Richard Mears    

RICHARD MEARS, farmer, post-office Sandy Lake, was born November 11, 1816, in Staffordshire, England, to Francis and Mary (Cooper) Mears, natives of England. She died in England, and had three children: Richard, Mary and Sarah. Mary came to this country, and married Rev. George Jaquess, who died, and she now lives at College Spring, Iowa. The father married for his second wife Ann Smith, and with her came to this country, his family consisting of Richard, Mary and three children of his second wife: Charles, William and Ann, the youngest then but five weeks old. After coming to this country four more children were born: Sarah, Thomas, Stephen and an infant. William enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and died of fever at Spottsylvania, and is buried at Zion Cemetery. He was married to Helen Marvin, who lives at Sandy Lake. Charles lives in Lake Township; Ann married William Nicklin, of Mill Creek Township; Sarah married Joseph Buckley, of Sandy Lake Township. The father died October 14, 1884, and his wife died about 1854. He married for his third wife Ann, widow of William Potter, and she died August 19, 1886. He was a Republican, held the office of treasurer, and at his death was in moderate circumstances. Our subject was educated in the common schools and was brought up on the farm. He began for himself in 1840, by working on the canal along the Shenango one summer, then two years for Thomas Wright on his farm. He was married January 26, 1843, to Mary Fowler, and settled in Sandy Lake Township, and lived in a log cabin, building a small frame house the following summer, and subsequently erecting their present residence. He has been identified with the township offices, having filled the offices of assessor, treasurer, supervisor and school director. His family consisted of ten children: George, married Lizzie Peat and lives in Kansas City; he served three years in the late war, and was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness; Eliza, died May 29, 1846; Margaret M., died July 16, 1864; Richard W., Mary J., Frank, died September 23, 1854; W. F., who lives in Warren, Penn.; Sarah E., died April 28, 1862; Fred, died May 12, 1862, and Tillie E., who married J. P. Ebbert and has one child, Richard A. Our subject is a stockholder of the Stoneboro Fair, is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a steward of the latter. Politically he is a Republican.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 1060-1061.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.