Father: William M Shearer
Mother: Margaret E English
He was a Civil Engineer
"From drowning while a passenger on the boat M.E. Norman, this being an accident."
M.E. Norman was a sternwheel steamboat operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. On May 8, 1925, the M.E. Norman sank after capsizing in the Mississippi River. Tom Lee, an African American riverworker, saved the lives of 32 passengers.
Charles E Shearer married Annette Ostrander, Marion County, Indiana, 8/31/1911.
Father: William M Shearer
Mother: Margaret E English
He was a Civil Engineer
"From drowning while a passenger on the boat M.E. Norman, this being an accident."
M.E. Norman was a sternwheel steamboat operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. On May 8, 1925, the M.E. Norman sank after capsizing in the Mississippi River. Tom Lee, an African American riverworker, saved the lives of 32 passengers.
Charles E Shearer married Annette Ostrander, Marion County, Indiana, 8/31/1911.
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