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Rachel Maria Carver

Rachel Maria Carver

Female 1818 - 1905  (86 years)

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  • Name Rachel Maria Carver  [1] 
    Birth 26 Oct 1818  Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 10 Mar 1905  Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5] 
    Burial 12 Mar 1905  Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6] 
    Person ID I128  Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2020 

    Father David Taylor Carver,   b. 19 Oct 1784, Hebron, Hartford Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1847, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Sharley Tarbox,   b. 8 Nov 1786, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1867, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Adonijah Smith,   b. Jackson Prairie, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1840  Angola, Steuben Co, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2006 

    Family 2 Archibald Sears,   b. 23 Feb 1802, South East, Dutchess Co, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1893, Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 23 Aug 1850  Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    • On their marriage certificate her given name spelled "Rachael"
    Children 
     1. Charles Madison Sears,   b. 10 Jun 1851, Little Rock Twp, Kendall Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1944, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
     2. Mary Emeline Sears,   b. 2 Sep 1853, Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1941, Evanston, Cook Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     3. Albert Hollister Sears,   b. 14 May 1856, Little Rock Twp, Kendall Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1917, Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     4. Alice Maria Sears,   b. 14 May 1856, Little Rock Twp, Kendall Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1938, Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     5. Sherman Sherwood Sears,   b. 15 May 1859, Little Rock Twp, Kendall Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1949, Alliance, Box Butte Co, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     6. Ada Ann Sears,   b. 26 Oct 1861, Little Rock Twp, Kendall Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1924, Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F33  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2022 

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    Rachel Maria Carver    		Rachel Maria Carver

  • Notes 
    • Another Pioneer Gone; Mrs. Rachel M. Sears died Friday, March 11, at Aurora, Neb.
      Mrs. Rachel M. Sears, widow of the late Archibald Sears, died last Friday morning [10 Mar 1905] at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. F.C. Mather, of Aurora, Neb., where she had made her home for the last eight years. Death resulted from the infirmity of old age, Mrs. Sears having been in her 87th year. After a service at Aurora Sunday, the body was brought to Plano accompanied by Mrs. Mather, Charles Sears of Hyannis, Neb., and Miss Ethel Henning, who was upon a visit to Aurora when the death of her grandmother occurred. The final service was held at the residence of the eldest daughter of the deceased, Mrs. E.L. Henning, at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, and besides the relatives was attended by a number of friends from Chicago and Steward and from Sandwich, where Mrs. Sears resided for twenty-two years. The Rev. G.H. Robertson of Sandwich conducted the service. The burial was in the Archibald Sears lot in the Plano Cemetery. Rachel Carver was one of the fast dwindling little band of surviving pioneers who settled the vicinity of Plano. She was the daughter of David T. and Sharley Carver and was born at Hebron, Conn., October 26, 1818. She was one of eleven children of whom Mrs. George Steward of Plano is the sole survivor. In 1836 when a girl of 18 years, Rachel Carver started on the pioneer journey which brought her eventually to Illinois. She stopped first with her sister, Mrs. John Hollister, at Hollisterville, Pa., where she taught school for two years. In the spring of 1838 she joined the party composed of John Hollister's and Marcus Steward's families which was starting for the west. She accompanied the pioneers to Angola, Ind., where she joined her brother William and Dr. Lewis Carver. There she taught school until she was married November 1, 1840 to Adonijah Smith. Two children born in this union died in infancy and in 1844 Mr. Smith died also. In 1845 she started for Illinois to join her sister, Mrs. Hollister, who was then settled on the site of the future Plano. For two years she taught school at Bristol and August 23, 1850, she was married to Archibald Sears. The following sixteen years the family lived on the farm east of Plano removing in 1866 to Sandwich and in 1888 returning to Plano where Mr. Sears died in 1893. Mrs. Sears is survived by one sister, Mrs. George Steward, six children--Charles Sears and Mrs. F.C. Mather, Aurora, Neb., Sherman Sears, Hyannis, Neb., Mrs. E.L. Henning and Albert Sears, Plano, and Mrs W.L. Miller, Crawfordsville, Ind., by a step-son James M. Sears of Plano, twenty grand-children and one great grand-child. - Kendall County News, 15 Mar 1905
      [9]
    • (Research):Know All Men By These Presents. That We, John T. Hollister and Sharley E. Hollister, his wife, George Stewart and Mary Ann Stewart, his wife, and Archibald Sears and Rachel M. Sears, his wife, all of the County of Kendall and State of Illinois; the said Sharley Hollister, Mary Ann Stewart and Rachel M. Sears, being heirs at law of David T. Carver, later of the Town of Hebron in the County of Tolland and State on Connecticut, deceased....for divers good causes and considerations thereunto moving, especially for one hundred dollars received to our full satisfaction of Mrs. Sharley Carver, widow of said David T. Carver, decease, have remised, released and forever quit-claimed, and do by these presents for ourselves justly and absolutely remise, release and forever quit-claim unto the said Sharley Carver and to their heirs and assigns forever, all our and each of our right title and interest of, in and to all the real estate of the said David T. Carver, deceased, situate in said Town of Hebron in the said County of Tolland and State of Connecticut aforesaid. And we do hereby relinquish to said Sharley Carver all our right, title and interest of, in and to all the personal estate of said deceased....In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this thirtieth day of Septermber in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. Signed sealed and delivered (by above G.H. and Mary A. Stewart, John T. and Sharley E. Hollister, Archibald and Rachel Sears)...subscribed before me this 30th day of September A.D. 1855, Lewis Stewart, Notary Public, L.S. [10]

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] Helen L. Sears, Anne M. Sears and Barbara S. Sears, Helen Sears main, (Self-published paper by authors), pp5-6 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S423] Kendall News, (Plano, Illinois), No. 39, 15 Mar 1905 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S478] Gravestone, Little Rock Township (aka Plano) Cemetery (Reliability: 3).
      Little Rock Township Cemetery, Plano, Illinois      		 Little Rock Township Cemetery, Plano, Illinois


    4. [S148] Ethel Alice Henning, EAH Affidavit main, (Affiant: Ethel A. Henning, 125 56th Ave S. (no city or state given, assumed to be Florida). Sworn to before me this 11th day of December 1959, Susan B. Lovelady, Notary Public (Florida) ), b 26 Oct 1818, SE15. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S148] Ethel Alice Henning, EAH Affidavit main, (Affiant: Ethel A. Henning, 125 56th Ave S. (no city or state given, assumed to be Florida). Sworn to before me this 11th day of December 1959, Susan B. Lovelady, Notary Public (Florida) ), d 10 Mar 1905, SE15. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S425] Lucille Darnell, Clerk, Plano, Illinois, Darnell to Arnold 2, (27 Nov 1960), Gravestone inscription, Little Rock Twp Cemetery, Plano, IL (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S761] Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871, Ill marriages, Original data: Illinois State Marriage Records. Online index. Illinois State Public Record Offices. (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S148] Ethel Alice Henning, EAH Affidavit main, (Affiant: Ethel A. Henning, 125 56th Ave S. (no city or state given, assumed to be Florida). Sworn to before me this 11th day of December 1959, Susan B. Lovelady, Notary Public (Florida) ), m 23 Aug 1850, SE15. (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S423] Kendall News, (Plano, Illinois), No. 39, Wednesday, March 15, 1905 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S426] State of Illinois, County of Kendall, Illinois Quit Claim, Vol 21, p59, 30 Sep 1855 (Reliability: 3).


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