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Robert “MARSHALL” Shears I

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Robert “MARSHALL” Shears I

Birth
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Death
29 May 1878 (aged 52–53)
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA
Burial
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 25.9088802, Longitude: -97.5004272
Plot
Blk 10 Lot 14
Memorial ID
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1ST WIFE CARMAN MONTEZ B 1838 MEXICO, CHILD VIRGINIA MONTEZ SHEARS B.1859 D.1929
2ND WIFE DOLORES GARCIA
B.1830 MEX D.

PARENTS
FATHER:WILLIAM HENRY SHEARS SR.
MOTHER:BARBARA SHINDLEBOWER

HE WAS MARSHALL OF BROWNSVILLE IN 1859 AND HELPED TO START
THE FIRST CORTINA WAR. HE WAS WOUNDED BY JUAN CORTINA IN
THE STREETS OF BROWNSVILLE WHEN HE BEAT UP A WORKER OF
CORTINA'S FOR BEING DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.THAT LEAD TO AN
ALL OUT WAR. FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE FEB.2009 TEXAS PARKS
AND WILDLIFE MAGAZINE.
1ST WIFE CARMAN MONTEZ B 1838 MEXICO, CHILD VIRGINIA MONTEZ SHEARS B.1859 D.1929
2ND WIFE DOLORES GARCIA
B.1830 MEX D.

PARENTS
FATHER:WILLIAM HENRY SHEARS SR.
MOTHER:BARBARA SHINDLEBOWER

HE WAS MARSHALL OF BROWNSVILLE IN 1859 AND HELPED TO START
THE FIRST CORTINA WAR. HE WAS WOUNDED BY JUAN CORTINA IN
THE STREETS OF BROWNSVILLE WHEN HE BEAT UP A WORKER OF
CORTINA'S FOR BEING DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.THAT LEAD TO AN
ALL OUT WAR. FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE FEB.2009 TEXAS PARKS
AND WILDLIFE MAGAZINE.


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