Name Info
Leon John SEARLS 1875-1958
Fathers:Edwin,Daniel,DANIEL,JOHN,JOHN,ROBERT,ROBERT
Leon John SEARLS 1875-1958
Fathers:Edwin,Daniel,DANIEL,JOHN,JOHN,ROBERT,ROBERT
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Search.........Person PAF-ID.........09120017 Gender.........male Status.........deceased Age............82y 11m 12d Last-Marital...married Fam-Group......SEARLS Fam-ID.........SEARLS Citizenship....US born |
#Marriages.....1 #Divorces......0 #Sources.......6 #Events........1 #Images:.......0 #Comments......2 #Siblings......4 #Children......4 |
Person-Type....A Immigrant?.....no Immig-Known?...no Parent?........father Spouse?........husband Sibling?.......brother Child?.........son Twin...........no Adopted?....... |
Title(s)....... Ancestor....... RelatedToMe.... Gen-#.......... Ahn-#.......... Religion....... PoliticParty... Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair. Burial.........Ridge Cemetery section 6 row 9 |
Parents and Siblings
- Parent: Edwin SEARLS, male, born:1838-12-22 ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1918-02-23 (79y 2m 1d) Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Dad:Daniel SEARLS Jr., Mom:Mary Ann HALSTEAD, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:8
- Parent: Mary E. Edgerton, female, born:1840-08-20 ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1920-02-02 (79y 5m 13d) ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, #M:1, #SrcDocs:4
- Sibling: Effie R. SEARLS, female, born:1861-02-27 ?Medina county, Ohio, died:1904-10-19 (43y 7m 22d) ?Ohio, Dad:Edwin SEARLS, Mom:Mary E. Edgerton, #M:1, #SrcDocs:4
- Sibling: Charles H. SEARLS, male, born:1862-01-20 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1940-09-20 (78y 8m 0d) ?Ohio, Dad:Edwin SEARLS, Mom:Mary E. Edgerton, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:6
- Sibling: Luin D. SEARLS, male, born:1868-04-26 ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1913-10-16 (45y 5m 20d) ?Ohio, Dad:Edwin SEARLS, Mom:Mary E. Edgerton, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
- Sibling: Louis SEARLS, male, born:1877 ?Medina county, Ohio, died:1920-1967 (43y 0m 0d) , Dad:Edwin SEARLS, Mom:Mary E. Edgerton, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
Spouse(s) and Children
- Marriage: 1904 ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
- Spouse: Mattie A. Porter, female, born:1883-09-25 ?Medina county, Ohio, died:1973 (89y 3m 7d) ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Dad:Miles Porter, Mom:Sarah Chandler, #SrcDocs:3
- ..Child: Carl Alton SEARLS, male, born:1906-05-25 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1935-1996 (28y 7m 7d) , Dad:Leon John SEARLS, Mom:Mattie A. Porter, #SrcDocs:4
- ..Child: Theda May SEARLS, female, born:1909-11-25 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1991 (81y 1m 7d) ?Medina county, Ohio, Dad:Leon John SEARLS, Mom:Mattie A. Porter, #SrcDocs:5
- ..Child: Ralph C. SEARLS, male, born:1911-09-11 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1952-2001 (40y 3m 21d) , Dad:Leon John SEARLS, Mom:Mattie A. Porter, #SrcDocs:4
- ..Child: Dorothy L. SEARLES, female, born:1917-11-09 , died:1937-09-04 (19y 9m 26d) ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Dad:Leon John SEARLS, Mom:Mattie A. Porter, #SrcDocs:5
Events
Birth: 1875-03-05, ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
Census: 1880 , Age:4y 9m 27d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Leon J. age 5 b.OH living with parents
Census: 1900 , Age:24y 9m 27d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Leon J. age 25 b.12-__-1875 OH farm laborer, living with parents
Married: ?1904 , Age:28y 9m 27d, ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:groom
Census: 1910 , Age:34y 9m 27d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Edwin age 71 b.OH married 50 years paren b.NY, Mary W. age 69 b.OH mother of 4 of which 3 were still living parents b.MA, Leon. John age 35 b.OH farmer married 7 years parents b.OH, Mattie age 27 b.OH married 7 years mother of 2 father b.PA mother b.MI, Carl A. age 3 b.OH, Theda M. age 5 months b.OH
