Grace Chetwood

Notes:

Grace Chetwood (Chetwode) was a descendant of the House of Anjou-Plantaganet. She also was a descendant of Magna Charta Sureties Saier de Quincy and John de Lacy. Others in her ancestry were the House of Normandy, Kings of Scotland, House of Capet, Kings of France, Carolingians, Emporers of the West, Emporers of the East, Princes of Wales, and Spanish Rulers. From Bulkeley "...Grace Chetwood was descended form an ancient family of Buckinghamshire [Chetwode]...we rely chiefly on the pedigree from the parchment roll which some years ago was in the possession of Sir George Chetwode...She...stemmed from manorial families and it so chances that through her great-grand-mother, Anne Talbot, she descended from many of the great historic families of England, such as the Talbots, the Percys, and the Nevills...Anne Talbot had fourteen legitimate lines of descent from the first Plantagenet King of England."

Grace married Peter Bulkeley about Apr 1635 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Peter (son of Edward Bulkeley and Olive Irby) was born on 31 Jan 1582 in Bedfordshire, England; died on 9 Mar 1657/58 in Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Degree: 1655; A.B. from Harvard College
• Occupation: 1669-1677; Minister at Wethersfield, Connecticut

Notes:

Gershom Bulkeley 1636 ManuscriptsHis manuscripts are currently in the collection of the Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry*.
After his return from King Philip's War, he asked a dismission from the church in Wethersfield, Colony of Connecticut, which was granted in 1677. He removed to the east side of the Connecticut River, and commenced practice as a physician, which he continued for over thirty years.
As a magistrate and statesman, he was opposed to the assumption of the government by the colonial authorities in 1689. In that year he published, at Philadelphia, a pamphlet on the affairs of Connecticut. The same year he wrote a work titled:
Will and Doom, or the miseries of Connecticut by and under usurped and abitrary power; being a narrative of the first erection and exercise, but especially of the late changes and administration of government in their Majesties Colony of New England in America.
Though never printed for wide distribution, it was sent to England by the Governor of New York some dozen years later as the most reliable account of New England to be found.
-------------*The Menczer Museum of Medicine & Dentistry is closed to the public as of October 1, 2008. We are packing the exhibits in preparation for the move to The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington CT in 2009. The displays will be changing and not all items will be on exhibit as in the past. Some parts of the collection will be at the Tunxis Community College and the local hospitals. The Fones School of Dental Hygiene will also have some significant pieces from the dental collection.
Apparently Menczer has moved one more time since 2009, back to Hartford where Its new address is 230 Scarborough St, Hartford, CT 06105. However, conflicting information states: "[The] collections now at area hospitals and Tunxis Community College". - Wikipedia

Notes:

Was educated at Harvard College through 1658 but did not graduate.

Notes:

Dr Peter Bulkeley was a descendant of Alan La Zouche who was a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Saier de Qunicy (a Crusader who died in Palestine 3 Nov 1219)

Peter married Margaret (wife of Dr Peter Bulkeley) [?]Massachusetts. Margaret died before 1691. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the Bulkeley Genealogy, the spelling of her name (Bulkley) differs from her father's (Rev Peter Bulkeley)--the first 'e' is dropped. I think this is a typo. She would not have changed the spelling of her father's name.
Dorothy Bulkeley was a descendant of Alan La Zouche who was a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Saier de Qunicy (a Crusader who died in Palestine 3 Nov 1219)

Dorothy married David OsbornFairfield County, Connecticut. David (son of John Osborn and Sarah Bennett) was born about 1686 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut; died about 1727 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Accdg to the Bulkeley Genealogy, David & Sarah's firstborn "d. young"

Notes:

Bulkeley Genealogy footnote to this birth: 16 Apr 1708 by old family record but he was baptized 22 May 1709

Notes:

On 19 Dec 1793, Sarah Sherwood, widow, and Eleazer, Joseph, Jehiel, David, and Reuben Sherwood, all of Fairfield, and Grace Hull, widow, of Weston, and Gershom Osborn and Grizzel his wife of Fairfield, conveyed to Abel Sherwood of Weston land set to the widow of Joesph Sherwood deceased, the aforesaid Sarah Sherwood reserving life use of the same. - The Bulkeley Genealogy

Sarah married Joseph Sherwood on 17 Feb 1730/31 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Joseph (son of Benjamin Sherwood and Sarah (wife of Benjamin Sherwood) [?]) was born on 21 Nov 1702 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut; died before 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bulkeley Genealogy birth note: "d. young"

Notes:

Bulkeley Genealogy p144: On 29 Mar 1739, Eleazer Osorn, Joseph Sherwood, and Sarah his wife, Nathan Thorp and Dorothy his wife, conveyed land originally from Richard Osborn and our father David Osborn deceased, also half of what was set to Hannah Osborn, now deceased, in the distribution of said David's estate.

Family/Spouse: Nathan Thorp. Nathan and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DAR Patriot: Connecticut, Ensign, 9th Co, 4th Regt, Jan 1780
Letter of Administration, Dutchess County, New York from Surrogate Office's Records Liber C p33. Summary: Lyman Sherwood appointed executor of Jehiel Sherwood's estate; officially recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York on 24 Oct 1807 The People of the State of New-York by the Grace of God, Free and Independent. To Lymen Sherwood of the town of South East in this County of Dutchess son of Jehial Sherwood deceased. Whereas Jehial Sherwood of the Town of South East in said County as is alledged, lately died intestate, having whilst living, and at the time of his Death, Goods, Chattels, or Credits within this state...do grant unto you the said Lymen Sherwood full power by these presents, to administer, and faithfully dispose of all and singular the said Goods...And we do by these presents, depute, constitute and appoint you the said Lymen Sherwood Administrator of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits which were of the said Jehial Sherwood. IN TESTIMONY whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness James Talimadge(?)...Esquire, Surrogate of the said county, at Poughkeepsie, the twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven and of our Independence the thirty second...James ______ Dutchess County...Recorded the preceding Letter of Administration to Lyman Sherwood this twenty fourth day of October 1807
"James Sears was present in the probate of Jehiel Sherwood's estate" - taken from a letter to Hubert Andrew Arnold from a professional genealogist identified as "Box 480, Salt Point" [Salt Point is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It lies northeast of Poughkeepsie following New York Route 115, the Salt Point Turnpike]. This statement is very important with respect to establishing circumstantial evidence that Mehitible Sherwood, James Sears' wife, was the daughter of Jehiel Sherwood.

