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"Thomas Seaton married Cora Prater on 18 Sept 1895 cora died in 1927. in Fayette Co., Illinois. \Thomas C Seaton
died 6 March 1947 in Bingham Village, Fayette Co., Illinois.{thomas C Seaton had gotten Ada Sears pregnant -concept occured
march 4,1893 first trimester may13,1893}the baby - Mancel Nova Sears was born November 25, 1893 Ada Sears born 1869 died 1925."
Descendants of John SearsGeneration No. 1
1. JOHN1 SEARS was born 24 Sep 1795 in North Carolina, and died 11 Aug 1864.
He married HANNA JOHNSON 27 Dec 1817 in Warren Co, Ky. Notes for JOHN SEARS:thomas sears of Orange co.North carolina son :joseph
sears died in 1832.allen co.Ky
his son :john sears birth sept 12,1795 n.c
died aug 11,1864 by union soldiers.warren
ky.wife :anna Johnson From the Fayette County Geneology Society Vol 3
JOHN SEARS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA
SEPT 24, 1795 MARRIED HANNAH JOHNSON BORN DECEMBER 03, 1788 IN SOUTH CAROLINA, BOTH DIED AUGUST 11, 1864. THEY WERE SHOT DOWN
IN THEIR HOME AND KILLED BY THE SAME BULLET. THE TOMBSTONE SAYS THEY WERE KILLED BY SOLDIERS OF THE 111TH REGT, 111 VOLS.
THEY WERE BURIED ON THE FARM SON JOSEPH IN THE SAME PLOT, DECENDENTS SAY THAT THE SOLDIERS DEMANDED HORSES, AND SOME SAY THAT
THEY DEMANDED MONEY, AND WHEN JOHN SEARS REFUSED, HE WAS SHOT, WHEN HIS WIFE TRIED TO INTERVENE WAS BEHIND HIM AND WAS KILLED
BY THE SAME BULLET. FRANCIS LANDERS A YOUNG GIRL WHO LATER MARRIED JOHN SEARS JR. WAS IN THE HOUSE AT THE SAME TIME. JOHN
SEARS WAS A SOLDIER IN THE WAR OF 1812 IN THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, AFTER THE INCIDENT, IT IS SAID THAT THE SOLDIERS SAT
DOWN AT THE TABLE AND ATE THE FOOD THAT WAS BEING PREPARED FOR THE SEARS TO EAT, MY GREAT AUNT ANNIS HAS THE CHEST THAT THE
BULLET WENT INTO. JOHN SEARS WAS ALSO A SOUTHERN SYMPATHIZER WHICH MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH.
THIS IS A ARTICLE FROM THE UNION MONITOR, IN HILLSBORO, ILLINOIS
THE SOLDIERS OF THE 41ST REGIMENT WHO WENT INTO THE DISAFFECTED VICINITY LAST WEEK, SUCCEDED IN ARRESTING THREE OF THE
PARTIES IMPLICATED. THEY CALLED UPON THE CITIZENS FOR HORSES AND SADDLES, AS THEY CAME WITHOUT THESE, THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE
OF OLD MR. SEARS FATHER OF THE NOTORIOUS " TOM SEARS" IN FAYETTE COUNTY, AND REQUESTED THE USE OF A SADDLE, THE OLD MAN REPLIED
BY DISCHARGING HIS GUN, IN RETURNING THE FIRE THE OLD MAN WAS KILLED AS ALSO UNFORTUNATLY WAS HIS WIFE WHO WAS AT THE HOUSE
AT THE TIME. ALTHOUGH A SAD AFFAIR THE CONDUCT OT THE SOLDIERS IN THIS MATTER ACCORDING TO THE BEST ACCOUNTS WAS NOT TO BE
CONDEMMED, SOME EXCESSES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY THEM IN OTHER RESPECTS, IF SO THEY SHOULD BE DEALT WITH PROMTLY.
THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF MR AND MRS SEARS IS FROM THE PEN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. N. NALE ::::IN RELATION
TO THE INCIDENT CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF MR AND MRS SEARS, I AS COMMANDER OF THE FORCE WOULD STATE, THAT AT THE REQUEST
OF A DEPUTY MARSHAL FROM SPRINGFIELD, IL, I ACCOMPANIED HIM WITH A DETAIL OF FIVE MEN TO AID HIM IN THE ARREST OF TOM SEARS.
WE ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE SUPPOSED TO BE HIS FATHERS WHERE WE EXPECTED TO FIND HIM [ TOM ] AND SURROUNDED IT, BUT NOT BEINING
RIGHT ONE MAN WENT UP TO THE BACK DOOR AND ASK FOR A SADDLE SAYING THAT HE WAS TIRED OF RIDING WITHOUT ONE. IN THE MEANTIME
I APPROACHED THE FRONT DOOR. THE OLD MAN ANSWERED NO SIR BY GOD YOU CAN'T HAVE MY SADDLE, AND JUMPING UP AND SEIZING HIS GUN
HE SAW ME AND FIRED BARELY MISSING ME. HE THEN SPOKE TO SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE, SAYING BAR THE DOOR AND I'LL KILL ALL THE DAMN
SON'S OF BITCHES . A NUMBER OF MEN WERE SUPPOSE TO BE IN THE HOUSE, AND MY MEN ALL STOOD UP CLOSE TO IT TO KEEP FROM BEING
SHOT AT THROUGH THE WINDOWS. THE DOOR WAS OPEN A LITTLE SPACE BY THE OLD MAN, WHO WAS READY TO SHOOT, WHEN ONE OF MY MEN FIRED
AT HIM. I AM OF THE IMPRESSION THAT THE SAME SHOT KILLED BOTH MR. AND MRS SEARS, SHE STOOD CLOSE BEHIND AND THEY BOTH FELL
TOGETHER, HAD MR SEARS BEEN LESS IMPETUOUS NO HARM WOULD HAVE BEFALLEN HIM, NO OTHER PERSONS WERE IN THE HOUSE BUT AS I APPROCHED
THE HOUSE I SAW A WOMAN GET OVER THE FENCE BACK OF THE HOUSE, AND GO INTO THE WOODS, I SUPPOSE TO GIVE AN ALARM TO SOMEONE,
SHE DID NOT RETURN WHILE WE WERE AT THE HOUSE
J.H. NALE LT. COL 41ST ILL VOLS
Children of JOHN SEARS and HANNA JOHNSON are:
i. JOHNSON2 SEARS, d. Abt. 1816, kicked by a horse and killed bur with
parents.
2. ii. LEVI SEARS, b. 17 Nov 1818; d. 22 Dec 1891, Fayette Co, IL Liberty Cemetery.
3. iii. ELIZABETH SEARS,
b. 16 Dec 1819; d. 28 Feb 1883, Buried Casey Cemetery, unmarked grave.
4. iv. CYNTHIA SEARS, b. 01 Apr 1824, ILLINOIS;
d. 19 Dec 1884, Buried Vandalia, IL.
5. v. JOHN SEARS JR, b. Oct 1825; d. 09 Dec 1878, Sharon Twp, Fayette, Co IL.
vi.
