When James Andy Sears was born about 1849, in White, Georgia, United States, his father, Joseph P Sears, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Sarah Reams, was 31. He married Susanna Elizabeth Powell in 1878, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Gilmer, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Guthrie Township, Izard, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died in 1894, in Bexar, Fulton, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Bexar Cemetery, Bexar, Fulton, Arkansas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1857: Habersham, Georgia, United States *1858: White, Georgia, United States. [*Created from Habersham County on December 22, 1857 and took effect on January 1, 1958]
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
By the time the Battle of Pea Ridge happened the Union forces had pushed Confederates through Missouri and Arkansas. This battle was important in securing Missouri for the Union and opening Arkansas for the Union.
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.
English: variant of Sayers .
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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