, b. abt 1800 at Wilkes, NC; d. 24 Dec 1880 at Wayne County, KY; married George Vickery (1789-1880 - the son of Francis Marion Vickery and Mary Broyles)). They had at least the following children: Jefferson Ervin Vickery (1826-1903); Daniel B. Vickery (1828-1863); Jenkins Vickery (1830-1864); Granville C. Vickery (1833-1912); Lula E. Vickery (1837 - is not on the 1850 census with the rest of her family so she probably died young).
William's second wife, Sallie Walters, was born about 1787 at Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois. She married William Christian Shearer abt 1804 in North Carolina, and she died abt 1830 at Wayne County, Kentucky.
William Christian Shearer, Jr children with Sallie Walters
7. Susannah Susan Shearer (1805-1895), married John Conch (1788-1861). Children: Walter Jackson Koons (1827-1902); James Joseph Koons (1828-1885); Jacob Shearer Koons (1828-1885); Robert Koons (abt 1831); David Koontz (1831-1860); Sarah Jane Koons (1832); Mary Elizabeth Koons (1836-1915); Louisa Emeline Koons (1837-1870); James W. Koons (1841-1920); Levian Koons (18480
8. Elizabeth Jane Shearer, b. abt 1808 at Ashe, NC; d. 3 Dec 1857 at Cass County, IL. In 1827 she married Jacob Montgomery Huffaker (1806-1867). Children: Simpson David Huffaker (1828-1891); Warren Stone Huffaker (1830-1909); Elizabeth Jane Huffaker (1831-1918); Alexander Campbell Huffaker (1832-1871); Joseph Hewitt Huffaker (1834-1894); William Justus Huffaker (1836-1905); Mary Ann Huffaker (1838); Sarah Malinda Huffaker (1841-1915); Margaret Evangeline Huffaker (1843-1902); Jacob Huffaker (1845-1909); Hardin Taylor Huffaker (1846-1904); Francis Huffaker (1848)
9. William Shearer, b. abt 1810 KY; d. abt 1877 MO, married Mary Ann Davis (1814-1873) on 26 Sep 1833 in Wayne County. Children: John Randolph Shearer (1834-1911); Elizabeth Shearer (1836-1839); William Christian Shearer (1837-1873); Sarah Shearer (1839-1911); Absalom Davis Shearer (1841-1920); Silas W. Shearer (1842-1863); Walter Shearer (1846-1920); Zachary Taylor Shearer (1849-1915); Hyram Shearer (1852-1856)
10. Solomon Shearer, b. 8 Jun 1811 KY; d. Jun 1881TX; married Mary Price (1814-1900). Children: Minerva Jane Shearer (1841-1870); George Christian Shearer (1845-1928); Margaret Ann Shearer (1847-1893); William Hardin Shearer (1847-1928); Eliza Shearer (1849); Marcellus Worth Shearer (1849-1899); Walter Lafayette Shearer (1854-1913)
11. Walter Shearer, b. 12 Sep 1813 at Wayne Co., Kentucky; d. 17 Dec 1878 at Lawrence, Kentucky. He married Nancy Bailey Rice (1822-1865). Children: Sarah Jane Shearer (1841-1874); Charles Wesley Shearer (1843-1899); Nancy Elizabeth Shearer (1846-1915); Ann Catherine Shearer (1848-1916); Mary Walter Shearer (1848-1916); Eliza Campbell Shearer (1858-1912); Alfred W. Shearer (1865-1865). Walter also married Caroline Delilah Everman (1830-1869) and Amelia Loraine (1822-1911)
12. Catherine Shearer, b. abt 1816; married Philip Newton Hufft (Huff?) (1819-1878) on 14 Dec 1840. Children: George W. Hufft (1843-1923); Margaret Angeline Hufft (1846-1926);John Wesley Hufft (1848-1860); William Walter Hufft (1852-1930); Hattie LeGrand Hufft (1853-1917); Joseph Benson Hufft (1854-1919); Isaac Newton Huft (1856-1913); Benjamin Franklin Huff (1858-1870); Charles Edward Hufft (1861-1928); Thomas Jefferson Hufft (1865-1922)
13. ?Jester Shearer, b. abt 1818 KY, d. 30 Aug 1899 at Winchester, Scott Co, IL; in 1844 m. Minerva Jane VanWinkle (1826-1902).