JOSEPH SEARS, b. Abt. 1826.
6. vii. CAROLINE SEARS, b. Abt. 1828; d. WFT Est. 1868-1923.
7. viii. SARAH SEARS, b.
1832, Fayette Co, IL; d. 02 Feb 1898, Tulsa Oklahoma.
8. ix. THOMAS SEARS, b. 03 Mar 1832; d. 22 Dec 1903, Buried Harris
Cemetery Fayette Co, IL.
CHILDREN OF FRANCES JANE HARRIS AND LEVI SEARS
(Child #1 of William B. Harris and Sarah Dodson)
Frances Jane Harris4 (Wm. B3., Wooten2, Isaac1)was born December 24, 1822, in Hickman County, Tennessee. She married Levi
Sears, son of John Sears and Anna Lona Johnson, on September 19, 1839, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born November 17,
1818, in Warren County, Kentucky, and died November 22, 1891. She died December 2, 1907. They were buried in Liberty Cemetery,
Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois.
Children:
+ William T. SEARS b 9 Aug 1840, d 12 Sep 1916; m Nancy WILLIAMS
+
Cynthia Frances SEARS b 19 Feb 1842; m John Lawrence MEYER
John E. SEARS b 4 Mar 1843, Fayette Co., IL, d 23 Dec 1865,
Civil War, bur Harris Cem., Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL
Elizabeth A. SEARS b 11 Jul 1844, Fayette Co., IL, d 18 Dec
1844, age 5m 7d
+ Emily B. SEARS b 2 Feb 1846; m Henry HICKS
+ Smith R. SEARS b 3 Dec 1847; m 1st Melissa A. HICKS,
m 2nd Isabell (McLAUGHLIN) CARLOCK
+ Sterling Harris SEARS b 21 Feb 1849; m 1st Burnette HICKS, m 2nd Delila Adaline DEATON
+ Martha E. "Patty" SEARS b 8 Apr 1851; m Ellison M. HICKS
(infant son) SEARS b 15 Oct 1852, Fayette Co., IL, d 15
Oct 1852
Sarah M. SEARS b 16 Apr 1854, Fayette Co., IL, d 11 Dec 1855 (age 1y 7m 25d)
+ Joseph L. SEARS b 31 Jan 1856;
m 1st Harriet G. CRAIG; m 2nd Mary F. (ISBELL) HICKS
Johnson P. SEARS b 5 May 1858, Fayette Co., IL, d 13 May 1866, bur
Harris Cem., Hurricane Twp,, Fayette Co,, IL
+ Delila SEARS b 3 Apr 1858; m James F. COLE
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM T. SEARS
AND NANCY WILLIAMS
(Child #1 of Frances Jane Harris and Levi Sears)
William T. Sears5 (Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3,
Wooten2, Isaac1) was born August 9, 1840, in Fayette County, Illinois. He married Nancy Williams, daughter of Benjamin Williams
and Hannah Jones, on December 20, 1860, in Fayette County. She was born March 16, 1842, in Illinois, and died June 7, 1926.
He died September 12, 1916. They were buried in Liberty Cemetery, South Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois.
Children:
Benjamin R. SEARS b 24 May 1862, Fayette Co., IL, d 6 Jan 1911, Vandalia, Fayette Co., IL; m 26 Sep 1886, Fayette Co.,
IL, Martha Ann SCRIBNER [d/o Pleasant Frank SCRIBNER and Elizabeth M. HARRIS4, (Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1)] b 25 Jul 1864,
Fayette Co., IL, d 12 Dec 1900
Children:
Clinton SEARS b 20 Jul 1890, Fayette Co., IL
Charlotte Emeline SEARS b Jun 1892, Fayette Co., IL; m Virgil Lawrence
MEYER [s/o George Lawrence MEYER6 (Cynthia F. Sears5, Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) and Florence Rebecca HARRIS5
(Benj. A.4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1)] b 19 Jul 1893, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL
Carter Harrison SEARS b 15 May 1895, Fayette Co., IL, d 15 Mar 1919, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Roscoe C. SEARS
b 1 May 1898 (date on tombstone), Fayette Co., IL; b 30 Apr 1898 (date given in death record), d 18 Apr 1927, WWI US Inf.,
bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Sarah M. SEARS b 12 Nov 1863, Fayette Co., IL; m 6 Dec 1885, Fayette Co., IL, Levi LAWSON (s/o Samuel R. LAWSON and Elizabeth
HAYS) b 1861 (24-1885), Fayette Co., IL
Keziah Frances SEARS b 3 Apr 1867, Fayette Co., IL, d 28 Jul 1938; m 28 Nov 1882,
Fayette Co., IL, John J. GARLAND (s/o Nathaniel M. GARLAND and Laura Ann HARRISON) b 1859 (23 - 1882), Fayette Co., IL
Mary J. SEARS b 3 Feb 1869, Fayette Co., IL, d 1871
Martha E. "Patty" SEARS b 15 Jun 1872, Fayette Co., IL; m 31 Mar 1887, Fayette Co., IL, Samuel McCager WRIGHT (s/o Sanford
WRIGHT and Jane LINCH) b 1865 (22 - 1887), Montgomery Co., IL
Dorothy Ann SEARS b 18 Jun 1875, Fayette Co., IL; m William O. ROBERTS
Elmina SEARS b 18 Sep 1878, Fayette Co., IL, d 1944, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL; m 18 Apr 1895, Fayette Co., IL, William M.
WHITTEN (s/o John S. WHITTEN and Margaret WILSON) b Mar 1874 (26-1900), Fayette Co., IL; lvd Pana, Christian Co., IL when
census taken in 1900
Children:
Irma WHITTEN b Jan 1896, IL
Dora WHITTEN b Dec 1898, MO
Gladys WHITTEN b Jan 1900, IL
Levi E. SEARS b 7 Apr 1879, Fayette Co., IL, d Jul 1880
Flora Effie SEARS b 29 Dec 1880, Fayette Co., IL
Van Buren
SEARS b 2 Sep 1881, Fayette Co., IL
johnson P. SEARS b 16 Mar 1885, Fayette Co., IL, d 6 Apr 1954; m 6 Aug 1907, Julia
WILLIAMS, d 1942; no children
CHILDREN OF EMILY B. SEARS AND HENRY HICKS
(Child #5 of Frances Jane Harris and Levi
Sears)
Emily B. Sears5 (Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) was born February 2, 1846, in Fayette County, Illinois,
and died August 13, 1918. She married Henry Hicks, son of Lewis Hicks and Jane Lloyd, on April 9, 1863, in Fayette County,
Illinois. He was born May 31, 1844, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died October 5, 1918. Both Emily and Henry were buried
in Liberty Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.
