Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameFrances E. Shearwood
Birth14 Dec 1899, Essex County, Virginia
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
Death6 Sep 1980, Lancashire Nursing Home, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia
BurialEssex Memorial Cemetery, Essex County, Virginia
Cause of deathCardiac arrest
FatherRichard Andrew Shearwood (1869-1940)
Documentation
1920 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Rappahannock District, Sheet 15A
Farm, Dwelling 310, Family 321
Shearwood, Richard A., head, rents, male, white, 50, married, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, farmer on general farm, works on own account, 25 on farm schedule
Shearwood, Mary E., wife, female, white, 47, married, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Shearwood, Frances A. E., daughter, female, white, 20 single, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Shearwood, Mary B., daughter, female, white, 15, single, attended school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Shearwood, James H., son, male, white, 22, single, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, laborer on general farm, wage worker
Shearwood, John R., son, male, white, 12, single, attended school, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation

On 20 March 1920, Wm Grover Balderson married Frances E. Shearwood in Essex County, Virginia. He was 26, single, born in Essex County, living in Essex County, son of J. F. Balderson and Arry V. Wilkerson, occupation farmer. She was 20, single, born in Essex County, living in Essex County, daughter of R. A. Shearwood and Mary E. Boughan. Marriage by W. L. Naff. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 1, page 215.]

On 6 September 1980, Frances Shearwood Balderson died at Lancashire Nursing Home, 287 School Street, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia. She was born 14 December 1899; female; white; a resident of Rt. 1 - Box 92A, Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia 22560; father was Richard Andrew Shearwood; mother was Mary Elizabeth Baughan; born in Virginia; widowed; husband was William Grover Balderson; occupation housewife; informant was W. G. Balderson, Jr.; cause of death was cardio-pulmonary arrest (sudden) due to arteriosclerotic vascular disease; other significant complications diabetes and stroke; burial at Essex Cemetery, Tappahannock, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 80-029402.]

A tombstone in Essex Memorial Cemetery in Tappahannock states:
Frances Shearwood Balderson
Dec. 14, 1899
Sept. 6, 1980
Spouses
Birthabt 1894, Essex County, Virginia
OccupationFarmer
Marriage20 Mar 1920, Essex County, Virginia
ChildrenWilliam Grover (~1923-)
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