West Virginia Family Group Sheet for the John Sears Family *********************************************** Copyright Jeanne Crews. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Jeanne Crews Email address: Husband: John Sears Birthdate: 1795 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: after Mar 1855 Place of death: s Burial: Father: Mother: Marriage date: 1 Sep 1819 Marriage place: Hardy Co., Virginia Wife: Ruth Orahood Birthdate: about 1800 Birthplace: Virginia Death date: 6 Mar 1855 Place of death: Hardy Co., Virginia Burial: Father: Joshua Orahood Mother: Catherine Norman CHILDREN Child No. 1: Ann Jemima Sears Sex: f Birthdate: about 1829 Birthplace: Virginia Death date: Oct 1865 Place of death: Hardy Co., West Virginia Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: George Keplinger Jr. Child No. 2: John Sears Sex: m Birthdate: about 1832 Birthplace: Virginia Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: Catherine Sears Sex: f Birthdate: about 1833 Birthplace: Virginia Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: Israel Sears Sex: m Birthdate: 1836 Birthplace: Virginia Death date: 22 Apr 1900 Place of death: Carthage, Illinois Burial: Marriage date: 20 Sep 1860 Marriage place: Pruntytown, Taylor Co., Virginia Spouse's name: Harriet Tamar Gawthrop Child No. 5: Alexander Sears Sex: m Birthdate: about 1838 Birthplace: Virginia Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Burial: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: Ann Sears Sex: f Birthdate: about 1841 Birthplace: Virginia Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: Abel Sears Sex: m Birthdate: about 1844 Birthplace: Virginia Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 8: Stingley Sears Sex: m Birthdate: about 1846 Birthplace: Virginia Death date: Place of death: probably Mineral Co., West Virginia Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: Home in 1850: District 23, Hardy Co., VA Roll: M432_950 Page: 73 Image: 147 John Sears, 55, Stone Mason, b. PA, cannot read or write Ruth, 49, b. VA, cannot read or write Ann J.?, 20, b. VA John T.?, 18, Laborer, b. VA, attended school within the year Catharine ?., 16, b. VA Israel, 14, b. VA, attended school within the year Alexander, 12, b. VA, attended school.............. Ann L., 9, b. VA Abel, 6, b. VA Stingley, 3, b. VA In 1912 the property of Stingley Sears in Keyser, Mineral County, WV was sold to Mrs. Sears. .