Children:
(infant child) HICKS, b abt 1865, Fayette Co., IL
Johnson P. HICKS b 3 Jul 1867, Fayette Co., IL, d 19
Jul 1948, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 29 Sep 1901, Ethel Catherine CARLOCK [d/o James Robert CARLOCK5 (Thersy Rhodes4,
Lucinda Harris3, Zack.2, Isaac1) and Frances E. WOLF] b 24 Jul 1884, Buckhart Twp., Christian Co., IL, d 19 Dec 1967, bur
Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL ( Ramsey News Journal, Apr 1, 1910: "Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Hicks and family left from Illinois
Central for Ainsworth, Nebraska to make their home there")
Mary Elizabeth HICKS b 17 Jun 1870, Fayette Co., IL, d 21 Feb 1937; m 14 Feb 1889, Fayette Co., IL, Joseph Edward CARLOCK
[s/o James Robert CARLOCK5, (Thersy Rhodes4, Lucinda Harris3, Zack.2, Isaac1) and Melvina Peradine VIRDIN] b 8 Dec 1869, Buckhart
Twp., Christian Co., IL, d 22 Feb 1935); both d Pana, Christian Co., IL, and both bur Ramsey Cem., Fayette Co., IL; children
listed under his name in Part VIII, Chapter 6, Descendants of Lucinda Harris
(infant child) HICKS
Rebecca Jane HICKS b Mar 1873 (7-1860), Fayette Co., IL; m 26 Dec 1890, Thomas H. CARLOCK [s/o
Elias CARLOCK and Martha Ann HARRIS5 (Thos. D.4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1] b Jan 1870 Fayette Co, IL); children listed under
his name in this Part, Ch. 7.3, Descendants of Thomas D. Harris
Izetta B. HICKS b 27 Feb 1875, Fayette Co., IL, d 4 Oct 1960; m 1st 26 Dec 1891 James Robert CARLOCK5 [Thersy Rhodes4,
Lucinda Harris3, Zach.2, Isaac1) and John Henry CARLOCK]; children listed under James R. Carlock in Part VIII, Ch. 6, Descendants
of Lucinda Harris ; m 2nd Mr. MILLER; (Note: Thersy Rhodes also d/o Lucinda Harris and Alexander Rhodes; see Part IX)
Alice B. HICKS b 15 Feb 1877, Fayette Co., IL, d 7 Jul 1964, bur Ramsey Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 1st 8 Mar 1899, James
Norris DAVIS [s/o Jonathan Franklin DAVIS and Elizabeth RHODES4 (Catherine Harris3, Wooten2, Isaac1)] b 23 Jun 1871, Fayette
Co., IL, d 21 Apr 1921 [note: Elizabeth Rhodes3 (also d/o Elliott W. Rhodes2, Alex.1)]; m 2nd 1925, Clark G. CRAIG (s/o William
Branwell CRAIG and Marilla Ann SWISHER) b Jul 1874, Audubon Twp., Montgomery Co., IL; m 3rd 20 Oct 1958, Henry William MERRIMAN
(s/o Wilson C. MERRIMAN and Elizabeth CLINE) b Feb 1875, Fayette Co., IL, d 1959; no record that Alice had any children
Otis HICKS b 1878 (1-1880), Fayette Co., IL
Jennie HICKS b 16 Mar 1879, Fayette Co., IL; m Lloyd JOHNSON
CHILDREN OF SMITH R. SEARS AND WIVES
(1) MELISSA A. HICKS (2) ISABELL M. CARLOCK
(Child #6 of Frances Jane Harris
and Levi Sears
Smith R. Sears5 (Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) was born December 3, 1847, in Bingham, Fayette
County, Illinois and died in 1927 in paw paw IL . He married Melissa A. Hicks, daughter of Greenberry Hicks and Sarah Jane
Hicks, on October 15, 1865. She was born May 13, 1846, in Tennessee. She died January 19, 1876, age 30 years 8 months and
8 days, and was buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. He then married Isabell McLaughlin Carlock, daughter
of Isaac Carlock and Lucinda Scribner, on October 28, 1876 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born November 6, 1858, in
Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. died march 29,1925 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
Children of Smith R. Sears and Melissa A. Hicks:
John Pinkerton SEARS b 12 Dec 1866, Fayette Co., IL, d 1941; m 23 Oct 1889, H. Ginnette FORBUS (d/o George FORBUS and Augustine
BUMGARTEN) b 18 Oct 1869, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 5 Jan 1953, Vandalia, Fayette Co., IL; both bur Liberty Cem., Fayette
Co., IL
Children:
Faye E. SEARS b 24 Aug 1890, Fayette Co., IL, d 7 Jun 1917, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Grace M. SEARS b 18 Mar
1892, Fayette Co., IL, d 14 Sep 1894, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
William Earl SEARS b 1 Nov 1895, Fayette Co.,
IL, d 6 Nov 1896, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Eva Vaughn SEARS b Oct 1899, Fayette Co., IL, d 1964, bur Liberty
Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m Mr. GRATE
Opel Mildred SEARS b 14 Jun 1902, Fayette Co., IL; m John FULLER
Child of Opel M. Sears:
Helen Elaine SEARS b 17 May 1918, d 17 May 1931, age 12 y 11 m, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Harry Victor SEARS
b 6 Dec 1909, Fayette Co., IL; m Mrs. Mary BUTLER
Ada M. SEARS b 1869 (1-1870), Fayette Co., IL died May 1925 Rock Island IL .
Child:
Mancel SEARS, b 25 Nov 1893 died 1962 LeafRiver IL
Lucinda or Lulu SEARS b 1872 (8-1880), Fayette Co., IL
Greenberry SEARS b 20 Aug 1874, Fayette Co., IL
Children of Smith R. Sears and Isabell M. Carlock:
Sarah Malissa SEARS b 29 Sep 1877, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 28
Aug 1878
Anna Arena SEARS b 16 Jan 1880, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m William TEETERS
Francis Debin SEARS b 16 Aug
1881, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 1881
+ Miles Willis SEARS b 29 May 1883; m 1st Ona L. MERRIMAN; m 2nd Illinois "Noia"
STOKES, she m 1st Willie OWENS
Mary Emma SEARS b 23 Jun 1884, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m James BROWN
Harvy Henry
SEARS b 1 Feb 1887, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d in Claremore, OK; m Emma
Ina Sevilla SEARS b 10 Sep 1889, Bingham, Fayette
Co., IL, d 1890
Lona Dell SEARS b 26 Apr 1891, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 22 Oct 1910, Fayette Co., IL, Samuel Franklin
HORN (s/o Gusave HORNE and Anna SARVER) b 7 Jul 1890, Herrick, Shelby Co., IL, d 10 Oct 1952, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
Children:
Bernice Isabell HORN b 6 Aug 1911 IL; m 30 Sep 1938, Arthur LONG
Joe Wilbur HORN b 11 Aug 1912 IL; m Jun 1938, Dorothy GARDENER
Erma Intha Bell SEARS b 21 Aug 1900, Fayette Co., IL, d 28 Dec 1921; m Mr. HOFFMAN
CHILDREN OF MILES W. SEARS AND WIVES
(1) ONA L MERRIMAN (2) ILLINOIS STOKES
(Child #4 of Smith R. Sears and Isabell McLaughlin Carlock) Miles Willis Sears6
(Smith R.5, Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) was born May 29, 1883 in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and
died August 3, 1973. He married Ona L. Merriman, daughter of Dempsey Marion Merriman and Catherine Matthews. She was born
in 1878, and died in 1924 near Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. Ona and Miles were buried in Liberty Cemetery, Bingham,
Fayette County, Illinois. After his first wife's death, Miles married Illinois "Noia" Stokes, daughter of John Milton Stokes
and Elizabeth L. Fleet, on July 25, 1925. She was born March 9, 1885 in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and died January
14, 1959. She was previously married to Willie Owens on December 14, 1902. They had three daughters, Goldie, Eleanor, and
Victoria, and also had two sons, Graydon and Espher.
