Individual Details
James Melvin Shearer
(27 Apr 1892 - 12 Feb 1918)
Wayne County Outlook, 14 Feb 1918
Melvin Shearer, age 26, died at his home on North Main Street, Tuesday after a weeks illness of typhoid fever and pneumonia. He was a son of the late William Shearer. He was born at Gap Creek but had been living here for many years. A few years ago he married Miss Elsie Ragan, a daughter of the late Marsh Ragan, who with two small children survive him.
For the past several years the deceased had been working in the different oil fields of Kentucky, but had been working for the Cumberland Grocery Co. for the past few weeks.
He is survived by the following brothers and sisters, Harry Shearer of Alberta, Canada, W. Logan Shearer of Lexington, Lewis Shearer of Murl and Theophilus Shearer of this city; Mrs. Brooks Davidson of Jeffersonville, Ga., and Mrs. J.W. Smith [Talitha Ethel] of this city.
Funeral services were held at the residence at 1 o'clock Wednesday by his pastor, Rev. J.E. Baird of the Baptist church after which the remains were taken to the Elk Spring cemetery for burial. /// Son of William Francis Shearer and Mary Caroline Frost
Spouses:
Elsie Ragan Shearer (1897 - ____)
Elsie T Ragan Shearer (1897 - 1980)
Children:
Virginia S. Shearer (1915 - ____)*
Little Melvin Shearer (1917 - 1918)*
Melvin Shearer, age 26, died at his home on North Main Street, Tuesday after a weeks illness of typhoid fever and pneumonia. He was a son of the late William Shearer. He was born at Gap Creek but had been living here for many years. A few years ago he married Miss Elsie Ragan, a daughter of the late Marsh Ragan, who with two small children survive him.
For the past several years the deceased had been working in the different oil fields of Kentucky, but had been working for the Cumberland Grocery Co. for the past few weeks.
He is survived by the following brothers and sisters, Harry Shearer of Alberta, Canada, W. Logan Shearer of Lexington, Lewis Shearer of Murl and Theophilus Shearer of this city; Mrs. Brooks Davidson of Jeffersonville, Ga., and Mrs. J.W. Smith [Talitha Ethel] of this city.
Funeral services were held at the residence at 1 o'clock Wednesday by his pastor, Rev. J.E. Baird of the Baptist church after which the remains were taken to the Elk Spring cemetery for burial. /// Son of William Francis Shearer and Mary Caroline Frost
Spouses:
Elsie Ragan Shearer (1897 - ____)
Elsie T Ragan Shearer (1897 - 1980)
Children:
Virginia S. Shearer (1915 - ____)*
Little Melvin Shearer (1917 - 1918)*
Events
| Birth | 27 Apr 1892 | Mullentaun, Wayne County, Kentucky | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 12 Jun 1900 | (William Francis Shearer and Mary Caroline Frost) Mullentaun, Wayne County, Kentucky |  |  | |
| Marriage | 2 Jun 1917 | Elsie T. Ragan | |||
| Death | 12 Feb 1918 | Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky | |||
| Burial | Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky | |
Families
| Spouse | Elsie T. Ragan (1897 - 1980) |
| Child | Virginia S. Shearer (1914 - ) |
| Child | Melvin Shearer (1917 - 1918) |
| Child | William D. Shearer (1917 - ) |
| Father | William Francis Shearer (1847 - 1908) |
| Mother | Mary Caroline Frost (1854 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Marshall Cicero Shearer (1880 - 1898) |
| Sibling | Ella Shearer (1882 - ) |
| Sibling | Abbie Florence Shearer (1883 - 1921) |
| Sibling | William Logan Shearer Sr. (1885 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Talitha Ethel Shearer (1887 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Melvina Shearer (1889 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Theophilis Marvin Shearer (1890 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Cora Shearer (1894 - 1894) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
William ShearerHeadM53Kentucky - FarmerMary C ShearerWifeF46Kentucky
Florence ShearerDaughterF17Kentucky
Logan ShearerSonM15Kentucky - Farm laborer
Ethel ShearerDaughterF13Kentucky
Malvina ShearerDaughterF11Kentucky
Theophalis ShearerSonM10Kentucky
Melvin ShearerSonM8Kentucky
Robert L TurpinBoarderM25Kentucky
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9C7-RJF : accessed 21 June 2017), Logan Shearer in household of William Shearer, Magisterial District 2, Mullentaun Precinct, Wayne, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 127, sheet 10A, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,554..
2. Find A Grave Memorial# 31021747.