14. ?Nancy Elizabeth Shearer, b. about 1820
15. ?Hannah Caroline Shearer (1823-1900)
16. ?Eliza Shearer (1825-1914)
Daniel Shearer was born at Wilkes, North Carolina 12 May 1791. He died 21 April 1865 at Wayne County, Kentucky. He married Margaret Ann Vickery 1814 at Wayne County, Kentucky. He is buried at the Shearer Valley Cemetery in Wayne County, Kentucky.
Margaret Vickery was born abt 1794 at Randolph, North Carolina to Francis Marion Vickery and Mary Broyles. Margaret Vickery Shearer died abt 1875 at Wayne County, Kentucky. NOTE: Her mother, Mary Broyles, descends from the Broyles who came to Germanna Colony in Virginia in the second colony. She is buried at the Shearer Valley Cemetery in Wayne County, Kentucky.
Daniel and Margaret (Vickery) Shearer had 12 children
1.Violet Shearer, born abt 1815 at Wayne County, Kentucky, on 7 Nov 1833 at Wayne County she married Solomon Roten (1812-1871). Violet d. abt 1870. Violet and Solomon had at least the following children: Granville Columbus Roten (1838-1918); Daniel Shelby Rowan (1840-1924); Eliza Ann Rowan (1843-1870); Safrona Roten (1844-1907); George Rowan (1849); Jenkins Shears Rowan (1850-1921)
2.Mary Ann (Polly) Minerva Shearer, born 13 Jun 1817, married Thomas Huffaker on 29 Sep1839, died in 1917. Children: Francis M. Huffaker (b. abt 1841); Christopher C. Huffaker (1842-1911); Henry Clay Huffaker (1844-1930); Daniel Huffaker (b. abt 1848); Marshall N. Huffaker (abt 1851); Issac Briles Huffaker (1853-1922)
3.Adam N. "Addy" Shearer, b. 7 Mar 1819 at Wayne County, Kentucky, died 3 Jan 1898 at Wayne County, Kentucky, married Sarah Ann Mercer (1818-1903) on January 25, 1841 at Wayne Co, KY. They had at least the following children: Anna Shearer (1843 KY); James Daniel Shearer (1842-1896); John Columbus Shearer (1843-1905); Thomas Jenkins Shearer (1845-1921); Francis Marion Shearer (1847-1915); Mary Jane Shearer (1850-1890); Nicholas Shearer (1852-1855); Daniel Doc Worth Shearer (1852-1922); Margaret A. Shearer (1855-1907)); Eliza Ellen Shearer (1857-1926); Syrelda Louisa Shearer (1860-1907);Ala Elizabeth Shearer (1863-1949)
4.Sarah Sallie Shearer, born 29 Jan 1821, died 27 Jun 1907, married James Hicks on October 24, 1838. They had at least the following children: Emaline Jane Hicks (1841); Caroline L. Hicks (1843); James D. Hicks (1845-1926). With a possible second husband, Peter Marshall, she may have had a daughter named Maggie Marshall (1860)
5.Cassandra Shearer, born 1824 and d. 1899 at Wayne County, Kentucky, married Wm. Barton Stone Huffaker (a son of Christopher Huffaker and Mary Polly Lowe) on March 18, 1845. Child: George C. Huffaker (1844)
6.Rebecca Emily Shearer, b. abt 1827, married Champion Terry Hicks (1821-1891) on December 23, 1841. Children: Margaret Ann Hicks (1843-1933); Sarah Caroline Hicks (1850-1923); Mary C. Hicks (1853); Emma Hicks (1855-1948): Shelby Hicks (1857-1921); Helen Annette Hicks (11859-1946); Amanda Hicks (1861-1924); Virginia Jennie Hicks (1863-1910); Terry Hicks (1866-1886); Marshall Hicks (1871-1935)
