Ira S. SEARS

1810 - 1884  (73 years)

• Birth	29 Dec 1810	Oswego, Oswego, NY   [1]
  Census	4 Aug 1860	Milan, Sullivan, MO   [2]
  	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	21 Jun 1880	Polk Township, Sullivan, MO   [3]
  	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.
  Death	2 Mar 1884	Sullivan Co., MO   [1]
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan, MO   [1, 4]
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  Father	Edward SEARS,   b. 25 Apr 1778, Dighton, Bristol, MA d. 10 Jun 1831, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Jemima ROOT,   b. 17 Oct 1787, Strafford, Orange, VT d. 30 Aug 1876, Sullivan Co., MO (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F3902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda Malvina STOCKTON,   b. 11 Dec 1817, Batavia, Clermont, OH d. 9 Feb 1883, Sullivan Co., MO (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1836	Clermont Co., OH   [1]
  Children	1. Almira SEARS,   b. 25 May 1838, Louisville, Jefferson, KY d. 20 Aug 1838, Louisville, Jefferson, KY (Age 0 years)   2. Alonzo Porter SEARS,   b. 6 Dec 1840, Louisville, Jefferson, KY d. 8 Dec 1893, Sullivan Co., MO (Age 53 years)   3. Julia Ann SEARS,   b. 6 Dec 1842, Linn, Osage, MO d. 30 May 1923, Milan, Sullivan, MO (Age 80 years)   4. William Walter SEARS,   b. 3 Dec 1844, Sullivan Co., MO d. 21 Sep 1917, St. Joseph, Buchanan, MO (Age 72 years)   5. Laura Z. SEARS,   b. 8 May 1846, Sullivan Co., MO d. 25 May 1893, Milan, Sullivan, MO (Age 47 years)   6. Arthur Elliott SEARS,   b. 28 Feb 1848, Milan, Sullivan, MO d. 30 Apr 1910, Denver, Denver, CO (Age 62 years)   7. Oscar Potter SEARS,   b. 12 Feb 1850, Sullivan Co., MO d. 1 May 1902, Sullivan Co., MO (Age 52 years)   8. Mary Melissa SEARS,   b. 14 Jun 1852, Milan, Sullivan, MO   9. Ira Lincoln SEARS,   b. 10 May 1857, Milan, Sullivan, MO d. 26 Nov 1903, Sullivan Co., MO (Age 46 years)   10. Amanda Melvina SEARS,   b. 31 Oct 1859, Milan, Sullivan, MO d. 12 Nov 1913, Milan, Sullivan, MO (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F3905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 29 Dec 1810 - Oswego, Oswego, NY Marriage - 27 Nov 1836 - Clermont Co., OH Census - 4 Aug 1860 - Milan, Sullivan, MO Death - 2 Mar 1884 - Sullivan Co., MO Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan, MO  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S466] Phil's File, 466. [S1860] 1860 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1860), 1860. [S1880] 1880 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1880), 1880. [S500] Find A Grave, 500.