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Bert Shearer, the junior
partner of the firm of Short & Shearer, was
born at Renick, Randolph
County, Jan. 11, 1884, and is a son of A. H.
and Laura V. (Mitchell)
Shearer, both now deceased. The father was
a native of Butler County,
Pa. and died in Missouri in 1918 and the mother
was born in Missouri and
died in 1910. Both are buried in Oakland
cemetery. A. H. Shearer
came to Renick nearly a quarter of a century
ago and was a contractor
there for some years. He then worked for the
Williams Wagon Factory
until the family moved to Moberly in 1900.
There were live children in
the Shearer family: Bessie, the wife of E. L.
Patterson, of Moberlv;
Bert, of this review; Lucille. the wife of B. G.
Englen of Moberly; Merle
H., of Madison, S. D., and Reba, a teacher in
the Moberly schools.
Bert Shearer was reared in
Renick, attended the public schools and
later the Moberly high
school. After leaving school he accepted a position
with j. S. Bowers & Son,
remaining with that concern 10 years. He then
formed the partnership
with Mr. Short in the grocery business.
June 26, 1905, Mr. Shearer
was married to Miss Anna Maud Bradley.
a daughter of E. T.
Bradley, of Sugar Creek township and one child has
been horn to them, Juanita
Maud. The Shearer family have a modern
home at 703 S. Fifth
street. Mr. Shearer is a member of the Knights
and Ladies of Security and
the Modern Woodmen. |