South East, New York The first settler arrived around 1730. The area first exploited was called "The Oblong," and was outside of the land claimed by the Philipse Patent. Due to a border dispute between New York and Connecticut the area between the undisputed border of NY and the undisputed border of CT was an approximately 4-mile-wide area which ran the full north-south dimension of Dutchess County. This was called the Oblong. Land was sold in this area both by the governor of NY and the King of England for Connecticut, with conflicting deeds. The boundary was settled in New York's favor by the 1731 Treaty of Dover. A southern portion of the Oblong was alternately known as Southeast as it was the southeasternmost town in Dutchess County. It consisted of the eastern half of the current Town of Patterson, and the eastern half of the current town of Southeast. The western half of the current town of Southeast was part of the large Phillipse Patent which had not yet been divided into towns. The most heavily-settled area of the Oblong at this point was the "city" of Frederickstown, now the hamlet of Patterson. The town of Southeast, then still including its portion of the Oblong, was founded in 1788, and formed the southeast corner of Dutchess County. In 1795, the town that had been Southeast's neighbor, Frederickstown was divided into the present Carmel, Kent, and Patterson, the latter two known at first as "Frederick" and "Franklin." At that time, Southeast lost its northern half to Patterson, and expanded to the west to become the shape it is now. Putnam County split from Dutchess in 1812. The most densely populated area in the town is the village of Brewster.

Jehiel married Sarah Squire on 5 Oct 1763 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Squire and Abigail Osborn) was born on 23 Jan 1746/47 in Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 6 May 1793 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Grizzel married Gershom Osborn on 29 Dec 1772 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Gershom was born on 23 Apr 1746 in Probably Fairfield Co, Connecticut; died on 5 Apr 1819 in Probably Fairfield Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Abel Sherwood Birth Date: 1740
Birthplace: Connecticut Volume: 158 Page Number: 259 Reference: Rolls and lists of Ct.Men in the Rev. 1775-1783. Ed.
By Albert C. Bates. Hartford, Ct., 1901-1909(Vols. 8 and 12 of the "Collections" of the Ct. Hist. Soc.) (2v.):12:7
--Ancestry hint

Notes:

Residence in 1841, Otisco, Onondaga Co, New York; ref p 851 "The Families of Old Fairfield" by Jacobus

Family/Spouse: Ellen Bradley. Ellen was christened on 26 Apr 1767 in Probably Fairfield Co, Connecticut; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: [?] Canne. [?] and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Aaron Wakeman about Jan 1786 in Probably Fairfield Co, Connecticut. Aaron and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charity married Lyman Banks on 7 Jan 1798 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. Lyman was christened on 29 May 1768 in Probably Fairfield Co, Connecticut; died on 1 Nov 1849 in Probably Fairfield Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jacobus p851: Distribution of Stephen's estate, 1837: widow, Oran Sherwood, Eliza Sherwood, Betsey wife of Uriah Banks, Norman Sherwood, William Sherwood, Ann wife of Frederick Wakeman, Sarah Sherwood, Emily Sherwood, Mary-Jane Sherwood, Wilson Sherwood, Frances Sherwood

Stephen married Eulilla GoodsellProbably Fairfield Co, Connecticut. Eulilla was christened on 8 Feb 1776; died on 4 Mar 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stephen married Tamma Banks on 15 May 1816. Tamma was born about 1790; died on 3 Jun 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Two DAR applications list the husband as "Hebbard" (No. 74380, Mrs. Ida L. Fitchard and No. 131665, Mrs. Jessie Estelle Margerin). They list the birthdate of Abigail as 17 Feb 1777. That, however, was the birth year of Hezekiah who was omitted from their applications. They may have been referring to the Grenville C. Mackenzie papers which also omit Hezekiah substituting his birth year of 1777 for Abigail's.
I do not think that there is any justification for omitting Hezikiah from the list of Jehiel Sherwood's children. In fact, with reports of the pencilling in of information in the MacKenzie papers and the Lounsbury papers (letterTalbot to Arnold) it appears that there has been deliberate alteration of Sherwood family history data (possibly as early as 1895) in order to juggle, include, and exclude names in the list of Jehiel Sherwood's children.
With Fitchard, for example, she desperately had to find a father for her ancestor Abigail Sherwood and Jehiel Sherwood, Revolutionary War Patriot, filled the bill. However, it is unconscionable to remove a name (Hezekiah) to get Abigail in there. I have done an analysis in which I added three names (Mehitable, Abigail, and William) to the original Greenfield Hill Church list leaving original birth dates in place with logical birth dates for the additional children. A mystery of the ages, however, is why two of those names, Mehitable and Abigail, did not appear in the Greenfield list. William was a latecomer born in New York City, giving a reasonable explanation for his omission.

Hezekiah married Eleanor Ogden on 16 Mar 1796 in Probably Fairfield Co, Connecticut. Eleanor was christened on 27 Sep 1778; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See my note with Hezekiah. Abigail can be added without omitting Hezekiah.

Family/Spouse: Nathaniel Hebbard. Nathaniel and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _TODO: Open

Notes:

