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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 3. | Bettie Morris was born in 1867 in Texas, USA (daughter of Joseph Robert Morris and Hannah Cordelia Buckner); died in 1938. Children:
- Cora Shearn was born on 28 Oct 1884 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; died on 14 Sep 1962 in Arvada, Jefferson, Colorado, USA; was buried in Arvada, Jefferson, Colorado, USA.
- Bettie Morris Shearn was born on 30 Aug 1889 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; died on 10 Apr 1978 in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- 1. John Shearn was born in 1895 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
- Alice B. Shearn was born in 1899 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; died on 1 Apr 1977 in Middletown, Butler, Ohio, USA; was buried in Middletown, Butler, Ohio, USA.
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| 4. | John Shearn was born on 15 May 1826 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK (son of Charles Shearn and Mary Pode); died on 15 Sep 1888 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- FindaGrave ID: 19517282
- Baptism: 18 Jun 1826, Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England, UK; Address:
Methodist Chapel, Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Immigration: 1834, Texas, USA
John married Judith Catherine McAshan on 1 Dec 1852 in Lafayette, Upshur, Texas, USA. Judith (daughter of Nehemiah McAshan and Elizabeth Agee) was born on 22 Jan 1835 in Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 21 May 1884 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Judith Catherine McAshan was born on 22 Jan 1835 in Buckingham, Virginia, USA (daughter of Nehemiah McAshan and Elizabeth Agee); died on 21 May 1884 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Children:
- Mary Elizabeth Shearn was born on 1 Oct 1853 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; died on 5 Jun 1945 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
- Charles Paul Shearn was born on 7 Feb 1856 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; died on 11 Feb 1948 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
- Alice K. Shearn was born in 1860 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
- 2. John Shearn was born in 1862 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; died on 14 Sep 1934 in Connecticut, USA.
- Blanche Shearn was born on 11 Jun 1869 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; died on 24 Mar 1943 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; was buried in Hitchcock, Galveston, Texas, USA.
- Annie Groesbeeck Shearn was born on 17 May 1874 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; died on 3 Aug 1881 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
- Maurice Longcope Shearn was born on 30 Mar 1876 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; died on 2 Jul 1876 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
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| 6. | Joseph Robert Morris was born in 1827 in Connecticut, USA; died on 5 Mar 1876. Notes:
Died:
MORRIS, JOSEPH ROBERT (1827-1885). Joseph Robert Morris, Houston mayor, ship channel promoter, and delegate to the Convention of 1875, was born in Milton, Connecticut, on April 24, 1828.
He attended local schools, became a tinsmith at New Haven, and joined his father and brothers in Texas in the early 1840s. Morris worked at a tin shop in Houston for a year, then set up his own tin and hardware business in 1847. He is credited with the invention of a hot-air furnace and was a member of the British Academy of Sciences.
He supported the Union in the Civil War and was appointed mayor of Houston during Reconstruction by military district commander Gen. Joseph Jones Reynolds, but served only a few months. As representative from Harris County to the Constitutional Convention of 1875, he introduced resolutions for taxation of railroads upon gross receipts, for the establishment of a system of free public schools, and for determining competency for jury service. In 1866 Morris was among incorporators of the Houston Direct Navigation Company and in 1869 of the Buffalo Bayou Ship Channel Company.
In 1870 he had real property valued at $155,400 and personal property valued at $10,000. According to some sources, Morris built Houston's first four-story building, which also had Houston's first iron front.
Morris married Hannah Cordelia Buckner on December 20, 1860, in Harris Co., Texas; the couple had six children. He died on March 5, 1876.
Joseph married Hannah Cordelia Buckner on 20 Dec 1860 in Harris, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 8. | Charles Shearn was born on 30 Oct 1794 in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK (son of Charles Shearn and Susannah Vokes); died on 12 Nov 1871 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- FindaGrave ID: 19517320
- Baptism: 25 Feb 1795, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK; Address:
St. John the Baptist Church, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England,
- Immigration: 1834, Texas, USA
- Occupation: 6 Oct 1840, Harris, Texas, USA; Chief Justice
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Charles Shearn born 30 October 1794 and baptised 25 February 1795 St John the Baptist, Midsomer Norton the son of Charles Shearn and Susannah Vokes
Charles Shearn married Mary Pode 7 February 1818 St Michael, Bath. Witnesses C Russell and Robert Orchard.