Children of Miles W. Sears and Ona L. Merriman:
Earl O. SEARS b 27 Oct 1904, Fayette Co., IL, d 1962, bur Liberty
Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m Emma ?
Marion S. SEARS b 26 Nov 1906, Fayette Co., IL, d 1925, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co.,
IL
Tony Burnette SEARS b 30 Oct 1908, Fayette Co., IL, d 11 Nov 1931, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Claud F. SEARS
b 20 Sep 1910, Fayette Co., IL; m Freda ?
Victor Paul SEARS b 13 Mar 1913, Fayette Co., IL, d 1919, bur Liberty Cem.,
Fayette Co., IL
Delbert Levi SEARS b 19 Aug 1918, Fayette Co., IL; m Theresa ?
Child of Miles W. Sears and Noia Stokes:
Billy SEARS
Name: Smith R. SEARS Sex: M Name: Smith SEARS Birth: ABT 1847 Birth: 3 DEC 1847 in Fayette County Illinois Note: Illinois
Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900SEARS, SMTIH R HICKS, MELISSA 10/15/1865 00A/0093 FAYETTE Illinois Statewide Marriage
Index, 1763–1900SEARS, SMITH CARLOCK, ISABEL 10/28/1876 00B/0013 FAYETTE
Lurana Jane Stokes Owens Hicks writes.....Miles dad, Smith Sears first wife was a sister to Elson Hicks nee Harris was
Melessa Hicks and they had three kids. John Sears married Nettie Forbus. Green Berry don’t know. A girl wasent right
and her name was Addey and she had a son by Tommy Seaton named Mancel Sears. 1850 Census taken November 16, 1850 in Fayette
County Illinois Line 270.
1860 Census taken August 19, 1860 in Fayette County Illinois page 225 line 1529.
1880 Census taken June 9, 1880 in South Hurricane Township in Fayette County Illinois E.D. 92 page 15 line 41. Census lists
parents from North Carolina.
Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 Record
Name: Smith R. Sears Gender: Male Spouse Name: Melissa C. Hicks Marriage Date: Oct 15, 1865 Marriage County: Fayette Comments:
This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Vandalia, IL.
Name: Levi SEARS Sex: M Birth: 17 NOV 1818
in Warren County Kentucky Birth: 17 NOV 1818 Death: 22 DEC 1891 in Hurricane Township in Fayette County Illinois Burial: Liberty
Cemetery in Hurricane Township Fayette County ILlinois Note:
Immigrated from Kentucky to Illinois October 8, 1828
1850
Census taken November 16, 1850 in Fayette County Illinois Line 270.
1860 Census taken August 19, 1860 in Fayette County
Illinois page 225 line 1529.
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900
SEARS, LEVI HARRIS, FRANCES JANE 09/19/1839
00A/0014 FAYETTE
Name: Smith R. SEARS
Sex: M
Name: Smith SEARS
Birth: ABT 1847
Birth: 3 DEC 1847 in Fayette County Illinois
Note:
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900
SEARS, SMTIH R HICKS, MELISSA 10/15/1865 00A/0093 FAYETTE
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900
SEARS, SMITH CARLOCK, ISABEL 10/28/1876 00B/0013 FAYETTE
in my possession
the document she wrote ,she scribble name A~~~~!
She wrote many times about Smith Sears and Addey son Mancil Sears
Lurana
Stokes Hick - married to Nova Hicks who father was Ellison Hicks
then she said the son was mancil Sears -only Mancel is
Ada Sears Son
Lurana Jane Stokes Owens Hicks writes.....Miles dad, Smith Sears first wife was a sister to Elson Hicks nee Harris was
Melessa Hicks and they had three kids. John Sears married Nettie Forbus. Green Berry don’t know. A girl wasent right
and her name was Addey and she had a son by Tommy Seaton named Mancel Sears. 1850 Census taken November 16, 1850 in
Fayette County Illinois Line 270.
1860 Census taken August 19, 1860 in Fayette County Illinois page 225 line 1529.
1880
Census taken June 9, 1880 in South Hurricane Township in Fayette County Illinois E.D. 92 page 15 line 41. Census lists parents
from North Carolina.
Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 Record
Name: Smith R. Sears Gender: Male Spouse Name: Melissa C. Hicks Marriage Date:
Oct 15, 1865 Marriage County: Fayette Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Vandalia,
IL.
Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 Record
Name: Smith Sears Gender: Male Spouse Name: Isabel Carlock Marriage Date: Oct
28, 1876 Marriage County: Fayette Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Vandalia, IL.
Fred has gotten some names mixup on his site by the way.
for example got Smith sears children mixup
Father: Levi SEARS b: 17 NOV 1818 in Warren County Kentucky
Mother: Frances Jane HARRIS b: 24 DEC 1822 in Hickman County
Tennessee
Marriage 1 Isabelle CARLOCK b: ABT 1858 in Kentucky
Married: 28 OCT 1876 in Fayette County Illinois
Children
John
SEARS b: ABT 1867 in Illinois
Adey SEARS b: ABT 1870 in Illinois
Luanda SEARS b: ABT 1872 in Illinois
Greenbery SEARS b: ABT 1874 in Illinois
Anna SEARS b: ABT 1879 in Illinois
Miles Willis SEARS
b: 23 MAY 1883 in Bingham in Fayette County Illinois
Mary E. SEARS b: ABT 1885
Harvey H. SEARS b: ABT
1887
Lona D. SEARS b: ABT 1891
Marriage 2 Melessa HICKS b: 13 MAY 1845 in Hardman County Tennessee
Married: 15 OCT 1865 in Fayette County Illinois
Lurana
Jane Stokes Owens Hicks writes.....Levi Sears, married William Marable Harris’ sister and her name was Francis Jane
Harris and they had thirteen children. Francis Jane Harris was borned December 24, 1822 in Hickman County Tennessee and married
Levi Sears September 14, 1838. She died December 2, 1907, he died 1891, and both are buried in Liberty. Levi Sears was borned
November 17, 1818 in Warren County Kentucky and died in Fayette County Illinois and married Francis Jane Harris September
19, 1839. Children: Jane Harris Sears: Smith Sears and his first wife was Ell Hicks sister Melissa Hick’s sister and
their kids are John Sears and he married Nettie Forbus. When his first wife died, Smith married Isbell Cearlock and their
kids are Miles and Howe. Howe died in Oklahoma. His first wife was Ong Nierrema and his second wife was Illinois Owens nee
stokes and their first son borned was Billy. More Smith and Isabel kids are Arnie and she married Bill Teteis. Smith Sears
deserted his family and run off with his own cousin Sally Harris and lived with her until she died and they did not have any
kids: Lona married Horn: Emma never married and died in California and when Long was less than a year old: Greenberry Sears:
Addie did not ever marry and she wasent right in mind but had a son named Mancil Sears: Starlin Sears who married first to
Bernetta Hicks and they had two kids., Willey and Ida. Starlin’s second wife was Delia Deaton and their kids are Flora
and she married Horros Moroson with no kids. Then Viola Sears married Sam Shocky with no kids. Amanda Sears never married
and died in California. Tom Sears married Flo Force and their first son was Branson Sears and he married Rosie Hicks (she
was the daughter of preacher Martain Hicks and Kathie Hicks nee stokes) and they had one son named Benell borned November
1914. Another child of Levi was Martha or Patty Sears who married Ellison Hicks. Their kids Fred. Eurie married Isbell: Delila
Sears married James Cole and their kids are Fred, Dallas, Jess, Florie Mertrena married James Hicks son of Martain and Izzitie
hicks nee Stokes: Delila Cole nee Sears: Emily married Henry Hicks and their kids Johnson Hicks and he married Ethel Cearlock.
