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Onesimus Atherton Shearer

Private Army Civil War

Army
Army
Private
Private
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Company B, 187th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Conflict / Era
Civil War
Years of Service
1865 – 1866
Date of Birth
01/31/1847
Date of Death
11/19/1921
Hometown
Taylor, OH
Burial Location
York Twp: York
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
Taylor
Township (current / at death)
Taylor
Church
Methodist
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
No

Biography

Church: Methodist. School: UNKNOWN. served as sexton of Broadway Methodist Church for 10 years prior death

Source: Veteran data form provided by Virginia Smith, Plain City, Ohio; Certificate of Death, Ohio Department of Health; Obituary, The Marysville Tribune, 11/23/1921; Beers 1883 History of Union County; 1890 United States Schedule of Soldiers