1. | Ira S. SEARS was born on 29 Dec 1810 in Oswego, Oswego, NY (son of Edward SEARS and Jemima ROOT); died on 2 Mar 1884 in Sullivan Co., MO; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan, MO. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 4 Aug 1860, Milan, Sullivan, MO
- Census: 21 Jun 1880, Polk Township, Sullivan, MO
Notes:
Census:
1860 census at Milan, Sullivan, MO shows Ira Sears, 49, farmer, b. NY; Amanda M., 43, b. OH; Alonzo, 21, farm hand, b. KY; remaining children bl MO: Julia, 18; William, 16; Laura, 14; Arthur A., 12; Oscar, 10; Mary, 8; Ira, Jr., 4; Amanda 9/12.
Census:
1880 census at Polk Township, Sullivan, MO shows Ira Sears, 69, farmer, b. NY, parents b. MA/VT; Amanda, 62, b. OH, parents b. NJ/KY; children b. MO: Ira, 23; Amanda Copeland, 20, lives at home.
Note: "Phils File" source gives a second marriage date for Amanda as Jun 16, 1880, the census was taken on June 21, 1880 and shows Amanda with him. The instructions for the census ask that all persons living in the household on June 1 be enumerated. It is possible that on June 1 Amanda was living with Ira but that by June 24 she had been married and moved away. I thought the listing under occupation "lives at home" was a little odd, perhaps this explains it. On enumeration date June 22 in the same township, James Quigley is shown living with his brother Jonathon.
Buried:
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Ira married Amanda Malvina STOCKTON on 27 Nov 1836 in Clermont Co., OH. Amanda was born on 11 Dec 1817 in Batavia, Clermont, OH; died on 9 Feb 1883 in Sullivan Co., MO; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Almira SEARS was born on 25 May 1838 in Louisville, Jefferson, KY; died on 20 Aug 1838 in Louisville, Jefferson, KY.
- Alonzo Porter SEARS was born on 6 Dec 1840 in Louisville, Jefferson, KY; died on 8 Dec 1893 in Sullivan Co., MO; was buried in Sullivan Co., MO.
- Julia Ann SEARS was born on 6 Dec 1842 in Linn, Osage, MO; died on 30 May 1923 in Milan, Sullivan, MO; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan, MO.
- William Walter SEARS was born on 3 Dec 1844 in Sullivan Co., MO; died on 21 Sep 1917 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, MO.
- Laura Z. SEARS was born on 8 May 1846 in Sullivan Co., MO; died on 25 May 1893 in Milan, Sullivan, MO.
- Arthur Elliott SEARS was born on 28 Feb 1848 in Milan, Sullivan, MO; died on 30 Apr 1910 in Denver, Denver, CO; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan, MO.
- Oscar Potter SEARS was born on 12 Feb 1850 in Sullivan Co., MO; died on 1 May 1902 in Sullivan Co., MO; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan, MO.
- Mary Melissa SEARS was born on 14 Jun 1852 in Milan, Sullivan, MO.
- Ira Lincoln SEARS was born on 10 May 1857 in Milan, Sullivan, MO; died on 26 Nov 1903 in Sullivan Co., MO; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan, MO.
- Amanda Melvina SEARS was born on 31 Oct 1859 in Milan, Sullivan, MO; died on 12 Nov 1913 in Milan, Sullivan, MO; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan, MO.
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