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Shears Family Cemetery Records
Town of Sheffield
Berkshire County, Massachusetts


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Shears Family Cemetery is located on the easterly side of Route 7 north of the center of Sheffield on the Sheffield Plain, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Inscriptions were copied here in the fall of 1984 and field checked again in the fall of 1985. Shears Family Cemetery cemetery was opened in the early 1800's and is active today. There are 79 known burials here, including three burials listed by the DAR in their 1940 study.


Boardman, Frances B. Whitney, wife of William F. Boardman, born June 1829, died February 1869.

Bushnell, Minerva, born 18 March 1856, died 23 November 1886.

Callender, Hannah, wife of Deacon Stephen, died 20 March 1832, age 68 years.

Callender, Stephen, Deacon, died 22 April 1853, age 88 years.

Cook, Ella S. Stewart, wife of George G. Cook, born 27 January 1856, died 15 March 1917. (BC 22 March 1917; born Argyle, NY daughter of Samuel Stewart.)

Cook, George R., born 20 June 1857, died 7 May 1928. (BC 10 May 1928; born Sheffield son of Roderic and Mary Shears Cook.)

Cook, Mary Shears, died 2 September 1860, age 32 years, 1 month, 12 days.

Cook, Roderic, died 12 May 1859, age 30 years, 7 months, 4 days.

Crippen, Infant son of Silas Jr. and Clarinda M. Olds Crippen, died 23 September 1842, age 8 months, 25 days.

Crippen, Clarinda M. Olds, wife of Silas Crippen Jr., died 29 December 1841, age 28 years.

Crippen, Uriah, no stone found. (DAR: son of Silas and Elizabeth, died 10 March 1815, age 1 year.

Dunwell, Mary, wife of William, died 11 January 1819, in her 65th year.

Dunwell, Orvilla, wife of George, died 9 June 1868, age 79 years, 4 months.

Forbes, Charles W., born 23 August 1842, died 6 July 1907. (BC 11 July 1907; died Hudson, NY. Born Sheffield son of William A. and Minerva C. Shears Forbes.)

Forbes, Daniel, son of Moses and Eliza, died 10 April 1838, age 16 years.

Forbes, Daniel, born 21 April 1890, died 13 October 1918.

Forbes, Minerva C. Shears, wife of William A. Forbes, born 30 August 1819, died 18 April 1885. Daughter of Jay and Maria Kellogg Shears.

Forbes, Moses, died 11 October 1851, age 60 years.

Forbes, William A., born 21 June 1817, died 20 July 1887. (BC 27 July 1887; died West Winsted, CT.)

Forbes, William A., Jr., born 9 March 1848, died 21 February 1889. (BC 27 February 1889; son of William A. and Minerva C. Shears Forbes.)

Hubbard, Emma M., wife of Asher, died 1 March 1846, in her 30th year.

James, Sarah, no stone found. (DAR: wife of Jedediah James and daughter of Elisha and Abigail Noble, died 8 October 1769, age 39 years.

Jones, Return E. Doctor, died 18 June 1840, age 61 years.

Kellogg, Daniel Forbes, died 13 October 1918. (BC 17 October 1918; died Newport, RI age 28 years, son of Frank N. and Grace Lee Kellogg. Born 21 April 1890.)

Kellogg, Elizabeth Jennie, daughter of Frank N. and Grace Lee Kellogg, born 31 May 1891, died 9 August 1891.

Kellogg, Frank N., born 28 October 1857, died 10 February 1923. (BC 15 February 1923; son of George and Harriet A. Crippen Kellogg.)

Kellogg, George, died 30 April 1890, age 59 years. (BC 7 May 1890).

Kellogg, Georgia R., 1871-1944. (BC 13 July 1944; died Great Barrington 10 July 1944, age 73 years. Born Sheffield daughter of George and Harriet A. Crippen Kellogg.)

Kellogg, Grace Lee, wife of Frank N. Kellogg, born 23 January 1862, died 6 January 1911. (BC 12 January 1911; daughter of George B. and Elizabeth J. Potts Lee.)

Kellogg, Harriet A. Crippen, wife of George Kellogg, died 22 December 1897, age 70.

Kellogg, Hattie A., daughter of George and Harriet A. Crippen Kellogg, died 7 April 1878, age 10 years, 10 months. (BC 10 April 1878).

Kellogg, Henry Levi, son of Frank N. and Grace Lee Kellogg, born 25 November 1894, died 21 April 1898.

Kellogg, Kenneth S., 1899-1984.

Kellogg, Marquerite S., wife of Robert N., 1902-1953.

Kellogg, Mary Shears, wife of Norman Kellogg, died 8 January 1869, age 74. (BC 20 January 1869; died Sheffield 18 January 1869, age 74 years.)

Kellogg, Norman, died 1 August 1860, age 71 years.

Kellogg, Rhoda, daughter of George and Harriet A. Crippen Kellogg, died 1869. Difficult to read. (DAR: died 12 February 1869, age 2 months.) (BC 24 February 1869; died Sheffield 19 February 1869, age 2 months.)

