Name Info

Harvey E. SEARLS 1879-1923
Fathers:EDWIN,GILBERT,DANIEL,JOHN,JOHN,ROBERT,ROBERT

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09119795
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............43y 1m 23d
Last-Marital...widowed
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......7
#Events........1
#Images:.......4
#Comments......2
#Siblings......7
#Children......2

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

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Burial.........Riverside Cemetery

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, male, born:1850-03-29 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1917-01-19 (66y 9m 21d) Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Anc:1, Dad:GILBERT SEARLS, Mom:ELIZABETH HALSTEAD, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:15
  2. Parent: MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, female, born:1858-02-08 Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa, died:1945-12-27 (87y 10m 19d) Saint Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, Anc:1, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:7
  3. Sibling: BURTON ORSON SEARLS, male, born:1876-09-15 White Swan, Charles Mix county, South Dakota, died:1946-09-29 (70y 0m 14d) Yankton, Yankton county, South Dakota, Anc:1, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:10
  4. Sibling: Adell SEARLS, female, born:1882-01-01 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1882-02-08 (0y 1m 7d) Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:3
  5. Sibling: George Douglas SEARLS, male, born:1883-12-06 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1918-11-17 (34y 11m 11d) Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:5
  6. Sibling: Ethel S. SEARLS, female, born:1886-03-15 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1931-02-20 (44y 11m 5d) De Smet, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  7. Sibling: Jessie Jeanette SEARLS, female, born:1888-09-28 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1973-03-06 (84y 5m 6d) Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  8. Sibling: Nell SEARLS, female, born:1896-07-18 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1946-1986 (49y 5m 14d) , Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:2, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:6
  9. Sibling: Dwight Clifford SEARLS, male, born:1900-08-06 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1960-06-18 (59y 10m 12d) Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:7

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1908-06-09 Hastings, Adams county, Nebraska
  2. Spouse: Evelyn B. Jones, female, born:1879 , died:1899-1969 (20y 0m 0d) , Dad:George Jones, Mom:? ?, #SrcDocs:2
  3. ..Child: Sidney SEARLS, male, born:1914 ?Iowa, died:1914-2004 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Harvey E. SEARLS, Mom:Evelyn B. Jones, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:2
  4. ..Child: Philip SEARLS, male, born:1916 ?Iowa, died:1940-2006 (24y 0m 0d) , Dad:Harvey E. SEARLS, Mom:Evelyn B. Jones, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:3

Events
Birth
: 1879-12-29, White Swan, Charles Mix county, South Dakota
Married
: 1908-06-09, Age:28y 5m 11d, Hastings, Adams county, Nebraska, Role:groom
Job
: 1908 , Age:28y 0m 3d, Central City, Merrick county, Nebraska, lumber yard
Death
: 1923-02-21, Age:43y 1m 23d, Westside, Crawford county, Iowa
Job
: between and 1908 , Westside, Crawford county, Iowa, Role:manager, Harvey learned telegraphy from his father but went into the lumber busines instead. He became the manager of the Fullerton Lumber Yard in Westfield. The yard was owned by his father-in-law.
Burial
: ?, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Riverside Cemetery, Rev. George W. Jones, Rev. of the Akron Baptist Church

Places In
Westside, Crawford county, Iowa
Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Hastings, Adams county, Nebraska
Central City, Merrick county, Nebraska
White Swan, Charles Mix county, South Dakota

General

Harvey died just five days after the death of his uncle Daniel James Searls.

An interesting quote made in the newspaper article about his wedding said Harvey was "...a man of clean, upright and industrious habits, a rare combination in this day and age." Even in 1908 people were feeling that the work habits of the "young people" were declining.


Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
S__0030 - Photo of Burton O. Searls and Two Young Men about His Age, Possibly His Brothers
S__0065 - Photo of Harvey E. Searls and Wife Evaline in Wedding Attire
S__0105 - Photo of Edwin J. and Mary L. (Douglass) Searls and Their Seven Children
S__0129 - Photo of Irvin Goodwin and Searls Brothers Burt, Harvey, George and Dwight


Sources
Akron Tribune newspaper, Akron Iowa
Book [?] Northwestern Iowa, Biography of Edwin Searls, ?1890-1895
Edwin J. Searls Family record
LeMars Sentinel newspaper, LeMars Iowa
Letters from Cluett Searls, Postville Iowa, 1980
Mary Douglass Searls obituary, Akron Iowa, 1945
Notes taken at the Riverside Cemetery in Akron Iowa


Historical
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