When Ethel Florence Chacey was born on 20 December 1882, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, her father, Obadiah Chacey, was 34 and her mother, Josephine Ruff, was 27. She married James Wesley Mears on 14 February 1901, in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States for about 20 years and Eugene Election Precinct 11, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 24 September 1946, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
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