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A. K. Shearer & Son records
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Held at: Historical Society of Montgomery County [Contact Us]1654 Dekalb Street, Norristown, PA, 19401
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Historical Society of Montgomery County. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Abel K. Shearer was born in Gwynedd/New Wales, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1838. His parents, Jacob and Elizabeth Shearer, were wealthy farmers who owned much land in the area. Abel started a lumber company in 1861, which quickly became so successful that Shearer built a steam planing-mill in 1870. Shearer's customers ranged throughout the county, his success due in part to easy access to the newly-completed railroad.
The company was known by several names over the ensuing century-and-a-half, including A. K. Shearer & Son, Moyer and Shearer, and Shearer Lumber Company. As of 2012, A. K. Shearer Company was still active in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
Bibliography:
Bean, Theodore W., ed. History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1884. Pages 779-780.
This collection is comprised of daybooks (1868-1913), ledgers (1868-1891), cash books, invoice books (1902-1966), a book of estimates, and miscellaneous loose records (circa 1900-1960) of the lumber company A. K. Shearer & Son. There are also several bank deposit bags for different banks.
2004.020.
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- Historical Society of Montgomery County
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
- Sponsor
- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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