The second child of Emily and Henry Hicks Izittie Hicks a sister to Johnson Hicks. Robert Cearlock Izettie Hicks was a step
mom to Johnson Hicks wife Ethel Cearlock and daughter of Robert Cearlock. They had three kids, Ethel, May and Bertha. Henry
and Emily sears’ third child is Alice Hicks and she married Tobin Rhodes and another girl of them is Rebecca Hicks and
she married Thomas Cearlock, a brother to Lillie fleet nee Cearlock and Thomas Cearlock is a name sake of his grand father
Thomas Harris who is a brother to William marable and Benjamin. Aunt Tommie Cearlock’s mom was Martha Harris, a daughter
of Tommie (Thomas). A daughter of Becca Hicks and Tommy Cearlock is Lottie that married Homer Garland. Another daughter Fairy,
married John Fish and a third daughter Vena married Cecil Adams. Son of Homer Cearlock married Myrtle Meyer nee Cearlock;
she was a daughter of Joe Meyer so this ends kids of Emmy and Henry: Cynthia Sears married John Meyer Senior and here are
some of their kids. Lucy married Silas Hicks and her sister Lissie married Siris Hicks Twin brothers and wives are Meyer sisters
and now their sister Margaret Sears married the twin boy’s dad, William Riley Hicks. Another kid of Cynthia and John
is John Meyer Junior. He married Mary Sears with no kids and she was some kin to his mom Cynthia Sears.
Father: John SEARS b: 24 SEP 1795 in North Carolina
Mother: Susannna JOHNSON b: 5 DEC 1788 in Warren County Kentucky
Marriage 1 Frances Jane HARRIS b: 24 DEC 1822 in Hickman County Tennessee
Married: 14 SEP 1834 in Fayette County Illinois
Children
William T. SEARS b: 9 AUG 1840 in Fayette County Illinois
Cynthia Frances SEARS b: 19 FEB 1842 in Fayette County Illinois
John E. SEARS b: 4 MAR 1843 in Fayette County Illinois
Infant SEARS b: 15 OCT 1843 in Fayette County Illinois
Elizabeth A. SEARS b: 11 JUL 1844 in Fayette County Illinois
Starling Harris SEARS b: 21 FEB 1849 in Fayette County Illinois
Martha E. SEARS b: 8 APR 1851 in Fayette County Illinois
Infant SEARS b: 15 OCT 1852 in Fayette County Illinois
Sarah M. SEARS b: 16 APR 1854 in Fayette County Illinois
Joseph L. SEARS b: 31 JAN 1856 in Fayette County Illinois
Delila SEARS b: 3 APR 1860 in Fayette County Illinois
Elilia B. SEARS b: 5 FEB 1846 in Fayette County Illinois
Smith R. SEARS b: ABT 1847 in Fayette County Illinois
read these links you will see that they have told the story as well :
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=40blaster&id=I0165
http://www.isaac-harris-fam.us/gardabook03-7-1-2.html
CHILDREN OF CYNTHIA F. SEARS AND JOHN L. MEYER
(Child #2 of Frances Jane Harris and Levi Sears)
Cynthia Frances Sears5 (Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) was born February 19, 1842, in Fayette County, Illinois.
She married John Lawrence Meyer, son of George Meyer and Margaret Johnson, on March 8, 1859, in Fayette County, Illinois.
He was born October 10, 1835, in Bremerhaven, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany, and died January 13, 1915, in Bingham, Fayette
County, Illinois. She died February 24, 1918. They were buried in Liberty Cemetery, Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. Children:
Levi B. MEYER b 1 Jan 1860, Fayette Co., IL, d 13 Mar 1956, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m Thilie Ann CASEY, widow
of Mart CASEY
Margaret Jane MEYER b 24 Jul 1861, Fayette Co., IL, d 9 Nov 1953, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 1st 3 Oct 1879,
Fayette Co., IL, Benjamin W. TURNBOW [s/o George W. TURNBOW and Mary A. HARRIS4 (Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1)] b 30 Jul 1858,
Fayette Co., IL, d 4 Apr 1927, Fayette Co., IL, bur Harris Cem. there; children listed under his name in this Part, Ch. 7.6,
Descendants of Mary A. Harris ; m 2nd 18 Feb 1894, Fayette Co., IL, William Riley HICKS [s/o James Jerdan HICKS4 (Cath. Harris3,
Wooten2, Isaac1) and Nancy Caroline HALFORD] b 9 Nov 1854, Fayette Co., IL, d 24 Aug 1926, bur Little Hickory Cem., Hurricane
Twp., Fayette Co., IL; no children; lvd Fayette Co., IL, when census taken in 1900
+ Frances N. MEYER b 16 Feb 1863; m John Curtis FORCE.
+ Elizabeth A. "Betsy" MEYER b 20 Dec 1865; m Henry C. DAVIDSON
+ George Lawrence MEYER b 15 Feb 1867; m 1st Florence Rebecca HARRIS; m 2nd Dora DAVIDSON
Lucy Caroline MEYER b 7 Dec 1868, Fayette Co., IL, d 29 Nov 1909, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co.,
IL; m 17 Nov 1895, Fayette Co., IL, Silas HICKS , [s/o William Riley HICKS5 (James J. Hicks 4, Cath. Harris3, Wooten2, Isaac1)
and Mary Frances MATTHEWS] b 4 Jun 1874, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 13 Sep 1942, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, bur Liberty Cem.,
Fayette Co., IL); children listed under his name in this part, Ch. 8.5, Descendants of James Jerdan Hicks
Joseph Erwin MEYER b 25 Nov 1870, Fayette Co., IL, d 10 Feb 1956, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 21 Jan 1894, Fayette
Co., IL, Dora K. MERRIMAN (d/o Dempsey Marion MERRIMAN and Catherine MATTHEWS) b 7 Jan 1874, IL, d 30 Dec 1918, bur Liberty
Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Children:
Lora Myrtle MEYER b Jan 1895, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m Homer G. CARLOCK [s/o Thomas J. CARLOCK6 (Martha A. Harris5,
Thos D.4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) and Rebecca Jane HICKS6 (Emily B. Sears5, Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1)]
Homer L. MEYER b May 1897, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m 1920, Vida F. CASEY (d/o Ora E. CASEY and Lottie Pauline
WORKER b 1902 (7-1910), Fayette Co., IL
Cynthia MEYER b 1901 (9-1910), Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m Mr. SEATON
Opal MEYER b 1904 (6-1910), Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m Mr. CARTER
Everett MEYER b 1906 (4-1910), Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL d 1 Jan 1982; m 1927, Ruby RHODES [d/o Elmer Smith RHODES6
(John W5., Martha J. Hicks4, Cath., Harris3, Wooten2, Isaac1) and Lucy Irene BOYD] b 1908 (2-1910) IL; [John W. Rhodes3, also
s/o Elliott W. Rhodes2, (Alex1.)]