7.Jacob Jenkins Shearer, born 26 Jun 1829 in Wayne County, Kentucky; d. abt. 1916. On 21 Dec 1850 at Wayne County, KY he married Zerelda Ingram (b. 14 Nov 1831 KY, d. 5 Jan 1916 KY). They had at least the following children: Lusetta Shearer (1852-1949); Emily Catherine Shearer (1855-1938); James William Shearer (1864-1884); Samuel Jenkins Shearer (1867-1959); Menifee Shearer (1871-1947)
8.Hannah Caroline Shearer, b. 24 Feb 1832 at Wayne County, Kentucky, died 13 May 1918, on 10 Jul 1851 at Wayne County, KY, she married Thomas Rankin (b. abt 1831 at Paisley, Scotland, d. 19 May 1905 at Wayne County, KY). They had at least the following children: William James Rankin (1855-1937); Francis Marshall Rankin (1857-1934); David Hutchison Rankin (1859-1934); Barbara Ann Rankin (1861-1937); Lucy Mary Rankin (1863-1926); Lillie Caroline Rankin (1866-1961); S. Lee Rankin (1868-1947); Adam Isaac Rankin (1872-1948); Flora Emily Rankin (1875-1971). Note: Thomas and Caroline (Shearer) Rankin are buried at the Elk Spring Cemetery in Wayne County.
9.Francis C. "Frank" Shearer, (1834-1901). He married Nancy Lucretia Trabue (1833-1892). They had at least the following children: William Trabue Shearer (1860-1920); Carrie J. Shearer (1864 KY); Bessie V. Shearer (1868) ; Harry Junius Shearer (1865-1950); Elizabeth Victory Shearer (1868-1941); Thomas Marshall Shearer (1870-1948); Nannie Alice Shearer (1873-1947); Francis C. Shearer may have married a second time to Mary L. Burton (1841-1919) and had more children.
10.Isaac Broyles Shearer, born 16 Sep 1836 at Wayne County, Kentucky, d. about 1902. On the 1870 census, he is listed as living in Mill Springs, Wayne Co., KY with his wife, Barbara H. Rankin (1839-1902) and the following children: Jennette A. Shearer (b. abt 1859); William Shearer (abt 1861); Martha Shearer (abt 1863); Margaret Shearer (abt 1866); and Robert Shearer (abt 1869) On the 1900 census they have more children living with them: Susan Shearer (abt 1875); Lucy Shearer (abt 1878); Maud Shearer (abt 1881)
11.Margaret Ann Shearer, b. 12 Aug 1838, d. 15 Nov 1924 (both at Wayne County, Kentucky), married Henry Clay Huffaker on October 21, 1855. Click on Henry Clay Huffaker's link for more information about Henry and Margaret's family. This is my direct line.
12.Louise Shearer, b. 1 Jul 1841 at Wayne County,KY; d. Nov 1928; on 26 Nov 1860 at Wayne County, KY she married William Andrew Simpson (b. 1841 at Wayne Co., KY, d. 1902, son of Thomas Simpson and Sarah Ray). Children: Margaret Simpson (1861-1912); Sarah Simpson (1865); William F. Simpson (1867-1933); Moses U. Simpson (1869); Elias Thomas Simpson (1871-1929); Mary Lee Simpson (1874); Anna Ella Simpson (1875); Caroline Carrie Simpson (1878-1924); Emma Simpson (1879-1907); Lucy Mae Simpson (1882-1971). Note: their son, Elias Thomas Simpson, was the father of Harriette L. Simpson Arnow - the author of a number of books written circa 1940/50/60. These books take place or derive from Wayne County, Kentucky. Louise Shearer and William Simpson were her paternal grandparents.
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