Name Info

Lee Clare SEARLS 1875-1963
Fathers:William,GILBERT,DANIEL,JOHN,JOHN,ROBERT,ROBERT

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09119584
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............87y 5m 8d
Last-Marital...widowed
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......5
#Events........1
#Images:.......1
#Comments......0
#Siblings......5
#Children......5

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair.
Burial.........Fairmont Cemetery block 13 lot 3 grave 14

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: William Henry SEARLS, male, born:1838-08-25 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1923-10-08 (85y 1m 13d) Longmont, Boulder county, Colorado, Dad:GILBERT SEARLS, Mom:ELIZABETH HALSTEAD, #M:2, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:8
  2. Parent: Phoebe Jackson, female, born:1845-07-05 Bath, Summit county, Ohio, died:1908-01-18 (62y 6m 13d) Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  3. Sibling: Lawrence Lee SEARLS, male, born:1864-05-12 ?Pecatonica, Winnebago county, Illinois, died:1899-1954 (34y 7m 20d) , Dad:William Henry SEARLS, Mom:Phoebe Jackson, #M:2, #SrcDocs:3
  4. Sibling: George Edwin SEARLS, male, born:1868-07-14 ?Pecatonica, Winnebago county, Illinois, died:1945-07-22 (77y 0m 8d) , Dad:William Henry SEARLS, Mom:Phoebe Jackson, #M:1, #SrcDocs:3
  5. Sibling: Flora\Alice SEARLS, female, born:1874-05-04 ?Pecatonica, Winnebago county, Illinois, died:1874-07-11 (0y 2m 7d) ?Pecatonica, Winnebago county, Illinois, Dad:William Henry SEARLS, Mom:Phoebe Jackson, #SrcDocs:4
  6. Sibling: Floyd\Albert SEARLS, male, born:1874 ?Pecatonica, Winnebago county, Illinois, died:1874 (0y 0m 0d) ?Pecatonica, Winnebago county, Illinois, Dad:William Henry SEARLS, Mom:Phoebe Jackson, #SrcDocs:2
  7. Sibling: Mabel Elida SEARLS, female, born:1885-01-20 ?Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska, died:1920-1975 (34y 11m 12d) ?Denver, Denver county, Colorado, Dad:William Henry SEARLS, Mom:Phoebe Jackson, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:4

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1895
  2. Spouse: Lucy Sawyer, female, born:1875-03-30 , died:1960-05-15 (85y 1m 15d) , #SrcDocs:2
  3. ..Child: Phebe Frances SEARLES, female, born:1907-08-13 , died:1944-1997 (36y 4m 19d) , Dad:Lee Clare SEARLS, Mom:Lucy Sawyer, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:2
  4. ..Child: Lawrence Lee SEARLES, male, born:1909-03-30 Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska, died:1958-1999 (48y 9m 2d) , Dad:Lee Clare SEARLS, Mom:Lucy Sawyer, #SrcDocs:2
  5. ..Child: William Harlan SEARLES, male, born:1910-08-25 , died:1949-2000 (38y 4m 7d) , Dad:Lee Clare SEARLS, Mom:Lucy Sawyer, #SrcDocs:1
  6. ..Child: Gilbert Mark SEARLES, male, born:1919-01 , died:1919-2009 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Lee Clare SEARLS, Mom:Lucy Sawyer, #SrcDocs:2
  7. ..Child: Delbert Wilson SEARLES, male, born:1921-03-26 , died:1955-2011 (33y 9m 6d) , Dad:Lee Clare SEARLS, Mom:Lucy Sawyer, #SrcDocs:1

Events
Birth
: 1875-09-22, ?Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska
Married
: ?1895 , Age:19y 3m 10d, Role:groom
Inherit
: 1913 , Age:37y 3m 10d, Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska, Role:heir, his father's farm
Death
: 1963-03-02, Age:87y 5m 8d, ?Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska
Burial
: 1963-03, Age:87y 5m 7d, Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska, Fairmont Cemetery, block 13 lot 3 grave 14
Job
: ?, farmer

Places In
Fairmont, Fillmore county, Nebraska
Anderson, Madison county, Indiana

Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
S__0118 - Photo of William Searls, Wife Phebe, kids Lawrence, George, Clare and Mabel


Sources
Book The Searles Family, Harry A. Howk, 1962, Lisa Robinson 1996 revision
Claude E. Verry obituary, Fillmore Nebraska, 1945
Letters from Fairmont (Nebraska) Public Library with cemetery info, 1998-1999
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1987
William H. Searls obituary, Fairmont Nebraska, 1923


Historical
1875-1900: India - 26 million in India perish due to famine
1876-1879: China - 13 million die of famine in northern China
1876-1914: United States - The massive expansion in population, territory, Industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age
1876: Bulgaria - The Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902