Marion MEYER b 7 Oct 1872, Fayette Co., IL, d 3 Aug 1938; m 1898, Cora May CONARROWE (d/o William CONARROWE and Hannah
SHAFTER) b 11 Jun 1878, Jacksonburgh, OH, d 19 Sep 1946, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; lvd Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co.,
IL, when 1900 census taken, and in Fillmore Twp., Montgomery Co., IL, when 1910 census taken, where the census shows Cora
May had 6 children of whom 4 were living
Children:
Clyde L. MEYER b May 1900, Fayette Co., IL
Claud MEYER b 1903 (7-1910), IL
Freda Belle MEYER b 1907 (3-1910,) IL
Fern MEYER b 1908 (age 1y 11 mo 1910), IL
Eldred MEYER b 5 Sep 1874, Fayette Co., IL, d 9 Oct 1913, bur Liberty Cem., Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL
John Erwin MEYER b 18 Sep 1876, Fayette Co., IL, d 29 Feb 1958, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 11 Dec 1911, Mary
E. SEARS (d/o John Johnson SEARS and Frances LANDERS) b 10 Jan 1872, Fayette Co., IL, d 5 Aug 1943, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette
Co., IL
Homer MEYER b 4 Jan 1878, Fayette Co., IL, d 23 Aug 1879
Cynthia Malissa MEYER b 24 Nov 1880, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 4 Jan 1937, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m 28 Oct
1897, Fayette Co., IL, Cyrus HICKS [s/o William Riley HICKS5 (James J. Hicks4, Catherine Harris3, Wooten2, Isaac1) and Mary
Frances MATTHEWS] b 4 Jun 1875, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 27 Jan 1922, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; children listed
under his name in this Part, Ch. 8.5, Descendants of James Jerdan Hicks
+ Ora Theodore MEYER b 29 Jan 1883; m Ina Roberta COLE
+ Anna Arada MEYER b 12 Jul 1885; m William Matthew HARRIS
CHILDREN OF FRANCES N. MEYER AND JOHN C. FORCE
(Child #3 of Cynthia Frances Sears and John Lawrence Meyer)
Frances N. Meyer6 (Cynthia F. Sears5, Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) was born February 16, 1863, in Fayette
County, Illinois, and died November 5, 1919, in Mulberry Grove, Bond County, Illinois. She married John Curtis Force, son
of Thomas Force and Elizabeth Hotz, on April 3, 1890, in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born March 11, 1865, in Effingham
County, Illinois, and died October 25, 1925, in Mulberry Grove, Bond County, Illinois. He was buried beside his wife at Mulberry
Grove Cemetery, Mulberry Grove, Bond County, Illinois.
Children:
Laura A. FORCE b 30 Dec 1890, Altamont, Effingham Co., IL; m 24 Nov 1910, Fayette Co., IL, Ernest A. CROWDER (s/o James
CROWDER and Victoria ELAM) b 17 Aug 1891, d 25 Mar 1956, Smithboro, Bond Co., IL, bur Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL
Child:
Illinois C. CROWDER b 9 Jan 1914, IL, bur Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m Edward ELMENDORF
Cora Elizabeth FORCE b 31 Jul 1892, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 28 Dec 1910, Vandalia, Fayette Co., IL, Edgar ELSWORTH
(s/o John Wesley ELSWORTH and Elizabeth ANDREWS) b 9 Jun 1889, Finney Co., KS, d 21 May 1951
Children:
Roy Curtis ELSWORTH b 25 Dec 1912, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m 15 Jun 1940, Dorothy JAY (d/o Orrin Sylvester JAY and
Anna Marie LUEBBE) b 13 May 1910, Aurora, Kane Co., IL
George Ray ELSWORTH b 21 Jan 1915, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m 15 Jun 1938, Mary Ann GRAHAM (d/o Harry GRAHAM and Katherine
GREENMAN) b 16 Aug 1918, Aurora, Kane Co., IL
Marion Lawrence ELSWORTH b 24 Dec 1916, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m 20 Apr 1942, Anna Genevieve BROWN (d/o James Arthur
BROWN and Elizabeth LAFFERTY) b 31 May 1913, Aurora, Kane Co., IL
Caroline FORCE b 10 Sep 1894, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 7 Jun 1917, Greenville, Bond Co., IL, Charles ANDREWS (s/o
Henry ANDREWS and Emma GLEN) b 5 Nov 1891, Fayette Co., IL, d 24 Oct 1936, Waterman, De Kalb Co., IL, bur Mulberry Grove,
Bond Co., IL
Child:
Frances Myrtle ANDREWS b 1 Jan 1912, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m 27 Jun 1941, Homer H. SCHAPER
Floyd M. FORCE b 26 Sep 1899, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL, d 10 Dec 1918
Cynthia Mildred FORCE b 29 Oct 1906, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., IL; m Milton NOLAN
CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH A. MEYER AND HENRY C. DAVIDSON
(Child #4 of Cynthia Frances Sears and John Lawrence Meyer)
Elizabeth A. "Betsy" Meyer6 (Cynthia F. Sears5, Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) was born December 20, 1865
in Fayette County, Illinois, and died on February 5, 1953. She married Henry C. Davidson, who was born in August, 1851 in
Illinois, and died in 1929. She was his third wife. He married his first wife, Cynthia Catherine Cook, daughter of Alfred
Burton Cook and Susannah Landers, on February 18, 1872 in Fayette County, Illinois. She died in Fayette County, Illinois,
on March 20, 1874, at age 22 years 6 months 13 days. She was buried in Harris Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. He married
his second wife, Narcissus Jane Cook, sister of his first wife, on December 23, 1874 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was
born on February 1, 1841, and died in 1894 in Fayette County, Illinois; Henry and his second wife, Narcissus, and his third
wife, Elizabeth, were buried in Liberty Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. The family was living in Hurricane Township, Fayette
County, Illinois when the 1880, 1900 and 1910 censuses were taken. In 1910, Elizabeth had five children with four of them
still living.