Census: 1920 , Age:44y 9m 27d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Leon J. age 43 b.OH farmer parents b.OH Mattie A. age 37 b.OH father b.PA mother b.OH, Carl A. age 14 b.OH, Theda M. age 10 b.OH, Ralph C. age 8 b.OH, Dorothy L. age 2 b.OH, Mary E. age 79 b.OH parents b.PA
Death: 1958-02-17, Age:82y 11m 12d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
Obit: 1958-02, Age:82y 10m 27d, Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio
Burial: 1958-02, Age:82y 10m 27d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Ridge Cemetery, section 6 row 9, His funeral services were held at Searles and Bassett Funeral Home. The funeral home was located at State and Royalton Road in North Royalton (Cuyahoga) Ohio. The visitation services were on two evenings at the Hinckley Ridge Baptist Church. Leon's brother Charles was the minister of this church for many years.
Birth: 1875-03-05, ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
Census: 1880 , Age:4y 9m 27d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Leon J. age 5 b.OH living with parents
Census: 1900 , Age:24y 9m 27d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Leon J. age 25 b.12-__-1875 OH farm laborer, living with parents
Married: ?1904 , Age:28y 9m 27d, ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:groom
Census: 1910 , Age:34y 9m 27d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Edwin age 71 b.OH married 50 years paren b.NY, Mary W. age 69 b.OH mother of 4 of which 3 were still living parents b.MA, Leon. John age 35 b.OH farmer married 7 years parents b.OH, Mattie age 27 b.OH married 7 years mother of 2 father b.PA mother b.MI, Carl A. age 3 b.OH, Theda M. age 5 months b.OH
Census: 1920 , Age:44y 9m 27d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Leon J. age 43 b.OH farmer parents b.OH Mattie A. age 37 b.OH father b.PA mother b.OH, Carl A. age 14 b.OH, Theda M. age 10 b.OH, Ralph C. age 8 b.OH, Dorothy L. age 2 b.OH, Mary E. age 79 b.OH parents b.PA
Death: 1958-02-17, Age:82y 11m 12d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
Obit: 1958-02, Age:82y 10m 27d, Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio
Burial: 1958-02, Age:82y 10m 27d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Ridge Cemetery, section 6 row 9, His funeral services were held at Searles and Bassett Funeral Home. The funeral home was located at State and Royalton Road in North Royalton (Cuyahoga) Ohio. The visitation services were on two evenings at the Hinckley Ridge Baptist Church. Leon's brother Charles was the minister of this church for many years.
Places In
Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio
Brunswick, Medina county, Ohio
Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio
Brunswick, Medina county, Ohio
General
Leon was a bass drummer in the "noted Goldwood-Searles band". A picture exists of Leon playing his drum. The picture is in the possession of Russell W. Searles.
Leon was probably the one mistakenly referred to as "Louis" in the book "The History of Hinckley, Ohio".
Sources
Book History of Hinckley, Ohio, A.R. Webber, 1932
Book The Searles Family, Harry A. Howk, 1962, Lisa Robinson 1996 revision
Book Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries in Medina County Ohio
Leon John Searls obituary, Medina county Ohio, 1958
Letter by Anna C Eastwood, New Lyme Ohio, 1934
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1993
Book History of Hinckley, Ohio, A.R. Webber, 1932
Book The Searles Family, Harry A. Howk, 1962, Lisa Robinson 1996 revision
Book Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries in Medina County Ohio
Leon John Searls obituary, Medina county Ohio, 1958
Letter by Anna C Eastwood, New Lyme Ohio, 1934
Letters from Shari Adair, Nashville Tennessee, 1993
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
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