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Male Joseph G. Sears Click to view Joseph G. Sears in the family tree Click to view Joseph G. Sears in the family tree

Joseph was born on July 26th, 1838 in Howard County, Missouri.  Joseph's father was Joseph Sears and his mother was Elizabeth Loe.  His paternal grandparents were Joseph Sears and Thankful Clark; his maternal grandparents were Thomas Loe and Frances (Fanny) Nelson. He had four brothers and six sisters, named Henry, Augustus, Thomas, Peter, Clarissa, Thankful, Fanny, Elizabeth, Mary and Miranda.  He was the second youngest of the eleven children. He had four half-brothers and a half-sister, named John, Edward, Robert, Squire and Kate.

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1850 Federal Census