Franklin Sears was born June 28,1817 in Orange county, Indiana and died December 1904 in Sonoma, California. he married Margaret W. Swift. She died August 19,1888 in Sonoma, California. They had 3 children
1. Granville Perry Sears was born 1849 in Missouri and died December 1, 1905
2. Rachel Jane Sears was born 1852 in sonoma California and died January 12, 1940. She married Jacob Rink Snyder
3. William Thomas Sears was born 1854 and died 1877