Children of Elizabeth A. Meyer and Henry C. Davidson:
(son) DAVIDSON d 1900, Fayette Co., IL, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Cynthia K. DAVIDSON b 1901 (9-1910), Fayette Co., IL, d 1873, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL; m 1st Homer E. RHODES4 [s/o James
Asberry Rhodes3, (McComas2, Alex1) and Telithew Jane CULERTSON] his obituary is copied in Part IX, Ch. 5, Descendants of McComas
Rhodes; m 2nd Mr. CASEY
Notes from her obituary (not dated):
Funeral services were held Sunday in Allen Funeral Home, Fillmore, for Mrs. Cynthia K. Casey, 72, of Peoria. She died at
9:05 a.m. Thursday in Methodist Hospital in Peoria. Burial was in Liberty Cemetery, Bingham. Mrs. Casey was born in Fayette
County, a daughter of Henry and Betsy Meyer Davidson. She leaves three sons, Lowell Rhodes of Clinton, Robert Rhodes of Marquette
Heights, Earl Rhodes of Royalton, three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Thompson of Pekin, Mrs. Sharon Peterson of Creve Coeur, Mrs.
Pauline Forbus of Vandalia, a brother Quenton Davidson of Fillmore, 24 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. Three sons
preceded her in death.
Children: (Not listed in order of birth)
Lowell RHODES
Robert RHODES
Dorothy RHODES; m Maurice THOMPSON
Sharon RHODES; m Mr. Paterson
Pauline RHODES; m George FORBUS
Earl RHODES
Ronald RHODES
Arthur RHODES b 23 Jul 1929, d 25 Apr 1938
Narcissa Jane DAVIDSON b 1903 (7-1910), Fayette Co., IL
Theodore Clyde DAVIDSON b 1905 (5-1910), Fayette Co., IL
Lawrence H. DAVIDSON b 1907 (3-1910), Fayette Co., IL
Quenton DAVIDSON b Fayette Co., IL
CHILDREN OF GEORGE L. MEYER AND FLORENCE R. HARRIS
(Child #5 of Cynthia Frances Sears and John Lawrence Meyer)
George Lawrence Meyer6 (Cynthia F. Sears5, Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) was born February 15, 1867, in
Fayette County, Illinois, and died May 2, 1955, in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. He married Florence Rebecca Harris,
daughter of Benjamin A. Harris4 (Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) and Louisa or Eliza Van Watkins, on November 9, 1888, in Fayette
County, Illinois. She was born March 1, 1868, near Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and died there on November 19, 1906.
He then married a second wife, Dora Davidson. Both George and Florence were buried at Liberty Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois.
Children of George L. Meyer and Florence R. Harris:
Chester Barton MEYER b 24 Sep 1889, Bingham Fayette, Co., IL; m Gladys MAY
Pearl Valla MEYER b 7 Sep 1891, Bingham Fayette, Co., IL; m 15 May 1912, Sangamon Co., IL, Everett Emery HARRISON (s/o
William HARRISON and Cynthia DONALDSON) b 18 Apr 1890, Fillmore, Montgomery Co., IL, d 18 Aug 1957, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette
Co., IL
Child:
Charlene HARRISON b 6 Oct 1913, Fillmore, Montgomery Co, IL; m 3 May 1932, Rupert ELLER
Virgil Lawrence MEYER b 29 Jul 1893, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m Charlotte Emeline SEARS [d/o Benjamin R. SEARS6 (Wm.
T.5, Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1), and Martha Ann SCRIBNER5 (Eliz. M. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1)]
b Jun 1892
Alice Belle MEYER b 10 Jun 1895, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 7 Apr 1924, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; m Torney Alonzo
HILL [s/o Joseph Preston HILL and Catherine HICKS5 (Alfred R.4, Catherine Harris3, Wooten2, Isaac1)] b 26 Jan 1890, Fayette
Co., IL, d 1924, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL; children listed under his name in this part, Ch. 8.1, Descendants of Alfred
R. Hicks
Cleda Van MEYER b 23 Nov 1900, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m Eddie PADDOCK
Bessie Eileen MEYER b 29 Sep 1903, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m Jul 1924, Everett Roe HARRIS [s/o William C. HARRIS6 (James
F.5, Alfred G.4, Ancil M.3, Zach2, Isaac1) and Rebecca ALEXANDER] b 10 Jul 1901, Ramsey, Fayette Co., IL, d 1964, Litchfield,
Montgomery Co., IL
CHILDREN OF ORA T. MEYER AND INA R. COLE
(Child #13 of Cynthia Frances Sears and John Lawrence Meyer)
Ora Theodore Meyer6 (Cynthia F. Sears5, Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) was born January 29, 1883 in Hurricane
Township, Fayette County, Illinois, and died there on September 11, 1916. He married Ina Roberta Cole, daughter of William
Henry Cole and Sarah H. Wilson, on January 20, 1904 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born June 15, 1882 and died on January
1, 1946. These two events took place in Fayette County, Illinois. She and her husband were buried in Liberty Cemetery there.
Children:
Clifford Cole MEYER b 13 Nov 1904, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 1 Feb 1973, Montgomery Co., IL, bur Glendale Cem.,
Fillmore, Montgomery Co., IL; m 12 Aug 1925, Elsie May CASEY (d/o James M. CASEY and Noi ROBERTSON) b 1907 (3-1910), IL
Wilbur Lawrence MEYER b 22 May 1906, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m 22 Dec 1926, Mollie Eleanor RHODES7 [d/o Elmer
Smith RHODES6 (John W5., Martha J. Hicks4, Cath., Harris3, Wooten2, Isaac1) and Lucy Irene BOYD] b 1906 (4-1910) IL; (John
W. Rhodes3, also s/o Elliott W. Rhodes2, (Alex1.); the Elmer S. Rhodes family lvd Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL when 1910
census taken
Children:
Imar Ora MEYER b 20 Oct 1928, Fayette Co., IL, d 5 Nov 1928, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
(infant son) MEYER b 4 May 1930, Fayette Co., IL, d same day
Amber MEYER b 28 Jul 1908, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 28 Nov 1908, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Glen Washington MEYER b 22 Feb 1910, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 28 May 1942, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL;
m 23 Aug 1933, Velma MERRIMAN
Burnice MEYER b 1 Aug 1912, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m 1st 3 Dec 1930, Jerry Bryan DAVIDSON (s/o Joseph DAVIDSON
and Bertha WAYNE) b 15 Apr 1909, d 19 Apr 1939, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 2nd 4 May 1946, Edward Isaac SPIRES (s/o David
Crocket SPIRES and Mary Ellen WILLIAMS) b 5 Feb 1908, d 5 May 1975
Burnell MEYER b 1 Aug 1912, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 9 Mar 1913, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Lucile MEYER b 27 Jul 1914, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m 29 May 1934, Fayette Co., IL, Glenn William BAKER (s/o Don
C. BAKER and Edith HOMEY)
CHILDREN OF ANNA A. MEYER AND WILLIAM M. HARRIS
(Child #14 of Cynthia Frances Sears and John Lawrence Meyer)
Anna Arada Meyer6 (Cynthia F. Sears5, Frances J. Harris4, Wm. B.3, Wooten2, Isaac1) was born July 12, 1885 in Bingham,
Fayette County, Illinois. She married William Matthew Harris, son of Campbell C. Harris and Telithew Jane Culbertson. He was
born August 25, 1881 in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and died April 25, 1958. He was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Hurricane
Township, Fayette County, Illinois. We are not aware of any relationship between Campbell C. Harris and the Isaac Harris family.