Kellogg, Robert N., born 19 May 1893, died 6 August 1974.

Kellogg, Shirley M., daughter of Kenneth S. and Veronica A. Miller Kellogg, 1928-1929.

Kellogg, Veronica A. Miller, wife of Kenneth S. Kellogg, 1900-1984.

Little, Charles Kellogg, born 7 October 1878, died 15 June 1907; (BC 20 June 1907; son of William H. and Clara E. Forbes Little.)

Little, Clara E. Forbes, wife of William

Little, William Forbes, born 14 February 1877, died 25 September 1877. (BC 10 October 1877; only child of William H. and Clara E. Forbes Little.)

Little, William H., born 15 November 1846, died 20 January 1908. (BC 22 January 1908: born Sheffield, son of Lucius and Lucretia Little.)

Shears, Albert Wells, born 26 February 1830, died 21 November 1907. (BC 28 November 1907; born Sheffield 24 February 1830, son of Harvey and Elizabeth.)

Shears, Amos, died 23 July 1839, age 63 years. (BC 25 July 1839.)

Shears, Antoinetta, daughter of Samuel 2nd and Antoinetta, died 4 June 1845, age 1 month.

Shears, Antoinetta A. Callender, wife of Samuel Shears 2nd, died 12 May 1845, age 24 years.

Shears, Betsy Hubbard, wife of Amos Shears, died 5 February 1861, age 84 years. (BC 21 February 1861.)

Shears, Charles, son of Norman K. and Sarah A. Dunnell Shears, died 29 November 1866, age 6 years, 5 months, 23 days. (BC 6 December 1866.)

Shears, Cynthia Maria, died 21 March 1872, age 43 years. (BC 27 March 1872; Miss, died Sheffield age 43 years, 6 months.)

Shears, Edwin, died 1 February 1870, age 80 years. (BC 31 March 1870.)

Shears, Elizabeth, wife of Harvey, died 16 March 1873, age 71 years.

Shears, Frances Elizabeth, no dates.

Shears, Frank, son of Norman K. and Sarah A. Dunwell Shears, drowned in Yonkers,

Shears, Frederick Kellogg, son of Norman K. and Sarah A. Dunwell Shears, 1855-1925. (BC 17 December 1925; died Great Barrington 12 December 1925, age 70 years. Born Sandisfield, MA.)

Shears, George M., died 22 April 1882, age 55 years, 7 months, 18 days. (BC 3 May 1882.)

Shears, Harvey, died 19 January 1870, age 70 years. (BC 2 February 1870; died Sheffield 18 January 1870, age 69 years.

Shears, Jay, died 4 June 1873, age 77. (BC 11 June 1873.)

Shears, Jeremiah, died 12 June 1846, age 74 years. (BC 24 June 1846.)

Shears, Maria Kelloggs, wife of Jay Shears, died 9 January 1879, age 81 years. (BC 29 January 1879; died 80 years, 7 months.) (Daughter of Silas and Rhoda Root Kellogg.)

Shears, Norman K., 1830-1912. (BC 1 February 1912; died Mt. Washington, MA 28 January 1912, age 83.) (Son of Jay and Maria Kellogg Shears.)

Shears, Pamelia, wife of Samuel Shears and daughter of Jonathan Hubbard, died 27 September 1839, in her 67th year. (DAR and SH CCH state her age to be 69 years.)

Shears, Rhoda, wife of Jeremiah, died 21 March 1840, age 71 years.

Shears, Samuel, died 26 April 1850, age 82 years. (BC 2 May 1850.)

Shears, Sarah A. Dunnell, wife of Norman K. Shears, 1828-1901. (BC 23 May 1901; died Sheffield 19 May 1901, age 73. Born Salisbury, CT.)

Shears, Susan W., wife of George M., died 16 March 1857, age 28 years, 8 months, 5 days.

Shears, W. H., no dates.

Shepard, Jesse T., born 31 December 1849, died 3 January 1913. (BC 9 January 1913; son of Nelson and Martha

Shepard, John P., died 9 November 1854, age 13 years, 11 months. Difficult to read.

Shepard, Lucretia, wife of Deacon Jesse, died 2 September 1851, age 81 years.

Shepard, Martha, wife of Nelson, died 20 April 1878, age 63 years. (BC 1 May 1878.)

Shepard, Nelson, died 1 April 1867, age 66. (BC 4 April 1867.)

Warner, Aurelia Dunwell, 1815-1890.

Wells, Mary A. Dunwell, 1818-1899. (BC 27 July 1899; died Sheffield 25 July 1899, age 81 years. Born Lakeville, CT. Wife of Samuel D. Wells. Sister of Mrs. Norman K. Shears. No children.)

Whitney, Platt, born September 1789, died March 1842.

Whitney, Rana Bills, wife of Platt Whitney, born August 1802, died November 1895. (BC 21 November 1895; died Salisbury, CT, 17 November 1895, age 93 years. Sister of Orrin and Norman Bills.)

Williams, Mary L., wife of H., died 22 July 1901, age 65 years.


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