Mehitable/Mabel Sherwood was the daughter of Jehiel Sherwood. She was born about November 1780. The first solid reference to "Mehitable" wife of James Sears, appears on the 1826 gravestone at Hunt's Corners, Wayne Co, New York. Previous references to the wife of James Sears had her name as "Mabel" Sherwood. Is the "Mabel" of South East, New York the "Mehitable", wife of James Sears, at Hunt's Corners? Circumstantially, it is convincing but no specific documentation exists to verify that Mehitable/Mabel Sherwood was the daughter of Jehiel Sherwood. She died 12 Mar 1826 in Wayne County NY aged 45 years and this inscription on Mehitable's gravestone was what I used to arrive at a birth date of approximately Nov 1780. The central problem with Mehitable is that in a Fairfield Church journal of families (not kept in real time), a list of Jehiel Sherwood's family members does not contain either Abigail or Mehitable. This has caused over a century of consternation even leading 19th century DAR applicants to falsify records (in the New York City Public Library) to enable the inclusion of these two children. In fact, Hezakiah Sherwood's name was erased from the Fairfield Church list in order to get Abigail's name in there. There's no justification for doing this. I am able to "fit" birthdates for all without erasing anyone. The burnng of Fairfield by the British in 1779 could well have prevented the recording of Abigail and Mehitable Sherwood's births. From Wikipedia: "On the morning of July 7, 1779, approximately 2,000 enemy troops landed on Fairfield Beach near Pine Creek Point and proceeded to invade the town. When they left the following evening, the entire town lay in ruins, burned to the ground as punishment for Fairfield's support of the rebel cause. Ten years later, President George Washington noted after traveling through Fairfield, that "the destructive evidences of British cruelty are yet visible both in Norwalk and Fairfield; as there are the chimneys of many burnt houses standing in them yet."
The gravestone inscription in the Hunts Corners Cemetery in Wayne County NY is "In memory of/Mehitable/wife of James Sears/ who died March 12, 1826 in the 45th/year of her age." At one time there was a dispute about the year, that it could be 1824, but I have closely examined the gravestone picture and the last digit of the year definitely has a curved top thus it could not be a four.

_TODO:
Cutter looks like he got the list that had deleted Hezekiah in favor of Mabel

Mehitable married James Sears on 19 Nov 1797 in Probably South East New York. James (son of Thomas Sears and Deborah Baldwin) was born on 24 Mar 1778 in South East, Dutchess Co, New York; died on 28 Feb 1857 in Tyre, Seneca Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Betsey Minor. Betsey and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Lydia Ann Kellogg on 16 Aug 1816 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts. Lydia was born on 10 Oct 1793 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 9 Feb 1865 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Descendants of Richard Sares lists the first child of James Sears as Archibald and the second as James.

Eli married Harriet Powers on 3 Feb 1821 in Probably New York State. Harriet died on 3 Apr 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eli married Roxanna Bivins on 15 Mar 1825 in Probably New York State. Roxanna died on 1 Nov 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eli married Minerva Gardner on 3 Feb 1833. Minerva died on 4 Sep 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Archibald Sears, noted in the pioneer days of Kendall county, was born February 23, 1802 in Putnam County [then Dutchess County], N.Y., and for his time possessed an exceptional education as he was a successful teacher and a competent surveyor. For a period he was engaged in merchandising and in 1836 started for the West, going by way of the Canal and Great Lakes. After prospecting throughout this region he concluded that he could not find better land for farming purposes than in Kendall County. He settled on section 13 and there built a log house. He located one section of land situated on the banks of the Little Rock Creek and in 1842, when there was a land sale, he bought the six hundred and forty acres. He made a specialty of raising wheat and swine, as better prices were realized on these products than on any other farm produce at that early day and it was necessary to haul things to Chicago as the railroad was not constructed until long afterwards. There being great demand for surveyors, Mr. Sears found plenty of employment as such, and laid out farms and roads and did general government surveying throughout this portion of the state. In this way he was enabled to pay for his large landed estates and to make necessary improvements. He was the first supervisor of this township after its organization and continued to fill that office for several years. He also served as a justice of the peace and county surveyor. In 1866 he retired from active life and for twenty years dwelt in the town of Sandwich. His last years were spent in Plano where his death occurred in November, 1893 [28 Oct 1893]. The first marriage of Archibald Sears took place in the Empire state in June, 1833, his choice being Miss Susan Hadden. She was a native of the same county as her husband, a daughter of Morris and Sarah (Nelson) Hadden, both natives of New York. Susan Hadden died June 10, 1845 in Plano. On the 23d of August 1850, Archibald married Mrs. Rachel Smith, daughter of David T. and Charlotte (Tarbox) Carver. Six children were born to his union, namely, Charles M, Albert H, Sherman S, Mary E Henning, Alice M Mather and Ada A Miller. - Genealogical and Biographical Record of Kendall and Will Counties, Illinois
SEARS, Archibald (deceased), for so many years a factor in the development of different sections of Illinois, came early to Kendall County, interested himself in its agricultural and manufacturing development and after an unusually long life, passed away at Plano in November 1893 [28 Oct 1893] when aged ninety-two years. He was born in Putnam County [then Dutchess County] N.Y. February 23, 1802, a son of James Sears and Mehetabel Sherwood and a grandson of Thomas and Mary (Baldwin) Sears. Grandfather Thomas Sears was an officer in the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts. To James Sears and wife were born: Eli, Archibald, Thomas, Isaac, Caroline, Melanchthon [Melanthe], and Sally. When twelve years old, Archibald Sears accompanied his parents in their removal to Wayne County, New York and there helped his father to clear pioneer farm, meanwhile acquiring sufficient knowledge of books to enable him to teach school at the age of 22 years. He also followed surveying which entailed considerable mathematical knowledge and at that time was a very profitable profession. In June 1833 he was married to Susan Hadden who was born in New York, December 25, 1815 daughter of a merchant at Westchester, Putnam County, New York. In 1836 with a capital of $1,500 Archibald Sears accompanied by Joab Austin, a relative, came to Illinois by way of sloops on the Hudson River as far as Albany and then by Erie Canal to Buffalo, crossing the lakes to the swampy village of Chicago. There he bought surveying tools and came on to Kendall County where he was soon engaged in assisting contractors in making surveys, working in as many as four counties laying out sections and townships. He was so engaged for about seven years, this region by that time having been covered by surveys but Mr. Sears kept his instruments and was ready to do a job of surveying even when an old man and his services in this direction were valued because of their absolute accuracy. He surveyed public and private roads and several State roads, farm lines, woodland tracts, and in fact, anything the correct dimensions of which came under the ordinary work of one of his profession. In the meanwhile, Mr. Sears invested in property as land came into the market and owned 550 acres on Big Rock Creek. Because his time was mainly occupied with surveying he rented out that land until 1863 when he sold his farm and retired to Sandwich where he resided for twenty years, moving to Plano about 1890. He became a stockholder in the Sandwich Manufacturing Company and assisted in solidly establishing what is one of the most substantial industries to Illinois, one that now has a capital stock of a half million dollars and his interest is still retained by the family. Mr. Sears was recognized to be not only a man of irreproachable life and incorruptible intergrity, but also one of sound business judgement and active public spirit. After townships were organized in Kendall County, he was elected the first Supervisor. He was also the first County Surveyor when Kendall was cut off from Kane County [1841] and served also as Commissioner and County Surveyor. He also served as a Justice of the Peace. When the old political parties broke up and the Republican party was organised, he, with other true-hearted patriots, identified himself with the new movement and gave support to the political campaign of Gen. John C. Fremont. The death of Mr. Sears' first wife occurred in June 1845 when her age was thirty years. His second marriage took place August 23, 1850, to Rachel M. Carver, born October 26, 1818 in Connecticut, daughter of David T. and Charlotte (Tarbox) Carver. To the first union a family was born one son, James M., surviving, one daughter, Mrs. Frances Beard, died at Bedford, Iowa in 1892, and others died in infancy. To the second union the following children were born: Charles M. who lives in Hamilton County, Nebr, Mary E. who lives at Plano, Ill, is the widow of Edgar Henning; Albert H. who is in the banking business at Plano; Alice M. who is the wife of Frederick Mather of Aurora, Nebr; Sherman S. also of Nebraska; and Mrs. Ada A. Miller. - Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, History of Kendall County
Plano was not founded on a desolate terrain as were many villages. This area had been occupied by a few early Kendall County settlers who had been here for several years. A Mr. Ball had built a saw and grist mill on the Big Rock Creek one mile south of Plano in 1835. He sold this mill to John Schneider two years later. Mr. Schneider had built the first mill at Yorkville in 1832, being an early settler there. Other mills were built nearby along the creeks and Fox River. David and Benjamin Evans were among the first settlers who claimed land where Plano is now located. Plano is the Spanish word for plain. They sold out to Marcus Steward in 1838. Archibald Sears and Cornelius Henning settled in 1836 from New York State. - http://www.cityofplanoil.com/
Kendall County came into being on February 19, 1841, being named for Amos Kendall. The bill, at first introduced in the state legislature, provided that the county be called "Orange" County. Many early settlers here came form Orange County, New York, which undoubtedly had its in influence on that name. When the bill was finally read, the name Kendall was substituted and passed as such. The county was formed by taking six townships from LaSalle County and three from Kane. Yorkville was designated as the county seat until 1845, when it moved to Oswego. Yorkville finally became the county seat again in 1864, and no further changes were made. The first settlers in the county were Robert Beresford and his wife and two sons. They settled in what was later known as Holderman's grove in 1826. - http://www.cityofplanoil.com/history.html

