Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2026 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== USGenNet Data Repository Notice: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ============================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ============================================================================= Detroit Free Press Tuesday, 21 February, 1899 Bay City, Mich., February 20 - MRS. MARGARET J. SHEARER, widow of the late HON. JAMES SHEARER, died at 11:30 this morning of heart failure as a result of the grip with which she was taken during the holidays. MRS. SHEARER'S maiden name was HUTCHINSON. She was united in marriage to MRS. (sic) SHEARER in May, 1850, in Detroit, and moved to Bay City in 1865. She is survived by three sons, GEORGE HENRY, JAMES BUCHANAN and CHAUNCEY HURLBURT. ===============================================================================