Name Info

Dwight Clifford SEARLS 1900-1960
Fathers:EDWIN,GILBERT,DANIEL,JOHN,JOHN,ROBERT,ROBERT

Bo's oldest child Barb said that Cluett told her since Dwight was his uncle but was younger than Cluett, Cluett could not call him "uncle" so Cluett invented the nickname of "Bo" for his uncle. The name stuck.

Search.........Person
Gender.........male
PAF-ID.........09119882
Age............59y 10m 12d
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...married

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......7
#Events........1
#Images:.......5
#Comments......3
#Siblings......7
#Children......4

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

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Burial.........Logan Park Cemetery

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, male, born:1850-03-29 Hinckley (Medina) Ohio, died:1917-01-19 (66y 9m 21d) Akron (Plymouth) 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) Iowa, died:1945-12-27 (87y 10m 19d) Saint Paul (Ramsey) 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) South Dakota, died:1946-09-29 (70y 0m 14d) Yankton (Yankton) South Dakota, Anc:1, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:10
  4. Sibling: Harvey E. SEARLS, male, born:1879-12-29 White Swan (Charles Mix) South Dakota, died:1923-02-21 (43y 1m 23d) Westside (Crawford) Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:7
  5. Sibling: Adell SEARLS, female, born:1882-01-01 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1882-02-08 (0y 1m 7d) Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:3
  6. Sibling: George Douglas SEARLS, male, born:1883-12-06 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1918-11-17 (34y 11m 11d) Sioux Falls (Minnehaha) South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:5
  7. Sibling: Ethel S. SEARLS, female, born:1886-03-15 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1931-02-20 (44y 11m 5d) De Smet (Kingsbury) South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  8. Sibling: Jessie Jeanette SEARLS, female, born:1888-09-28 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1973-03-06 (84y 5m 6d) Doylestown (Bucks) Pennsylvania, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  9. Sibling: Nell SEARLS, female, born:1896-07-18 Akron (Plymouth) Iowa, died:1946-1986 (49y 5m 14d) , Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:2, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:6

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1925-07-05 Sioux Falls (Minnehaha) South Dakota
  2. Spouse: Gladys Theresa Masteller, female, born:1902-08-25 Sioux City (Woodbury) Iowa, died:1976-03-16 (73y 6m 19d) Sioux City (Woodbury) Iowa, Dad:Charles Masteller, Mom:Minnie Yeager, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:4
  3. ..Child: Barbara Jane SEARLS, female, born:1927-04-17 Sioux City (Woodbury) Iowa, died:1981-2017 (53y 8m 15d) , Dad:Dwight Clifford SEARLS, Mom:Gladys Theresa Masteller, #SrcDocs:3
  4. ..Child: Dwight Clifford SEARLS
  5. ..Child: Dwight Clifford SEARLS
  6. ..Child: Dwight Clifford SEARLS

Events
Birth
: 1900-08-06, Age:59y 10m 12d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Livedin
: 1917-1960, Age:59y 10m 12d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, 735 38th Street, lived here at the time of his death
Job
: 1919 , Age:59y 10m 12d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Role:manager, auto mechanic, expert auto mechanic He worked there for forty years and eventually became the manager. He was responsible for over 100 mechanics.
Married
: 1925-07-05, Age:59y 10m 12d, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Role:groom
Death
: 1960-06-18, Age:59y 10m 12d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, heart attack
Education
: ?, Age:59y 10m 12d, Role:student, eighth grade education
Job
: between and 1919 , Age:59y 10m 12d, Iowa, As a young man, he worked with his nephew Cluett (who was older than he).
Burial
: ?, Age:59y 10m 12d, De Smet, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, Logan Park Cemetery

Places In
Akron (Plymouth) Iowa
Sioux City (Woodbury) Iowa
De Smet (Kingsbury) South Dakota
Sioux Falls (Minnehaha) South Dakota

General

Bo was very gifted with his hands. If he needed a tool and didn't own it, he would make it himself.

According to Cluett Searls, Bo always drove fine cars.


Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
S__0105 - Edwin J. and Mary L. (Douglass) Searls and Their Seven Children
S__0129 - Irvin Goodwin and Searls Brothers Burt, Harvey, George and Dwight
S__0130 - Mary Elizabeth 'Libbie' (Searls) Adams
S__0131 - Dwight and Gladys Searls
S__0133 - Family of Dwight and Gladys Searls with Four Kids


Sources
Mary Douglass Searls obituary, Akron Iowa, 1945


Data Issues
AncFlags between Spouses Mismatched