(Research):E: letter Darnell to Arnold, 27 Oct 1960: "Archibald Sears was born in Putnam County [DBC note: It was still Dutchess County, Putnam formed out of Dutchess later], New York, the son of James and Mehitabel (Sherwood) Sears."


Sears-Sherwood Timeline
1735
1738/9 b. Jehiel Sherwood in Fairfield CT
1740
1745 1745 b. Thomas Sears in Yarmouth MA?? or South East NY??

1750

1755

1760 1763 m. Jehiel Sherwood (age 24/5) + Sarah Squire in Fairfield CT
1765 1767 m. Thomas Sears (age 22) + Deborah Baldwin ?in South East NY??
1770

1775
1778 b. James Sears in South East New York
1780

1785
1790 1790 Census Jehiel Sherwood (age 51/2) in Fairfield CT 1790 Census Thomas Sears (age 45) in Dutchess Co NY
1795 1797 m. James Sears (age 19) + Mehitable Sherwood where?? 1800 1800 Census James Sears (16-26) (age 22) Stanford Twp, Dutchess Co, NY 1800 Census Jehiel Sherwood (45+) (age 61/2) South East Twp, Dutchess Co, NY 1800 Census Thomas Sears (45+) (age 55) South East Twp, Dutchess Co, NY 1802 b. Archibald Sears in Carmel (Dutchess or Putnam Co?) NY
1804 d. Thomas Sears (age 59) in South East NY
1805 1807 d. Jehiel Sherwood (age 68) in South Eash NY 1810 1810 Census James Sears (26-45) (age 32) South East Twp, Dutchess Co, NY 1814 Moved James (age 36), Mehitable (age ?), Archibald (age 12) to Western NY (N.E. Sears notes) 1815

1820 1820 Census James Sears (45+) (age 42) Seneca Co NY 1820 Archibald (age 18) starts school (N.E. Sears notes) 1824 Archibald (age 22) a school teacher "for a number of years" N.E. Sears notes
1825
1830 1830 Census James Sears (50-60) (age 52) Savannah Twp, Wayne Co, NY 1831 m. Archibald Sears (age 31) + Susan Hadden in probably Wayne Co, NY
1835 1836 (fall) Archibald (age 34), wife, one child move to Plano IL
1840 1841 ref Archibald Sears (age 39) County Surveyor (History of Kendall Co)
1845 1843 d. Susan Hadden (Archibald age 43) in probably Plano IL 1850 1850 Census James Sears (age 72), Phebe, 3 children, Seneca Co 1850 Census Archibald Sears (age 48) + Elizabeth (age 30) Plano IL 1850 m. Archibald Sears (age 48) + Rachel Maria Carver in Plano IL
1851 b. Charles Madison Sears in Plano IL
1855 1857 d. James Sears (age 79) in Tyre, Seneca Co, NY
1860
1865 1865 Archibald Sears (age 63) moves to Sandwich, DeKalb Co, IL (The Voters & Taxpayers of DeKalb Co)
1870 1874 m. Charles Madison Sears (age 23) + Katherine Evans
1875

1880

1885 1887 Archibald Sears (age 85) moves back to Plano IL (N.E. Sears notes)
1890
1893 d. Archibald Sears (age 91)
1895

