Allegan-Kent County MI Archives Obituaries.....SHEARS, Mindard D. March 23, 1910 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marcia Shears u08554@hotmail.com May 29, 2006, 6:48 pm The Otsego Union; Otsego, Allegan Co., MI; Thurs 24 Mar 1910 Minard Shears Died: Wednesday morning, 3:00 (23 Mar 1910) after a long an protracted illness, Residence: This township and village many years (Otsego, Allegan County, MI) Address: East Allegan street (Otsego, Allegan County, MI) Born: September 1, 1842; “in the Buckeye state” Married: October 7, 1862, to Miss Marinda Hammon Marinda died five years ago Surviving Family: “Aged mother, Mrs. Malinda Becker, now 86 years old, five brothers, six sons and one daughter. The brothers are Frank of Northern Michigan, William of Ohio, Sidney of Northern Michigan. Adelbert and Luther of Otsego. The children are: Oscar of Plainwell: Sherman, Bert and Arthur of this place: Barney of Onnalinda, Penn.: Mrs Lydia Ludtke of Roberts, Wis., and Jay of Canada.” Funeral: From the home at 10:30 Friday (25 Mar 1910) forenoon Officiating: E.R. Clark." Additional Comments: Mindard D. Shears was my 2nd Great-grandfather. His first name is spelled many ways: Mindard, Myndard, Minard and Minerd are ones I have seen. He was born in Sheffield Twp., Ashtabula Co., OH; to John SHEARS and Malinda SHAW. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/allegan/obits/s/shears1381gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb