• Born January 1, 1830 in Yankeetown, Fayette County, Ohio.
• Parents were ABNER SEARS and MARY VAN PELT.

• Married ADELAIDE DELPHINE WARNER on February 27, 1861 in Marion County, Texas. Adelaide was born April 5, 1835 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

1. MARY DELPHINE SEARS, born December 25, 1861 in Marshall, Texas.

2. HARRIET ADDISON SEARS, born May 10, 1877 in Marshall, Texas.

SOURCE: The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888 by Samuel Pearce May, J. Munsell, Albany, 1890. Page 462