1900
1905 1905 d. Rachel M. Carver 10 Mar 1905 (age 86) in Aurora NE

Archibald married Susan Hadden on 30 Jun 1833 in Probably Westchester Co, New York. Susan (daughter of Morris Hadden and Sarah Nelson) was born on 25 Dec 1815 in New York City, New York; died on 10 Jun 1845 in Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Archibald married Rachel Maria Carver on 23 Aug 1850 in Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois. Rachel (daughter of David Taylor Carver and Sharley Tarbox) was born on 26 Oct 1818 in Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut; died on 10 Mar 1905 in Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska; was buried on 12 Mar 1905 in Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth: Oct. 14, 1813
Death: Mar. 20, 1895Medina County Gazette \endash March 28, 1895: Isaac Sears was born in Connecticut 1813, and at the early age of four years he with his parents removed to New York State. After he had reached his majority he came to the West, and for a time made his home in Wadsworth, this county, then came to Chatham. Soon after coming he purchased the farm he lived on, and was united in marriage to Miss Martha Robinson. Three children were born to them, Christina, Helen and James. Helen dying just as she was budding into womanhood, the others reside here in town (Chatham). At the age of thirty he united with the Congregational church here and has ever been an active Christian man. His life has been an active one, always ready to help a neighbor, a kind husband and indulgent father, spending his life for the good of others. He was permitted to live to a ripe old age being eighty-one years, and in the end quietly passed away without but a few days of suffering. He was taken sick Sunday the 17, and died Wednesday morning. The funeral services were at his late home Friday conducted by Rev. Chapin of Litchfield, Rev. Jones being away from home. He leaves an aged wife and two children besides a large circle of neighbors and friends to mourn their loss.

Isaac married Martha A. Robinson on 3 Jan 1842. Martha was born on 28 Mar 1822; died on 4 Apr 1901 in Chatham Twp, Medina Co, Ohio; was buried after 4 Apr 1901 in Chatham Twp, Medina Co, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Rial Peter Betts on 31 Oct 1827 in Probably Wayne County, New York. Rial (son of Nathaniel Betts and Sarah (wife of Nathaniel Betts) [?]) was born on 12 Mar 1804 in Washington County, New York; died on 4 Mar 1887 in Wayne County, New York; was buried in Holbrook-Ferris Cemetery, Savannah, Wayne Co, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melanthe married Martin OverockerSouth Butler, Wayne Co, New York. Martin and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lansing married Adaline M. Holly on 8 Feb 1853. Adaline and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _TODO: Open

Lewis married Harriet W. Carroll on 23 Sep 1858 in Kiantone, Chautauqua Co, New York. Harriet died on 28 Dec 1918 in Cable Hollow, ,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _TODO: Open

William married Lutheria Corkins on 25 Dec 1867 in Fentonville-Frewsburg. Lutheria and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gravestone has Caroline M. born on 24 Feb 1835. Charles Madison Sears papers has her birth date as 24 Feb 1836. I'm going to go with the 1835 date cast in stone. CM Sears was not careful in recording his dates.

Notes:

Named for his grandfathers: James Sears and Morris Hadden. Taught at Sears School just off Big Rock Road, three miles N of Plano Illinois.
Extensive biography in "Genealogical and Biographical Record of Kendall and DeKalb Counties, Ill", 1901 pp. 379-380

James married Emily Lucy Cox on 25 Feb 1874 in Little Rock Twp, Kendall Co, Illinois. Emily (daughter of John Cox and Mary Howes) was born in Probably New York State; died on 16 Jan 1898 in Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His name probably derived from his uncle Charles Madison Carver born in Hebron, Tolland Co, Connecticut on 28 Jun 1825.

Obituary

Former Pioneer Resident Dies In California
Charles M Sears 93 Dies Suddenly in Long Beach
Lived Here 1880 to 1919
Charles M Sears, for many years a prominent farmer and livestock feeder of the Aurora community passed away suddenly in his home in Long Beach, California August 2, 1944 The Sears family came to Aurora in 1880 and lived for many years on their farm one mile north of Aurora. In 1918 Mr Sears sold his farms and the family moved to Aurora proper for about a year. He then moved to Long Beach, California June 10, 1851 and passed away August 2, 1944 at the age of 93 years 1 month and 21 days. Mrs Sears [Mary L Weeks] died in 1934 at their Long Beach home shortly after injuries received in the Long Beach earthquake. He is survived by five children: two sons, Nelson of Akron Colo, and Robert of Long Beach Calif; three daughters, Mrs Vera Readl of Grand Junction Colo, Elsie of Los Vegas, New Mexico, and Marion of Barstow, Calif; one brother Sherman Sears, now of Sweeney Texas, formerly of Hyannis, Nebraska. One brother and three sisters preceded him in death. Mrs F. C. Mather was a sister. Myrl Mather of Aurora Nebraska is a nephew. The deceased was a member of the Aurora Masonic lodge for many years.

Aurora News-Register
Aurora, Nebraska
11 Aug 1944, Fri

(Medical):Death due to external causes: Accident on 7-23-44 at home in Long Beach, L.A. county, California (tripped over watering hose).

Charles married Catherine Evans on 2 Sep 1874 in W Nissouri Twp, East Middlesex, Ontario. Catherine (daughter of James Evans and Jane Kearn) was born on 24 May 1850 in Evelyn, West Nissouri Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario; died on 16 Aug 1876 in Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois; was buried on 19 Aug 1876 in Plano Cemetery, Kendall Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Celia Amanda Chambers on 19 Nov 1879 in Probably Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois. Celia was born on 20 Aug 1856 in Illinois; died on 19 Mar 1883 in Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois; was buried in Kendall County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Julia Mighell on 27 Oct 1884 in Probably Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois. Julia (daughter of Nathan Mighell and Living) was born in Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois; died about 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Mary L. Weeks on 1 Dec 1896 in Probably Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois. Mary was born on 2 Mar 1868 in Pittsfield, Pike Co, Illinois; died on 20 Jul 1933 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Edgar Leland Henning on 27 May 1874 in Probably Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois. Edgar was born on 8 Apr 1849 in Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois; died on 24 Jan 1910 in Probably Plano, Kendall Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nelson Sears note (no date): Albert married Ella Foster; two girls born; one girl died in 1885; Both buried at Plano IL.

Birth:
Twin

Albert married Ella Foster on 12 Nov 1879. Ella and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Birth:
Twin

Alice married Frederick Carver Mather on 1 Oct 1878. Frederick was born on 22 Feb 1856 in Michigan; died on 11 Nov 1933 in Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sherman married Estella May Kennedy on 16 Sep 1882 in Marshalltown, Marshall Co, Iowa. Estella (daughter of A. L. Kennedy and Mary F. Brook) was born on 18 Mar 1862 in Marshalltown, Marshall Co, Iowa; died on 6 Sep 1904 in Boulder, Boulder Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles Madison Sears has the name spelled "Adah"

Ada married Walter Lowell Miller on 4 Jun 1892. Walter was born on 3 May 1862; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nellie (wife of Leander Betts) [?]. Nellie was born about 1844; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah A. Beadle. Sarah was born about 1840; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Sarah Clark on 5 Sep 1893 in Sugar Grove, Harrison Co, Indiana. Sarah and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Clarence Van Orsdale on 30 Jun 1891 in Cable Hollow, ,. Clarence and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nelson Evans Sears was born in Plano, Kendall County, Illinois on 15 Aug 1876 "of English and Welsh parentage"* namely Charles Madison Sears and Katherine Evans. In 1880 he moved with his father Charles Madison and his second wife, Celia Chambers, to Scranton, Iowa living for two years on the old John Henning farm two miles from town. In 1882 he returned to his home state where he made his home with his grandparents, Archibald Sears and Rachel Maria Carver, in Sandwich, Illinois. In May of 1886, he traveled to Nebraska to live with his father on a farm near Aurora. Four years later, in 1890, he returned to Plano to attend school. In 1896 he returned to Aurora to work on his father's farm. In the winter of 1898-1899 he attended Business College in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1899 he began farming 80 acres of land in Nebraska which his grandmother had bought for him in 1897 for $2600. Nelson sold his Nebraska land early in 1901 for $7200 and traveled to Colorado in an emigrant car chartered by a David Titler arriving in Akron in March of that year. He worked in the harvest fields southwest of Akron for Ira M. Barnhouse. However, after a brief trip to California, he returned to his father's farm in Aurora, Nebraska in the fall of 1901. He returned to Colorado in 1903 where he resumed work with Ira M Barnhouse. In May of 1905 under the Homestead Act of 20 May 1862, Nelson E Sears obtained the South half of the SE quarter of Section 3, and the West half of the NE quarter of Section 10 both in Township 1S of Range 55W of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Washington County, Colorado containing 160 acres. On 20 Sep 1907 he was united in marriage to Ira Morgan Barnhouse's daughter, Edna Maude. Nelson proved up his homestead on 17 May 1909 and was issued Homestead Certificate No. 0585 of the Register of the Land Office at Sterling, Colorado. Later in 1909 Nelson and his wife Edna moved from their homestead into the town of Akron, Colorado where he purchased Lots 1, 2, & 3 facing Golden St. and Lots 10, 11, & 12 facing Gunnison St, Block 11, Original Town of Akron. On 22 Mar 1910 Nelson and Edna's first child, Alva Raymond Sears, was born in Akron. Their second, Margaret May Sears, was born 23 May 1912, and their third and last child, Faye Eleanor Sears, was born 8 Aug 1914. In 1916 Nelson began carrying mail on RFD (Rural Free Delivery) Route 1 out of the Akron Post Office. He carried mail for 25 years until 1941 at which time he retired from the Post Office and assumed the duties of Justice of the Peace for Washington County, Colorado, a position he retained until his death, 17 May 1948.
--------------*According to Nelson Sears' journal dated 1895. Sears is, indeed, an English name traceable back to Richard Sares, who arrived in America before 1632 but the Evans family, Evans typically a Welsh name, actually emigrated from Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

(Medical):Attendant: Park D. Keller MD, Akron, Colorado, May 19, 1948

Nelson married Edna Maude Barnhouse on 20 Sep 1907 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. Edna (daughter of Ira Morgan Barnhouse and Mary Francis Albin) was born on 24 Apr 1879 in South Bloomingville, Hocking Co, Ohio; was christened on 28 Aug 1881 in Nelsonville, Athens Co, Ohio; died on 24 Aug 1971 in Brush, Morgan Co, Colorado; was buried on 24 Aug 1971 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

3rd cousin Dorothy Wilmore verified by Ancestry DNA; Common ancestor: 4. Charles Madison Sears m. Celia Amanda Chambers; 3. Vera A. Sears m. Jesse James Read; 2. Jack Harrison Wilmore m. ? 1. Dorothy Wilmore and Daniel Cooley.

Vera married Jesse James Read on 2 Mar 1904. Jesse was born on 21 Feb 1878 in Iowa; died on 23 Oct 1939 in Mesa County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

--Invalid Dates Birth: STILLBORN

Family/Spouse: Robert Bruce Saunders. Robert was born on 28 Jun 1892 in Stockdale, Wilson Co, Texas; died on 19 Apr 1958 in Riverside County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married Lillian Little about Jan 1906 in Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois. Lillian was born on 11 Mar 1876 in Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ethel notes herself as a "Spinster"

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Merle married Bessie Evans on 20 Sep 1905 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co, Nebraska. Bessie was born about 1881 in Probably Nebraska; died about 1968 in Aurora, Hamilton Co, Nebraska; was buried about 1968 in Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roy married Albertyne Irmer on 23 Dec 1916. Albertyne died on 3 Jun 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Archie married Mary Macdonald Hartley on 26 Feb 1908 in Nebraska. Mary was born on 1 Jan 1883 in Springfield Twp, Jefferson Co, Ohio; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born 21 months after Archie Kennedy.

Mabell married Carl Pierce Hartley on 17 Feb 1912 in Nebraska. Carl was born on 7 Apr 1887 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co, Nebraska; died on 15 Dec 1968 in Wyuka Cemetery, Lancaster County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born 29 months after Mabelle Clarice.

Irma married Charles Harrison Arnold on 20 Jan 1912 in Nebraska. Charles was born on 18 Oct 1888 in Dorchester, Saline Co, Nebraska; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born 69 months (5.75 years) after Irma Colotta.

Helen married Christopher Joseph Abbott on 10 Jul 1914. Christopher was born on 11 Oct 1889 in Bird City, Cheyenne Co, Kansas; died on 10 Jan 1954 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Leon Milo Clearwaters on 9 Oct 1919. Leon was born on 17 Mar 1898; died on 10 Dec 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the Dept of Veterans Affairs BIRLS death file:
Name: Alva R Sears
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1910
Death Date: 27 Aug 1984
SSN: 473100606
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 25 Apr 1942
Discharge Date: 19 Oct 1945
Page number: 1

(Medical):Certifier: Philip C. Brittain, D.O., Coroner, 482 Adams, Akron, Colorado 80720 August 28, 1984

Alva married Ethel Mary Aitchison on 13 Nov 1951 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. Ethel (daughter of Joseph Aitchison and Lillian Fulbeck) was born on 22 Feb 1901 in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England; died about Mar 1972 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret May Sears was born 23 May 1912 in Akron, Washington County, Colorado, to Nelson Evans Sears and Edna Maude Barnhouse. She was born in her parent's house on the east side of town as were her elder brother, Alva Raymond, in 1910, and her younger sister, Faye Eleanor, in 1914, all delivered by a Dr. Kaylor. That house on the northeast corner of the block at present 5th and Date had some interesting history. Margaret's maternal grandparents, Ira Morgan Barnhouse and Mary Francis Albin, had moved the entire house from the country (Woodrow) into the east side of Akron several years before and had lived there until Nelson and Maude moved-in in 1910 just before Alva's birth. Ira and Mary consequently moved to a newly-built house on the southeast corner of the block (at present 4th & Date). But there's more. Nelson and Maude also moved their entire country house in (also from the Woodrow area) and had joined it to the house left by Ira and Mary. Margaret describes their house on the northeast corner of the block: "There was a driveway leading into the yard from the north where a car (or maybe a wagon, earlier) could park right by the back door. Across the driveway, west of the house, was our windmill. That's where we got our water for everything. Mother used a galvanized tub and a wash basin to do the [clothes] washing. The tub was moved into the kitchen for our weekly baths [our kitchen] opened out onto the back room (we always called it the back room) where mother washed [dishes] and where some things were stored and where the cellar was." The cellar (probably a storm cellar used to escape the dust) was a place of dark mystery: "A lift-up door opened up to the cellar where mother kept the jars of food she canned in the fall. Other foods that had to be kept cool were stored there. A black and scary hole in the ground I thought it to be." A barn stood to the west of the house, across what would now be the alley of that block. That barn, in fact, still stands in 2007 as depicted in the picture above. Margaret describes the barn: "There was the big red barn west of the house the north part of the barn was a garage. In the south part [were] stalls and mangers with an aisle running between them. My father kept a sow (for our supply of milk, plus a few families we sold to) for several years and in the west stall a horse named Dick." While the cellar was a mysterious hole in the ground the barn was a cornucopia of childhood delights, especially for the two girls of the family: "When we children were small we had a swing in the aisle that ran between the east and west stalls. What fun it was to swing there. The hayloft entrance was at the north end of the aisle, a ladder leading straight up to the left. We used to play up in the loft, jumping around in the hay and having lots of fun." Ira Barnhouse had been in the Civil War, having participated in Sherman's March to the Sea, but returned in poor health with dysentery for the rest of his life. He died 4 Apr 1914 and is buried in Akron Cemetery. Margaret didn't remember her grandpa Ira but she had vague memories of her grandma Mary. When Margaret started school (kindergarten) in 1917 the old grade school building, built in the late 1890s, was undergoing remodeling and expansion so she attended classes in the old Akron School north of the Methodist Church and later in an upstairs room in the high school. Finally, in 1919 the project was completed and the new school was opened where she completed her elementary schooling graduating from 8th grade in 1925. She entered Washington County High School at Akron (just built in 1916) in late 1925 graduating in 1930 in the largest class in the history of the Washington County School System, 41 seniors. Commencement was held Friday, May 23, 1930. In high school she and her best friend, Helen McCabe, were known as the "Ukulele Girls" for their ukulele duo and flapper styles, the naughty rage of the 20s. She entered Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley, Colo. in the fall quarter of the 1931-1932 school term. With the school year beginning in the fall of 1933, Margaret began teaching in rural Washington County, Colorado at the South Buena Vista School, Dist. 58. In the fall of 1934 she began teaching at Pleasant Hill school, Dist. 42, "often called the Johnson school" at that time. It was located east of the Buttes, and the Harry Johnson home was just a half mile east of the schoolhouse. "There was an old pump organ in the school, and I really loved playing it," she said in her writeup "My Years of Teaching" for the Washington County History pub 1989. "We had singing every morning." She taught at this school for three years. She wrote of the dust bowl years: "It was in the latter part of 1934, and 1935 that the dust storms were the worst. The most terrible of these storms came one afternoon (I don't remember the date.) We could see a huge black cloud rolling in from the northwest. When it came roaring over us, the schoolroom became dark and the smell of dust was heavy in the air. The parents came and got their children. I took the McDonald girls to their home which was on my way to town. I could not see the road, and all the way to town I kept squarely in the middle between the fence posts, which I could just barely see on each side. I did make it into town all right, but will always remember this frightening experience." On 21 Jun 1936, Margaret and Clifford Coyne Cooley, son of Robert Berton Cooley and Carrie Louella Miller, were married at the Presbyterian manse in Akron by Reverend G. Grey Dashen. The newlyweds, accompanied by the groom's parents, left after the ceremony for a honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls. They returned 6 Jul 1936 to begin residence in the Rena Lewis Apartments at Main St. and 5th Ave in Akron. She began her third and final year in the Pleasant Hill, Dist. 42, in the fall of 1936. In her words, "As a contrast to the previous year, there were several heavy snow storms in the school year 1936-1937. Many times snow drifts blocked sections of the road, and I had to take to the fields and pastures, opening gates and, in one instance, taking down the fence, and then of course, stopping again to close gates and put the fence back up. It was a joy one day late in the winter of 1937 when I saw the first fleecy white clouds in the sky and knew that spring was on the way". For the 1937-1938 school year she transferred to Center School, Dist. 21, north of Platner. She taught there for just one term. In the 1938-1939 school term she taught at Pleasant, Dist. 15, south of Platner. After just one year Pleasant School, to May of 1939, she began a six-year hiatus from teaching due to the duties of motherhood and demands of World War II. Coyne and Margaret's first child, a son, Daniel Berton, was born 25 October 1939 in the Anderson home in west Akron at present 581 Fremont St. (refurbished and still standing in 2007). They were still residing in the Lewis Apartments when Daniel was born but shortly after his birth they acquired (with help from R.B. Cooley) the property known as Lot Three in Block Three of the First Addition of Akron, Colorado, from J. B. Fisher. They built a Cape Cod-style house on the lot costing them just $2000. Coyne and Margaret's second child, a daughter, Catherine Lou, was born 14 Nov 1943, also in the Anderson Home. With end of World War II she resumed teaching in September 1945 at Star School, Dist. 11, for the 1945-1946 school term. for the 1946-47 school she taught at Platner, Dist 16 (8 mi E of Akron). Her salary was $116.67 per month. The next year on Sept 1, 1947 Margaret renewed her Teacher's Contract with the Dist. 16 Board of Directors to teach for the period beginning 1 Sep 1947 and ending 180 days later. Her salary was $150 per month. The school term 1947-1948, still at Platner, would be final one in Margaret's teaching career. Coyne and Margaret's third child, a daughter, Jo Ellen, was born on 13 Nov 1953. Margaret was an accomplished musician (piano, ukuele, vocal). She was a "Ukuele Girl" in her younger years. After her years of teaching in rural schools, she gave piano lessons in the 50s through the 80s. She accompanied on the piano numerous students in their instrument solo endeavors (including her son, Danny, who played, among other pieces, "Willow Echoes", on the baritone horn). While not playing the piano in any scheduled manner, she was often called upon to play for funerals and other church functions. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church Choir, faithfully singing every Sunday morning. Margaret had a life-long enthusiasm for books and writing. She served as librarian at the Akron Public Library from 1970 until her death in 1987. She fervently believed that the community should become more involved with books and their local library so she wrote the weekly newspaper column "From Off the Shelves" for the local newspaper, The Akron News Reporter. In 1976 she applied for and received a grant from the State of Colorado to engage in a Bicentennial-Centennial Oral History Project. The project's goal was to preserve valuable history that would otherwise be lost to the next generation. Various Washington County residents were interviewed and the interviewees life, work, remembrances, anecdotes and personal feelings about his/her years lived especially in Washington County were recorded onto cassette tape. Margaret died Sunday, Jan. 18, 1987, at Washington County Hospital aged 74, and is interred at the Akron Cemetery

