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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Shearer, John Cooper

Shearer, John Cooper , Merchant, Post Office and Telephone Bureau, Drummond. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand, Riverton. This gentleman was one of the victims of the City of Glasgow Bank failure which caused him to emigrate to New Zealand at the solicitation and advice of his Southland friends. He is the eldest son of Mr. A. Shearer, coach proprietor, and was born in Glasgow in 1846, receiving his education at the Normal School and other academies in that city. Mr. Shearer was apprenticed to the grocery trade, and was subsequently in business in Glasgow. In 1879 he landed at Port Chalmers by the ship “Otago,” and after working on a farm for a short period was engaged by Messrs. Whittingham Bros, and Instone, merchants, Thornbury, with whom he remained for several years. He opened a general store at Thornbury in 1884, and on the 1st of April, 1885, the Post Office and store at Drummond, where he carries on a large trade with the farmers of the surrounding districts. He also owns and cultivates a farm of 200 acres. Since Mr. Shearer settled in Drummond, he has taken an active and prominent part in local matters, having been chairman and secretary of the Drummond school committee for many years. He was married in 1878 to Mrs. M. Pearson, relict of Mr. Pearson, of the Island of Arran, and one son and one daughter have been born of the union. Mrs Shearer had had, by her first husband, six children, of whom five have been married since her marriage with Mr. Shearer.