Alice Maria Sears

1856 - 1938  (81 years)

• Name	Alice Maria Sears  [1]
  Birth	14 May 1856	Little Rock Twp, Kendall Co, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Twin
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Apr 1938	Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska   [1]
  Burial	Probably Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska   [1]
  Person ID	I133	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Archibald Sears,   b. 23 Feb 1802, South East, Dutchess Co, New York d. 28 Oct 1893, Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Rachel Maria Carver,   b. 26 Oct 1818, Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut d. 10 Mar 1905, Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	23 Aug 1850	Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois   [3, 4]
  	On their marriage certificate her given name spelled "Rachael"
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederick Carver Mather,   b. 22 Feb 1856, Michigan d. 11 Nov 1933, Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1878  [1]
  Children	1. Merle Sears Mather,   b. 19 Sep 1880, Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska d. 19 Nov 1969, Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska (Age 89 years)   2. Orion Albert Mather,   b. 17 Nov 1883, Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska d. 15 Jul 1947, Evanston, Cook Co, Illinois (Age 63 years)   3. Roy Frederick Mather,   b. 17 Sep 1888, Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska d. 5 Mar 1954, Newport Beach, Orange Co, California (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2011

  
  

• Notes

  Nelson Sears note (no date): Alice Marie married F.C. Mather of Michigan, moved to Aurora NE raised three sons, Merle, Ora, and Roy. Alice and hus band are buried in Aurora. Mrs. Mather died 19 Apr 1938 aged 82 years. Obituary Mrs. Alice S. Mather Aurora Pioneer Dies AURORA, Neb., April 20--(AP) Mrs. Alice Sears Mather, 84, prominent Aurora pioneer woman, died Tuesday night at the home where she had lived 58 years. She had been ill three months and had suffered several paralytic strokes. She was the widow of Frederick Mather, a leading mer- chant and president of the First National bank of Aurora many years. They owned considerable Nebraska land. Mather died Nov. 11, 1933. Mrs. Mather was a native of in Sandwich, Ill. She was married in 1887 and came to Aurora in 1880 with her husband, who established a hardware store the next year. Surviving are three sons, Myel of Aurora, Orion, financial editor of the Chicago Tribune, and Roy, an associate editor of the Los Angeles Herald. The Lincoln Star, 20 Apr 1938, Wed, p2

  
  

• Sources

  [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) ), pp1-4, SE15. (Reliability: 3). [S197] Charles Madison Sears, Chas M Sears papers main, p3 of SE29, SE29. (Reliability: 3). [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). [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).