(Medical):Physician: P.C. Brittain, D.O., 482 Adams, Akron, Colorado 80720

Margaret married Clifford Coyne Cooley on 21 Jun 1936 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. Clifford (son of Robert Berton Cooley and Carrie Louella Miller) was born on 15 Jul 1912 in Otis, Washington Co, Colorado; died on 5 Dec 1979 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; was buried on 8 Dec 1979 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Faye married Luke Homer Covington on 7 Apr 1933 in Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado, and was divorced. Luke (son of Samuel Everett Covington and Opal Elizabeth Lee) was born on 27 Apr 1911 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; died on 2 Mar 1976 in Evergreen, Jefferson Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Faye married Paul Hunter Johnston on 19 Dec 1937 in Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado, and was divorced. Paul (son of George Irwin Johnston and Della Richards) was born on 25 Nov 1899 in Clearfield, Ringgold Co, Iowa; died on 20 Jan 1962 in Fort Morgan, Morgan Co, Colorado; was buried about Jan 1962 in Riverside Cemetery, Ft Morgan, Morgan Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Richard Bair Criswell on 25 Oct 1935. Richard was born about 1907; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 we have Elizabeth Henning arrival date 18 Aug 1930; port of departure, Le Havre France; port of arrival New York City, New York; ship name Lancastria.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hubert A. Arnold died Oct 20, 1994 at his home in Davis. He was 82 years old Arnold was professor emeritus of mathematics at UC Davis. He was born in Chicago and received his A.B. in mathematics from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1933. He studied at the University of Paris (Sorbonne) and received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 1939. While studying at Caltech, he became friends with mathematician E.T. Bell and later helped author Constance Reid Write Bell's biography "The Search for E.T. Bell." Arnold entered the U.S. Navy in 1942, after serving as instructor of mathematics at the University of Minnesota, as a visiting research scholar at the University of Virginia and an instructor in mathematics and assistant to Professor Lefschetz at Princeton University. While in the Navy, Arnold rose from lieutenant (j.g.) to lieutenant commander. He served as officer in charge of Princeton's computer development program. He joined the department of mathematics at UCD in 1948 and remained until his retirement in 1980. His research interests were differentials in abstract spaces and the topological structure of limits sets. He taught a variety of courses and was known for his statistics classes and vocal support for greater public awareness of the pitfalls of faulty statistical data. Arnold was a person of many talents and interests. He was an accomplished piano player and he danced with the Martha Graham Dance Troupe in New York from 1946 to 1948. He also collected ceramics from all over the world during his many overseas trips. He donated a collection of more than 1,800 ceramics to the Crocker Art Museum, including outstanding pieces by British, Japanese and American artists, in addition to samples from Mexico and Africa. His donations helped to make the museum's collection one of the best of its kind. He was a indefatigable genealogist, tracing several family lines back to British Royalty. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR). Hubert did most of his family history work in the 1950's and 1960's. He revived his interest in the early 1990's to the time of his death. Arnold is survived by his brother-in-law, Thomas M. Davies Sr. of Lincoln, Neb; his nephew, Dr Thomas M. Davies Jr. and great-niece Jennifer Davies of San Diego; his nephew, Charles Arnold Davies; his niece, Joanie Davies-Killenger; and his great nephews, Patrick and Timothy Killenger.

Faith married Thomas Mockett Davies in Jun 1937 in Nebraska. Thomas (son of Reginald Emmett Davies and Katherine Mockett) was born on 7 Feb 1915 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co, Nebraska; died on 18 Dec 2011 in Utica, Seward Co, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Divorced: 20 Nov 1978, Washington County, Colorado; Colorado Divorce Index 1851-1985

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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Joseph Eugene Alberta. Joseph was born on 28 Dec 1933 in Weldona, Morgan Co, Colorado; died on 13 Sep 2005 in Aptos, Santa Cruz Co, Californa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Kenneth Kooker. John was born on 15 Apr 1929 in Reading, Berks Co, Pennsylvania; died on 4 Jan 2008 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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