Children:
Otha Pearl HARRIS b 4 Nov 1903, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 26 Sep 1926, Fayette Co., IL, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co.,
IL; m 14 Feb 1924, Fayette Co., IL, Edith Gurman CARLOCK [d/o James Robert CARLOCK5 (Thersy Rhodes4, Lucinda Harris3, Zach.2,
Isaac1) and Izetta B. HICKS] b 10 Jul 1905, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL (Thersy Rhodes also d/o Alexander Rhodes)
Child: (of Otha P. Harris and Edith G. Carlock)
Melba Pauline HARRIS b 17 Oct 1925, Fayette Co., IL; m 11 Jan 1945, William K. ERDELAC
Leta Fern HARRIS b 5 Mar 1905, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d Apr 1972; m 2 Jun 1921, Warner BENDA (s/o Frank BENDA and
Edith BINGHAM) b 13 Aug 1902, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL
Eda Frances HARRIS b 17 Feb 1908, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 1909, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL.
Mildred Edna HARRIS b 20 Dec 1910, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 30 Sep 1947, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Harold Meyer HARRIS b 17 Jan 1912, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 24 Aug 1924, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Thurman Ross HARRIS b 6 Mar 1913, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL, d 1913, bur Liberty Cem., Fayette Co., IL
Wilda HARRIS b 27 May 1914, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 1st Nova WALSTROM; m 2nd Louis DANZ
Anna HARRIS b 4 Jul 1917, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m 30 Aug 1935, Ewin BENDA
Bernard Matthew HARRIS b 18 Nov 1921, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; m Mar 1938, Helen COLE [d/o Alva Cleo COLE and Bessie Fern
HARRIS7 (Wm. A.6, Wm. Berry5, Alfred G.4, Ancil M.3, Zach.2, Isaac1)]
You must know this is a man world- MEN make the RULES and they break them as well !But what happend was Isabell stepdaughter
Ada Sears got pregnant by thomas C Seaton .He didntwant to admit to it so he deny it -so he can get out of it - as he felt
ada Sears wasnt good enough for him for a wife -but she was good have sex with maybe force her to have sexhe told her he loved
herand he wanted to marry her -he gave her all kinds of lies smooth talk to get in her pants in those days.But what happend
was - Isabell Carlock Sears did not want Ada in her house no more so Ada was put in Watertown Hosp in Rock Island Illinois
left there to die and nobody cared what happend to her.She was not alone at watertown in rock island many Stokes -{3 of them}
were working at the faculity .{her cousins are working Watertown Hosp - Stokes -they married into Harris -Hicks -Sears etc
family }n census -of Watertown hospital you will see Ada Sears and Employees 3 of them Stokes {1920}{ http://adasears.4t.com/ click this link -you can read it over again lol jk this was the practice one lol JK.
THese stories been going on forever - Where men have tooken advantage females ?their is many - sites up with Sears
-Davis - harris -Meyer- Hicks -stokes -Seaton ETC -Rulers of fayette co ILThey were the RULES
-THE one that went to church -For Community decided what best for the community ?.Remenber that vandalia was the captatol
- when{ abraham Lincoln } someone decided to move it to sangamon co Springfleld il - which is near - Lincoln IL , Decatur,
Douglas twp. Remenber men make the rules so they think they can break them as well Lmao JK? Thomas Sears - went
to war in civil war -decided it wasnt for him -he deserted it -his parents paid the price- he did revenged the death -later
he became a sheriff and model citizen ?Levi Sears bought the stone with John & hannah -who were killed by union soldiers
Wooten Harris -father was isacc- Wooten Harris was a revolutionary war hero -he might even knew george washington
? He was the man that fought to make - United states of America free -as so did - thomas Sears!
Children of Thomas and Elizabeth Sears
- Thomas - b. about 1741, King and Queen Co., VA probably; d. about 1825, Allen Co., KY. From the book Kentucky: A History
of the State, 3rd Edition, by Battle, Perrin and Kniffin (1886) it appears probable that he was the father of Samuel SEARS
who "was born June 4, 1814, in King & Queen County, Virginia, and in 1815 removed with his parents to the northern part
of Allen County, Kentucky.... His [Samuel's] father Thomas SEARS, a native of Virginia, served the entire period of the Revolutionary
war, was an extensive farmer, owned many slaves and died about 1825, at the age of eighty four years. He was married five
times and reared children by three of his wives.... Samuel SEARS' mother was Frances SEARS (no blood relation), who died in
1833, at the age of fifty years." Children of Thomas: Henry; Thomas; William; Walker; Elizabeth 'Betey' married Mr. SEARS;
Mariah married Mr. PULLIAM; Frances married Mr. CUSHENBERRY; John; Richard; Robert; Nancy married Mr. CUSHENBERRY; Samuel
married first Maria T. STARK, and second Harriet (STARK) STONE; Albert; Mary A. married Mr. LYNN; Amanda married Mr. PATTEN;
and Joseph M.
- Elizabeth - Unmarried in 1788. and possibly never married.
- John - b. about 1750, King and Queen Co., VA; d. in 1831, Mt. Airy, Randolph Co., MO; bur. Hurt Burying Ground. A Revolutionary
War soldier, he settled in Orange Co., NC about 1788, near Bowling Green, KY about 1810, and in Randolph Co., MO in 1820.
Married Matilda HOBSON (b. 1760; d. before husband, Randolph Co., MO) in NC in Sep. or Oct. 1787. Children: Deacon Hardy married
first Mary 'Polly' SEARS, and second Dicey RIGSBY; Ivison married Sarah RYALS; Rev. Henry married Priscilla PRATHER; Elder
William married first to Sophia KIRBY, second Sarah Alice KERBY, and third Drusilla (RATLIFF) FAULKNER, widow of John; Mary
married Thomas HENDRICKS; Candace died unmarried; and other daughters.
- Joseph - b. 1750-1760, King and Queen Co., VA; d. about 1820, KY (either Allen or Warren Co.). A Rev. soldier and a Baptist
minister. Either he or a nephew was probably the Joseph SEARS who married Elizabeth SEARLES.
- Mary - Over age 21 in 1788. Married Mr. SEARLES. Though the will of Mary's father is difficult to read and/or interpret
on this matter, it appears that Mary's husband died before July 1788, and that Mary had had at least two children.
- Henry - b. 1760-1770, King and Queen Co., VA; d. 1850, Randolph Co., MO.
- William - b. after 1767. Described in his father's will as under age 21 in 1788. William remained in NC on the family
estate, and cared for his mother.
http://kinnexions.com/smlawson/sears.htm
{what it shows it this is a small world-in affect we are all connect to it -one way or another?}
go to this site, you will see- Lurana Stokes married Owens then Nova Hicks , He was son of Ellison hicks
who raised mancel Sears .
at the top of the page is picture of
" Mancel Sears -Nova Hicks "
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