Thomas H. MEARS
Pedigree Resource File - nil
1880 US Census - Keokuk, Lee, IA
1900 US Census - Keokuk, Lee, IA
1910 US Census - Keokuk, Lee, IA
Internet IGI, Dec 2007
Death Certificate
Ancestry World Tree
Internet IGI, Dec 2007
Occupation: 1880 - Railroad Switchman 1885 - Railroad Yard master 1900 - Railroad Warehouse
SURNAME: Ford or Hunt Father born in England, mother born in Germany, per 1900 Census Father born in Germany, mother born in England, per 1910 Census One child died before 1900
Moved to Utah from Burlington, Iowa in 1916
SOURCES: 1. Family Records of Carolyn C. Bishop 2. Family Records of Alice May Mears Woolley
Found in Oakland cemetery transcription, and on 1885 census. Same name as William's daughter. Sealing to parent ordinance completed in 1928 by Margaret F. Weis. Mother's name listed as Marie Elizabeth Hunt Mears
He married Mary Elizabeth Hunt 11 Jun 1874 at Alexandria, Clark, Missouri . Mary Elizabeth Hunt was born at OH 14 Oct 1858 daughter of John Steven Hunt and Mary Elizabeth Ford .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Charles Harvy Mears
born 21 Jun 1874.
Frank Wilbur Mears
born 30 Nov 1876.
William Burgess Mears
born 23 Aug 1879.
Alice May Mears
born 8 Jun 1883.
Mabel Emma Mears
born 20 Apr 1886.
Thomas H. Mears died 27 Feb 1927 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah .
Mary Elizabeth Hunt died 1 Oct 1934 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah .