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From: "Paul E Sears" <>
Subject: [SEARS-L] Jesse Sears
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 13:11:31 -0500


Marsha,

Do you know Doris Swank? She would have more info on that line. I think
she has a lot of Missouri stuff. I haven't talked to her in a couple of
years because I haven't been doing any research but, I think she will be
happy to give you the proof you need. I am sure that you are right about
Jesse being the son of William and Catherine. The children you listed are
the same as the ones I have listed. If you want her address just let me
know. I won't put it on the web but, I can send it to you in private.

Paul
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Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 6:01 PM
Subject: [SEARS-L] SEARS-D Digest V98 #23

>Paul Wrote:
>
><<Marsha,
>
> The Jesse W Sears in my file that was born abt. 1808 was married to
>Lucinda Clark. His parents were James Sears and Anna Meeks. They had 15
>children.
> I have a Jesse Sears who was born abt. 1800 was the son of William R
>Sears and Catherine Reed. I have 9 of his children listed but, do not have
>his wife listed for some reason. He died in MO aft 1870.
> I do not have any Jesse' listed with John Lewis Sears Jr and Nancy
>Brock. The two children I have are Elizabeth b. 1791 and James Brock Sears
>b. 1794.
> Who were the children of your Jesse and who was his wife?
>
>Paul>>
>
>To everyone...I appreciate your patience with this newcomer and my mistake
in
>sending TWO messages last issue. Sorry! :-)
>
>To Paul,
>
>This is where the confusion started. There are two main Sears families in
>northern Missouri. One in Sullivan County and one in neighboring Putnam
>County. My family was in Putnam County. The Jesse found in Schuyler
County
>(right next door to Putnam County) is my great-great grandfather. He was
>married to Elizabeth Golliher in Orange County, Indiana on January 14,
1845.
>He lived the next farm over from Charles Golliher and was listed as Jesse
>CEARS in the 1840 Orange County, Indiana census. My initial confusion over
>who his father was because another person said that Nancy Brock and John
Lewis
>Sears, Jr. had two additional children besides Elizabeth and James. The
two
>additional sons were supposedly William and Jesse. This has not been
proven,
>so I am back to my original theory that MY Jesse was the son of William and
>Catherine Reed Sears. I guess I was misled because John Lewis Jr. also
ended
>up in Orange County, Indiana.
>
>Jesse and Elizabeth relocated to Schuyler County, MO shortly after the
census
>was taken in 1850. My great grandfather, William Monroe was born in Iowa
in
>1850. In 1860, they were found in the Schuyler County, MO census. After
>that, they were in Putnam County.
>
>Jesse and Elizabeth had the following children: John Charles, Mary Ellen,
>William Monroe, Robert Calvin, Joseph R., Matilda Elizabeth, Peter Wilson,
>Simeon, Anna E. and possibly Lucy Ann. Lucy Ann may have been a nickname
for
>Anna E. Jesse died July 3, 1889. There is no obituary, just an
announcement.
>He was buried in the Ledford Cemetery where William Monroe and his wife are
>also buried. There is no longer a headstone. The cemetery is a small,
>forgotten place on a hill; victim to much erosion.
>
>Alot of my information was found due to clues given by family members. It
was
>then confirmed in paperwork. For example, I had trouble identifying
>Elizabeth's last name and also believed Jesse had another wife named
Rebecca.
>That was until I met an older relative who swore Elizabeth was a Golliher
and
>was Jesse's only wife. I could not find Jesse in Orange County prior to
1850
>until I did a search for the Golliher's. There was Jesse, right next door,
as
>he was in 1850...but spelled CEARS. It also confirmed, after finding the
>later census reports in Missouri that Elizabeth was Jesse's first and only
>wife. So, it helps, oh-fellow-amateurs in geneaology :-), in your
searches,
>to pay attention to the neighbors, witnesses, and boarders names. I have
also
>found a link between the Ledfords, on whose land Jesse was buried, and the
>Searses. They were boarders and friends to several sons and daughters
later
>on.
>
>As a side, I later found Charles Golliher's obituary in Putnam County,
>Missouri. It was a full front page because Charles, supposedly, died at
the
>ripe, old age of 120 years old....believe it or not!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Marsha
>

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