WELLS H. SHEARER, Tippecanoe Township
MR. SHEARER was born in Geneseo, Livingston Co., N.Y., April 5, 1838.
In the next years, he came with is parents to Tippecanoe County, where
he has since continued to reside. He adopted the pursuit of farming as
his vocation in life, having been trained to that occupation by his
father. Up to the beginning of the late civil war, he was quietly
engaged in the pursuit of this occupation; but when it became evident
that the nation's honor demanded armed assistance, he was among the
first to volunteer in defense of the union He enlisted in the First
Regiment Western Sharpshooters September 18, 1861. he has preserved a
record f the engagements in which he participated, and, by his request,
it is hereby reproduced: The battle of Mount Zion, Mo., December 18,
1861; Fort Henry Tenn., February 8, 1862; Fort Donelson, Tenn., February
14, 1862; Pittsburg Landing, April 6 and 7, 1862; the siege of Corinth,
May 30, 1862; battle of Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862; Resaca, May 9,
1864; Dallas, May 28, 1864; Kenesaw, June 27, 1864; near Marietta, Ga.,
July 4, 1864; east of Atlanta, July 22, 1864; Lickskillet, July 28,
1864; Joneboro, September 1, 1864; Lovejoy's, September 2, 1864;
Savannah, December 8, 1864; Bentonville, N.C., March, 1865.
At the expiration of his first term, he re-enlisted as a veteran, on the
25th day of December 1863, continuing in active service until the close
of the war, when he was mustered out, on the 7th day of July 1865, at
Camp Butler, Ill. During his sojourn at that place, he formed the
acquainted of MISS MARY WHEELAND, who became his wife on the 28th day of
September 1865. This union has been blessed by three children--BRUCE,
CHARLEY and KATIE, all of whom are now living.
Since his return from the army, MR. SHEARER has been constantly engaged
in farming and stock growing, in which he has been very successful.
Combination Atlas Map of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pg. 44
Kingman Brothers, 1878