Charles and Mary, their daughter Mary Elizabeth and their son John emigrated to Texas around 1834
There is strong evidence that Charles Shearn b. 1794, his wife and two kids were on one of these two ships that sailed from Liverpool to New Orleans filled with Irish Colonists in 1834. the ships were named the Prudence and the Heroine
London Gazette. Charles Shearn filed for bankruptcy twice: first in 1826, as a confectioner, and again in 1832 as a soap manufacturer. He may have been staring at debtors prison. either way, things weren't go so well at Camp Shearn. Immigration to TX making sense.
Charles Shearn was experiencing difficult times in 1834. His business in Bath had failed, leaving him in dire straights with a young wife and three children. So, he responded to an advertisement in a Bristol newspaper, seeking young Irish, Catholic men to come to rural Texas. (Troubled by an increasing Protestant population of Texans, Mexico's President Gen. Santa Ana retained envoy's around the world to recruit Roman Catholics to come to Texas to increase his base, and keep these rabble-rousers at bay. They would be given a large tract of land if they vowed their allegiance to Mexico's Santa Anna and the Roman Catholic Church. This particular envoy was short of his quota of 100 recruits, so he advertised in a Bristol newspaper. Charles, a devout Methodist from Somerset, decided it was in his best interest to be Irish and Catholic. He boarded a ship with his wife and 8-year-old son, John, and sailed to the the U.S., leaving two of his children behind.
It didn't take long for his allegiance to Santa Ana to wane, however, as he found himself fraternizing with Texas rebels. He enlisted in Col. Dimmit's regiment, and was a signer of the Goliad Declaration of Independence, which preceded the Texas declaration. On March 27, 1836, he found himself tied up by his hands behind his back, being prepared for execution by the Mexicans in what would become known as the Goliad Massacre. His son John clung to his leg and attracted the attention of Mexican General Urribe, who upon discovering the boy and his father were English, set them free, two of the few survivors of the massacre.
After, supporting the Texas Revolution, Charles went on to become a prominent founding pioneer of Houston, who established the first Methodist Church in Houston and became the first county judge there.
Charles married Mary Pode on 7 Feb 1818 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. Mary was born in 1789; died on 6 Apr 1842 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | Mary Pode was born in 1789; died on 6 Apr 1842 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- FindaGrave ID: 19517324
- Immigration: 1834, Texas, USA
Children:
- Mary Elizabeth Shearn was born on 9 Sep 1822 in Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England, UK; died on 28 Jan 1870 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
- John Shearn was born on 23 Aug 1824 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK; died in 1824 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK; was buried on 12 Dec 1824 in Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
- 4. John Shearn was born on 15 May 1826 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK; died on 15 Sep 1888 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
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| 10. | Nehemiah McAshan was born on 15 Dec 1784 in Buckingham, Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Jun 1846 in Quanah, Hardeman, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- FindaGrave ID: 67635237
- Naturalization: 6 Oct 1845, Texas, USA
Notes:
Naturalization:
Naturalized as a citizen of the Republic of Texas
Nehemiah married Elizabeth Agee on 18 Jan 1807 in Buckingham, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Agee and Sicily Ann Hall) was born on 5 Mar 1791 in Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Nov 1872 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried on 29 Nov 1872 in La Grange, Lafayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 11. | Elizabeth Agee was born on 5 Mar 1791 in Buckingham, Virginia, USA (daughter of John Agee and Sicily Ann Hall); died on 28 Nov 1872 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried on 29 Nov 1872 in La Grange, Lafayette, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes:
Died:
This estimable lady died on Thursday morning at the residence of her son-in-law, Judge C. S. Longcope, of this city, and her remains were started on the Central train, attended by members of her family, to be interred at the family burial grounds in La Grange.
This excellent lady had attained a nice old age, and had raised a large family and seen them all married and comfortably settled in life.
So much was she beloved amoung a large circle of friends in this city and at La Grange, where she resided for many years, that she was universally spoken to and of by the name of "Mother McAshan".
A consistent, unflinching Christian all her life, death to her was but the gate to Heaven and an eternity of happiness. She had done her whole duty to her children, and they and their descendants will always bless her sacred memory.
Daily Houston Telegraph, November 30, 1872, p. 5 col 1
Children:
- 5. Judith Catherine McAshan was born on 22 Jan 1835 in Buckingham, Virginia, USA; died on 21 May 1884 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
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